The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-18
THE csNrRAL's IMPROVEMENTS.

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New Depots, Bridges, Yards, Shops
and Onces Going Up All over the
System
A MORNING NEWS reporter dropped IL
on General Manager Gabbett at the Cen
trail railroad Office yesterday afternoon, and
found him hard at work. Mr. Gabbett
took time TO make few remarks about the
recent improvements of the Central, and
the additions to its stock.
Officials and employees have been hard at
Work this summer increasing the carrying
capacity Of the road. Many miles of side
track have been added, yards have been
enlarged, new depots built and old ones
remOdeled, bridges built, and rolling stock
increased by the ordering of new cars and
overhauling old ones. Everything is being
got in readiness to handle the fall freights,
and when the season opens the Central will
be better equipped for handling its in
creased traffic than ever before.
Among the general improvements Mr..
Gabbett made mention of that at Albany
A new yard has been built, the old freight
depot converted into a passenger depot and
new freight depot is being built.
A new passenger depot, a new freight
depot aud new yard are just about COM
pieted at Eufaula.
A new passenger depot is being erected at
Griffin.
At Opelika new passenger depot has
been completed, a new freight depot is
being built and a new yard will soon be
completed.
new yard is being built at Millen. Side
track facilities are being increased at
Macon.
Work is about finished on the new pas
senger depot and superintendent Office
combined at Smithville. which will be the
headquarters of the southwestern division.
A tract of land has been purchased from
the city of Columbus on hich TO erect new
shops and round house, with the view to
utilizing space now occupied by the present
shops and round house for yard purposes
and for the rernodeli1g of the present yard
and increasing the track facilities. This
work has been commenced and will be COM
pleted before the opening of the busy
season.
Two important bridges are now under
construction, both of iron, one across the
Chattahoochee at Columbus, on the Mobile
and Girard railroad, costing in the neigh
borhood of $4,000; the other across the
kInchatoonee on the Southwestern road.
The Central is now receiving the balance
OF the forty new locomotives, which will
give the road when the order ia completed
fitty-three more engines than it had at the
beginning of last year.
An order has recently been placed with
the Ohio Falls Car Company for 80 new
passenger cars, 2 sleeping cars, 100 coal cars
and so stock cars, in addition to orders
already given to that company, which, in
all, will increase the freight equipment
about =, 900 cars, passenger equipment A
cars and sleeping car equipment 4.
New paint shops have been about COM
pleted in the yards at Macon and Savannah,
which enable the road to take in at either
place full train of passenger cars and
paint them at the same time.
Prior to the erection of new paint shops
| only two passenger cars could be taken in
| and painted at one time, where six can be
| taken in and painted now.
Side-tracks have been heightened
throughout The entire system, to enable
| prompt movement of trains.
All the rolling stock has been overhauled
this summer at a heavy expense to the
company, but the fruits of the work are
shown already in the better service rem
dered the public.
| The extension of the system, the addi-
ton of new connections, together with the
growth Of the country along the route, will
| give the Central heavier freights this fall
than it has ever handled before Manager
Gabbett has chosen the part of the wise
man and made his preparations while there
| was ample time