The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-20
RAIL AND oROSsTIR.

There is a rumor current in Macon that
syndicate OF Philadelphia capitalists will
shortly purchase the street car system of
that city.
The work on raising the East Tennessee
bridge over the Ocmulgee SO as to allow
steamers approaching Macon TO pass under
will probably be completed in the next
sixty days.
John NJ. Harden, Central railroad agent
at Savannah, has resigned his position with
the company, to take, effect June /. Mr..
Harden resigns, it is said, to study medi-
cine. G. A. Wilkinson has been appointed
to succeed him.
L. NJ Terrell. chief of the southern divi-
sion of the mail service, is on a tour of in
spection Of the Charleston, Sumter and
Northern road. He is going over the line
with view of locating offices along the
route and arranging for the opening Of the
line as far as Darlington.
o. G. Parsley, recently division freight
agent OF the Kansas City, Memphis and
Birmingham, at Memphis, will take the
position Of commercial agent for the Illinois
Central at Atlanta, Ga, filling the office
made vacant by the promotion of +. L..
Drake to the Office now held by Mr.. Knapp
in Memphis.
The Macon division ia, Order of Rail-
way Photographers, held special meeting
Sunday night and elected the following
officers: Chief telegrapher, J. D. Rooney,
! Hawkinsville; assistant chief telegrapher,
4. X. Dozier, Macon; secretary and trea-
surer, James Phillips, Macon; senior tele-
grapher, A. P Thomas, Midwife; junior
telegrapher, D. W. Hooten, Forsyth; in
side sentinel, S. J. Heath, Byron. J. D.
Rooney and e. r, Dozier were elected dele
gates to the annual convention of the order,
which will be held in st. Louis on June 15
The Chattanooga Southern will be fin.
| lshed to Gadsden, Ala, on June 1. The
| completion of this line means the continual
| t1on OF the fight between the Louisville and
Nashville against the East Tennessee, Vir-
ginia and Georgia and Richmond Terminal.
The completion of this line is another link
in the Louisville and Nashvillo's system,
which will connect with the new line at
Calera, making short line from Chatta-
uooga to Montgomery. A glance at the
| map will show that this new line parallels
the East Tennessee, Virginia aud Georgia
and the Queen add Crescent, and, as it runs
between the two, will cut the business Of
| both.
The Norfolk, Wilmington aud Charleston
| Railroad Company, which has now gone
actively to work in pushing its proposed
line, has issued neat prospectus, In which
is given complete account OF the plans OF
] the company. A descriptive sketch is given
/ OF the territory through which the road " i'll
run, and the scheme for the bnilding of the
line. The new route will shorten tho dis
lance between Norfolk, Philadelphia. New
! York, Boston, and all the northern points,
and Charleston, Savannah aud Florida over
| 100 miles over the distance trAversed by the
existing lines. At Norfolk IL will connect
with the Pennsylvania railroad system.
| Among the oorporators 81 the company are
| Thomas A. Hugueuin aud II. y. Young u
Charleston. Tho company has already SCI
cured the right OF way Tor "a considerable
/ portion 81 the line through South Carolina.