The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-26
RAIL AND CROSSTIE.

The Baldwin Locomotive works in 1890
Duilt 9o3 locomotives, and the Schenecteiy
Locomotive works constructed 337 during
the year.
Railroad Commissioner Norton of Ohio
has recommended the passage of a law pre-
venting railroad companies from employing
telegraph operators less than 81 years old
who are required to handle orders or in
structtons in the running of trains.
The Chicago aud Erie will issue no more
family passes to employees. Five hundred
mile books will be sold to them at the rate
OF 81 % each, and the books can be used by
any member of the family or any one de-
pendent on the employe for support.
A mortgage has been filed in the Rich
mond county superior court for SO, 600, 900
on the Augusta and West Florida railroad.
The Mercantile Trust Company of New
York Is the trustee. The mortgage pro-
vides for $4,000 per mile. Twenty-Five
miles are graded from Augusta toward
ThomaSville.
On Jan. home for disabled railroad
men was opened at Chicago, and has al
ready received number of inmates The
officers Of the home receive no salary. and
the institution is to he supported entirely
by voluntary contributions which have
thus tar been sufficient to support the
charitable enterprise
The recent agreement entered into by the
managers of the western roads restricting
the issuance Of free passes has alread beef
dissolved. Some of ths companies were
discovered issuing passes in violation of the
agreement, and all lines are now giving out
transportation to whomsoever they wish re-
CARELESS of their competitors.
The General Time Convention. which is an
| organization OF the general managers of all
the railroads in the country. and which
regulates and arranges for all through con-
nections. will meet in regular semi-annual
session in New York about the middle of
March to agree on schedules and connections
for the ensuing six months.
Q. g. Dautzler has been appointed re-
celver OF the Orangeburg and Lewisdae
lS. c. Railroad Company. A CREDITOR
Dill had been fled to wind up the
affairs of the company. The receiver will
dispose of the property Of the company, and
with the proceeds pay up its Indebtedness
acd II the proceeds be Insufficient he will
collect the deficit from the stockholders.
The Indebtedness is very small.
A Plttsburg student while reading the
book of the Vision of Nahum the Elkashite
came across passage that seemed to him to
be prophecy of the discovery of the use of
electricity as motive power in the electric
| railways OF the present day. The passage
The clariots shall rage in the streets; they
shall Jostle one against another in the
broadways; they shall seem like torches:
they shall run like the lightnings."
Northern travel toward the south is ON
the increase, and after the beginning of
| Lent, which is the fashionable time for
| coming south, the railroads will be kept
busy handling the travel. The number of
tourists handled by the Savannah, Florida
| ana Western since Jan. is largely in ex-
cess OF last year. The prospects for a big
tourist season are gratifying and the vestl-
oule tram is doing good business. The
hotels have had big lists of northern ar
rivals for several days.
A New York dispatch SAYS: Among the
bills introduced into the state Senate was
| one which the railroad men hereabouts call
the veteran" 1t is entitled IAN act to
prevent accidents on railroad trains.n 1t
provides that passenger trains of SIX cars or
less shall have two Srakemen on each car.
and that for each three cars additional
there shall be another brakeman
| Freight trains of thirty cars shall not
have less than four brakemen. The
bill was introduced by Senator Collins.
This is only a modified form of bill that
has been up annually for many years. said
Chauncey NJ. Dspew. ut was originally
introduced in the interest of the Knights of
Ahpors VINO ueSireu TO see enc number OF
| employees on the railroads increase The
bill is preposterous. In these DAYS of the
perfect airbrake brakeRen are not needed.
We call them trainmen now, and to put
| two Of them on car would be an absurdity.
No sane man will vote for such a BILL"
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Georgia and Florida Construction
Company, which has the contract for the
building Of the Florida Midland and Geor-
gia railroad, was held in Valdosta last week.
The president read his report, showing the
disbursements for the year, the amount of
work done, etc. The company, by this ex-
hibit. has a balance in the hands of the
treasurer, owes no debts, and about SIS per
cent. OF the stock subscriptions have not
been called in. About fifteen miles of road
are ready for the ties. The bridges are being
put in, and quite number of crossties have
been cut and put on the line. The following
directors were chosen by reclamation: ".
s. Jordan aud ]. w. West of Madison, J.
r Young and j. B. Withers of Savannah,
j. NJ. Wilkinson, T. G. Crawford. J. F.
Lewis, E. L. Moore and N. A. Williams
OF Valdosta. The new board elected the
following officers: j. NJ. Wilkinson, presi-
dent; j. B. Withers, vice president; w. s.
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