The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-23
p RAIL AND CRoSSTIE.

The Baldwin Locomotive Works during
the year 1890 built 953 new locomotives, be-
sides doing good deal Of repairing. The
Schenectady Locomotive works built 337
machines during the same year.
The youngstown, the private car of Cen
ercl Manager Patton Of the Pittsburg and
Western. was burned at Pittsburg recently,
The porter built a fire in the stove preparaZ
tory TO trip, and half an hour later the
whole interior was In flames. Loss, $12, 0O0
The Indiana supreme court has decided
In case affecting the Pennsylvania com
peny that where the wrong coupon on a
return ticket is taken by the conductor in
the first case, the passenger cannot be
elected for having the wrong coupon for
the return.
+. W. Connors,sno a conductor on the
SusquehanDa division of the Erie, claims
that in the twelve years spent as a brake
man he made the biggest time ever put in
by one man employed by the Erie. Here
are his figures: 1878, 468 days: 1874. $50.
1875, 4Si; 1875, 377; 1877, 1888; 1878, 3l21S:
| 1879, 1856 SO; 1880, 1885,; 1881, 44715; 1882.
1863; 1888, 373; 1885. 377.
The interstate commerce commission will
hold session in the United States court
| room at Jacksonville, Fla, March 30, to hear
the cases brought by the railroad commits
sion of Florida, Charles Fl. Henry, j. n.
steamship lines forming the route to north
ern cities. The cases involve the question
of unreasonable rates on oranges, lemons
and straw berries.
There is a bill pending before the Min
nesota legislature which practically makes
an employer liable for damages for all in
| juries to an employe, whether or not the
| injury comes through the reckless negli-
gence of such employe, or the willful mis-
4 ~ all -. IL
RGtLtCGy age remarks, is Of particular in
terest to railways, as its provisions place
them wholly at the mercy Of shyster law
yerS, who can conspire with unprincipled
employees and mulct the companies in al
most any sum that prejudced jury might
| award. Remove this only protection which
an employer receives against. wlllful reck.
lessness and careleSsness, and we would
| have one of the most iniquitous laws ever
| put upon the statute books.
"You can put it down for a pretty sure
| thing that construction will be resumed on
the Macon and Atlantic railroad within
| sixty days" That is what a railroad man
said to the Macon Telegraph Saturday. He
| did not explain how this was to be accom-
plished, but he made the statement with the
| air Of man who is posted. Some Of the
Macon Construction. Company's officials
we're asked il this information was correct
much about it just now.- but wouldn't be
surprised il it was" The contractors, Nc
Tighe d Co., are said to have cal
culated that they could finish the
Macon and Atlantic for $500,OOO and
there are many who believe that
this sum will be forthcoming whenever pub
lie confidence gets restored. THE Macon
and Birmingham railroad and it's direct
eastern continuation, the Macon and Atlan>
tic, are commercial necessities and must
necessarily be completed to their prospective
termini, is the way one noted man puts it.
This will be most likely done through
leases by the Louisville and Nashville, or
the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis
| railroads" McTighe & Co., the Macon and
| Atlantic contractors, are generally consid-
| cred to have acted nobly during the recent
financial troubles. When they had to stop
work :, 0e0 men were thrown out of employ-
ment. Of this great force of workmen sew
eral hundred were white men with
families dependent upon them Tor
support. To them the building of
the railroad meant bread and meat and
| shelter. When the work stopped they were
brought Co beggary. Many of them had
come from Tennessee and Kansas, but
could not go back. And yet they had to be
fed and clothed. The situation was a grave
| one. Mr. McTighe gave those men material
| assistance in many ways. For some he pro-
vlded means to go back home; through his
| influence Others found employment else
| where. About 400 of them are now at work
] on the South Bound road Probably not
| one of the big crowd is actually in desti-
| tute circumstances.