The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-31
RA[L AND CRossFHE.

The airbrake instruction train, which has
been making a tour of the Pennsylvania
southwest lines, will complete It's long run
this week on the Pittsburg division, 1000
trainmen having received Instructions from
it.
The United States Rolling Stock Com
pany at Decatar is worrying on orders for
200 fruit cars for the Georgia Southern and
Florida, Il d sixty platform and ten stock
cars for the New Orleans aid Northwestern
railroad.
An official Of one of the Pennsylvania
lines, speaking of the business of his road
said the freight traffic this year was more
than 20 per cent heavier than ever before,
and that's significant fact in connection with
this increase was that the volume of the
south-bound freight was responsible for the
good showing
There IS proposition to construct an at
mospheric railway 80 miles long up the
Jungfrau. According to the plans there
will be two parallel tuaaeis nearly ten feet
in diameter. finished cylindrical and pro-
vioed with rails for the cars; the cars will
be cylindrical, and will be forced mp the ID
cline by compressed ar operating against
their ends
The only engine on the Ma ryland South
ern railroad ran OF the track into d ditch
last year. and there wasn't sufficient money
ia the treasury to restore it to It's former
position. The motive power Is now sup
pied by two horses, who make the round
trip of eighteen miles, from Hughesville to
Brandywine and back, in eight hours, when
the mud is not very deep
At Pittshurg, at tho session of the Broth
erhood of LooepqtiEe Engineers, the fol-
lowing officers we're elected: First grand
engineer, I. 8. fngraham; second grand
engineer, D. Everett; third grand engineer,
Asa Kennedy Of Winnipeg. The latter
office was created at this convention. There
was no election To- grand chief engineer, as
Arthur was elected at the last convention
for three yearS
Z. T. Huntington, president of the South
ern Pacific Railroad Company, who is now
in San Francisco, il qieted as saying: 81
would sell my interests in this road if I
could find q customer" There is a belief
current In California thatthe Vanderbilts
and the STANDARD Oil people are after the
Southern Pacific. To secure control the
purchasers will have to buy the interests of
Mr. Huntington and Mrs Hopkins-Se aries.
which would require an outlay of about
S54, o00, 600.
Heary Warren. the active old newsbov
who serves the travellers on the New Haven
and Derby railroad. celebrated his SD
birthday this week. The only observance
he made Of it was to deliver bis papers ms
usual and receive the Congratulations of his
friends Mr.. Warren was born in Derby in
1903 and was brought up there. He taught
school there thirty years, and among his
pupils are row some of the leading men
in Derby and Ansonsa. Fer twenty
four years he has been a
pewsboy. Eleven years he served
the patrons OF the Naugatucls road,
and for thirteen years he has run ba ok and
forth between New Haven and Ansonia.
He was the first AID only newsboy on the
Derby road. In twenty-five years he has
not seen sick day, nor has he ever missed
trip except during the blizzard, and then
only because the trains did not run. He
rises at $50 o'clock every morning and re-
tires at in the evening. He is active, full
of fun and as lively as some of his old-time
scholboys. He is bubbling all over with
good nature, and responds to every greeting
pleasantly. de never used liquor or
tobacco