The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-29
RAIL AND oRoSsTIE.

General Agent d. w. Appler of the
Central and Western railway Of Alabama
with headquarters at Atlanta, is in the city.
Train Master Norman and the ,Central's
dispatchers have moved to Macon. Oper-
ator Love is in charge Of the Office here for q
few days.
Birmingham is soon TO have another road
| added TO the great iron web that radiates
| from there. the new road is almost an air
line, and Will open ND to Birmingham the
ric country along the Georgia Southern
and Florida system.
| The mortgage on the Montgomery,
Tuscaloosa, Alabama and Memphis rail-
road, by which the bond money will be
obtained to construct the line has been
| recorded in Montgomery, Antauga, Chiffon
Perry, Bib and Tuscaloosa counties,
through which the road will be built
The Columbus sleepers on the Central rail-
road were taken off yesterday. There were
three cars on this route, aud they have
been running for the last year. For the
last few weeks they have been very we'll
patronized, but prior TO that time they
did poor business. Tine last sleeper was
brought into Savannah on the fast mail
train Sunday afternoon.
The Chattanooga Times says: The Louis
vile and Nashville Railroad Company is
seemingly determined to have line be-
tween this city and Atlanta at all events.
AS already stated in the Times, the Louis
vile and Nashville wants the Western and
Atlantic railroad here, and is using every
means to arouse sentiment In that direc-
ton. Should it fail in its efforts.
however, it is learned that the Louisville
and Nashville will at once build line of
railroad from Stevenson, Ala, through
Fort Payne to Atlanta, thus making a
much shorter route than the present West.
ern and Atlantic line. In that event the
| Louisville and Nashville would, of course.
divert all Of its extensive patronage from
the Western and Atlantic TO its own road,
and thus the Western and Atlantic would
lose about three-fourths of its present freight
and passenger business, unless the ad
could form a combination with the Cincin-
natl Southern.
The stockholders of the West Georgia
Construction Company have selected the
following directors: A. B. Graves, president
OF st. Nicholas Bank, New York; r. A.
Lancaster, OF K. A. Lancaster Sc Co., bank
ers, Wall street, New York r. K. Dow. of
Caremount, n. H., of the Little Rock and
Memphis railroad; j. W. English, president
OF the Chattahoochee Brick company, At
lanta; w. B. Lowe, Atlanta; G. Gunby
jordan, general manager of the
Georgia Midland railroad, Colum-
bus; T.; E. Blanchard, Humber &
elected president of the company. Mr..
Jordan was authorized to make first call
Tor an amount necessary to cover the
engineering and preliminary expenses
whenever he deems it advisable. The pur-
pose Of this company is to build the Geor-
gia and Tennessee railroad and such other
railroad work as may come incidentally to
this enterprise. It is understood that
Messrs. Simon, Borg & Co., New York.
will be the fiscal agents Of the company.
The amendment tackled on to the charter
OF the Georgia, Alabama and Florida rail-
road prohibiting it from paralleling the
road of the proposed Bainbridge, Cuthbert
and Columbus road Is meeting with great
disapproval in Columbus A dispatch from
that city says: The evident intention of
the amendment was to defeat the bill grant
ing the charter. The cambridge, Cuthbert
and Columbus road-bed and charter are
said to be owned by certain members of the
legislature, who had sufficient influence to
tack on the amendment killing the
Dill. The road-bed Of the proposed Cuth-
bert line has been unfinished since
about 1870. Several attempts have been
made to form compuny to push the road
TO completion, but they always failed, and
now when new corporation comes in its
field and proposes building line parallel to
the Cuthbert road, the bill granting the
charter is weighted down with an amend
ment which precludes it's being built The
parties who proposed building tue Georgia,
Alab ma and Florida road are not specu-
lators, and it is certain that they will
decline to buy the road-bed and charter
OF any company, so that the par
ties owning the Cuthbert charter will
not succeed in forcing the projectors
of the new road to buy their charter and
road-bed. The building of the Georgia,
Alabama and Florida road was a project
gotten up by Columbus parties, indie.
pendent Of any existing railroad line, and
was backed by heavy eastern syndicate,
which has heretofore bean averse to putting
any money into a northwestern system.
The road was to run from Columbus to a
point in Florida, a5 or near Quincy, Joining
the Florida Central and Penlnsular system
and would eventually have tended to North
Alabama, there to connect with some
system having northwestern connections.
The statement of the president submitted
at the recent annual seting of Pullman's
Palace Car Compa y shows that the prop
erty continues in its career of prosperity,
little affected by rate wars, interstate and
state legislation, the making and breaking
of agreements bet ween railway companies
and the other occurrences which make the
management of railways no xadays so I'M
certain and harassing. The in 'ome of the
company last year was $S.303, 1916, against
| V'iooSsso1 All OHo pIoNAOuS year, SNOW
ing an increase of nearly $500. 900
There were built and placed in
service during the year 14I sleeping,
parlor, dining and special cars at an aggre.
gate cost of $2,511, $685. This shows az
average cost of S17, Sl2 each, a sum which
seems very large to put into a single car,
with its limited accommodations, when the
same amount will build large and sub
stantial residence which will ontlive a score
or more of sleeping cars in the ordinary
course Of events. fhe number of cars ern.
ployed in the Pullman service has reached
l,760 standard and 239 tourist or second.
class cars. The report for 1888 showed 864
cars. The assets of the company are es I'll
mated at $40, 7S2. 692 Last years report
placed them at $34, 641, 663, so that it seems
the present year has witnessed an addition
of Sc, IA, 029, or almost 20 per cent. to the
company's assets, remarkable growth
explained partly by the absorption of other
companies and partly by the increase in
equipment and plant The liabilit es are
stated at $26, 261 $40, which indicates tina
the Pullman mpany is ahead of its debus
over 81, 100000. A very large number o1
people share in the disbursements of shi.
great company, the total number EN-
ployed in its manufacturing and operati ns
departments being stated at 11,063, Will
the wages paid to them during the YEA