The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-06
RAIL AND CaossTIR.

The Canaveral Land and Harbor I'm
| prOvement Company intends building a
tram-road in Florida.
Surveying has, it is reported, been COM
meuced on the proposed North Georgia
railroad, to extend from Anderson, s. c.,
to Franklin, n. c.. via Clayton, Ga.
The Miller Electric Danger Signal Com
pany, Portland. Ne, has been incorporated,
with a capital stock of 800, 600, to manu-
| facture electrical devices and TO equip rail-
roads Herewith.
The Bennetssvile aud Hamlet Railroad
Company has been organized, with A A.
Hewlett president. b. L. Dolby vice presi-
dent, and j, K. Livingston secretary, to
build a railroad from Bennettsvllls to
Hamlet, n. c., distance Of tweaty-one
miles.
At recent meeting of citizens of Mt
Carmel, s. c., the organization of a CONS
pany to build railroad from Tampa via
Dupont. Eastman. MiIledgeville and Wash
ington. Ga, Abbeville and Greenvllle, s.
c., to Asheville, N. c., or further north
was discussed, and steps were taken to Sc
cure the formation Of such company.
The Interstate Land and Construction
Company Of Florida, lately reported as
chartered by J. c. Davis, W. 2. Denham
and George Lewis, has contracted to build
the entire line and branches of the Florida,
Georgia and Western Railway Company,
and is now OF work. The road is to run
from Tallahassee to Charlotte Harbor, with
branch to the Atlantic coast.
The Chesterfield and Kershaw IS.
c. Railroad Company, previously re-
ported as to build railroad from Cheraw
to Camden, has completed its organization,
with J. w. Mckay president The Chester
Geld and Lancaster Railroad Company,
uvb L. 70 hull
via Chest ertleld G. H. to Lancaster, also or
ganized with w. Evans Of Hornsboro, S.
o., president.
There is a good deal of gossip in railroad
| circles In Birmingham about the proposed
consolidation OF the Richmond and Danville
and the Central freight depots there and the
appointment of q new agent. It is stated
that Supt. Ryder has rendered the Joint
agency to John w. Webb, now agent Of the
Richmond and Danville at Salisbury, N. C.
1t is known that Mr.. Ryder rendered Mr..
Webb another position on the Georgia
Pacific division some time ago and that he
declined to accept it. The joint agency OF
the Richmond and Danville and the West
ern North Carolina at Salisbury, n. c., is a
good thing, and it is hardly believed Mr..
Webb will leave It,
The annual meeting of the stockholders
Of the Mobile and Grard railroad was held
last week in Girard, Ala. The following
officers and directors were elected: Presi-
dent, n. P. Banks; directors, W. H. Bran
non, John Peabody, J. D. Murphy. G. M.
Williams, j. B. Tarver and C. II. Franklin.
The president reported work on the extern
sion from Troy to AndalusiA as progressing
rapidly. The survey Of the extension has
been pushed ahead eighty miles further
than the construction, and land for three
yards and depots has been secured, first at
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| Williams Bridge, forty-two miles from
Troy, and at Sedalia, still further down.
Large forces Of men are at work and the
track is being extended and equipped as
rapidly as possible
The supreme court of the state of Ohio has
rendered decision in the case Of the Gin
! cinnati Inclined Plane Railroad Company VS..
the City and Subur ban Telegraph Conn
pany. Action was brought by the telephone
| company to e0Join the railway company
from The use Of an electrical sys stem Of pro
puision, upon the claim that that system in
ferred with the use Of the telephone aud al
most destroyed It's business: that the noise
made by the railroad prevented one hear
ing when using the telephone, and, the cur
rent from the railway circuit. being much
the stronger, destroyed the current of the
telephone lines. The court decided in favor
OF me railway company, upon the theory
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use Of the general public for travelling nur-
poses; aud the fact of motive power " hich
facilitates travel being changed to some.
thing which might interfere with a subor-
dlnate use OF the highway sh 1uld not make
any difference in that regard.
The Engineering and Mining Journal
thus comments on the momentous c allenQe
of Mr.. Frank J. Sprague: The challenge
OF Mr. r. j. Sprague TO produce within
fCur months an electric motor suitable for
use in the proposed underground rand
transit railway system of New York, which
VIII draw loaded train Of six cars at a rate
OF Iorty miles an hour, or forfeit $50 900,
published In the New York daily papers of
June 10, is something which the opponents
OF tho underground plan of the rapid transit
commission should consider. MIR, Sprague
Is well known as the inventor of one of tho
most important street electric railway sys-
tens IN use at the present time, and such
an offer from him has sufficient weight TO
| merit an gnswer from those who oppose
| rapid transit plans Up to the present date
the chalIeEge Is unanswered, and we
are OF the opinion that it will re-
main SO. The statements that
have been made 10 the effect that it would
| be impossible to operate trains at necessary
speed in the proposed tunnel are und oubt-
eddy Inspired from the same source that
| started the talk that IL would be impossible
TO enlist capital in it. No one who has fol-
lowed the development OF the electric street
railway In this country doubts that cleo
trical locomotives capable of drawing a
loaded train forty miles an hour can be
built. AS a matter of feet, the motors used
on street railways at the present time in
several places are made to drive their cars
at times at rates Of speed but little short of
the requirements of the proposed new rapid
transit sys tenn in New York