The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-20
Rail AND CRossrIR

The track Of the Wrightsville and Ten
mile is laid within two miles east of Dublin.
T. III. Hudson, an old railroad contractor,
died in Florence county, South Carolina,
last week. He was II year0 old, and had
built portions of the Wilmington, Columbia
and Augusta, Port Royal, and Savannah
and Charleston railroads.
The convention of the rate clerks Of the
Southern Passenger Agents Association has
been in session several days in Atlanta
The compilation of the summer rates sheet
has been finished, and it is now arranged
that the tickets shall 60 on sale by the asso-
citation lines Ga May Is instead of June l.
The rates will be about the same as last
year, that is to say cents per mile each
way.
A matter overlooked in the recent visit Of
Cardinal Gibbons to this city was the fact
that the Savannah. Florida and Western
railway extended the courteSies of its line TO
the cardinal and his secretary as far as
Chattahoochee on their trip to New Orleans
A special car was placed at their disposal
by the company, and Cardinal Gibbons ex-
pressed in high terms his appreciate of
the roads action.
There will be general effort to bring
about the adoption of common car COUP
Ter. There are about one hundred different
kinds in use and few of them will fit into
eacn other. The action OF the Vanderbilt
lines in adopting the plane couplers on
freight trains to the exclusion OF the link
aud pin patterns will have the effect of
fastening the general adoption of the plane
coupler The Vanderbilt lines have tried
the ''Janney, Gould" and 'Standardn pat
terms, and their experience shows the
superiority of couplers of this class. so
large percentage Of accidents is referred
to coupling freight cars that a general
change to automatic couplers is expected to
reduce the percentage of accidents very
largely.
A Campbellton, Barnwen county IS. c.,
letter says: A new engine, No. 4, and four
fiat cars have been received here by the
South Bound Railroad Company, and have
been put to work carrying out material over
the line Of road. The engine was manu-
featured by the Baldwin company, and IS a
beautiful piece of mechanism. Her cylin-
ders are 17x24. There is nothing now to
prevent the laying of the track rapidly, as
the material is on hand and Capt. Oliver is
in charge Of a large force of hands and
knows exactly how to manage them. There
can be no doubt about the South Bound be-
ing built through from Savannah to Co
Iumbia this year. but there are some people
who are silly enough to say that they do
not believe it.
May IA an election will be held in Char
lotte, Sharon and Providence Eownships,
North Carolina, TO vote respectively S10),o
900, 200 and $1,000 in bonds for the
construction Of the Charlotte and George
town road through this territory. George
town IS the terminus Of the proposed road.
The proposed line will connect with the
Seaboard system at Lancaster. May cleo
tions will be held in Chester and Chester
field counties on the question of voting a
subscription TO the Cheraw and Lancaster
railroad. Making Cheraw the Central
point, it is proposed to build a line in the
direction Of Lancaster and the other toward
Camden. Each line will be about thirty five
miles long. To secure the building of these
roads it is proposed to vote subscription
of 100000, 900 each, in county bonds
bearing 6 per cent. interest and payable
thirty years from date of issue.