The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-14
RAIL AND eros sTIa.

w. T. Epperson. who has besn with the
Central railroad as conductor for some
time, leaves Augusta for Savannah to-day.
de comes TO accept the position Of master
of transportation OF the South Bound rail-
road.
A wonderful story of growth is told in
the following figures, showing the railway
mileage of the United States by decades for
the past sixty years: In 1880, % miles; in
1910, 2.sl8 miles; in 1850, 9,02l miles; in
1860, 30,626 miles; in 1870. So 92s miles in
1880, 90, 1906 miles; in 1890, 1855, SIT miles In
the last ten years the increase was 1881
miles, or more than rs per cent. -an aver
age OF $50 miles each year. If the increase
in the next decade is only 5000 miles psr
year, our railway miles in 1900 will be
about 2l7, 900.
The Augusta Chronicle of yesterday says:
McLaughlin Bros, the contractors, who
have been constructing the South Bound
railroad, left last night for Greenyille,
Miss, after resting their force in Augusta
for few days. They carried with them
their construction force of forty whites and
100 black hands. Several special cars had
TO be attached to the Georgia night express
90 carry the force. From Atlanta they will
go direct to Greenvtlle in a special train.
Their force while working on the South
Bound constructed 1856 miles of road be-
sides bridges and other work. They have
one OF the finest construction forces in the
south.
The annual report Of tho Louisville and
Nashville, as made at the annual meeting
of the directors, shows that the length Of
roads operated by the company and of
those in which 1t was interested at the clos,
OF the year ending June 80 to be: Number
OF miles owned absolutely by the company
2, 49S. H. number OF miles Of road leased,
operated OF interested in 2,2l019.
Bonded debt outstanding June 30
was shown to be S66, 772, $50,
showing an Increase over last year il
the bonded debt of S10,545, 900. For the
| cost of road and equipment there was ex-
pended during the year 1925, 161 Is, to
which is added the cost of the Pensacola
and Atlantic road, So. 70S, 459 81, and the
cost of the Alabama Mineral railroad, S.,
| j24. III q, both of which will hereafter form
part of the Louisville and Nashville sys-
tenn. In addition to this, the discount on
| the unified "a per cent gold mortgage bond
sold has been charged to various divisions,
| makes the total cost upto June 80, 1891 just
| SSS, 157, 236 %. The equipment of the road
at the end Of the year on June 30, was
| l4,5l5 cars and All locomotives.
Mr. Ingalls, of the Big Four and Chesa-
| peake and Ohio roads, when in Indianapolis
! recently, remarked to the Indianapolis
Journal that he thought the railroad COM
! panieS were making mistake in not prop
| erly advertising their lines and he INTENDED,
as early as practicable, 80 establish Big
| -Four aud Chesapeake and Ohio advertising
bureau. About eighteen months ago the
| pennsylvania company took steps in this
| direction and has done all its adver-
Using of late through the news
! papers, and the results have been
| very gratifying to General Passenger Agent
| Ford and his subordinates. The RdiLtOdH
| RertelO in its last issue contains q very we'll
| written article Oh the manner of properly
| advertising railroad, its advantages at
| fractions, eto. The glss Of it is that mer-
| chants in large cities in order to catch the
trade of buyers in q million people, spend
annually ten times the amount expended by
railways TO get the favor aud good will IF
ten million people. A casual examination
| into this matter will demonstrate that
| larger expenditure to attract business is
made through the deadhead system than
is speat in direct appeals to
the travelling public via the me-
dunn of newspaper work. Special fitness
| is required for the proper running of the
road. Men are chosen and given large sal
aries solely for the reason of recognized
worth; but. although thoroughly equipped
| in every other branch Of service, the so-
| called progressive railway is still without
| the invaluable aid of an advertising bureau,
| in charge OF a capable head or chief. The
| WAA$ol says ApOW Vi SSN6Eat TuhuS
whose equipment ia every particular
is almost dream of Aladdin's
| lamp in magnifcsrce, passing
| through scsnery unbounded aud Unlimited
in sublimity and beauty, a panorama of
delightful restfulness to the eye, speeding
| ny pictures painted by nature in her most
beautiful colorings-yet O morning train,
| consisting of not more than four coaches
land otten less) is only fairly filled and
corresponding train at night has scarcely
twenty passengers. Why. these roads could
I'll their coaches aud compel ere long the
running of trains In sections if they
would but organize an advertising
| department on a practical basis. There
are plenty of men capable of bringing busi-
| ness to O road after little training. Mgn-
F, ayers will cut, slash and dash for q the
atrical troupe of twenty persons and then
blow about it as a big thing. Iithey would
spend the same ensrgy in advertising their
line to the people on or near their line or
connecting lines they would gain a larger
troupe at full rates"