The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-10
RAIL AND cROSsTIE


railway bridge TO connect HobOken with
New York will cost 10000, 900. The pre-
iminary work necessary before actual con-
structiOn commences has been nearly COM
pieted. The bridge is 70 to be double
decked structure.
The Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
Z and Jacksonville, st. Augustine and Hall
fox River railroads have offered a series of
prizes, consisting OF forty to 16) acres Of
lald, to the northern agents selling the
most tickets reading over their lines during.
the winter months
The Bethlehem (Pa) Times thinks that
for more important than a society for the
prevention OF cruelty 10 animals or any one
OF half dozen other fsimilar organizations,
/ IS the necessity for an association TO prevent
boys, and men, too, from jumping aboard
cars while they are IN motion.
A few weeks ago party Of Californians
was hurried across the Continent from San
Francisco to New York in q special car in
| four days and twelve and half hours. Now
| another Californian has had the satisfac-
| ton of beating his fellow citizen by making
the same journey in thirteen minutes less
| tlme-which, however, is slow compared
with the speed of the Jarrett and Palmer
| train, in 1876, which crossed the continent
IN little less than three and half days.
Many German engineers prefer masonry
| to iron for bridges, and they have revived
/ the practice of building masonry bridges
/ with lead joints at the key and points Of
rupture near the spring lines. The Romans
| used sheets of lead between cut stone and
IN bridges built in England in 1888 bands of
lead were placed in the joints for two-thirds
OF the distance above the springing line
The use of lead is for maintaining the
| proper interval Of joint and for uniformly
distributing the pressures.
| A cylindrical steel car is being exhibited
in Boston. The body Of the car is a cyIin-
der formed Of steel plates rivetei on 10 ribs
OF quarter iron set feet 80 inches apart
| and bent to conform to the shape Of the car
The sides are almost entirely occupied bv
! dozen very wide windows, which, being
| perpendicular, stand out from the curving
sides Of the car several ipches at the top of
the window. These and the monitor roof,
which is separate from the body of the car,
somewhat relieve its cylindrical appearances
on the exterior. The trucks are four
wheelers. The platforms are double, with
heavy springs to take up the force of any
collision.
| Charles E. Harmon, general passenger
agent Of the Western andAtlantio, has lust
received an elegant and costly medal from
the Wisconsin editors for his numerous
courtesies to that body while here on their
recent excursion. 1t is of gold and on the re-
verse side is. ::"Presented to Charles e. Har.
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| 1891" On the front side is diagram in
| gold showing the route Of the press conven-
| tlon from Chicago tosAtlanta with every
stopping place noted either with diamond,
garnet or ruby. Chicago is designated by
a diamond and Atlanta by diamond. The
| intervening places-Louisville, mammoth
| Cave, Nashville, Chattanooga and Marietta
are designated by rubies and garnets.
| Miss Ida Hewitt, the gay young engineer
who runs on the Cairo Short Line, connect
ing with the Baltimore and Ohio in West
| Virginia, is exciting good deal of interest
| In the railroad world. Miss Hewitt Is "A
years old and pretty. She is the daughter
| OF one Of the principal owners of the road.
She acquired knowledge of mechanics by
playing about the machine shop, which is
| near her home. She rode on engines and
| learned the use of tools used on them. Miss
| Hewitt first ran an engine a few months
| ago, she having volunteered in the forced
| absence OF an engineer through sickness
The engineer died, and the work performed
by Miss Hewitt was 80 satisfactory that she
was appointed engineer. She Is a blonde,
Engineer-like, she wears cap. Her work.
ing suit is Of blue material, her shoes heavy,
and she wears gloves.
The Western RGilWGy asks why is man
like locomotive and then tells why:
locomotive is noisy when she is hot; so
is man.
When a locomotive gets too full she lays
down; men do.
A locomotives draft is governed by petit
coat; the drafts of mon are often affected by
the same influence.
On damp. dark night a locomotive is
slippery and treacherous; man too.
| locomotive, when run by night,
should always have pilot; man should
have two.
A locomotive that is always out nights
4 90
men.
A dead locomotive has no pull; dead man
same.
Locomotives spark nights; so men do.
| AS locomotive changes from warm to
hot she perspires; and man.
locomotive is always hot when there is
an "Injin-near;" heap so white man.
Water is good for locomotive; try it on
a man.
smoking locomotive is nuisance: ditto
man.
The report of the Richmond and Danville
Railroad Company for the year ended June
80, 1891, is now in tho hands Of the printer
The following are the advance figures
Richmond and Danville and leases for fixed
rentals t75l miles,: Gross earnings, includ-
ing interest on investments, IS. 947. 1853. in
crease 1916, GAG; operating expenses, s., 009, :
1877, increase SOL, TIA; net 81, 9S7, 622, In
crease S44S, 36l; fixed charges, sinking funds
and taxes, 81, 725, 2l9, decrease Sl3, l78: sur
plus 81 ,212, 403, increase $46l $50. Auxiliary
system, consisting of operating leases and
companies controlled average mileage
2,O14.S): Gross earnings, Sc SIC, SIS, increase
S54 ,045; expenses, $4,4l0,397, increase
$205 ,048; net earnings. So. 066, 17S; increase,
$336, 1897 deduct fixed charges. 81, 1854, All
increase, 49,, $50; surplus, s1l1, 707; increase,
S29S. AL; total surplus over operating ex-
penses and all charges Of the Richmand and
Danvile system, exclusive of the Georgia
Pacific, Si,324, ITO; increase, $3.50 1856.
Georgia Pacific railway, $50 miles: Gross
earnings, 81 9,3l5; Increase, 1926, SIT; ex-
penses 81 1902, 1872; increase, 1854 ,701 deficit
S12.8l7; increase. S22S. 1874; fixed charges
and taxes, 1885,, $50; increase, S496, lO5; total
deficit Georgia Pacific, $3.50, 1877; increase
1854, 429.
Coils Potter Huntington, owner or part
owner Of a hundred or more railroads is on
interesting figure in the railroad world. He
was born in the village of Har winton, Lite :
} field county, Connecticut, Oct. %, 1921. He
} attended the district school until be reached
the age of IA, when he persuaded his father
to allow him the privilege of supporting
himself. He began as a sort of travelling
salesman in the mercantile business, and
for the next ten years Travelled through the
south and west, finally settling in Oneonta,
| N. Y. In 1S4S he went to California and
, sold from a tent the goods that were most
needed by the miners Of Sacramento. Short
! ly afterward, with Mark Hopkins, he