The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-02
RAIL AND CIR o5STIS

Augusta operates twenty-six miles of
elec rlcal railroad, with seven more almost
ready for the cars.
A Tampa paper SAYS the connection Of
the Florida Central and Peninsular railroad
and South Florida railroad at Owensboro
having been completed, the first fruit by
that route viii come into Tampa to-day.
The machinery Of toe new railroad shops
OF the Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis
road at Nashville was started up Yesterday.
These are the largest shops of their kind in
the south, the buildings alone covering
twenty acres
The Augusta Chronicle facetiously SAYS
railroad men who study the maps and
talk railroad systems over fragrant per-
tectos, hazard the assertion that the Louis
vile and Nashville road is Lehlnd Col.
Machen's enterprise.
The receiver of the South Carolina rail-
way advertises that the interest on the
first consolidated mortgage bonds of the
road, which fell due year ago yesterday,
will be paid at the office of the Central
Trust Company, in New York. The total
amount of the interest due on the bonds,
which was payable in October, 1889, is
between $4,000 and $3.50, 900.
There is q new yard master at the Cen
trai yard at Americas, Mr.. A. Osborne,
who was appointed last Monday to that ca
pacity, and he will now have full control of
all cars that come into the yard, and upon
him will devolve the direction of the en-
ployes of the yard. Everything is said to
be on boom about the Central yards at
Americas. Enormous quantities of freight
are coming in all the time, but everything
Is Kept square up in true business style.
The Macon Ne,Us says that a certain lady
In that town has excellent Judgment about
financial matters. When the Macon Con-
structlon Company was organized, she de-
sired to purchase a quarter of share of
stock, the price being 50, 500. Her husband
and son both advised against it, saying the
investment would not pay. She followed
her own judgment, however, and made the
purchase. To-day she can sell the quarter
OF a share at 81 800 and make a clear profit
of $1,000.
II have been railroading for twenty-five
years" said railroad man, "but have
never in all my experience known such an
undated freight car famine as Is prevailing
at present, with no prospect for relief in TIE
future. We are often hard pushed for cars
during the busy season, but the present
state OF affairs has continued incessantIy for
over year. and tell you something will
have to be done or business men the country
over will feel the effect of it,
Can you account for the scarcity
tions are MANY and varied.
but the must plausible theory introduced
thus far is the constant construction of new
roads. These lines are run through good
territory, and have plenty of business and
very few cars. A roai will begin opera
tons with say 1000 cars, which, Of course,
would not begin to do the business, conse-
quently other roads push their cars to the
new territory until the new road will ha We
5000 or 5000 in operation, while other
territory is starving for cars The only
remedy to the present difficulty is more
equipment companies, and. mark my word,
we will have them in another year,