The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-18
FALL
x 1891. * *
SOUVENIR DAYS
RAIL AND eros rIs.

The Savannah, Florida and Western en-
ploys sixty-eight conductors on its entire
system.
w. s. Ford has been appointed travelling
freight and passenger agent of the Alabama
Midland railway, with headquarters at
Mobile.
Says the Montgomery AduertiSer: IAN
order has been issued to the station agents
on the Western road to refuse all cotton for
the present, on account of the inability of
the road to handle it, so great is the rush. "
One Of the largest orders for locomotives
given this year is that just awarded tho
Scheme ady locomotive works by the New
York Central and Hudson River company.
Il is for forty-oae eight-wheel passenger
engines and nineteen mogu!s.
The ticket auditing department Of the
Central, Of which William Kraft is chief
clerk, has been moved to Atlanta The fol-
lowing clerks of tha depart uent, 60 ether
with Mr.. Kraft, will leave for Atlanta to-
night: c. q. RYAN, L. A. Nelson, w. j.
Quantock, A. "a. Lucas, P. J. Hughes, G. NJ.
Cooper, V. P Cooper, j. L. Williams and
H. w. JACKSON.
The Railway Passenger and Freight Con-
ductors' Mutual Aid and Benefit AssocIa-
ton will naet in annual ssSSio In Chicago
o. Ned lesdaY, and will leave that night for
u
six Pullman sleepers. one smoker and a
baggage car. The train will go via Cincln-
natl, Chattanooga and Jesup, and will ar
rive in jacksonville on the morning o.
Oct %.
The statistician OF the interstate COM
merce commission says: There are about
&c, 900 locomotives in the United States, of
which one-half are used in hauling freight
trains 1t is estimated that These iron horses
cost $3.50, 000, 900. There are 100 900 cars
of all kinds, of which 26, 000 are passenger
cars, and the remainder freight or service
cars. The former cars cost about $25O, 900,
coo and the latter $3.50, 900, or an Up
proximated cost Of rolling stock OF 81 800. :
COO. 900. To every five miles Of railroad in
the United States there is a locomotive: TO
every mile of road there are six freight
car; to every five aad one-hslf miles there
is passenger car. Each year a passenger
engine pulls 10000 passengers. The rail-
ways of the United States employ 725, 600
persons. It is estimated that the railway
interest provides living for 3,OOO,O 0J in
this country. or nearly one-twentleth OF the
population"
In New York the court of Appeals rules
that a passenger who is injured While at
tempting, by direction of the conductor, to
| board a moving train while in SUCH proxim-
itv to a raised platform as TO render the
consequences of a miSstep possibly serious.
! is guilty OF oontributory negligence, eve /
| though the train is not moving faster than
! one or two miles an hour. In Fennsyl-
vSula il is held taat passenger who IS IN
iured while getting off train while
! in motion, after be has been wa ned
! not to do so by other passengers
cannot recover. Tho supreme court OF Ar
| kansas rules that one who entered train
| expecting and desiring TO be eJectea, 10
| order that he might bring suit for dam
ages. cannot recover for wounded feelings
! aid paln Of mind. In Georgia 1t IS laid
down that passenger who has been wrong
! fully expelled from railroad tram - NOT
entitled to recover damages for the injury
that resulted To his health from walking "a
| his destination when he had the money ano
| the opportunity 70 ride thitheF
One Of Representative Berner's bills which
passed the legislature promises q good dea
! OF annoyance 20 tho railroads unless tnsj
/ obey the circulars Of the railroad eoinins'
sion. Heretofore II The railroads over
charged a citizen and he cOmpihinel 20 tn'
| Commission the commission notlhed th'
railroad violating the rates. and unless reoll
| fed Ia thirty days then the commission cohle
enforce q penalty. Oftentmes ths over
| charges amounted 10 a small sum - tes ~
| diyiduai. aud the railroad Nould sottle -
/ fore tbe expiration u thirty days When ~
penalty attached Hundreds % people VIZ
sare 0yercbarssd Hsds ~ e,inplaint -
, canss tks sam Nsa oftenams~ 700 fHAik