The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-16
RAIL AND CROSSrIE.

The Palmetto railroad, or, as it Is some
times called, the Western Carolina and Port
Royal road, made a brilliant record on It's
first summer excursion. The running time
between Charleston and Greenville was the
shortest ever made. The actual running
time was hours and SO minutes. Tho
train arrived in Greenville at 4:40 p. m.
AT the annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Atlanta and Florida railroad the
following officers were elected: r. F.
Maddox, president; E. w. Marsh, vice
president. j. K. Drummer, secre-
tary; j. w. Rucker, treasurer The follow
ing directors were then elected: E. P.
Howell, E. w. Marsh, j. Carroll Payne, H.
G. Bagley Of Americas, L. +. Blalock Of
Jonesboro, Capt. J. r. Wyhe, w. L. Peel,
William Heath, Willis Sparks, R. F. Mad
dox, j. K. Drummer and Willis Reagan.
The work ON the East Shore Terminal
railroad, the Charleston NetcS and Courier
says, is progressing with gratifying rapid
ity. The preparation of the roadbed is
completed from Market street almost to the
Northeastern railway tracks, and is being
pushed on every day without any cessation
OF labor. The work in the upper part of
the city will be very heavy, as most Of it is
trestling. The marsh land through which
it will have to run will cause a greater con-
sumption of time in construction than any
other part of the line.
The work on the extension of the Char
lesion, Sumter and Northern road from
Sumter to Bennettsville, under The super
attendance Of Contractor r. S. Pringle,
says the Nelcs and Courier, is being ad-
vanced without delay. Mr.. Pringle has
recently made arrangements for the hiring
of 100 convicts to do the work, and stock
ade is now being built for their re-
ception in Swimming Pens township in
Sumter county. The people in Marlboro
md 81 To
which this road will run are looking for
ward to its completion with great interest
Heretofore they have been almost wholly
cut Off from Charleston, and. in fact, the
whole state and this line will give them
| the first regular communication with this
market that they ever had.
The work of locating the line of the Caro-
| lima Southern railroad, which has been sur
veyed from Cheraw to Sumter, has been
| completed as far south as Black Greek.
| This road is expected to be in operation in
a year between Cheraw and Sumter, and
this will give Charleston another feeder.
The British board of trade returns for the
three months ending March 81 last, en-
brace reporte of thirty collisions. nineteen
derailments and four other train accidents,
| besides failures of tires ayles, couplings
etc. Persons who imagine that there are
few or no highway grade crossings in Eng
| land should note that there were during
these three months ten cases of trains run
ming through gates at level crossings, and
this class Of accident appears regularly in
all the reports There we're killed during
the quarter by train accidents, five passen-
gers and four employees, and seventy-four
passengers and thirty-one employees were
injured. Casualties TO persons from other
causes, including those occurring at grade
crossings, trespassers Including suic des)
and miscellaneous, bring the totals up to 249
killed and OBS injured Only seven train
accidents were investigated by the board