The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-18
RAIL AND CaossrrE


The Pullman Palacs Car Company now
operates 1850 sleeping cars over 1850
miles Of railroad in this country. The COM
pany has about S2O, 900, 600 invested in cars
alone.
The Spartanburg, the second of the
Central's handsome new sleepers to arrive,
reached Savannah yesterday morning. It
Is upon the same style as the Atlanta and
fully as handsome
Proba IL the most unique and expressive
annual pass for 1891 Is that recently sent out
by Mr. John Hoey OF the Adams Express
Company. On the face, delicately en-
graved, is a skull, and about it in fine let
tiers is the word. 'deadhead."
The engineer employed to survey the pro-
posed route of the Augusta and West Florida
road has been ordered to organize his corps
and be IN the field within a fortnight. The
work OF surveying will then be continued
until brownsville is reached.
A Pullman conductor. after long years Of
OF service, epitOmizes his career as follows:
Pleasure received, some; insults from supe-
rlor officers, many; money, none; gratu-
ltous insults from passengers with hoggish
notions, several thousand; worldly knowl~
edge, a great deal.
On the main line Of the Pennsylvania
road, between Pittsburg and Altoona, there
piece of road in the United States. During
ing the prosperous coke ssason, when the
ovens are running to their full capacity,
there are 356 traint, freight and passenger,
passing between the points named.
1t is said that the Chattanooga, Rome and
Columbus road is about to extend its line to
Tallapoosa, and the citizens of that town
are making strong effort to assist in every
possible way, so as to secure the extension.
The people OF Rome are also taking deep
interest in the move, as it is expected the
extension will bring a large amount Of al
ditional traffic to that town.
President Inman of the Richmond Termi-
nal says: II have no option on Baltimore
and OHIO. E. R. Bacon has been securing
an option for the controlling stock. gave
him an option on mine. | do not know
whether ne is acting for Mr.. Gould or not
We have not bought any line north of the
Ohio, and do not intend to 60 west of the
Mississippi. We have not made any trade
with the Louisville and Nashville. 1t is true
that we have become more aggressive
toward the Pennsylvania, but this is because
we want better facilities and better rates.
1t is true Mr.. Gould has been In conference
with Pennsylvania officials. l think they
are disposed to give us what we want"
The old project Of bridge across the
Bosphorus, to connect Europe and Asia,
and first preached more than twenty-five
years ago by the Austrian engineer Won
Rapport, has, Of late, again come to the
'front.' design for a bridge is now being
considered by the Turkish government. It
specifies length, including the approaches,
of 1000 meters about $500 feet, with draw
spans. The hight OF the bridge above the
sea level is to be forty meters about 1919
feet. On the Asiatic side il is proposed to
build extensive docks and elevator plants in
connection with the bridge terminal. In
cidentally it is mentioned that the harbor
of Constantinopie is used annually by abo 1T
81, 900 vessels.
r. II. Elliott, one of the contractors on
the extension of the Mobile and Girard ex-
tension from Troy southwark, reports work
progressing as favorably as the weather
will permit. He says the present contract
will be completed about May, and will carry
the road into Covington county, three
miles from Andalusia and about fifty or
sixty miles from Troy. The Escambia river
is between the proposed temporary ter
minus and Andalusia, so that town will not
be very largely benefited by the road yet
1t does not appear to be the present intea-
ton of the Central people. says the con-
tractor, to push the line on through to a
connection with the Louisville and Nash
vile, but Of course 1t will be built before a
great while.
The postoffice department is sending cir
culars to the railroads containing that Sec
ton Of the law prohibiting the carrying of
letters upon trains outside the mail unless
properly stamped. The law on this point is
rigid, excluding everything but way. bills
on the same train with the freight, but
the government officials have ruled that
letters on legitimate railroad business
could be carried by trainmen with
ont Io af hat
the universal custom has come to be re-
garded as lawful. One of the sections of
the postoftice regulations thus permits the
carriers of letters pertaining TO the business
Of the road carrying the letters. There are
many letters which go over two or more
more roads each of which would, under this
clause, be held liable to postage, but it is
not clear whether 1t is this class, or private
letters of employees, that the present order
is aimed at.
The annual "Record of Transportation
line owned and operated by and associated
in interest with the Pennsylvania rail-
road" is always an interesting volume,
comprising, as it does, maps of this i'm
mense system, and detailed statements of
the mileage of all tracks of each company
included in it, occupying some thirty large
pages. From the record just issued 1t APP
pears that on Dec 81 the Pennsylvania
EdurOdQ SySColu, as tuuS luulC8beu,
comprised 7,743 65 miles, lying In twelve
states and the District of Columbia. OF
this total 4, SAG. go are east of Pittsburg and
Erie, and 8 1897. 08 are west of those points.
The grand total of miles of track of all
kinds was Ii 1902 of which 800 miles were
second, third and fourth tracks, and 2 1857
were sidings. 1t is significant that the great
Pennsylvania system increased its mileage
only 80 miles during the year, showing that
the ambition of its managers is chiefly con-
fined to taking care of what they have
rather than adding new mileage.
The chief clerk of the railway mail SER
vice. Fourth division, has Just received no.
tifcation of the official result or the exami-
nation for medal award recently made.
Following is the report: The committee on
medal award have the honor to submit the
result of their examination Of the records
of clerks In the Fourth division. Case
records Of less than 5000 cards have not
been considered. We award the medal to
Henry M. Robinson, Charlotte and Atlanta
r. P. O.; separations made, $50; cards
handled; 10.0S9; cards correct, 100S7;
cards wrong, 2; percentage correct, 99.98;
time, f. So; number of incorrect slips, 1903;
number Of errors, 395; errors checked, 2,3l5.
We would also give honorable mention to
E. r. Bolger,' Columbia, Sumter and
Charleston r. p. O., whose record we at
tach: Number of separations, 275; number
of cards handled, 5,147; number of cards
correct. 5,145; number of cards wrong, O.;
parcanta oa corract 90 Of. time 9 40. num-