The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-03
RAIL AND CRosSTIE.

proposed al SSuleA .,.,s
The construction OF an electrical raiiroau
from Covington, Ga, 70 o'e'efuA'e - PRIV
posed o,.hIv beoin soon ON
ouro;5Scred Chattanooga & Evansville
railroad. ,..-,. -.;,v,.v f-or,
Ine O-,i ~ Andersonville, Ga, distance
If ten miles, IS posslolhty'
r.. Ohio Falls Car Works of Jefferson
al, me Ia are building thirty-tgo passen-
Sla.e coaches for the Central railroad.
EV - Io.stion of the Carolina. Southern
tne AZ bsS been completed TO Sumter,
ran c o1u will commence at once.
ar - cincinnati Southern has ordered two
NC engines and thirteen freight and
p a5tS engines to the Pittsburg Locomo-
M Miledgeville and Asylum Dunn my
- Psi,road Company, will extend its
IL IL. 20 the Oconee brick-yards and beyond,
at an estimated cost OF S5,OOo.
work will soon begin, it is stated, on the
o.-,ansion of the Tavares and Gulf railroad
rom Waite's junction, its present terminus,
to Oakland, a distance OF hve miles.
7 R. Nicely, D. L. Sublitt, J. Nj. Jones
and others have applied for charter Tor the
Elton MI Street Railway Company to build a
street railway Al4S S@F W.
$4,000
connect with railway ''skirting the whole
.-as+ coast of Africa, with branch to Tim
1o,'otoo ana Lake Tchad" is one Of the latest
projects.
The project of building railroad TO Rich
land also includes the construction of line
from Buena Vista to Bostick, and road
from TaIbotuon to some point on the Geor-
gia Midland.
Plans will. it is stated be shortly per-
facted for a survey for the projected Flor
ia Dawson and Northern railroad. About
100000 has alrea iy been subscribed to-
ward building the road
Morgan & Reynold, who have contracted
for building the branch of the Georgia
Southern aud Florida railroad from Upton
20 Thomasville, will shortly sublet twenty
miles, beginning at Thomasville
The Atlanta, West End and Mcpherson
Barricks Railroad Company has been
chartered by j. H. Mountain,
II I. woodward and r. f. Abbott,
to construct a railroad four and q
half miles long The capital stock is SIS, 900.
The South Florida Railroad Company
filed notice with the secretary OF state OF
its intention TO extend the Pemberton Ferry
branch of its road from present terminus at
Pemberton Ferry eighty. miles in a north.
westwardly direction to connection with
the Savannah, Florida and Western rail.
way.
The Decatur, Chesapeake and New
Orleans railroad is now being rapidly built
between Shelbyville, Tenn, and Decatur,
Ala, and it is said will be pushed to Nash
vile, Tenn, at an early date Track is
being laid at the Alabama state line, and at
kha txr,, fx,1
miles under construction, thirty-four miles
are in operation.
The Maine Central has entered into an
agreement which is still pending, to take a
lease of the Hartford railway for ninety
nine years at a rental of per cent. on
81, 900, $780, 900 being bonds and $780,
600 being stock. The Upper Coos railway
is party to similar arrangement. The
assent Of the governor and council in Canada
is yet to be Obtained.
There seems to be some dissatisfaction
among the Louisville and Nashville shop
men in Birmingham. The NelOS says that
nachinists, boiler-lnakers, and in fact men
IN nearly all the department. have dropped
out one at time, SO that up to the present
date perhaps half the employees of some de-
partments. or even more, have quit work.
The shops are at present running with very
small forces, and it is found difficult mat
ter to keep up with the repair work on en-
glnes and get all the trains out on time.
U the Citnch valley division of the Nor
tolk and Western trains are running to St
Paul, Wise county, Va, which is a little
over eighty miles from Blueheld, W. Va,
on the New river division. TracklayinR il
IN progress between st. Paul and Norton,
Where connection is made with the Louis.
vile and Nashville. Norton is 1OS miles
from Blueteld. The Big creek branch from
Rlchlands. on the Clinch valley division
north four miles TO extensive coal fields, has
been completed, and work is in progress on
branch up Coal creek to open extensive
gas coal deposits near Doran.
Master Mechanic G.. T. Thomas Of the
central railroad shops at Macon will leave
In day or two to take charge of the Vir-
glnia Midland railroad. Mr.. Thomas has
been succeeded by Mr.. Tracey. a young
man under 30 years of age, who for some
Time was prominently connected with rhe
motive department of the East Tennessee
rcad, put resigned the position to become
s9neraI foreman OF the machine shops. The
Macon Meas says that Mr.. Tracey 'sis 20 he
congratulated on his appointment. as is also
ILe road. he will make a faithful and
euiclent officer, and will, in his new
capacity, add brighter laurels to his already
brilliant record
General Manager Wood of the Pennsyl.
Vanla company gives notice to the mem
. 1eIS Of the voluntary relief department that
Inc pennsylvania lines have deoded r.
make the following additional contribu.
IONS TO the department.: When members of
Tue relief fund have drawn benefits on
TCcount OF disability from sickness for the
'l,it " iitty-two weeks and are still inca.
lacltated for duty he will. after Investi oa.
t ion and report by the superintendent Of
ruo leleI department, make such recon.
Iienaations as the merits of each case NAV
in oli ;t tor the action of the board Pend
snali be entitled to receive SICK benefits a,
typ 0,n L ohe rates received during the fifty
t t%o weeks, and after definite action upon
entb easG, sucn amount as the company may
h 1asiorlze TO be paid, based upon the mem.
i per classification in the relief fund and the
pany "i'n 'ne Gull
new Telephone Stations.