The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-25
ON RAIL AND CRossTIE.
Local and General Gossip In Railway
Circles.

Local and General Gossip in Railway
Circles.
The Columbus sleeper on the Central rail
road did not make connection yesterday
morning, and it did not arrive here until
o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The corps of surveyors locating the
Columbus Southern, from Carrollton to
Columbus (Ga.), have mapped out several
routes, but neither has yet been finally de-
termined on.
The Central railroad has given rates on
5000 pounds of palm leaves from Savannah
to Louisville, KY, for March s. A party
from Savannah furnishes palm leaves for
Palm Sundays observance in Louisville.
The first "orange train" of the season in
dulged in some remarkable wheeling be-
tween Ogden and Omaha. The train was
made up Of twelve freight cars loaded with
oranges consigned to various points ih Min
ne ota, Dakota, Iowa and Illinois. The run
from Ogden to Omaha, distance of 1,032
miles, was made in thirty-eight hours AID
fifty minutes, which would be an average
of over twenty-six miles per hour, a rate Of
speed whic railroad men state is something
extraordinary for freight trains to make,
and especially in the winter time.
Circular 378 from the headquarters of the
Southern Passenger Association announces
the following excursion rates to delegates
attending the meetings named: Alabama
Baptist congress at Montgomery. Feb. 90
IS; Uniontown Baptist Sunday school con-
vention at Greensboro, Ala, March 20,
April /; Medical Association of Georgia.
Macon, April 17-l9; Grand Army of the
Republic, department of Tennessee annual
en6ampment, Morristown, April 1926; In
dependent Order of Good Templars, Chi
cago, May %, June 6.
The revised estimates of railroad con-
struction in 1888, prepared by the Chicago
RajL1du AGE, make the total mileage laid
during the year I, 106 miles, on $40 lines.
This is close to the estimate made at the end
of the year. The final estimate shows, &C
cording to the Age, that the states which
did the greatest amount of building last
year stand in the following order: Kansas
500 miles, California $40, Georgia 446, Ken.
lucky 347, Alabama 1877, Michigan $50,
Washington territory 800, Texas 302, Illinois
302, Minnesota 302, Missouri 268, Colorado
267, South Carolina 222, Tennessee 300, and
so on down to New Hampshire, which shows
only 215 miles. The fact that Kansas,
where such an enormous amount of con-
sruction was done in 1886 and 1887,
continued to lead last year, although
the great competing companies had
nearly discontinued their extensions is
quite remarkable. Summarized by groups
Of states and territories it will be found
that there is practically no change from the
statements first given, the twelve southern
states leading with an addition of over 2, 600
miles, which exceeded by about 400 miles
the new mileage of the seven southwestern
states and territories, and nearly double
that of the five central northern states, or
of the seven Pacific coast states and terri
tories. Next to the growth of railways in
the southern states, the activity in this re-
spect in the new and thinly peopled regions
of the Pacific coast and the far northwest
is very noticeable, and it will be found that
the last-named region will make no incon-
siderable addition to our milesge this year. "
Railroad men all over the world are
looking forward to the English locomotive
races of the coming summer with about the
same sort of interest that sporting men
look forward to an International prize fight
or a rowing match between oarsmen like
Hanlan and Beach. The race is from Lon
don to Edinburgh, the contestants being
the "West Coast Flyer" of the London and
Northwestern railway over lis line from
Fusion Uondon) through Rugby, Crewe,
Carlisle and Carstairs Junction to the old
Scotch town, and the Flying Scotchmaun
of the Great Northern railway, from
Kings Cross Nondon) through Peterbo-
rough. York, Newcastle and Berwick to
the same terminal point. the former is
huCNA do lu5 OCODCn IbOHdl AdII IlOuLe.
Before the inauguration Of the racing last
season the Flying Scotchman" was the
fastest train in the world, making the 2S4
miles from Kings Cross, London, to
Waverly street, Edinburg, in nine hours.
This time was cut down to eight and one
half hours, and on Aug. l last, cut again to
eight hours Five days later the north
western people decided that their "West
Coast Flyer" should make the same time,
though its run was six miles longer. The
first race was watched with almost breath
less interest Fusion station and Kings
Cross are within stones throw of other,
and the two rival trains left London at ex-
actly the same moment. The "West Coast
Flyer" ran into Edinburg, with ten minutes
to spare, having made 400 miles in seven
hours and twenty-five minutes, excluding
stoppages, or an average rate of fifty-tnree
and one-half miles per hour. Eight minutes
later the Flying Scotchman came in,
beaten eight minutes in time by a train
that had to cover and additional six miles
Of track.