The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-13
RAIL AND eros STA.

The following is clipped from the Mont
gomery Advertiser: "B Dunham, gen.
eral superintende Of the Alabama Mid
land road, since his commitment occupies
the left front room at the county jail. 1t is
snugly fixed up, and is as comfortable as
could be made. de is now transacting all
of his official duties in this room with the
assistance Of his chief clerk, Mr.. Thomp-
son, and stenographer."
The King Of Morocco is a great fellow
to have his fun and things. He has rail-
road within his palace grounds with an en-
CINE and passenger coach which is described
as being Just large enough to hold the
king and few of his wives He has also
added TO his pets about the place large
black elephant imported from India. All
in all he is we'll fixed, and, though his do
| minlon is not large, never knows what it is
to have to borrow enough money to buy
| dog.
The Texas railroad commission, of which
ex-senator John II. Reagan is chairman,
| has issued the following clI cular: 1T is
| ordered by this commission that from and
after Oct l, 1891, all railroad companies in
| this state shall charge and collect from con-
| siguees the sum of So per car per day for the
use OF all cars not unloaded after forty
eight hours notice to the consignee or his
us agent. iNOJ W OuHudyS dDu
legal holidays.l The notice to consignees to
unload cars must recite the penalty herein
provided for"
The extent to which railway construction
has been going on in the United States
during the present year is the subject of
| national review that will appear in the
| Forthcoming number OF the RdiLlUIu Age
1t shows that during the nine months end
| ing Sept. 80, there were 1852 miles of main
line built on lS6 different roads. Although
| there are three months Of the year left in
which the track-laying in progress On
| number of short lines will be materially
increased, it now seems probable that the
total for 1891 will fall below 5000 miles.
At present, it is about $50 miles less than
at the same time in 1890, when the total
for the year reached nearly 5,738.
The electrical locomotive to take the
place of the steam locomotive is slow in
Undertaking., but the enthusiasts in cleo
trical science are still hopeful of its Develop
ment in the near future. Mr.. Edison seems
| TO think its day near at hand, as he is
| quoted as saying: 81 am building a large
| electrical locomotive, several hundred horse
power, and have devised system of con-
| duction without trolley for a big railroad
for Henry Willard. A small section has
been laid. An electrical locomotives much
more economical than a steam one. Take
| OHo VI JuboS Trips expansion engines on
| solid foundation. with all the economical
appliances, and you can get horse 20 wer
| delivered on train in motion for one third
the cost that you eau get it direct with Il
| steam locomotive. Then you have every
advantage in an electrical locomotive. In
stead of running a train Of six coaches
every two hours split it up. Make 1t two
coaches and run it oftener. They are going
! to put this locomotive on some road il
| hot -
| think. There is no great difficulty ABOUT
it, 1 am ing to AXE he currents from
stations twenty miles apart. l can take the
! Pennsylvania railroad, between Jersey City
and Philadelphia, and / can begin by put
| ting one electric train on it, and they can
/ go on running steam, too, aud gradually
| replace steam bv electricity without any
trouble at ali. You can have any speed you
| want with electric trains. It is only limited
by the limit of the cohesion of the steel.
| There are no other limitations to electric as
there are to steam locomotives"
The annual report of the South Carolina
| railway commission to the state legislature
is TO make a handsome showing for the
| roads, There are sixteen roads to hear
| from; all the Others have filed their re-
| ports. Not taking INTO consideration the
Carolina Mid and roads income, the
total increase over last year of the total
1 D,
| over half million dollars The figures
being the total Income from all sources, ere
as follows, only two roads showing a de-
crease: Bish0pville railroad, S21, $50 IS: last
year, 2l7 ,095 IS; Increase 4,+41 80. Caro-
lima Midland, S6l. 100 49, Carolina, Kuox-
vile and Western, S6,737 81; last year,
| 1878 So; increase, $l,0O3 65. Central Of
| South Carolina, Sl04,2 0S; last year.
| Sll5.2 23 40, decrease, $40, 976 Al. Charles
ton and Savannah. S744 900 "a; last
year. $685., 944 IS, increase, sl9,235 81.
Cheraw aud Darlington. S116,220 OF;
last year, $96,0S4 As; Increase, $l9,2S5 81.
| Cheraw and Salisbury. S26,5l2 AZ last year,
So, 23l 43; increase, S4,28J 80. Florence
railroad, $4S,O Of; last year. S42,4 4 IS;
increase. S5,G25 80. Georgia, Carolina and
increase, S52,546 SO. Ha-tsville, SIS, 140 AZ;
last year, S7,Sl9 "a, increase 1890 So.
Manchester and Augusta, SIS. $50 50; last
year, $l3,294 % increase, $4.956 &c.
Northeastern railroad, $771, 81; last
year, S7l7,93o; increase. S53,-
933 rs. Palmetto railroad, s6,59l 90;
last year, $40, 995 60; decrease, "a, 404
South Carolina railway. 81, 72O, $50 &c; last
year, S1.425 ,2jl %; increase, 1901 .O97 "a.
Wilmington, Chadbourn and Conway, $25,
5O4 3d. last year, $22390 93; increase, So
ll3 g. Wilmington, Columbia and Au-
gusta, $1,0l2,707 SO; last year. S977. 654 rs;
increase, SS5, 052 81. Wilson and Summer
ton, So, l3S 81; last year, So COO; increase,
Sl3S 81 The universal increase in these
roads, large and small, gives a fair ind ca
! ton Of what the Others will be. The decrease
Of the Income of the Central of South Caro-
lima is attributed to the opening of the Geor-
| gia, Carolina and Northern.