The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-04
RAIL AND CROSSTIE.

Maj. John F. O'Brien, general manager
Of the Mexican National, has resigned
The Georgia Southern and Florida rail-
road will formally open for traffic between
Macon and Lake City this week.
A lien for work or materials cannot be
acquired upon portion of a railroad, but
must be filed on the entire road, according
to the decision of the supreme court of Cali
fornia
Prussia, considered to be quite fully pro-
vided with railroads, has 923 towns of 1000
inhabitants or more not situated on any
railroad.
The receipts of the Georgia Southern and
Florida railroad for the month lust ended
were So, $50, nearly $4,000 ahead of the
receipts OF any previous month. During
the state fair the passenger receipts aver
aged 500 day.
In the year 1888, on the railroads of the
German empire, having 25,3lS miles of road
and 7,263 miles of double track, 4,577 tires
broke, 3,492 If them In the winter months.
By these failures of tires, twenty-six derail-
ments and 26S delays of trains were caused.
The distance run by tires in the year was
10Y, 692,970 miles, so that $50, 1856 miles
were run to one breakage.
A deed of trust from the Norfolk and
Western Railroad Company to the Mer-
camille Trust Company of New York for
S45, 000,0 900 has been filed in the clerks Office
at Roanoke, Va. The purpose of the deed
is to provide means todouble track portions
OF the road aud to build extensions, and
provide additional terminal facilities.
Existing mortgages will be retired.
Henry Battle commercial agent, who
returned home night before last over the
Savannah, Florida and Western railway,
says that when near Waycross the pas
senger train was stoued, some of the win
dows being broken, and a passenger was
struck by one of the missiles. The con-
ductor S .ys the train has been more than
once rocked" by unknown parties in the
neighborhood where the shower of ston 3
crashed through the car windows Saturday
night
A very convenient arrangement for call
ers is in operation in many Of the railroad
offices In F.'ance. The visitor is ushered
into a well-furnished well-lighted room.
provided with the current periodicals..
After being seated, the uniformed attend
ant hands him card with blank line for
his name. followed by the line, ''Subject of
the CALL" and space for writing. This he
Nils out, often receiving his reply on the
same slip when an interview is unnecessary
This IS most convenient system, because
one needs not to wait for other visitors who
may be in attendance, but Immediately
upon the presentation of the card to the
officer he desires to see he receives reply,
making an appointment, declining one or
giving the desired inform alton. The neces-
sitY OF long intervals Of waiting before OBJ
tanning audience with railroad officers for
small matters is in this way avoided.
The Chicago RaiInay Age says that
'comparisons betwesn statistics of railways
in Great Britain and the United States
afford sone interesting and instructive
contrasts. While the railway mile
age of the United States is about eight
times that Of the United Kingdom, Ameri-
can capital investment Ia only twics as
large. The British railways represent a
cost OF about s250.0OO per mile, against
about 5000 per mile in this country The
traffic per mile of course is far larger on
British railways than on American, and the
number of passengers carried is immensely
greater in spite of the great dlspropoy ton
of mileage. The net revenue per mile of
British roads, with their higher charges as
well as greater traffic, is more than four
times that of American, and the return on
the capital averages 4 06 per cent, compared
with 3. II per cent. in the United States