The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-29
RAIL AND CROSS TIE.


The order Of railway telegraphers holds
the sixth annual session of us grand divis-
ion at st. Louis, June Is.
The work Of building fifteen miles Of rail-
way track in the Columbian fair grounds
at Chicago has commenced.
A survey is being made for the extension
OF the Green Cove Springs and Mslross
railroad VIA Campville and Rochelle.
Fla, to Micanopy.
The old sleeping car Pioneer which Is
the first sleeper constructed by the Pullman
company about thirty years ago, will be
placed on exhibition at the worlds fair In
Chicago. 1t Is now in the shops at Pullman.
1t ia said that the railroad about to be
built from Lake Jesup to the Indian river
country will be OF seventy pound steel rails.
with first-class track, SO that vestibuled
trains may be run direct from the north
and west over il.
General Manager Cecil Gabbett, Supt.
W. w. Starr, Capt. J. C. Haskell, purchas-
ing agent, and W. A. Gibbes, superinten-
dent or motive power of the Central rail-
road, left last night for visit of inspection
over the Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus
railroad. The Central assumes charge of tho
road on June TO-
About month ago the Southern Pacific
placed ticket collectors on the trains be-
tween San Francisco and Bakersfield, and it
is said that the receipts from the sale of
tickets has increased from IS to 100 per cent
In view of tins the company has decided to
place the collectors on all the passenger
trains of the system. These collectors will
be paid $50 per month, which is $45 less
than the monthly salary received by con-
ductors.
The Southern Pacific company. according
70 It's report just issued, earned in 1890 the
vast sum Of S3S, 1852. sos, an increase over
1889 Of 81, SS4. $40. The operating expenses
were $3l ,l55, 102, an increase of $74S. 675
and the balance, after deducting all charges,
was $2,3T7, T13, against 81, SAC, $40 in 1859
an increase of $1,03I, 1867, or about so per
cent. The Southern Pacific company now
represents 10 its assets the enormous sum of
SSe6, 4S6, 900. Its bonded debt is Sll5, Isl, :
PIG and its capital stock is $151 ,403, S27.
The state auditor of Alabama has issued
the following tabular statement showing
the enormous increase In the railroad
business in that state since 1889:
Gross earnings during the year 1899 S19,5t5 667 SO
Gross earnings during the year 1890 1868 010 90
Increased earnings. ............ Sf,ll7. 34s 4S
Valuation as assessed by the board
1890 -. .$48, 1888 7s1 Al
Valuation as assessed by the board
1Ssl...................... 6.43i, 749 81
Increased valuation ..............S 3,0q5 967 "a
increase In taxes ................ 1883 81
increase In mileage. go IS miles
The adoption of the air-brake In freight
service Is making rapid progress. On Jan. !,
| 1881, there were 49,, 800 cars equipped with
them, as against 81. 254 on Jan. !, 1890, an
increase of 55, 1856 cars. The percentage of
the entire freight rolling stock OF the coun-
| try equipped Jan. l, 1891. was H. per cent.
The railways on which all new cars are SO
equipped control 49,45S miles of road
and 272 1859 cars. The companies on
which some classes of their new cars are
| equipped control SO, 9S3 miles of road, and
| 423,5 freight cars. These two classes COM
| bined control Sc, AL miles of road and 697..
1913 freight cars The number Of cars
equipped last year was nearly twice as many
as in any previous year, but better idea OF
the actual progress made can be gained
| from the fact that companies controlling
nearly 10000 miles of road have adopted
the air-brake for freight service in 1890.
The New York Tribune says: man In
New York has a collection which is out OF
| the ordinary field of such things 1t is
made up Of old railroad passes. At the
| time that the interstate commerce law was
passed he had pass over nearly every rail
road in the country. At that time it oc
Cured that some day his collection nigh,
be deemed a rarity, and SO he kept the
| whole lot of them. He has them now
| passes from the east, south, west and north
They came from railroads which the aver
| age layman never heard of. One can only
| get an idea of the many branch lines by
looking over these old expired passes. In.
trinsically, of course, they are not worth q
| sou, for even If the interstate commerce
| law had not been passed they would long
ago have become worthless by limitation.
| But as an example of how many passes
were current in those days they are in.
structive.
The Pennsylvania company is to intro
| duce some reforms that will be watched
with interest. Arrangements have been
made by which most OF the work in the
shops at Fort Wayne will be done by the
piece and IL the plan works satisfactorily
1t will be introduced at all the shops of the
company west of Pittsburg. The officers
| are now working out q plan to have the
roadbsd cared for by contract, paying
SO much per month to keep each section 10
order, and yards will be cared for in SINH
lar way. 1t is believed that by adopting
this course there will be no more trouble on
the wages question, and that the men will be
better satisfied with the results from their
| years labor AS the pay rolls of all vel
managed roads show that 30 per cent. of it,
employees are men employed in keeping the
roadbed in order, the Importance of this
change in methods of having the work
done will be more apparent A standard is
to be made, up to which the track on the re-
| spective sections Is to be brought, and the
contractor will be expected to have tht
track conform to such standard.
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