The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-21
RAIL AND CRossTIE.

Managers of the Millen aud Southern
claim 10 have ample means to build the
road There are also to be- three extensions
aggregating go miles.
The latest railroad news is that the BaIti-
more and Ohio will build road by the
shortest practical route from the Knoxville
Southern to the city of Chattanooga.
The Louisville and Nashville authorities
have agreed to allow the county cotton
weigher at Athens, Ala, TO weigh cotton
on their platform. and he is now doing SO.
The pay train of the Augusta division of
the Central system has just finished its
monthly rounds. 1t paid to employees, so
wel-known tinancier estimated yesterday,
about $4,000
Indications of a probable new railroad
line from Chattanooga northward 70 Cum
bertrand Gap is very gratifying intelligence
to large class of people living along the
prospective route, the heart Of East Ten
nessee.
w. w. HARRISON of Taladega was in
town Monday, says the Shelby Chronicle
He is connected with the Birmingham and
Atlantic railroad, and was there to open
books of subscription to the capital stock of
that road.
c. P. Atmore, Jr,, son of G. p. Atmors,
the popular general passenger agent of the
Louisville and Nashville, has been appointed
travelling passenger agent of the Alabama
Midland railroad with headquarters at
Louisville, KY.
Where the South Bound crosses the Sa-
vannah river the Georgia side is lined by a
big bluff, but the South Carolina swamp
lands extend back some distance from the
| river, and trestling will be necessary in ap-
preaching the bridge. The trestle work, of
| which there will be considerable, has been
awarded an Augusta contractor, Mr.. Wash
| ington Adams He has begun the shipment
of material to Sisters ferry by river steamer,
| aud will begin operations in a short time
| He will send down two complete pile-driving
| outfits.
The Chattanooga Times says it is now an
| assured fact that the consolidated shops of
| the Queen and Crescent system will be built
at an early day on the site of the old Ala
bama Great Southern shops in that city
| President Schiff left orders at Birming ham
| when upon his last visit to that city that a
| force Of men be immediately dispatched to
| tear down the old buildings In that city. He
| at the same time stated that the plans were
| completed and he would hurry up the en-
| gineers as soon as he returned to Cincinnati.
| The planss are for brick buildings, and will
cover the entire block from Montgomery
| avenue to Hooks street. When completed
these will be the largest railroad shops in
| the south. The lease of the Queen and
| Crescent by the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia makes Chattanooga the center
| OF that system, and very important point
as regards repairs. Work will be COM
menced at once, and soon the old buildings.
that have been an eye-sore to Chattanooga
citizens, will be thing of the past.
| The work of construction on the Mobile
| and Girard extension from Troy, Ala, to
| Brewton or some other point en- the Louis
| vile aud Nashville railway not vet deter
| mined, is being pushed very rapidly Mr.
| j. 7. knabe, secretary and treasurer of the
| Van Kirk Land aud Construction Company,
says the company have given their notes
and executed their contracts for the road
bed and ties, and have the guarantee of the
| Central Railroad and Banking CompanyIof
| Georgia that as soon as the roadbed is com
| plete and the ties are down, they win Law
| the rail. Messrs. Worthington, Elliott and
| DeBardeleben have the contract for the
| grading from Troy to Andalusia, and the
balance of the work is yet to be let. The
work is now being pushed as fast as men
| and money can do it There are over 400
men on the work. and the contract specifies
that everything between Troy and Anda-
lusia, except laying the rail. shall be COM
| plete in about ten months from this date,
and the probabilities are that the work will
be finished even sooner than that.
The Americas Recorder says the Central
railroad finds itself deluged with freight.
The wonderful growth of the business of
| Americas has poured thousands and thou
sands Of pounds of freight into the hands Of
the Central road which it did not receive
two years ago Another road has been
built to Americas, and in the short time it
| has been opened it has built up business
that it now finds itself almost unable to
| accommodate Both roads find themselves
| in the most crowded condition in Americas
of any roads, no doubt, in Georgia
On all hands is the cry of more than can be
done. Men are put on double duty Ex-
tras are called in, and everything pushed to
the utmost capacity. but TO little purpose.
The roads are both overwhelmed with work.
The yards of the Central have become so
crowded that the management have found
| it necessary TO put another switch engine to
work. This was done yesterday. The
depot is filed with freight, and merchants
find it very difficult to obtain their goods,
owing to the enormous bulks Of freight on
hand.