The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-24
RAIL AND CROSSTIR.

The Ashville sleeping car will be resumed
by the Central railroad Saturday night for
the season. It will leave Savannah OF the
II 80 O'Clock Augusta train, and will go
through to Asheville.
The newly elected board Of directors of
the Macon Construction company met in
Macon this week. W. B. Sparks
was reelected president. A finance
committee consisting of 81. ]. Lamar,
ST.. w. B. Strange, A. Bacher, A. Snyder
and w. B. Sparks. was then appointed by
the board. Formerly this finance oom-
mittee has been appointed by the president,
but this year the directors have taken the
matter in hand, and in future nothing can
be done in the way of expenditures by the
president unless with the concurrence Of
the board of finance.
The bill requiring railway companies to
furnish separate coaches for white and col
ored persons, which was passed by the last
Tennessee Legislature, went into effect June
". The Nashville, Chattanooga & st.
Louis will run coach exclusively for COLI
ored people, which will be the first car OF
the train. Il will be equal Co the other pas
senger cars in all respects and no smoking
will be allowed 10 it. White persons will
not be allowed to enter this car unless the
remainder of the train Is overorowded. The
Louisville & Nashville railroad has placed
partitions in its passenger coaches, one-half
of which will be occupied by the blacks and
the other half by the whites.
Few people outside Of the British capital,
the Railway Age says, have a correct idea
OF the vastaess Of the railway system of
that metropolis, and just now, when both
New York and Chicago are planning
schemes of internal locomotion which shall
include real rapid transit, some facts from
recent issue Of the London Rail,Uas NelUs
may prove timely and interesting reading.
In the twelve miles radius which covers
London Of to-day there are about 453 square
miles, in which there are,giving each station
credit for each company which uses it, $50
stations These are spread over 4041l
miles Of rail gay, which may be described
roughly as forming two circles. with o net
work Of intercommunicating lines. For pur-
poses OF comparison we may mention that
in New York the elevated system covers
thirty miles, is composed OF four lines and
has about los stations. In London there Is
the first underground inner circle railway
thirteen miles in leagth, and then there is
the line of communication via the Thames
tunnel, OF the East sondon, which connects
the Great Eastern with the Brighton sys-
tenn, and thence to Addison Road aud
Willesden, and SO by the North London
back to the Great Eastern system. The
same trains do not traverse the outer circle,
but the Journey could be made without
leaving q station Other combinations
are also possible by which an
enterprising traveller could travel the
year round without touching the same
points. OF the 404A miles of railway
about 30 miles are in operation within a
radius CT six OF seven miles. Allowing for
double lines aud for those with three, four
or more tracks, and without including sid
ings bays at stations, etc. there are no less
than $50 miles of lines in that area. With
the Thames dividing london into two parts
the bridges form an important part Of the
railway system of the metropolis. Ii is
figured that the nine bridges built by the
railways cost a5, 000. 600 sterling. The lines
within the twelve miles radius are owned
by fourteen individual companies, but they
are operated as one system.