The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-25
RAIL AND oRossTIE.

Preparations to make the Florida South
ern railroad track standard gauge are going
ahead.
The following Central railroad men of
Augusta spent yesterday in Savannah
Master Machinist G.. w. O'Brien, Trai n
Dispatcher John Glass and Chief Clerk
Andrew Graham:
The new iron bridge being built at Dublin
for the Wrightsville and Tennille railroad
is nearing completion The iron strands
and draws have been received, and will
soon be in place. As soon as the bridge is
completed the railroad will be extended.to
Eastman, thence via HawkinsviIle to O
point on the Georgia Southern road.
Tybee had big crowd Yesterday. A
number OF excursionists came down from
Augusta. The Macon Library Associations
excursion brought down about It's people
Saturday night. Savannah also sent a
pretty good Sunday contingent to the island.
The Macon library excursion was not as
large as was expected Most of the excur-
sionlsts will return to-day.
A Macon dispatch says that the Macon
stockholders of the Macon Construction
Company have been notified by the northern
stockholders of the Macon and Savannah
Construction Company that unless the
100000 due on the subscription to the
Macon Construction Company's stock is de-
posted in cash in the First National Bank
of New York city by May IS, application
Will be made in the courts within three days
to have the Macon and Atlantic road taken
out of the hands of the receiver and sold to
pay the indebtedness.
The completion of the great railway high
way bridge over the Arkansas river, at
Fort Smith, Ark, is to be celebrated in
spirited manner Wednesday. This bridge
Is the longest in the southwest. 1t is z, $50
Feet long, has thirteen piers, including
draw pier, and contains 3, 300, 900 pounds of
steel and iron. Il has railroads, wagon and
foot accommodations. The celebration is
arranged by the city of Fort Smith, and
Will consist OF grand procession Of floats,
representing the commercial manufactur-
ing and agricultural interests of Fort
Smith; also, all organized bodies in their
uniforms and regalia. There will be ad-
dresses by prominent speakers, followed by
the dedication of the bridge. The city viii
be brilliantly illuminated, and at night
there will be grand display of fireworks
from the bridge.
There has been rumor that the Wrights-
vile and Tennille railroad would enjoin the
Macon and Dublin from crossing the for
mer's track at Dublin. General Manager
Morse of the Macon and Dublin was rather
surprised at the report, which he had
already heard. The Wrightsville and Ten
mule road has graded across the Macon and
years. The Wrightsville and TennilIe then
ran along the same street with the Macon
and Dublin for a considerable distance, but
as both had the right of way to the street
nothing could be done TO prevent this. Man
ager Morse has intimated that the Macon
and Dublin will do the enjoining. He says
1t will be sixty or ninety days before the
Wrightsville and Tennille ridge at Dublin
is completed and before this no track can
be laid. II an injunction 10 taken out it
viii not be before then.
The supreme court OF appeals Of West
Virginia has rendered decision in refer
enco to contributory negligence at railroad
crossings, that failure to ring q bell or 10
blow whistle on an engine is negligence
for which railroad company is chargeable,
but this does not excuse a traveller on a
highway crossing a railroad track from the
exercise OF such reasonable care and eau
ton "a the law requires to ascertain whether
train 10 approaching the crossing. The
traveller and tho company have mutual and
reciprocal duties and obligations in such
case, and though the train has the right OF
way, the same degree of care and diligence
10 avoid collision Is due from both. IL IL
the duty OF the traveller on tho highway
crossing q railroad 10 look carefully Tor an
approaching train, and II looking leaves
any doubt, or the view Is obstructed he
must listen also, before Attempting 10 cross.
otherwise no Nin himself DO guilty OF neeli,
Renco. which viii prevent bis recovery Tor
an injury received 10 crossing Obstruc-
tons Rendering the Wow obscure aud unre-
liable eau for greater caution on his part.
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