The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-13
RAIL AND cRossrIE.

The contract for building the South Flor
Ida railroad extension from Pemberton
Ferry 10 High Springs, near Gainesville.
has been let 10 Maj. Louis McLain, and
work viii begin Immediately and be pushed
70 a finish.
AT railroad meeting held in Micanopy,
Fla, few days ago thers was a mutual
agreement between gentlemen present to 90
to work at once with the purpose of build
ing road from Gainesville to Micanopy
this summer.
A successful effort has been made TO In
crease the membership of the PENNSYLVANIA
volunteer relief department. OF the "A, O5S
employees Of the Pennsylvania lines west Of
Pittsburg II, l0l are now members Of the
department, fraction of over so per cent
Four persons were occupants OF a rail
way carriage travelling from Cracow to
Lemberg, Austria, recently, when one of
them suddenly produced a revolver and de-
mapded that his companions hand over
their money and valuables. A desperate
struggle ensued, in which two were killed,
but the third grapplei with the robber and
held him so closely that his attempts to
shoot him were in vain. After emptyinP
his revolver the rutfian broke away and
jumped from the train.
The following excellent bill was intro
duced In the Illinois House recently by Rep
resentative Watson:
Be it enacted, etc: That IN addition to the
officers and employees OF all railroads incOrpo-
rated under the state Of Illinois there shall be
employed by each railroad in this state a man
who shall not weigh less than 800 pounds, VINO
small be known and designated as the hog
killer, whose duty it shall bs TO have an elm
club to kill all hogs on the trains who occupy
TWO seats when they only pay for one In case
or death there shall be no corOners Jury to in
vestigate the cause. This act to take effect i'm
medlately upon its passage.
IL seems that the Tennessee Central rail-
road will be built. The route was surveyed
several years ago, and the timbers for
trestles and crossues were secured. The
road is surveyed complete from Trenton to
Milan, thence 70 Huntsville, Ala. A letter
is reported to have been received from Mr..
John h. lnman, in which he says that a
movement is on foot to get Andrew Carne-
gle to supply the rails, and that this will be
done if the road can be freed from certain
entangling alliances, and that the prospects
are good for the building Of the road this
year.
The MORNING NEWS had pleasant visit
yesterday from MIR. S. Boteler Thompson
passenger and ticket agent Florida Central
and Penlnsular railway, Lake City, Fla.
MIR. Thompson is vice-president of the In
ternat1onal Association OF Ticket Agents,
and is en- route to attend the meeting of the
executive committee at Philadelphia to
complete arrangements for the annual meet
ing, which will be held at st. Paul, Mimi,
on Sept. z, instead Of Aug. 9. The change
OF date was in order to permit the members
10 accept the courtesy of an excursion to
Yellowstone Park, rendered by the North~
ern Pacific railroad.
A declaration was filed Monday with the
secretary of state OF South Carolina of the
consolidation Of the Barnwell railroad and
the Biackvllle, Aston and Newberry rail-
road into a single continuous line, to be
known as the Carolina Midland railway.
The scheme purposes the consolidation of
the capital stock, franchises and property Of
the two roads, the combined capital stock
to be $4,000. According to the plan three
shares of consolidated stock will be issued
instead of one of the Blackville,
Aston and Newberry railway, and
share for share of the Barnwell rail-
road. The directors are George A. Wage
ner, A. s. j. Perry, d. ii. Sally, II. F.
Bremen, and Simon Brown; and the officers
are George A. Wagner president, II. r.
Walker secretary, and Mike Brown treas
urer. Before the consolidation all claims
and obligations outstanding except the
mortgage debt of the Blackville, Aston
and Newberry railroad, known as first
mortgage, must be extinguished. The
annual meeting OF the company will be
held at Blackville on the third W ednesday
of June.
The following forthcoming conventions
have been announced: May 20, Wednes-
day: American Society of Civil Engineers,
annual meeting at Lookout Mountain, near
Chattanooga, Tenn. May q, Wednesday,
Association of American Railway Accounts
ing Officers at southern hotel, st. Iolis,
Mo-, at 10 a. M. June 8, Tuesday: Ma, er
Car Builders Association; annual nvsu>
ton at Cape May. N. j. June 10, Wednes-
day: National Association of Railway
Yardmesters; annual meeting in Toledo,
Ohio. June 16, Tuesday: American
Railway Master Mechanics Associa-
ton; annual convention at Stockton
hotel, Cape May, N. j. June 16, Tuesday:
Train Dispatchers' Association of America;
annual meeting in Toledo, o. June II,
Wednesday: Association OF Railway Tele-
graph Superintendent; tenth annual meet
ing at Grand hotel, Cincinnati. Sept. IS.
Tuesday: American Association of General
Passenger and Ticket Agents at Old Point
Comfort, Va. at II a. IN. Oct IL, Monday:
American Society of Railroad Superin-
tendents at New York city. Oct. IA,
Wednesday: General time convention at
New York city.