The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-23
RAIL AND CRossTIE.

The construction of a railroad from
Americus to Jacksonville is projected.
The Atlanta Street Railway Company
will. it is reported, operate its street rail-
way by electricity.
Brunswick wants the Machen party to
visit that place while on their trip over the
various routes of the proposed railroad
from Atlanta 10 the sea.
In an interview with Gen. E. P. Alexan-
der, president Of the Central railroad, he
confirms the statement of Mr.. Van Kinks
that he will lay the rails.
Heth Garfield, C. D. Blanvelt and George
Old are organizing the Electric Belt Line
Railway Company at st. Augustine for the
purpose Of building an electric railroad six
miles in length.
The failure of the Decatur, Columbus and
New Orleans railroad to pay up at the last
payday is causing much suppressed excite
ment among the poor men of that section
who make their living getting crossties.
Henry Hicks of Wrightsville, H. j. Nc
Gee. c. w. Brazell aud others have organ
lied stock company, as lately stated, to
build railroad from Reidsville to the fifty
eight mile post on the Savannah and West
ern railroad.
has received at It's Admission (Ala.) shops
orders for 300 freight cars for the Savan-
nah, Americas and Montgomery; 800 coal
cars for the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia, and 200 platform cars for the Mont
gomery, Tuscaloosa and Memphis
The Macon Telegraph says: An increased
force has been put on the work of broaden
ing the gauge of the East and West rail-
road. There is only about ten miles left
to broaden, and it will only take little
while to finish it up. Broad gauge cars are
aXDpCted To RIM fhr0uUb nayt Sunday
r. T. Martin & Co. of Eatonton, Ga.
who have the contract for the branch from
the main line near Newborn north to Social
Circle, have large force of men and about
100 teams engaged in the work There are
few cuts and little other heavy work. The
track laying will begin in about Two
months, when all the grading is finished
1t is a pretty well-known fact that the
managers of the Central railroad system
are DESTROYS OF increasing its mileage as
fast as possible. AS is the case with such
great corporations. its deliberations in that
direction have been conducted with all pos
sible secrecy. 1t is known, however, that
OF late the road has been using every rea-
sonable economy in its expenditures for the
purpose of assisting the extension of its
lines and the broadening of its territory.
Briefly stated, the latest plans Of the Cen
trail in this direction seem to be as
shortest possible route between Savannah
and Birmingham. In order 10 do this, it is
contemplated to build road from Stirling,
which Is on the Eden extension from Sa-
vannah, through Eastman, Hawkins
vile, Grovania Ton the Georgia Southern
and Fort Valley, where the Central's own
line will be met again. This will give the
Central direct route from Savannah to
Alabama's capital, independent of the'Sam"
Savannah
gomery) which is thought to be very desira-
bic from the Central's standpoint.
1t has been stated in several papers in the
state that the passage of the land grant for
FIXTURE bill has jeopardized the construction
of the Mobile and Girard extension from
Troy to Brewton or some other point on
the Louisville and Nashville railroad. AS
matter of fact, the Montgomery Advertiser
says, the land grant forfeiture bill no more
affects the building of the Mobile and
Girard extension than if 1t had never been
introduced. The Van Kirk Land and Con-
struction Company is building the branch,
and }. Z. Knabe, the secretary aud treasurer
says that the Mobile and Girard Railroad
Company was originally granted by act
or congress 504, 900 acres of government
land IN the various counties through which
it was designed 10 run. Eighty-four miles
OF the road has been constructed, and to
UuaU oAuenG tue act OF congress has been C, m
piled with. As the act allowed 100 sections
OF 64o acres each for every twenty miles of
road the railroad company has actually
earned 1925 acres, leaving only 1S1, 40
acres unearned. and which will be forfeited
by the bill just passed. "But even if the bill
forfeited all of the land" he continued,
that would have nothing III the world to
do with the extension. The Van Kirk Land
and Construction Company have given
their notes and executed their contracts for
the road bed and ties, and have the guaran-
tee OF the Central Railroad and Banking
Company of Georgia that as soon as the
road-bed is complete and the ties are down
they will lay the rail-"