The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-01
RAIL AND CROSSTIE.

James E. Starke has been appointed au-
ditor of the Jacksonville, Tampa and Kew
West railroad in place of j. G.. Kennedy.
who has resigned.
The Silver Springs, Ocala and Gulf rail-
road will shortly be completed from Pa
latka to the gulf, forming, with the st.
Augustine and Palatka road, a complete
belt connecting the east and west coast of
Florida.
A rumor prevails in railroad circles that
Maj. c. H. Hudson, general manager of the
East Tennessee, will soon resign his position
to accept one of more distinction with
another road. Employees of the East Ten
nessee would regret such action on the part
of Maj. Hudson. Nothing can be learned
OF definite character as to whether the res
lgnation will take place during this month
or whether 1T will depend upon the consoli-
| dalton Of the East Tennessee and Cincinnati
Southern interests
J. A. EngIerth, former agent at the Cen
| trail freight depot in Macon, whose recent
resignation has been mentioned, was pleas
| antly surprised at his home, night or two
ago, by being presented by his former subor-
dlnateS with handsome marble clock with
bronze ornaments. Mr.. E. F. Brown, the
| chief clerk, made the presentation in a neat
speech, to which Mr.. Englerth responded.
The address, neatly typewriter and signed
by about forty clerks, was also presented to
MIR. E glerth, who will thus be enabled to
carry away with him more than one valued
souvenir when he leaves Macon.
A Kalamazoo lumber dealer is said to be
fellcltating himself on having beaten the
| railroads. he received car load of lum-
Der and paid freight charges thereon. Not
| having unloaded it within the required
| seventy-two hours, the railroad charged
him demurrage, which he refused to pay.
| He was told that he could not have the
lumber until he paid the demurrage charge,
That did not scare him. He proceeded to
break the seal, open the car, take out and
| cart away his lumber. The railroad agents
sued him for an unlawful seizure, and the
case went to court. The result was that
the law justified the dealer This goes to
indicate that when railroads charge de-
murrage under the name of car service
| they are exceeding their legal right In the
premises.
A party of gentlemen were standing at
! the Central depot several afternoons ago
when the attention Of one of the party was
attracted by a small round hole in the
wheel of one of the freight cars. An ex-
| animation showed a similar hole in every
wheel of a number of cars inspected. 81
wonder what it can be for" said one of the
party. A railroad man passing by over
heard the remark, and explained
the cause. Formerly the railroad
wheels were cast with spokes in
them. Then followed the casting of solid
wheels. Early in the beginning of this in
dustry great difficulty was encountered in
overcoming the shrinkage of iron after it is
chilled, which frequently ruined large
percentage of wheels cast An ingenious
mechanic finally overcame the trouble by
placing in the mould piece of tin pipe
which, after the hot metal was poured in,
caused hole to remain about which the
metal contracted as it grew cold, leaving the
rest of the wheel perfect. The simple in
vention was adopted and the inventor made
q fortune out of it.
The deal in the Dover and Statesboro
road telegraphed to the MORNING NEWS
from Augusta yesterday is creating some
talk in Augusta. George H. Curry, a
brother-in-law Of John II. Inman, and the
purchaser of the road, has been elected
president Of the road to succeed f. T. Lock
hart, who says he could not give the road
proper attention. The road passes through
the thickest pine timber section in the state.
| and it has made money since it was first
operated. Since Mr.. Curry has come into
possession of the road a new executive office
has been instituted, that of vice president,
which James l.. Fleming of Augusta has
| been elected to fill. The transfer of this
| profitable paying road is believed in Au-
| gusta to be another scoop of the Richmond
and Danville railroad, and the purchase is
believed to have been made by Mr..
| Curry for his brother-in-law, Mr.. inman
The road is Of the standard gauge, and the
new owners may connect it with the Au-
gusta, Gibson and Sandersville road, which
that syndicate purchased a few months ago,
and extend the line through to Florida.
A bill has been introduced in the Virginia
legislature in which the Richmond Term
inal people will have very lively interest
1t proposes the consolidation of any or all
of the lines that 60 to make up the Atlantic
Coast line into one corporation, with power
to adjust the stock and indebtedness in
snch way as to bring them all in. Two or
three Of the companies concerned are regu-
lar dividend payers, and they are all in
good condition. If the project goes
through, the cost of operating would be
very much simplifed, as some of the lines
are short, and yet each has to have its
own set Of officers. The new line
would have the choice of routes by the Bay
Line from Baltimore to Norfolk, or by the
lines to Washington, branching off from
the Virginia Midland at Alexandra. the
two systems having common northern
terminus at Alex lndria. The distance
would be about the same, but the Atlantic
Coast Line has little larger population to
serve This consolidation would have an
important influence upon the new through
line now building under the auspices of The
Seaboard Air Line, for which $4,000. 900
was raised in Wall street not very long ago
Brain-workers, keep your heads clear and
bowels open. Take simmons Liver Rega-