The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-16
RAIL AND cRoSsTIE.

The government CT San Salvador, c n
trail America, has obtained a an of 43 o.
900 sterling IN Lond n il is believed FIR the
purpose of extending the railroad system Of
the country.
A project for the building Of elevated
railroads in the streets of Toxic, Japan, has
been presented to the go eminent, and
would see to have met with favorable
consider ton. At present the construction
OF four lines is co1templ ted, to embrace
length of about 1413 miles.
The Central railroad depot was thronged
with colored people yesterday, who went
out on the 'shoohy" train. They came
down from points all along the line of road
and spent the day in the CITY with their
friends. Some of them brought water
melous, some chickens and peaches aud
apples to their frie DIS here.
The superinte de of the Inflated
Armagh Irela ld) excursion train has been
OIL trial for manslaughter. But after lie
had gone through this painful ordeal The
jury disagreed, and the proceedings were
postponed month or 70, until the grade
of the railroad and the iltion of the
brakes co Id be further investigated.
Geusral Manager H. s. Hal ies Of the
Plant system returned from the 10 tn yes
teTday, where he has been y 18th Mrs Haines
for the past moatn. IrS. Haines will re-
main at Saratoga for a feT week when
Col. Hdines will return north ami accoH-
pa y ner back to Savannah. A good lie |
Of ia general managers time was spent n
New YORK pc fec lag arrange ents prepa
atory to placing the Juniata on the NOZZLE
and Tampa line.
Ihe state of Indiana recently passed a
law req iiring the posting at railroad sta
tions OF buileti IS announcing the time a
W lea tralus will arrive, the inus It being
apparently t. provide mea of informing
passengers Of probable delays. The pena.
for failure to comply with the Requirement
of the la is $25 for each ffensa, and as
ohe-hilt of toe fine goes to the pr cuti e
attorney, hundreds cases have been tiieu
against Jhe railroad companies. The suits
against some of the companies aggregate
several thousand dollars
At the last meeting of the stockholders of
the Mas vile, Chattanooga AMI S. LOUIS
Railroad Company, held /. Nashville, the
foil wing directors were Reelected: j. w.
Thomas, G. ID. Fogg, W: NJ. Du can, A.
Michael Burns, of Nashville; G. A. Wash
toa of Cellar Hill; T. w. Evans. j.
l!man and j. d. Pro st, of New York;
Thomas Lpscomb of She blville; f. L.
Jorda and j. w. Sparks of NJ rfreesb ro,
and j. D. Aydelott OF Tuliahoma. The di-
rect RS reelected he following officers:
President, j. w. Thomas; sec. etary and
NIoIsu q d. II. AillTpSes COlnpO ONer, j.
d. Ma iey; engineer, r. c. Morris. A
quarterly dividend of l x per cent was de-
clared. he .ockh )lde directed the board
OF directors to make traffic arrange ue is
with the Hashvil and Knoxville railroad at
! Lebanon, aud with tue Chatta 20 q and
Lookout Mou. tain railroad at Chattanooga,
for term twenty-five years.
| The New York court If appeals holds
| that railroad cMnot bs excused for run
| ming trail at a rate Of spee4 FORBIDDEN by
| It's rules, On the ground that a lever, aft
being rev rsed, tipped from its position,
| striking temporarily dis bling tue
| engineer. IL was negligence to rely on
| lever that was liable t. be displaced. In
| Illinois the supreme court rules that the
| ter II regular staff H." as uSei in the
| statute, which provides that passenger on
q railroad car no refLs 8 to pay his fare
may be elected lat auy regular station"
means ''the place on the railroad where
passenger trains ,ualiy stop for the pur-
pose # having Passengers get on and off"
and not tne town or village in winch the
| depot building is situated. The su rene
| judicial court of Massachusetts .cid IS that
| o who is Injured wn.la attempting to
| board a freighC locomotive on n railroad
used exclusively for freight, for the pur-
| pose Of riding thereon, though at the invi-
| tatlon of tle CONDUCTOR of tie trai !, can
noG recover from the railroad company for
| such injury, ana it Is i'm ATRIAL that he
has previously on the conductors invita-
! tiou, ridden, and sse Others ('airoad en-
ployes) ride, on such locomotive, is not
within the scope of the conductors au-
thority.