The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-01
BAIL AND oRossrIE-

In addition TO the street railway Macon
now has number Of wealthy and promi-
nent men who have applied for a charter
for the Ocmulgee Street Railway Company,
20 be operated by electricity. The capital
stock will be 100000.
Ii is thought that the injunction served
on the Macon and Dublin railroad officials
by the administrators of the Nelson estate
will not stop the work of construc-
ton more than a week. The tract Of land
to be crossed is not more than 200 or 800
yards wide.
An electric railway is TO be constructed
between Seattle and Tacoma, Wash, a dis
lance Of forty-two miles This will be the
longest electric road in existence, and its
successful and economical operation will go
far to demonstrate the feasibility Of apply
ing electric motive power to railways Of
very much greater length.
The Charleston and Savannah railway
Will not discontinue its cheap Sunday ex-
curslons from Savannah to Charleston and
return until the last Sunday in October
These excursions are very popular, and the
road carries large crowds every Sunday
from Savannah 70 Charleston and also from
Charleston to Savannah.
A railroad man who has been railroadiug
for number OF years says he has never
known freight cars so scarce. At this sea-
son OF the year every road is pushed and
kesps the car accountant hustling. The
present scarcity has been felt for over
year. Most of the lines have big orders
placed with car shops, and the stringency
may be relieved when these orders are
filed.
The survey of the extension of the Mem
phis and Charleston railroad from Owen to
Tracy, on Waldenis ridge, has been COM
pleted The surveyed distance between the
two points is fOurteel miles. The distance
from Tracy to Dunlap IS forty-one miles;
from Dunlap 70 Pikeville, twenty miles.
The entire route from Dunlap to Pike
vile has been graded and six miles are laid
with track.
Charles h. Cromwell. formerly of Macon,
and for some time trafiic manager OF the
Western OF Alabama and the Atlanta and
West Point railroads, has rendered his
resignation 70 accept the position of general
manager or the Atlantic and Danville rail-
road. 1t is currently believed that r. E.
Lutz, at present general agent of the West
ern OF Alabama and the Atlanta and West
Point railroads, will succeed Mr.. Cromwell.
Mr. LutZ was for sixteen years in the en-
ploy of the Louisville and Nashville, hold
ing several responsible positions.
An Americas telegram to the Atlanta
Constitution gives the Americus side of the
cotton treightlng wrangle between the Cen
trail and the Americus Compress Company.
1t says: "Al the cotton in this section is
being handled by the Savannah, Americus
and Montgomery railroad, and as the crop
here Is earlier by some weeks thar else
where, the bulk of it will have gone before
the Central can succeed in stopping the
movement, even if the commission should
decide In their favor. 1t is needless to say
that public sentiment here is solidly with the
Savannah. Americas aud Montgomery rail
road, right or wrong, as it is regarded as a
home institution that must be sustained
at all hazards" E. p. Goodman,
the general freight agent of the Sa-
vannab, Americas and Montgomery rail-
road, says that there is no trouble between
the Savannah, Americas and Montgomery
and the Central railroads, but only between
the latter and the cotton shippers and the
Americas, Preston and Lumpkin compress,
IN which the Savannah, Americus and
Montgomery railroad has no interest &C
count. No rebates are being paid, either
directly or indirectly, by his road.
nor have rates been cut from any points
by him by means of which cotton Is
diverted to this place. If any rebates are
being paid to the cotton shippers his road
has no knowledge of it nor connection
with it. The rate from Fort Valley 20 Sa-
vanah, via Americas, is the same as via
Macon and from other non-competitive
points along the Southwestern. The Savan-
nah, Americas and Montgomery road has
the legal and traffic right TO give a rate to
the ports via Americus, not less than the
Centrals local rates to Savannah, the Sa-
vaunah, Americas and Montgomery, of
course, paying the CentraPs local to
Americas out Of the through rate given.
Mr. Goodman would have it inferred that
the cotton coming via Americas is merely
the result of the exercise of choice OF
routes by the shippers at equal rates, and
that, therefore, no rate cutting or rebates
are necessary even if legal.