The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-14
kA1L AND OROSSTI4.

The Gainesville section Of the Florida
Central and Peninsuar railroad has been
laid wi b new steel rails.
A through train service is to be put on
from the west to Tnomasville that will be
vast advantage to that place as winter
resort Visitors have always complained
Of the considerable trouble experienced by
the sey eral changes before reaching Thorn
asville. but, after Dec. Is, sleeper can he
taken at Cincinnati and reach Townsville
via Louisville, Nashville, Montgomery and
Midland railway without change. From
Townsville special train takes tue sleeDers
to Jacksonville via Monticello. The line
will be known and advertised as the "Thom-
asvills route"
The Southern Timbermens Association is
going for the railroads. Chairman Nj. +.
Amorous Of the committee on transporta-
ZION submitted the following report u day
or two ago. and it was adopted:
WHEREAS The complaint is general from the
different yellow pine producing states that rail
roads tail 60 furnish adeQus e shipping facilities
and show unjust discrimination In moving lum-
Der and material for themselves; therefore 10
1t
Resolred, That this association presentto the
governors of the different states represented
here memorial requesting that they recon
mend in their annual messages to the different
legislatures such legislation AS snail De- neceS"
say and proper to remedy this great evil.
WHEREAS, Violations OF the Interstate COM
MERGE act have become numerous and agra
waited, thereby suiting In great injustice
/. ResCtUed, That such amendments should
be adopted as will make the law more effective.
.. RESOLVED, That the interstate commerce
act should be so amended that every common
carrier. subject to the provisions of the law,
snail, at tn time or within thirty-six hodrs of
shipment, of receiving lumber for Shipment,
issue TO the shipper thereof a receipt or bill OF
lauing, In which shall DO stated the correct
ass,l,f ,,,Au 4tal dalip fN caf1 oh
consgnee or other person authorized 10 receive
such lumber at the place of delivery. the full
amount Of such lumber without any deduction
for shortage or loss in quantity
8. Resolved That a reasonable furnishing OF
TRANSPORTATION be defined to be within seventy
two hours after demand for cars.
According to toe latest report of the in.
ternational bureau OF telegraph adm mis-
trations, the submarine telegraph system of
the world consists of l20,070 nautical miles
of cable. Government administrations
own 1854 miles, while 1886 are the
property of private Companies. The total
cost Of these cables Is in the neighborhood
of S200, 100000. The largest owner OF sub
marine cables is the Eastern Telegraph
Company. whose system covers the ground
from England to India, and comprises
81 $50 mi es of cable. The eastern extern
sion, which exploits the far cast, has
1858 miles more. Early in last year
the system CT west African cAoie''
which started from Cadz only
six years ago. was completed to Cape Town,
so that the dark continent is noa completely
encircled by submarine telegraph, touching
at numerous points along the coast. More
than 1900 miles of caule have been re-
qulred to do this, and several companies,
With more or less aid from the British,
French, Spanish and Portuguese govern
ments, have participated in carrying out
- Tao North AflaFffN iG ra1
by no l. S. than eleven cables, all laid since
1870. Five companies are engaged in for
warding kilograms between North America
ard Europe, and the total length OF the
ca bles owned by them, iAclnding coast con-
nections, IL over 30, GOO nautical miles.