The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-08
RAIL AND CRossTIE.

Work was to commence this week on the
new Gainesville and Lake Newman rail-
rosd
Passenger Agent Deming of the Savan-
nah, Florida and Western railway was in
the city yesterday.
The Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
railroad is getting to be a Jonah. Two men
were killed on its tracks within twelve
hours Wednesday.
The Western and Atlantic Railroad Com
pany Will, 1t is stated construct number Of
slde-tracks between Atlanta and Chat
tanooga, Tenn. also six new bridges.
Douglas McGrigor Grigor, one OF the Re-
publican Blues big-four, and a popular
engineer on the Central railroad, has re-
turned to the city after a weeks recreation
at Camp Mary, Warsaw.
The work of building the Osceola and
Lake Jesup, Fla, railroad connection at
Lakemont with the Orlando and Winter
Park railroad to Orlando has at last prac-
tically been completed, and Orlando and
Oviedo are now connected.
General Traffic Manager Shellman, of the
Central railroad, has issued a circular order
that the jurisdiction of g.. A. Whitehead,
general freight agent; Z. T. Charlton, gen.
eral passenger agent, and J. B. Preston,
general claim agent. has been extended over
the Savannah and Atlantic railway.
The Tarpon Springs aud Tampa railroad
company has been incorporated by Jacob
Disston, F. A. Davis, C. T. Sajous of Phila-
delphia, Pa, j. II. Vinson of Tarpon
Springs. and others, for the purpose of con-
structing a railroad from the mouth of the
Anclote river TO Tampa via Tarpon Springs.
Capital stock 100000
The Pullman sleeper "City of Norfolk"
now running over tue East Tennessee, Vir-
erf., o,,l d. Al
nooga, is said to be the finest sleeper ever
turned out Of the Pullman shops. This
sleeper was on exhibition at the cotton
exposition in 1888, and won the highest
prize awarded to cars on that occasion.
r. c. STROLLER, sub-contractor under
Worthington & Co. of Birmingham, Ala,
has commenced grading about three miles
from Troy, Ala, on the Andalusia extern
sion of the Mobile and Girard railroad, for
the Vankirk Land and Construction Com
pany. Mr.. Strother has the contract for
the entire work from Troy to Andalusia.
A survey has been begun by W. S. Green
of Columbus, Ga, chief engineer at Bir-
m1ngham and Bessemer, Ala, for the north
ern division Of the Alabama, Georgia and
Florida road. The country in that neigh
borhood is very mountainous and a long
tunnel viii have 70 be built through Shades
mountains. Surveyors on the southern di-
vision have finished the line to point near
the Chattahoochee river beyond Lump
kin, Ga.
In reference to the recent report that the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia rail-
road company proposed to build new line
from Mobile to New Orleans, paralleling
the Louisville and Nashville, President S.
Thomas states that the matter has not been
formally taken up yet for consideration.
There are strong local inducements offered
by the cities and towns in that section to
build such iue, but he could not say at
the present time whether it would be built
or not.
A great deal of discussion is now going
on among railroad men as to the relative
merits of electro motors vs. steam The
advantage claimed by the advocates of the
electro motor is that trains can be subdi-
vided at any point. Extra heavy and
powerful locomotives ere not required on
gradients. In case of accident, uniniured
cars can be got out of the way individually
They believe in individual motors. An
electric engine at the head of a train has
little advantage over steam locomotive.
Railroad literary bureaus and railroad
special literature are more and more recog-
nized by railroad management as absolute
| advertising necessities. There are some
very beautiful things gotten up for special
| advertising. Along Ine SuWanuee Route,
written for the Georgia Southern and
Florida by Harry Edwards, is not only an
able literary brochure, but is beautifully
and artisrically illustrated. "Are You Go
| ingF" put forth by the East Tennessee, Vir-
| ginia and Georgia, is a neat periodical,
handy for travellers to have.
Upon the application of the Savannah.
| Florida and Western railway the commits.
sioner of the Southern Passenger Associa-
ton has approved the rate of So for the
round trip, Savannah to Montgomery, Ala.
with the privilege of stopping over at any
station on the Alabama Midland railroad.
Tickets will be sold on Aug. u, good only
on trains leaving Savannah on that day
with extreme limit Aug. % The object of
this greatly reduced rate is to induce the
commercial people of Savannah to visit the
newly opened territory of the Alabama
| Midland railroad.
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