The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-14
RAIL AND CHOSSTIB.

s. s. Satchwell has been appointed travel
ing freight and passenger agent of the Ala
bama Midland railway, with headquarters
In Jacksonville. Fla. The circular an
nounclng his appointment. which went into
erect Nov. ), has been sedt out by General
Freight and Passenger Agent Haiden
Miller.
The Albany and Schenectady railroad.
chartered in 1926 as the Mohawk and Hnd-
son. was opened Sept. 10, 1881, and was the
first railroad built in the state of New
OK. In 1877 the name was changed to the
Albany and Schenectady. In 1853 this road
was consolidated with nine other small
lines, forming the New York Central: and
In 1859 this company was consolidated with
the Hudson RIVER railroad, forming what
has since been known as the New York
Central and Hudson River railroad. In
1881 the Mohawk and Hudson carried but a
few hundred passengers, last year the New
York Central and HHdsoa River railroad
carried over 10000
Railroad men in Birmingham. the Nsws
says, are quietly watching the
movements OF the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad company, and the
knowing ones predict that the East Tennes-
see system will soon have a formidable
competitor for eastern business. When the
combination of the East Tennessee, Rich
mond and Danville. Richmond Terminal.
Georgia Pacific and Queen and Crescent
systems was completed, it virtually con-
trolled all of the business between eastern
and southern points. The Louisville and
Nashville had long enjoyed a practical
monopoly of this business, aud
could not be expected to rest
quietly. The first move was seem.
lngly very innocent one, only an extension
OF the Jasper, Tenn, branch to Dunlap. and
then to Pikeyilte, but the survey is going
right on to Middlesborough. Then the final
locating survey of the Birmingham Mineral
railroad was made to Bridgeport. Then tbs
Norfolk and Western began to build tc
Mlddlesborough, and laid double track
through to Norfolk. This will give a
through line to, the Atlantic seaboard from
both New Orleans and Louisville, and will
make the present Jasper branch part of a
most important line.
Henry V. Poor, who is an accepted all
thority upon the subject of overland steam
transportation II this country, saws the
Philadelphia Public Ledger, "has contrib
Tted to the BrookIine Mass Chronicle q
statistical paper OF value and interest on
the relative growth of the population and
the railroads Of the United States. Certain
of his figures seem to suggest that the enter
prise of the capitalists. as exhibited in the
CONSTRUCTION ana operation OF railroads. has
not been as justly appreciated as it should
have been. For instance, MIR. Poor's statis-
tics show that from 1866 to 1889 the
increase of population was about II per
cent. also. that during the same period the
increase in railroad mileage Yves 1888 per
cent, and that the increase of tonnage was
674 per cent That is to say, the increase of
mileage was, by comparison with that of
the population, rather more than four to
one, and of tonnage more than eight to one.
Equally important is the statement made
by Mr.. Poor that while the average rata per
ton OF goods transported by the railroads
In 1866 was 273 cents a mile, in 1889 it was
but .976 of cent.