The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-23
RAIL AND cRoSSTIE

Agent G. 7. Badeau of the Central, at
Mobile. is in the city.
Supt. George W. Haines of the Bruins
wick and Western railway is in the city.
Supt. Hege and Roadmaster Marvin
came down on the fast mail last night from
Macon.
General Passenger Agent William NJ.
Davidson of the Savannah, Florida and
Western railway is in the city.
Chief Engineer Hunter of the Central
came in yesterday afternoon from Macon,
and left again last night for Augusta.
The Gould interest obtained a representa-
ton in the East Tennessee and Georgia
railway at the annual meeting, by the
election of George ]. Gould as a director in
place of James E. Granniss.
Engineer Stanley, of the Georgia South
ern, with full corps, is making prelimi-
nary survey for an extension OF that road
from Triton to Townsville. Triton is the
intersecting point of the Georgia Southern
with the Brunswick and Western, and is
the point to which Townsville would nat
urally build to get a new northern connec-
ton.
The Columbus Southern road will COM
plete its lightweight miles between Column
bus and Albany by March l. The full equip
ment for the road has already been ordered,
and is first-ciass in every respect. The road
was begun Jan. l, last, and already forty
miles of the road have been completed. The
territory that the road will develop is
remarkably fertile, and one of the best
farming sections of the state.
A company of Palatka capitalists has
been organized to build a railroad from
Rochelle to some point on the Georgia
Southern and Florida railroad east of Mel
rose, to be known as the Midland Transit
railway. This road will run from Rochelle
TO Windsor or vicinity, cross the Florida
Central and Peninsular line at Campville,
and run from thence to Melrose, and con-
and Florida. The incorporates are Mai.
A. F. Vogelback, w. ]. Vinegar, H. G.
Payne, I. A. Darby and R. w. Davis.
1t is rumored that Capt W. G. Raoul
will be offered the position of general
manager of the Georgia, Carolina and
Northern system. Alexander Brown e.
Co. of Baltimore, who took the bonds of
the Georgia, Carolina and Northern, the
Covington and Macon, and the Georgia
Southern and Florida roads, it is rumored,
have offered the stockholders of the Coying-
ton and Macon guarantee of 3 per cent
dividend on their stock for control of the
road. The term of the guarantee, it is said
is fifty years. 1t comes from another
source that the Richmond and Danyille
read has offered the stockholders a 6 per
cent. guarantee for the control of the
Covington and Macon. Mr. Machen, who
owns a. majority of the stock, has gone
to New York, and it is thought he will
trade before he returns Alexander
Brown & Co. will doubtless go as far in in
ducements as the Richmond and Danville,
or farther, for the Macon and Covington is
all that is needed to give them control of
line from Portsmouth, Va, to Palatka, Fla.
This line includes the Seaboard and Roam
oke, the Raleigh and CASTOR, the Raleigh
and Augusta, the South Carolina Central,
the Georgia, Carolina and Northern, now
building from Monroe, N. c., to Athens
and Atlanta, the Covington and Macon
from Athens to Macon, and the Georgia
Southern and Florida from Macon via Val
dosta to Palatka, Fla. They control all
this line now but the Covington aud Macon,
and will go a good way to get that. The
Richmond and Danville, on the other hand,
by getting the Covington and Macon,
would shut out its most formidable rival
and gain access to Middle Georgia at
Macon.
The Electrical Engineer publishes a
monthly list of the electric street railways
in America. The November number shows
that there are now in operation in the
United States and Canada 102 such rail-
ways, the total mileage of which is $50
miles, and the total number of motor cars
S29 This shows an average of about 81
miles and eight cars for each road. But
the list referred to gives in detail the cities
and towns in which all the roads are run
and the number of single track miles, and
The cars employed in each. The following
analysis of the list will furnish an interest
ing exhibit of the present situation of this
important matter:
ROADS IN CITIES OVER 100 900 POPULATION.