The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-15
RAIL AND caossrIz.

One thousand1nen are soon to be put to
YORK on the railroad building between Penn
is-ton's Ferry and Inverness, Fla.
d P. Love, who for the last several
r,ontbs has been connected with the freight
dsnartment at the Central railroad depot in
hmericus, has been appointed soliciting
syeat for the Central, with headquarters at
americus Mr.. Love was formerly in
savannah, aud is popular and capable
railroad man.
Among pet names for railroads are the
Kankakee line, the Choctaw line, the Sioux
line WaYcross route, Tarpon route, Bluff
line Fishing line, Suwannee route, and now
comes the Macon, Dublin and Savannah,
which, when complete, il Is said will be
known among travelling passenger agents as
the Royal Route to the sea-
An exchange has this item merely as a
matter for auditors to ponder on: A woman
who was paid $1,000 by railway, which
i killed her husband, complained that be had
h los. a leg in the service Of the company once
q and had been paid for same 81 900, and why
wss it the company valued leg higher
4 tran the man. The sstute auditor replied
a "My dear madam, toe reason is quite plain /;
4 a 900 could not replace your husbands real
& leg of flesh, bone and muscle, but for 81. 600
4 you can get husband with both legs any
day." she departed content.
The Central railroad has proved It's
4 capacity for quick handling of freight in a
manner worthy of commentator. The
transportation department was given but
an hour and forty-ave minutes notice
Wednesday night to start fruit special of
ten cars OF bananas from this city to At
lanta. Everything was gotten into readi-
ness in a lively manner, and the train pulled
out from the depot at $50 o'clock 1t
arrived in Atlanta at o'clock yesterday
morning. making the run in twelve and a
half hours, which was one of the fastest
freight schedules ever made over the line
The Central proposes to run a similar
schedule whenever sufficient fruit is shipped
to warrant it. The fruit train was run al
most as fast as the regular passenger. which
takes ten hours and fifty minutes to cover
the distance between the two cities.
The annual meeting Of the Port Royal
and Western Carolina Railway Company's
stockholders was held in Augusta Tuesday.
Gen. Alexander was absent, and Gen. W.
W HUMPHREYS of Anderson, S. c., pres
SIDED. Ed Workman. secretary of the COM
pany, was present. The presidents report
up to June so. 1890, was submitted A
motion to change the time of the annual
convention was referred to the directors,
who did not grant it. The following board
Of directors was reelected: e. P. Alex
ander, Savannah; W. L. Mauldin, Green
vile. S. c.; Z. F. Verdery, Augusta; j. H.
Alexander, Augusta, E. R. Schneider, Au-
gusta; J. B. Cumming. Augusta; W. l..
Gray, Laurens, s. c.; John Ferguson,
Greenville, s. c.; T. J. Moore, Spartan
burg, S. c.; John C. Calhoun, New York /;
J. A. Barksdale. Laurens, S. c.; J. ].
Pluss, Laurens, S. c.; W. W. HUMPHREYS,
Anderson, s. c. The directors reelected
the old officers of the company as follows:
President, E. P. Alexander; general man
ager, Cecil Gabbett; treasurer, Edward
Mcintyre; secretary, Ed Workman; traffic
manager, W. f. Shellman; general freight
and passenger agent, w. j. Craig; superin-
tendent, J. II. Averill.