The morning news., 1891-11-17
RAIL AND cRossTIE


The Sam rood has only three miles of
trsck 70 lay before making connection
through 10 Montgomery.
B. ". Wrenn. general passenger agent Of
the East tennessee, Virginia and Georgia.
and Charles n. Kight, assistant general
day.
An innovation to street railroads will be
the new compound condensing steam motor
mat the Baldwin locomotive works Of
fhiladeIphia has turned ous. The machine
mas oeen accorded a trial, and ths results
were SO satisfactory that competent Judges
declare the motor tc be a success.
The New York Erening Telegram says.
With a capital stock of 81. 500 COO. the
American and Tampa Railroad ComDanv
has been formed and has a charter in
Florida to build a road from the Florida
Georgia line 10 the waters Of Tampa bay. a
dlstance OF 2QO miles The Ircorporstors
are b: n. Hardaway Of Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Joseph Tillman Of Qeitman and j. ]. Willi-
ford Of Americus.
The American Ticket Brokers' Assooia-
ton has decided that its members cannot
exchange business with firms not in the
association. The non-association brokers
regard this action of the committee as an
attempt TO boycott. them and force them
out or the business. Tne initiation fee IN
the association has been raised to such an
amount that only strong firm can afford
to enter. The initiation ice for applicants
from cities IN class A is 81. 600: for cities in
cless b, $500; fnr cities in class G, S40G, and
cities 10 class d, 500.
Dc. Norton, commissioner OF railroads
and telegraph in Ohio, has been making
tests OF the quality Of oil used in railroad
car illumination in the state aud found that,
While the law requires that the oil used shall
stand flash test Of 3OGo, much OF it would
ignite at l20-. In view OF that fact the Penn
sylvsnia company has raised the question
as to whether cars lighted By compressed
gas would or would not comply with the
Ohio law, and the matter was referred to
Commissioner Newman. After he had in
vestigated the process OF manufacturing the
gas and qualities of the product, he recon.
mended and encouraged It's use as being
cleaner and safer than oil,
In the article in yesterdays MORNING
NEWS upon the schedules of the Atlantic
Coast Line and the Richmond and Danyille
between Savannah and New York in the
shape OF running talk with Traffic Man.
ager Owens of the Plant system, the
statement was made that the track OF the
Richmond and Danville between Augusta
and Charlotte was not in equally as good
condition as the balance Of the system, The
statement appeared to come from Mr.
Owens, which is incorrect. Mr. Owens in
his talk said nothing Of the physical condi~
tton of any part Of the Richmond and Dan
vile. W hat Mr. Ovens did say was that the
Atlantic Coast Line, having more favorable
gradients mile for mile than the Richmond
and Danville, could make faster time. The
idea of the condition of the Richmond and
Danville's track from Charlotte to Colum-
bia was gained elsewhere.
The Central denies that it has refused
through freights from local points of the
Sam road, and claims that business in tn It
direction is moving as heretofore. "The
traffic arrangement - said Central man,
has only been suspended where freights
originate in the Centrals territory, as for
instance from Columbus to Savannah.
Under the agreement between the roads a
man wishing to ship from the former city
hauled by the Central to Americus, there
transferred to the Sam, transported over its
line to Lyons and again transferred at that
point to the Central to be brought to Sa-
vannah, the Sam all the while getting the
benefit of the freight rates. Wherever
freights originate beyond the Richmond
and Danville territory and is secured by the
ooLl VI OiABLlhLoS az AOCdl pOlIks Oh Tue odu
road it is hauled from Lyons by the Cen
tral under previous existing conditions"
In order to ascertain the exact length OF
the Midland line England for purposes OF
the clearing house, and to establish the new
railway rates under an enactment of the
English parliament, the surveyors of the
road diverged from the beaten track and
have branched out in new line to get the
desired information. 1t was formerly the
custom to measure the line by the steel
tape measure, but in this instance an inno-
walton in the matter of railroad measure-
ments was put into effect. An engine
was attached to an empty car and started
out over the main line. Attached to the
car was circular disk. so arranged as to
revolve upon one Of the tracks and filed
with a measuring apparatus, each revolu-
tion Of the wheel being duly registered upon
a dial within the car, much the same as the
distance Travelled by cyclist is registered
upon the cyclometer pendant from the axle
of the large wheel. The entire main line of
the road and several Of the branches were
measured off in day. task which would
have required treble the time were the
xuOrtr fad on hu tho mat oIJ-tirn. hOd