The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-30
RAIL AND CROssTIE

Martin Beard, switchman on the South
| Carolina railway, lost his life at Charleston
I Thursday by an engine passing over ana
/ severing his head and left shoulder and arm
almost entirely from the body.
/ The Central railroad passenger depot and
warehouse at Eden was burned Thursday
morning at O'Clock. 1t Is supposed that
| sparks from a passing locomotive fired the
/ shingles of the roof. The damage IS estl-
ma ed at $500 on building and $500 on
freight.
The increase in pay that has been asked
| for on the Georgia Pacific has been met
half way. and the salaries of the passenger
conductors have been raised from $50 to
| S95 per month. The freight me1 have re-
ceived an increase of about IS per month,
but it is said the matter has not yet been
satisfactorily settled.
Col. E. c. Machen, president of the Mid
die Georgia and Atlantic road. may not be
meeting with as much success as he would
like in forwarding his railroad enterprise, but
from all accounts he is as fertile in schemes
as ever. His latest plan, 10 is said, is to
extend his road to Guyton to connect with
the Central; to make another extension to
Port Royal; TO connect with the Charleston
and Savannah road to run to Charleston,
and, fourth to extend his main line from
Statesboro TO Brunswick.
The Central will erect Immediately at
Americas beautiful freight and passenger
depot, to cost fully 10000 The design is
the latest style of architecture for railway
buildings, and is both convenient, capacious
and ornamental 1t embraces a freight
office, warehouse, one gentlemen's waiting
room, one ladies' waiting room. one colored
waiting room, a baggage room, an express
room and all the accessories Of a first
class modern railway station, including
spacious. well-shaded platform.
The passenger department of the Central
railroad Is very busy arranging rates to the
different fairs and expositions TO be held
throughout Georgia and Alabama this fall.
Low rates will be given to the Piedmont
exposition at Atlanta, the Georgia state fair
at Macon, the Chattahoochee valley expo
sition at Columbus the Alabama state fair
at Montgomery, the exposition at Birming-
ham, the East Alabama exposition at Ope-
lika snd the fair at Eufaula. All of these
fairs and expositions will be held in October
and November.
Says the Guntersville Democrat: Maj.
Carlisle returned Monday from Atlanta
where he has been to secure the contract
to furnish crossties for the Tennessee and
Coosa. We understand he has taken the
contract for twenty-six miles on this end,
and will commence work at once. The
contractors have gone to moving dirt live
ly with large force of hands, mules and
scrapers. One man has taken the contract
to complete the grade to the top Of the
mountain in twenty-five days. Already
force of hands have moved out on top Of
the mountain and gone to work.
The Fort Payne Herald is jubilant over
the prospects of new railroads. 1t is said
that President James of the Chattanooga
Southern has promised to build n branch TO
Fort Payne. There are also hopes that the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia will
drop branch dawn there from Stevenson,
while the Louisville and NASHVILLE are be-
ginning on branch from the Tennessee and
Coosa Last Monday the Cumberland,
Fort Payne and Atlantic Railroad Company
was organized by the election of Chancellor
McSpadden as president, W. w. HARRISON
as secretary and treasurer, and a board of
ten directors. One hundred and six thousand
dollars was subscribed toward the building
of the line, which is to begin at Bridgeport,
run to Fort Payne, Center, Piedmont, Talla-
poosa, Carrollton and Brunswick.