The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-20
RAIL AND CROSSTIE.

General Superintendent Marshall and
General Freight and Passenger Agent
Goodman of the Savannah, Americas and
Montgomery Railroad were in the city
yesterday. They were unable TO get con :
ference with the Central's officers yester-
dav. 1t is presumed that the conference
will be held to-day.
Mai w. r. McClintock, for long time
superintendent of the Columbus and West
ern railroad, has just been appointed gen.
eral Superintendent of roadway of the Louis
ville New Orleans and Texas railroad I'm der
General Manager Harahau, with head
quarters in New Orleans. Maj McCintock
has recently been superintendent of the
local road out of New Orleans.
A Talbotton special says: II seems almost
certain that the 1albotton and Western
railroad will be built. The survey of the
road was completed last week Speaking
of the road the West Georgia Nel0S says:
An estimate of the cost of the road will be
furnished by the engineers within the next
ten days. In the meantime Maj. Green,
chief engineer of the Georgia Midland and
Gulf railroad, with Engineer Cowan and
others interested, will ride over the pro-
posed line, making an examination of the
character of the soil and the crop pro-
ducts. From Talbotton, west, two lines
have been surveyed; one to Ellerslie and one
to Waverly Hall. The cost of construction
TO either point will be about the same, and
the western intersection with the G eorgia
Midland and Gulf road, will, no doubt, be
determined by the amount of subscriptions
of the two places. The question will be
which place is willing to pay most for tie
road. All along the line the people are en-
thusiastic, and not person has been found
On the whole route who is not willing to
grant right-of-way, and to further aid by
subscriptions to stock to the extent of their
ability. This is encouraging to those in
charge of the enterprise. ]. l.. Cowan, the
engineer in charge, has done his. work in a
most satisfactory manner.
Some extremely interesting facts were
developed at the engineers convention
wdich was held recently in Cincinnati.
During the discussion of the first paper
e. w. Strong, inventor of the great "Strong
Locomotive" presented some very interest
ing facts regarding the speed of locomotives.
Among other things, he said: ut is ques-
ton in the economy of railroading whether
we will ever want to, or ever can make any
considerable runs of sixty to eighty or more
miles an hour. Wind pressure begins to
figure as an important factor of resistance
when you get to seventy miles or more At
sixty miles the wind pressure is thirty
pounds to every ton of train, and it is not
advisable to try to run trains at such
enormous speed. Over the Erie road,
with train Of eight cars, 40 miles was
made with eight stops and five slowdowns,
at the average rate of sixty-one and a half
miles an hour, and TO keep the average up
We at times made seventy miles an hour.
But the average of express train travelling
is thirty-nipe and fraction miles per hour
between New York and Chicago, and, of
course, they would have to go at tho rate
OF sixty miles an hour at times. Over the
Pennsylvania road, between New York and
Philadelphia, the average is forty-seven
and fraction miles per hour so you see
that they must do some running at some
thing over sixty miles. But when one
comes to count the resistance of wind pres
sure to be overcome, the matter of eighty or
ninety mile runs is only for test for
special purposes. Forty miles an hour is as
last as most of us want to travel.n