The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-26
RAIL AND CROSSTIE.

Train Master Storey Of the Central, whose
headquarters are in Macon, was in town
yesterday.
The Georgia Midland and Gulf has re-
Gently placed orders for 100 ventilated cars
30 other freight cars and 2 passenger cars.
The "Bg Four" which a few months ago
introduced 1-cent-a-mile tickets for en-
ployes' families, has abolished them, and
passes are to be given as formerly.
The Jaffa-Jerusalem railroad, commenced
short time ago, is in the hands of French
company-the Societe Anonyme Ottomane
du chemin de fer de Jaffa-Jerusalem-wit
headquarters at Jaffa.
C. A. Dorrell is back from the meeting of
the ticket agents at Denver, after a two
weeks Absence, in which time he traversed
large portion of the great west. He
comes back hearty and smiling and ready
to buckle down to work again handling
pasteboards for the Central.
A Tacoma paper says that carload of
ironwork from the east for the water works
in that city was missing" for three months,
and that the workmen waiting to use this
material waited a month for the car, finally
discovering it by making a tour through
Oregon. The car was found at Huntington.
Aug 2.
The grading on the twenty-seven miles
between Machen and Covington, Ga, on
the Middle Georgia AID Atlantic has been
completed from the latter point northwest
through Newbern to a point few miles
east OF the Alcovy river, and from the lat
ter point to Covlngton. Track-laying be-
gan a. Machen last week, and it is expected
that the road will be in operation in Novem-
Der. 1t is claimed that work will be COM
menced soon on the proposed branch from
Newbern north to Social Circle on the
Georgia road, distance of ten miles.
dispatch to the Chattanooga Times
says several thousand people from all parts
witnessed the breaking of ground of the
Genesis and Obed river railroad last Satur-
day at Crcssville, Tenn. Crossville was
splendldly decorated with arches of bunting
and evergreen. Speeches were made by
Capt. Lima Beecher, president of the Genesis
and Obed railroad, and Others A BANQUET
was served In pavilion built for the pur-
pose. Fireworks were displayed and ball
was given. Nothing like 1t was ever seen
ON the Cumberland plateau before.
The Chattanooga Times says: The union
depot was as foul-smelling as the Storage of
an ocean steamship last night A big party
OF Italian emigrants, piloted by a railroad
contractor from West Tennessee, occupied
toe building. The contractor left New York
three days ago with seventy-two laborers.
He lost dozen at Bristol, Tenn, and man
aged to reach Chattanooga with the rest of
the party. On their arrival here the entire
crowd began drinking, and several Quarrels
among themselves resulted. 1t required the
combined force of two policemen to pre-
serve order.
The Railroad Gazette, referring to the
floating Of the big bridge span at Pittsbur9
says: Last Tuesday the main channel snan
of the Ohio river bridge of the Ohio Con-
Meeting railway near T. ttsburg was placed
on its piers. This span is 523 feet long. 65
feet deep and weighs about 900 tons. The
bottom chord is IS feet above the water
level, making the total height of the struct-
ure l4O feet This structure was erected
along shore and loated out aud dronneJ
into place, no falseworks of any kind being
used between the piers. The totel
mass foated, including bridge span
false work aud bargeS, weighed a little
less than 1000 TONS perhaps 1900 The
actual operation from the time the block-
ing was knocked from under the false
works, leaving them clear of the piles to
the time when the span rested on its seat
on the piers, occupied about eleven hours
The boldnesS and magnitude of this WORT
the simplicity Of the means used. and the
celebrity and economy with which IL was
carried out make it one of those deeds for
which American engineers are famous and
OF which they may all be proud. ~