The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-31
Dan AND oEossrIE

accountant - - be on whereby the
A big deal i -aiIyay will be absorbed
Kentucky U. nloI Virginia and Georgia
by the EasI le"'-0.
system handsome cars for the use OF
Two Nely Iii service have arriVeu a.
the ralL~ ,I They are deslghed CoIrrob;a
CnsIie tatvyeen Charleston ahu -,s,.-,e,,.s
tne my lain the very iaUsss IL lpstossica de-
anu 1lnaS ITO 70 and adopted o5 'H0
partment. -, the Bessemer division OF
Track LAYING p Plocton and Birmingham
the Bra n .1i 'b4gin between Gurnee ana
railroad VIII VIII, and be pushed rapidly Tor
Bessener a. oI0' ~ the grading has been
ward his division, and IL Is conhoe1tiy
finished on bave the entire work complete
e1toI,I another month OF Iwo. ,a
"l WIN pauvilIe and New River ralIroadMa
The Dant-i ~ lad running from Danvllle
narrow gau eGonrr House, Va. seventy-hve
10 PaIrLo as been soli at public auction,
mIes- 10 claims Of the bondholoers- j. w:
nnder w ~ baltimore was the purchaser; ana
d d lid that the road was purcnae9C 80 Loi
~ ~ - RIchmond and Dan'llle Nam 0,A O'A-
pany. -, railroads has reported
tba House bill to compei IaIIoaI s W
10 !ne cars with such couplers and ap-
pLiaIIlte9 +ba ends of the cars to couple tGem,
bet"eon '-;+b automatic brakes, so that the
ana also ,a,, control the speed of the train.
englne 1.-+ states that 10000 men suffer
L';1arfs every year by the use OF the Ink
and coupling pin on CATS.
p;-,,inghan has five distinct horse car
- avfendlng over more miles than any
lL ana. citv in the United States Ia proper
oeuot - IFS is siz.. SAYS the Age. The horse
Ilon - " with the dummy lines, make an
"a, street railway mileage OF about
a;et5ty miles. By the work that Is now
20 don. several miles more Will De added
~ Ian l. 1891. 1t is not all improbable
tSst by that date Birminghan's total street
railway mileage will pass the loo mllepost.
There is lots of talk, and has been for
sorna rinle. saws the World, OF the different
Cnarleeton street railways changing their
lines mo electric railways, put so lar notu-
tnn defnite has been done IN the matter.
T ~ oficers of the different lines have in
-astigated the matter extensively, and
ore veil nleased with the system, but the
,,o-ter Of cost of tue change, as we'll as
other considerations, have deferred them
en- far from taxing the move. IL is stated
nv one in a position TO know that, in all
probability, it will he some time before
rharleston will have the much-talked-of
electric cars,
The officers of the East Tennessee, Vir-
pnia and Georgia Railway Company are
IF the opinion that the purchase of the
minority interest in the Memphis and
Charleston railroad by the East Tennessee,
as proposed, will open the way for the con
structi0n Of a number of small feeders, and
for making numerous other improvements.
TIE chief feeder to be constructed is the link
49, Do nd
Alfalfa and Decatur. The Rome and De-
catur has been the property of the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Company
only short time
The Thomson Houston Electric Light
Company state that the proportion of peo-
pie carried on electric street railways
increases with the signs of the times; that
in towns of from 10000 to 10000 the mum
Der carried is from ten to twenty. By that
rule, IN a town of 5000 the number who
would ride in a year would range from
$50, 600 to 100000 They note as remark
able the statement that a certain city of
$4,000 people had 100000 to ride in a
year, but they say this is an exceptional
place, characterized by an energy and
activity unusual, even in the west" 1t is
Nashville will have carried the present
year more than 6,000,O00 or more than
eighty to one of her population.
Work was resumed on the Macon and
Birmingham railroad near Lagrange, Ga,
says the Birmingham NelrS, after suspen-
sion of two or three months, in order to
push the construction of the Macon and
Atlantic division of the same road between
Macon and Savannah. The Macon and
birmingham is now graded to within one
mile of LAGRANGE, on the Atlanta and
West Point railroad The track will be
laid to that point within a week or two,
and trains will then run between
Macon aud Lagrange The Macon
and Birmingham will use the same
freight and passenger depots as
the Atlanta and West Point line. Work
on the route between Lagrange and Birm-
ingham will begin in a week or two. as
large forces are now being organized for
that purpose The grading contract has
been let and the work will be rushed on
toward the Magic City at rapid rate. The
Macon and Atlantic division is we'll under
construction, and it is expected that bv the
last OF next year the new through air line
between Birmingham and Savannah will
be finished and trains running. New roll
Ing stock IS constantly arriving for the
Macon and Birmingham
The Chattanooga Times says it was re-
Dor ed In railroad circles that number of
Alabama Great Southern conductors Wis
tied birmingham to hold a conference with
the general manager of the Queen and
crescent system. The conference involves
demand for an increase in salary for the
conductors and baggage agents on the Ala
oama Great Southern division. 1t is said
that the conductors are asking for an in
crease to Shopper month and the baggage
agents to $50. A gentleman prominent in
railroad circles says that the conference will
De Tor the purpose of determining whether
the advance in salaries will be granted. If
not, ne said the local Order of Railway Com
auctors has authorized the Alabama Great
men to go out on a strike, and
Will back up such action in an official man
ner. Baggage agents are already receiving
SoO per month on the Cincinnati Southern
DIVISION of the Queen and Crescent. but as
lar as known the amount asked by the Ala
oana Great Southern conductors is more
Vnan is received by such employees on any
southern railroad. The Alabama Great
southern run is said to be a snap for con-
anetors' giving long ''lay-off" at each end,
and IL Is not thought that the company will
the request for an increase of sala-