The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-21
RAIL AND CROsSTIE.

A force of engineers is at work making
preliminary Surveys for the Piedmont
Southern, between Gadsden and r oanoke.
Ala. The corps left Gadsden sever al days
ago, and is now in the neighborhood of
Piedmont. From that place the line will
De located south to Roanoke via Edwards
vile.
Athens and vicinity are working hard for
the Georgia Midland. At a recent meeting
OF the High Shoals factory stockholders,
eighteen miles from Athens, il was decided
to subscribe $4,000 TO the road, provided
1t should be built through the town. 1t is
the intention of the High Shoals citizens to
raise another $4,000 If their route Is ac-
cepted.
NJ. Fl. Connally, Florida freight agent of
the Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis
railway, has Issued circular letter in which
he says: Notwithstanding the great dam
age done to vegetables of all kinds by the
two recent freezes in Florida, l am advised
that in many sections they were left uu-
harmed, aud in few days they will COM
mence going forward in carload quantities. :"
Replying TO the rumors that the Plant
system had gobbled the Columbus South
erD, Capt. j. w. English of Atlanta, says:
Neither the Plant system or any other
railroad furnished a dollar of the money
used in the construction of the Southern.
ue ISal mas never De5H OueT61 LOr sale.
no proposition for its purchase has been
receiver or solicited, nor have we ever
wanted to sell the road"
The Macon Telegraph sums up an inter-
esting railroad situation as follows: 1.-THE
Middle Georgia and Atlantic is already to
commence on the Savannah end of the line
TO Swainsboro and Atlanta AS soon as the
line is complete to Swainsboro the Macon
part will be commenced. The sixty miles
viii be built in short order, and the Middle
Georgia and Atlantic viii then have headed
OF the other airline schemes by getting
into Macon and well along toward Atlanta.
The Georgia Southern is going to Savan-
nah. That step was decided upon some
time ago."
The citizens of DeKalb county are NOV
ing in the matter OF a railroad from Nc
Donough via Charleston on the Georgia rail-
road, to Doraville on the Richmond and
Danville road. A company is being formed
for that purpose. They prefer that the
Georgia Midland should be extended, vet if
that cannot be done they propose building
an alliance railroad and make the best
terms they can with the Georgia Midland, the
Georgia, Georgia, Carolina and Northern,
and the Richmond and Danville railroads, It
is possible that the Rockdale Railroad Com
pany may unite with the McDonough and
Doraville Alliance railroad, and thus give
DeKalb the benefit of competition in more
ways than one.
The MORNING News has received CON-
munication signed by committees represent
ing the communities and towns of Allen
dale, Barnwell, Blackville, Springfield and
Sallys, addressed to the Savannah Construc-
tion Company, submitting the following:
That by commencing the construction of
the South Bound road at Barnwell now the
Port Royal road at Allendale, some sixteen
miles. can be reached before the opening of
the watermelon trade, or at least by the
opening Of the regular fail trade. This
communication will open for Savannah
merchants the country from Alendale to
the point i'll Orangeburg county to which
the line Of the Barnwell and Blackville and
the Biackvllla, Aston and Newberry rail-
road now generates. The sixteen miles of
the South Bound thus built will give nearly
sixty miles of exclusive railroad facilities to
Savannah beside; opening competition
along the Savannah and Charleston rail
road from Blackvule. The committees are
satisfied tIat the completion of this lin K
alone would increase the cotton receipts OF
Savannah sufficient to make her receipts
over 1000 200 bales the coming season"
The date for putting through train
schedule on the Alabama Midland, be-
tween Montgomery and cambridge, has
not yet bsen definitely fixed. According
to the Troy Messenger, which says: 1.-THE
big cut Of the Midland under the Central
at Ozark will be finished this week. The
immense water tank at Youngblood's-55,-
900 gallons capacity-has been fini shed.
Several trains loaded with steel rails have
passed through recently going toward
Montgomery. We presume that part of
the rails are for the Julian and Rutledge
extension. Fifty-sight car loads are
for the Montgomery, Tuscaloosa
aad Memphis extension. The
carpenters have resumed work
on the Midland passenger depot 1t will be
a nicely finished and neat structure, aud for
the present, at least, well adapted to the
uses for which it is intended. We learn
that the station on the Midland between
Troy and Brundidge, now known as Banks,
will in the future be called Waco, where w
I. Mathews will have charge of a new post
office at an early date. The engine Balm
bridge No. 2, which has been in active
services since the Midland was connected,
was sent to the Montgomery shops for
repairs Ii has besn overhaulad and re-
turned. 1t has pulled the surface gangs
train for great part of the time since it
has been in service"
The RaiItoay ReUietU says: Experiments
are now being conducted at Chester,
England, with compressed air system for
operating street railways. It differs in some
respects from the methods usually employed.
the chief difference being in the manner in
which the supply of air is obtained. In
stead of having air slowed in reservoirs at
a high pressure and in sufficient quantities
to last the entire trip, this system provides
for the recharging of reservoirs at points
about two miles apart. The reservoirs on the
car contain air compressed to about 175
pounds when the car is first started. When it
arrives at a charging point the pressure can
be restored to this figure in about ten sec
onds. The supply IS obtained from an
air COMPRISING plant erected at a CEN
trail station from which it is conducted
under ground, in air mains, laid along the
entire route, aud these air mains have a
special form OF valve at each point at which
the reservoirs of the cars are Co be charged.
By movement of the lever on the car tue
various parts are put in such position that
the connection with this valve is made auto
maticaly as the car approaches it, Ii is
stopped opposite the valve. is charged and
passes on, automatically closing the valves
OF both car and air main. As can be readily
seen, this system reduces the capacity Of tho
reservoirs and the pressure at which it is
necessary to charge them. From expert
ments made by d. X Clark it was found
that tue amount of air consumed on various
grades rose from .0221 pounds on level to
.1442 on grade of one in fifteen.
The nearest approach in Europe to the
fast trains of English lines is shown in
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