The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-14
RAIL AND CROsSTIR.

President Weed of the Middle Georgia
and Atlantic has issued his first circular
announcing the fact that the company has
assumed control and operation of its road
between Eatonton and Machen. J. A.
DroeRe is appointed superintendent, with
office at ERtonton, and has the management
Of the operation of the road.
The Georgia Southern aud Florida rail-
road will have a new rail connection in
Florida. IL is called the Florida, Georgia
and Western. The road Is now graded west
from Tallahassee, Fla. for about eighteen
miles to ST. Marks river. A large force il
working east of the river toward Fort
Tanning, where the Georgia Southern and
Florida is crossed. From that point the
road will be extended south to Albion, on
the Florida Central and Peniusular.
The Southeastern Passenger Association
has arranged excursions under the certificate
plan for delegates and members at ending
the following meetings: Independent Order
Of Odd Fellows Grand Lodge, Columbus,
! Ca, Aug. 1920; American Association for
the Advancement of Science, Washington.
| D. c., Aug. II to Sept. 2; Army of the Ten
nessee, Chicago, Oct. 10 All certificates,
however, must be signed by the secretaries
| OF the respective associations.
The railway commission OF Texas is
slashing rates, and the objections of the
| LududkeTb Vi tue TOhuS VI lllAE SLaJe 90 not
seem to have much effect. The commission
now has under consideration the lowering
| of the cotton rate no less than 80 per cent.
| and if the reduction be carried out the loss
to some of the liues will be enormous. The
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass managers
estimate that their business alone will suffer
$4,000 loss, and that sum is even exceeded
by some OF the other roads. In addition to
| hurting the roads the cotton markets. it is
| Clalmnd will alaO anffpr Nam nj NJ,
Orleans being among the cities that will be
injured.
E. E. Clark of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, presi-
dent Of the National Order of Railway Con-
ductors, has been touring the south in in
terest Of the order. He has visited New
Orleans, jackson, Vicksburg, Memphis and
Chattanooga and has now gone to Cincin-
natl. He says the membership of the order
is rapidly growing throughout the country.
! There are now on the rolls 10000 members.
| The increase last year was between 300
and 1900 members, and this year it will
reach 5000 if the present ratio keeps up
Last year about 200 members withdrew on
account of their dissatisfaction with the
Rochester convention, which made il q pro-
tectlve association.
Two new railroads have been chartered
| this week. One of them is the Brunswick,
St. Mary and Florida Railway Company,
| and the other is the Cum berland Short Line
Railway Company. The capital stock of
the first is put at 100000. The proposed
route is thirty-four miles long, and is from
Brunswick via the new docks, Blythe island,
to st. Mary's, where it will connect with a
proposed railroad from Harris road, Florida.
The other line is to be twelve
miles long. The proposed route
is to be from either the East Georgia and
Florida chartered and graded, the South
Bound chartered, or the Brunswick, St
Mary's aud Florida Railway Company
toharter applied forl. within five miles south
of the Great st. lila river, within six miles
Of Cabin Bluff, within one mile of the
wharf at High Point, to within one mile of
the bath houses at Bunkley's, on the sea-
shore, in Camden county. The capital stock
of this road is puts at SO, 900. The incor-
porators Of both roads are John J. Spears,
William B. Burroughs, William G. Bur-
hsge. William F. Penniman, Joseph H.
Clark, Louis J. Leavy, Robert r. Hopkins,
Michaelis Kaiser Of Glenn county; John A.
Foster Of Camden county; John L. Morgan