The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-19
RAIL AND CROsSrIE,

nversicherungsamt is the
appalling word for insurance office of
state railways" in Germany.
The first locomotive passed through the
great tunnel of the Grand Trunk railway
under the ST. Clair river on Thursday of
this week, thus formally inauguratiug the
connection of the United States and Canada
by continuous rails.
Between thirty-fve and forty people ar
rived at the De Soto last night by the Flor
ida train, all tourists returning north ward.
| Many more of the same class arrived by
other trains during the day. At O'Clock
last night 100 people had registered. The
De Soto Is keeping up its record wonder
fully we'll, but the tourist business will soon
! be over.
The latest returns Of accidents on Brit
ish railways show a decrease. For
the nine months ending with Sep
| tember, 1890, only passengers were
killed and pa injured by accidents to
trains, rolling stock, permanent way, etc.
as against 50 killed and 7S6 injured in the
same period Of 1889. BY accidents from other
causes 60 passengers we're killed and $50 IN
jured. an increase of killed and 48 injured ::
but the accidents to employees were more
numerous than in the previous year, 357 be-
ing killed, an increase of 81, and 2,15O in
jured, an increase of 1853 Besides these,
80 persons, including trespassers
and suicides, were killed on railway
tracks and 163 injured, while Al persons
were killed and no less than ATS injured
by accidents on the premises Of railways
not caused by the movement of vehicles
used exclusively on railways; that is, by
wagons, trucks, etc. Altogether the num-
Der of deaths resulting from the operation
OF railways was Sl4 and the number of per-
sons injured was 1864 during the nine
months. AS the railway mileage of the
| United States is nearly eight times that of
! Great Britain, the record OF casualties in
| this country does not make an unfavorable
comparison with these figures.
The London Truth tells this story of how
they do in China: During q recent anti
| foreign-devil riot at some place between
| Ion-tu and kaiping, the mob, by way of
| emphasizing its patriotic sentiments, de-
! stroyed good length of the railway that
| has recently been carried through the dis
trict. The local mandarin-a Chinese
! Ruskinite apparently--instead of using the
forces under him to quell the riot, sent his
soldiers TO assist in the pious work. The
embankments were leveled for some els
lance, and the rails thrown into the river,
and an attempt was made to destroy the
bridges. Mr.. Kinder, the head engineer Of
the line, laid the state of the case before the
Toatoi of Tientsin, who is the head director
| OF the undertaking The Ioatoi sent for the
please yourself aud friends you have de4
stroyed the railway track. To please me
you will put it back just as it was before.
If, one month from to-day, the trains are
not running the same as before you lose
your head and your family aud ancestors
are disgraced. Mr.. Kinder estimates the
damage and loss by non-running of trains
at 81, 900 taels about gl2, 500, which sum
you will have to pay out of your own funds
to the company For labor, all your Off
Gals. soldiers aud the townsfolk will work
as you direct, receiving no money for their
labor; and all salaries are stopped till the
rep hrs are complete. l shall appoint q
board Of punishment to return with
you, with power to torture and imprson
any one who makes the least disturbance
or trouble" The mandarin begged for
mercy on the plea that, as the country was
all under water, be could not possibly get
mud and stones wherewith to build the en-
bankments. The Toatol saw the force of
this plea and said he would give him q
chance He could pull down any of his
forts he liked in order to provide material
! for the repair Of the railway, and he would
! give him three months after the railway
was completed to rebuild his forts at his
| the madarin's) own expense. In rather
under three weeks the trains were running
again and they are now rebuilding the
| forts.n