The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-01
RAIL AND CROssTIE.

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The Macon Produce Exchange expects to
keep 80 cars OF watermelons per day going
over the road during the hight OF the
melon season.
A good many people went down to Tybee
yesterday to escape the heat OF the CITY.
Inc $50 train went out in two sections.
ABOUT IT'S people came down on the Au.
| gusta excursion.
General Manager Gabbett, Supt. Starr
and the other Central railroad officials who
vent up last week for tour of inspection
OF the Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus
railroad returned to Savannah yesterday.
The Smithonia, Danielsville and Carnes-
vile Railroad Company was organized at
Smithonle last week. Hon. 7. j. Scott,
George G. Daniel and d. W. Meadow from
Madison county, and James d. Power and
james Nj. Smith of Oglethorpe county are
named in the charter.
A rather singular order has been issued
on the Missouri Pacific road, to the effect
that master mechanics Of the various shous
Will be held responsible for any damages
arising from injuries to minors kept in the
employ OF the company under them, and as
result general wedding out of minors is
going on.
The Dunnellon fla Ne,cs says: The
building of the South Florida railroad from
Femoerton TO Dunnellon and thence north
TO some point on the Savannah, Florida
and Western railway. has been looked for
ward to with no small degree of eagerness
and pleasure for the last six or eight
months. The company has made numerous
surveys and has been rather slow in the
hnai settlement Of its plans, but now that
everything has been settled upon and a
torce or LOCO men set to work. there can be
no doubt that the South Florida railroad
VIII be running trains into this Mace within
six modths from this date.
The Macon Telegraph says: The Macon.
dublin and Savannah railroad is steadily
approaching Dublin. Rails are being laid
within fifteen miles Of the latter place, and
about 800 men are at work surfacing I'D the
oio grade and preparing it for the track
contractor j. s. Horn has Just completed
MS contract OF getting out 10000 ties for
the road. 1t is expected that trains will be
running into Dublin by June |. When it
viii be extended beyond there is not known.
w hen the track is finished to Dublin de-
Velopments may be expected to take place
with regard TO the ownership of the Macon
anu Atlantic railroad, unless its fate is al
ready decided by that time.
The Philadelphia Times saws: "With the
exception of the Chinese railways. with
their reJudiced-crazed wrecking mobs, the
unsatest roads in the world are those OF
spain, whose landslides and foundations
wreck train every few weeks, not to mem
tlon the risks from bandits and insurgents
ms safest are those of Northern Germany
and England. Statistics prove that in 1889
ana 1891 only three out of 62, 000,UO0 North
herman passengers lost their lives bv causes
which could in any way be ascribed to the
neglect OF precautions on the part of the
railway officials. In Great Britain during
| the same period the ratio was one fatal acct
dent to 100000 safe trips. In America
three out of ten fatal casualties can be
traced TO the disadvantages Of the one-track
system
Commissioners Cassatt and Davis of the
lntercontlnental railway commission have
submitted TO Secretary Blaine in advance
OF fuller report of the proceedings OF the
commission, a brief resume of the work
done up to this time, for the secretary's in
formation. The report states that after
gathering all obtainable information as to
whether practicable line of railroad at a
practicable cost, could be constructed to
connect the railways systems of the United
states and Mexico with the existing rail-
ways OF South America, the commission
determined upon route, which the report
gives IN detail. The only funds at the
disposal Of the commission, the
report says, consists of $65, 600
appropriated by the government
OF the United States for the year ending
oNS w. ACO1y anu buo SdIl6 Inc
| following year-130, 900 in all. No money
has as vet been paid by any other country
except Chile, which has RENTED SO 900 by
draft on London, but the proceeds have not
yet been paid over to the state department
Mexico, Uruguay and the Argentine Re-
pubic have, through their representatives
on the commission, declined to contribute.
The other countries represented are under
stood to have promised to Lay their quota.
but haven't as yet done SO. 1t was not
thought wise to count upon any funds be-
yond the amount actually In hand, nor to
send more parties to the field than these
funds would provide for, for a period of
time sufficient to enable them to complete
| the work allotted to them.
The Macon Telegraph says of the railroad
| situation there: There is now no doubt that
the option on Macon Construction stock, as
already stated, has heen given to the Balti-
more brokers, W. w. Collins, one of the
stockholders who has been intimately con-
nected with the new movement, left for
baltimore on Friday night TO assist in per-
fectlng some necessary details of the
arrangements. Meanwhile the shareholders
who did not go into the pool are keepinp
their own counsel and awaiting develop
ments. The Macon and Atlantic road is an
object OF threefold attention Just now. as
follows: Ii the Baltimore deal is perfected
the purchasers may complete it to Savan-
nah, along with the Macon and BirminR-
ham. The men whose money is building
the Macon, Dublin and Savannah railroad
are only awaiting the completion of their
road to Dublin before tackling the Macon
and Atlantic, the line OF which practically
parallels their own to Savannah. And il
these two projects fail there are
Backer, Strong and Stein Of New
York, who have expressed their inten-
ton OF taking the road out of the re-
ceiver's hands and selling it, if nothing
better could be done, and that soon. These
gentlemen are fully able to finish the road,
aud, 1T is said, may organize a new COM
pany, or reorganize the old one, and COM
plete 1t to Collector. At present, however,
the only plausible outlook in that direction
is the placing of the Macon and Atlantic
bonds. Said an attache of that company:
II do wish the stockholders in Macon
would bestir themselves and take the rest
OF the bonds. Why. there's Savan-
nah, that took her share at least three
weeks ago, and SO did New York. or at
least very nearly. / understand that the
New York parties lack only SOS, 900 of their
s5OO,0OO, and in reality only sS5, 600, for the
rest has been pledged. Those who have
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