The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-21
RAIL AND CRoSsTIE.

The Florida Central and Peninsular Com
pany is having its engineers examined for
color blindness. About half the force has
been examined so far and none rejected.
The gross earnings of the Florida Central
and Peninsuar railroad for June amounted
to S7S, 735-a decrease of SO, liz from the
earnings for the corresponding month in
1880
The Florida Peace River Phosphate Com
pany has established a steamer line to Balti-
more and schooner line to Mobile, and
are soon to put on lines to New Orleans,
New York and Boston.
Work is being pushed on the line from
Chester. S. C., to Athens, Ga, and track
laying is In progress between Greenwood
and Chester. The grading has been COM
pieted to Abbeville, S. c., seventeen miles
from the Savannah river, and a large force
Is employed between the river and Athens.
Charles Dubois, the Oldest engineer in the
service of the Louisville and Nashville rail
road, died last week of consumption in
Louisville. Mr.. Bots had been In the
service of the Louisville and Nashville road
for tWenty-one years. He once hauled a
special train of officials from Louisville 10
Nashville 1876 miles, in two hours and fifty
minutes, or better than a mile a minute.
He never had an accident to one of his
trains during his long term of service.
The work on the Charleston, Cincinnati
and Chicago railroad, which has large in
terests in South Carolina, seems to be pro-
crossing very we'll The RdiLlOuy Gazette
says; IAN arrangement has been made
with the contractors by which they are to
put much lar force on the uncompleted
portion of the grading and track laying be-
tween johnson City. Tenn, and Minneapo-
lis, Va, about 20 miles. The grading has
been completed for most of this distance,
a frap 10 will h W ba
pletsd in the later part of August. William
kenefreck has the contract from johnson
City to the North Carolina state liue.''
Concerning the Georgia, Carolina and
Northern Railroad the Railroad Gazette
of the 18th inst says: The iron bridges
over the Enoree and Tiger Rivers in South
Carolina have been completed. The track
laying has been finished to the Enoree river,
a distance of saventy-three miles from Mon
roe, s. c., and it is expected that the track
will be laid TO Clinton, seventeen miles
beyond the Enoree river, by Aug. /. 1t
is expected to have the line in operation to
Greenwood S. c., distance of los miles
from Monroe, early in September. All the
grading in South Carolina has been flushed
and for some distance In Georgia beyond
the Savannah river
The Cape Fear and Cincinnati railroad,
which promises to be S ION built, may be of
N|bolbcl dplt iIlSle'U W IoOuLn A0IOEIUH.
From prospectus of the COMPANY the fol-
lowing informatiol is taken: The road is
to run from Wilmington, N. c., south to
Southport, N. c., thence westerly through
heavy forests of yellow pine and other tim
Der lands to Conway, S. G. Here the road
DIVORCES in three directions, the ma in line
going southwest to Georgetown and Charles
ton, S. C. Another division will run north
| from Conway to Salisbury, n. c., via
| Marion, Bennettsville, Rockingham, Little
Mills and Albemarle AID the third division
| will run from Conway northwest to Green
vile, S. c., via Florence, Camden, Wins
! boro and Union. The total length of the lie
| is 4S5 miles The company owns valuabl ter
mlnal facilities at Southport, n. c., where
| 1t is proposed to erect warehouses, wharves
coal piers, cotton press, elevator, ETC., so
| that grain and coal can be taken to South
| port from the northwest aud loaded into
vessels, the city of Southport being situated
| at the mouth of the Cape Fea~ llver and
| only five miles from the Atlantic ocean.
| The officers are: President, John Wilson
Brown, Baltimore Md. vice president and
| general manager, George B. Morton, Balti-
more; second vice president NJ. c. Guthrie,
| outhport. \. c.. A; secretary, j. h. Rowlen-
son; treasurer. II. B. Bell.n The Massa-
chusettS Construction Company has been
recently organized to build this road, and
has been awarded the contract for the
divisions between Wilmington and South
port % miles, au1 between Southport aud
Salisbury, N c. 1876 miles