The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-12
RAIL AND CROSSTIE.

Train Master James H. Storey come over
from Macon yesterday and spent the day
here.
Supt. Dill. of the Southwestern division
of TIE Central, who has been in Savannah
for the last day or two returned to Macon
last nigh.
Henry Glover, who has been railway
postal clerk between Macon and Birming-
ham, will now have the run between Savan-
nah and Birmingham, as the Central road
will discontinue the through Birmingham
train from Macon. on which Glover had his
run.
The earthquake in California April "a
moved the Southern Pacific bridge over the
PaJaro river at Gilroy, on the Monterey
line, Throwing it several inches out of Ii e
and making it impossible. TIE piers, which
are sixty feet high, swayad and settled few
inches, and the rails pulled a foot apart
The ground settled from six to twelve
inches in some places.
The survey between Lumpkin aud Gus
seta, looking to connection with the
Columbus Southern railroad, has been com
pleted to Cusseta and has been found to be
very practicable route, and with the excep-
ton or about three or four miles of the
route the COST of construction will be only
nominal. Propositions have been already
made for other connections. A charter will
be applied for at once.
The Columbus Enqitirer-Sur says: The
indications are that another important rail-
| road move is about to be made. 1t is re-
ported that 9. Gunby Jordan, general man.
| ager of the Georgia Midland, and Mai X.
H. Duval, president of the Florida and Gulf
Navigation Company, are the principal
| figures In the new move, which will be to
build a broad guage road from Columbus
| direct to Quincy, Fla. A charter has already
been obtained for the new road.
The Georgia railroad commission has been
invited to take part in a convention of rail-
road commissioners, which meets at Wash
ington May 70. They were compelled to
| refuse, however, because of business coming
| before them at that tlme-the complaint of
the Macon Board of Trade against the
Georgia railroad. This is a matter of con-
| siderable importance. This is the second
| convention of the sort. the other being held
| in Washington last year. 1t is proposed to
to have one every year now.
| The following directors of the Macon and
Dublin railroad have been elected: D. M.
Hughes of Twiggs county; d. q. Hughes
and e. S. Morse of Bibb county; J. NJ.
Stubs of Laurens county; J. W. Walker,
j. +. Burke and j. G. Gates of Twiggs
county. At a subsequent meeting of the
directors the following officers were elected !:
D. NJ. Hughes. president; H. S. Morse.
vice president; Hardy Smith of Dublin.
secretary and treasurer. Col D. G.. Hughes
and Col. Morse went from Macon to Dublin
| in buggy. They Travelled a good deal of
the way over the roadbed of the Macon and
| Dublin road that was graded several wears
ago. They found it in very excellent condi-
| ton. Only here and there were a few
washes. The entire roadbed from Dublin to
within ten miles of Macon can be put in
6rst-class order for not more than 81, 900.
| The Madisonidn has it that the Coving-
| tod and Macon road is about to change
hands-to pass into the control of some syn
/ dicate, but what syndicste it is unknown.
The MddiSoniGn was told by Col. E. C.
Machen recently, that the change would
occur soon but that be would not say any
! thing just yet about it, further than that
the change would occur. Does 1t mean,
the MGdisonidB asks, combination of
Machen's new road, the Middle Georgia
| and Atlantic the Georgia, Car
DINA aad Northern railroad and the
| Covington and Macons Or does it mean
! that the Covineton and Macon will be swal-
lowed by the Central system, which now
has control of the Georgia roa1? We hope
the former to be the case and believe it to
| be true. as Brown Brothers. who are largely
| interested in the Covington and Macon, are
| said to be backing Machen's new road, and
| the Georgia. Carolina and Northern which
passes Athens. If the latter supposed COM
bnation is made, it means q great deal
for Madison, as the Central system
will then have a strong combina-
ton to compete with at this point. II the
| Covington aud Macon railroad enters into
| a combination with the two roads, the Mid
| die Georgia aud Atlantic and the Georgia,
| Carolina and Northern road, we will have
another opening to the great west, another
to the east, and another to the seacoast.
This combination will force the Central to
build a line from Eatonton TO Madison, to
compete with the new system.