The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-02
RAIL AND oRossTIE.

/ General Passenger Agent E. P. McSwinsy
Of the Charleston and Savannah railroad Is
/ in the city.
! General Passenger Agent ". NJ David
/ son OF the Savannah, Florida and Western
railway IS in the city.
I Travelling Passenger Agent S. B. Webb
of tine Central railroad, with headquarters
/ at Atlanta. is at the Pulaski.
General Travelling Agent W G. ColeTan
OF the Florida and Peninsular railroad is in
the city stopping at the Pulaski.
E. s. Goodman and J. L. Hatcher. officials
OF the Savannah. Americas and Mont
gomery railway, were il the city yesterday
stopping at the DE Soto.
II. F. Hari is If Charleston. who was re-
Gently appointed yardmsster Of the Cen
trail railroad at Macon, is evidently filling
his position acceptably. He was for q
number of years connected with the Char
lesion and Savannah railway. The Macon
| Telegraph says: "AlthougN he has been in
his new Office very short time. he is
handling the trains as though he has teen
I yardmaster here many years. Everything
in his department is operating like clOca-
work. Mr.. Harris has charge of one Of the
largest yards in the south.
Besides the contemp ated extension Of the
Micanopy branch of the Florida Southern
railway, into the Dunnellon phosphate
fields, the same system are negotiating with
the Silver Springs, Ocala and Gulf railway
for the right OF way from Paiatka Co Silver
Springs, and the line already constructed
from Ocala to Homosassa and toward
Rockville. The Gainesville Sun says i. is
reported that the Georgia, Southern and
Florida railroad will be extended from a
pOilt four miles east of Melr0se via Mel
rose, Rochelle and MicanOpr, 70 connect
with the Tampa, Tallahassee, Gainesville
and Western railway at or near Trenton, in
the western part of Alachua county The
immediate object it IS presumed, on the
part Of the Georgia Southern and Florida
company, is TO reach the immense phosphate
beds
A meeting of the citizens OF Tennille was
held Saturday TO consider the matter Of
inviting the Middle Georgia and Atlantic
railroad to come through that place. 1t
was unanimously resolved to donate a
depot site and the right Of way in ard out
of town, and committee of five gentlemen
was appointed to cooperate with Col.
Machen, ascertain the wants of the railroad,
and procure the same. The following is the
committee: j. G. Hartman, g. w. Wylv,
,lr., j. w. Smith, B. 4. jacobson, and W.
+. Schaufe.e. The meeting was largely
attended by the representative citizens of
che town, and all were enthusiastic over the
matter. Tennille wa It's better railroad
graphical position puts her on ali airline
between Atlanta aud Savannah. and also
for the northern travel to Florida.
Ia speaking of the Middle Georgia and
Atlantic railroad the Sparta LshBdette
says: "Col. +. c. Machen has been in Sparta,
and has infor nally talked over the railroad
situation with our leading citizens. There
seems TO be no reason to doubt that this
road will be bulls to Savan lah within the
f.trr
through Hancock. VIII it come through
Spar.a! That is the question, and the
answer to it will no doubt be just VIVA; our
people make it, The ishndeiie wants 10
see Col. Machen's road run through Han
cock, whether it comes through Sparta or
not. OF course we want it to come through
Sparta; but ii we haven't the enterprise o
bring it here, Sparta alone ought to suffer.
Col. Machea fell in love with our granite
quarries. He was given piece of the pol
ished stone, which he said he intended TO
carry to New York. He declared that he
would rather have the hauling of the granite
from Hancock than have the hauling of all
the cotton from any ten counties in the
state.n
Milo S. Freeman of Macon, the foster
| father of the Atlanta Office of the Southern
Railway and Steamship Association, who
| has been made auditor of receipts of the
| handsome present a day or two ago In
| appreciation of his services to the associa-
! ton and his friendship to the employees, he
| was presented with an elegant solitaire
diamond stud, Dean Nisbet, formerly of
| Macon presenting this token of the high
| appreciation in which he is held by tine en-
| pioyeS of his department and his associates.
| Mr.. Freeman replied in neat little speech,
expressing his regrets that he is compelled
| to leave his friends in Atlanta and go to
| another city in the course of his business
| obligations. Afterward w. c.. Began pre-
! sented Mr. Freeman with an elegant gold
headed cane, which Mr. Freeman will pre-
| serve as a memento of his pleasan
associations with his many warm-hearted
friends in Atlanta.
1t is said that movement is on foot to
head of the Tate, Dahlonega and Lula rail
road by building line from Athens direct
to Blue Ridge by way of Jefferson, Gaines
vile and Dahlonega. he project coutem-
| plates through line from TAMPA, Fla, to
Knoxville, Tenn, and an outlet to the
| great northeast. This will give a differ
! ence of ninetysix miles between Knoxville
and Tampa. The line viii embfac the
Georgia Southern and Florida to Macon
| and the Covington and Macon to Athens.
| From Athens to Blue Ridge the distance tl
be built IS eighty miles-eighteen miles be-
| tween Athens and Jefferson, twenty.six
| miles between Gainesville and Dahlonega.
| and thirty-six miles between Dahlonega
and Blue Ridge, where it will meet the line
now being built from Knoxville to that point
| by the Marietta and North Georgia road.