The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-02
Rail AND CRossTIE

The railways e1ts-ing Pittsburg have
/ suffered heaviiy durlDg the last few months
! by the labor troubles, due directly to the
strikes IN tue coke region One estimate
I pats these losses at over s.. 900 per day,
/ and declared that II continued = year they
would COST s., 900, OO0 or 8, 900, 900.
| A Kentucky Law imposing a license and
/ tax on express companies has been declared
| by ths I nitsd States supreme court 10 be
violation Of the interstate commerce clause
IF tbs federal constitution, and Judgment
against toe state has Just been rendered in
g suit brought By the United States Ex-
press Company to de:srmine the question.
The directors Of the Maryland Central
Railroad Company have been indicted by
grand Jury at BeIair, Nd, for man
slaughter in connection with the vrecking
Of q freight train, april II, caused by
broken trestle, in which several lives were
lost Evidence was presented to show that
the company had been warned Of the dan
gerous condition Of many OF its trestles.
What the defense Of the directors will be
does not yet appear.
The Association Of America Railway Ac-
counting Officers vas in session in St. Louis
the most Of last week. The election Of cfi-
oars for the ensuing year resulted as follows:
President, Cushnsn Quarter Of Louisville;
first vice president. D. A Waterman, De-
troit; second vice president, Chauncey Ksl-
sey, Chicago: secretary, c. 6. Phillips, Chi
csgo. Mr.. Quarter is Of the Louisville and
Nashville, Mr.. Waterman Of the Michigan
Central, Mr.. Kelsey Of the Chicago and
Alton, and Mr. Phillips Of the Chicago aud
Northwestern The four vacancies on the
executive committee we're filed as follows:
G. ". Booth OF the Baltimore and Ohio, II.
Reibeneck Of the Pennsylvania Central, 6.
81. Lansing Of the Southern Pacific, and
Carlton Hillyer Of the Georgia Central.
Chicago was selected for the place of the
next meeting IN 1s92, on the last Wednesday
in May. Resolutions were adopted reciting
that all unlimited tickets should be allowed
the highest amount Of baggage given TO the
costliest and unlimited tickets, and that
limited tickets should be allowed as much
baggage as is now given to the cheapest IN
limited ticket. TIE resolution also recikes
the fact that the terminal or last road 20
carry excess baggage shall make the collec-
tons and pro-ratsEueuts
Electric locomotives. which have long
been anticipated, but ia regard to which
expectation has not been warranted by re-
alization, says the Rdil,ody Age, sy
soon be found in extensive service.
The commissioners who have been
for some time engaged in devils
ing plans for increased facilities for
rapid transit in New York city have de-
cided in favor Of the construction of four
track railway running underground below
to be operated by Bergman's electric loco
motives of 800 horsepower. This is a new
motor in which the power is applied directly
TO the axles Of every car, and it is claimed
that the force is capable of propelling a
train OF twenty cars at a rate of forty miles
an hour. and that train moving at
the highest speed can be brought TO a stand
still within twelve feet. So much has been
claimed for electric motors and so much
disappointment has resulted from previous
tests that actual demonstration will he re-
quired before these claims will be generally
accepted; but that electricity can and Will
be successfully applied to the running of
trains, not only upon city railways, but
surface roads now operated by steam, we
continue to have little doubt. It does not
take extraordinary faith to believe the pre-
dictions Of Edison aud others that ere long
coal burning and smoke and fire producing
engines on railways will be superseded by
smokeless and steamless locomotives.