The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-25


mittee TO await upon the officials of the
Atlantic Coast Line to induce them to run
the Coast Line via st. Matthew's, instead of
Orangeburg to Augusta. If this PROPOSE
tion is carried out. together with getting the
South Bound to St Matthew'S, 1t will give
the new county of Calhoun railroad connec-
tions from all parts of its territory.
President Simons OF the Travellers Pro-
tective Association has called upon General
Manager Ward of the South Carolina rail-
way to try and induce him to revoke the
order which prevented all travel on freight
trains. The travelling men found the
privilege of riding on freight trains of
great convenience to them, as it helped them
IN making several points i'll one day. Gen.
eral Manager Ward appreciated the posi-
ton of the travelling men, but said the order
prohibiting travel on freight trains had
been issued on good grounds. He promised.
however, to give the matter his careful con-
sideration, and said that he would DO what
ever was posi- Ole.
The supreme court has been dealing with
a number of railroad cases, and has handed
down several decisions of interest in the
state One was that of Garnett, agent of
the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad, from Floyd county, in which the
judgment of the lower court was confirmed.
A declaration alleging that the conductor
of passenger train agreed with plaintiff
to stop the train for him to get off at a
point where there was no regular station,
but at which defendants road crossed
another railroad at a grade; that plaintiff
paid his fare to this point, and that on
reaching the same, the train only slowed up
and did not stop, so that plaintiff, lin order
to keep from being carried beyond his desti-
nation, was compelled to get OF the moving
train" and in so doing was seriously in
jured, does not set forth cause OF action,
1t appearing from these allegations that
plaintiffs injury was caused by his own
voluntary act in taking dangerous risk.
Another case was that OF Smith
against the Georgia Railroad and
Banking Company from the Rockdale
SUPERIOR court in " hich the Judgment of
me lower court was reversed. A declara-
t. filed by track hand of the railroad
company, alleging that plaintiff was in
iured by fall of earth, caused by the
negligence of the company, its agents and
servants, is amendable by setting out the
particulars constituting the alleged negli-
gence, and also by averring that plaintiff
was without fault. The third case was that
of ivy against the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia railroad from the CITY court Of
Atlanta. In which the city courts Judgment
was affirmed.
W.D. Fender of Norfolk, Va, attorney
for the Norfolk, Wilmington aud Charles
ton Railroad Company, is in Wilmington,
NC. "Mr. Fender ;" SAYS the Wilmington
Messenger, twill be here a week or ten
DAYS, and is visiting the city on important
business for the corporation " hich he repre-
sents. He will be Joined in few days by
marty of capitalists from Pennsylvania who
arc interested in the projected Norfolk,
Wilmington and Charleston railroad.
Among the capitalists who will visit our
CITY is A. S. Cadwallader, president of the
Carolina Construction Company, to which
has been awarded the contract for the con.
struction of the Norfolk, Wilmington and
Charleston from Norfolk TO Charleston.
The party will remain here few days
| in the interest of their enterprise, and
will 90 from here TO Charles
ton and other points in South
Carolina in the same connection. Mr. Pen
oer. upon being asked about the prospects