The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-29
RAIL AND OROSsTIE.

Supt. B. Durham of the Alabama Mid
land railroad spent yesterday in the city.
This is Supt. Dunham's first visit 70 Savan
nah since his trial in Montgomery for the
killing Of young Cunningham.
The statement of the Richmond and Dan
vile System for the month OF Septem er
shows gross earnings Of $l,175. SIS, q loss Of
Sl9,557. Operating expenses, however,
show decrease of S4l,2Sl, so that the net
earnings of S47l, 271 show gain OF $2l, 123.
From the railroad and ferry reports for
the year 1889 to the New York state rail-
road commissioners it is sho Nn that 79,4l4,
ono people crossed the Hudson river during
the year. There were over 800 passenger
trains daily in and Out Of Jersey City and
HobokeE, and over 10000 tons OF freight
crossed the river to and from New York
and tue New England staJes The number
OF people carried on the ferries between
New York and Brooklyn during the year
1890 was IS, 663, 500. During the same time
the Brooklyn bridge carried 37.676,4ll.
The uppermost topic in Wall street just
now is the adjustment of the Richmond
Terminal floating debt. Gen. Samuel
Thomas says: 81 have no knowledge of the
completion OF negotiations for the sale of
Terminal bonds, but have no doubt very
favorable arrangement for the Terminal
company will be consummated soon. IL has
ample securities to provide all the money it
needs The floating debt originated entirely
for new roads and equipment, and al over
sanguino management expected the bonds
to be taken more than a year ago. but
financial disturbances abroad aud in this
country prevented their sale. The return
of the bond buying investment public will
no doubt rapidly absorb them, which will
dispose Of the so-called floating debt. The
East Tennessee dividend question is a mat
ter that will undoubtedly come up at the
meeting of the board about NOV. 10. 1t
would not be proper for me to make any
statement about the dividend before the
meeting No one has been authorized to
make any statement in regard 10 IL. The
board in discussing the question will have
the best interests OF the company in view
A German paper says four-f1fths Of the
worlds steam engines at present in opera
ton have been constructed within the last
quarter of century. France possesses A.
500 stationary engines, 1000 locomotives
ard ], $50 marine engines: Germany. $1,000
stationary engines and boilers, 10000 loco
motives ard roo marine engines; Austria,
only 1900 stationary engines aud 2 500
locomotives. The force of the steam en-
gines in operation in the United States is
equal to 7,5O0,0O0 horsepower, OF those
in England TO 100000, in Cor
many to 4,500,000, in France TO
100000 and in Austria TO 1900 900
horsepower In these figures the horse
power of locomotives is not included; in the
beginning of 1890 the total number of the
worlds locomotives amounted to lO5,OO0
representing from 5,j00,000 to 7,000,OUO
horsepower Taking the figures as 5000, 900
only, this gives the total horsepower Of the
whole OF the steam engines and locomotives
on earth as IS, 0O0, 900. The horsepower Of
a steam engine may be eytimated as equiva-
lent 20 the power OF three horses, aud the
power Of horse as equivalent TO that Of
seven men. The worlds steam engines.
therefore represent the enormous total Of
| / .OOO. 900. 900 men, or double the number OF
workers IN the world. the total population
or the earth being estimated at 400, 1000, 900
souls