The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-28
RAIL AND CRosSTIE.

Pittsburg papers print what is called the
inside of railroad project that will be q
sensation. 1t is nothing more than a plan
by which the Baltimore and Ohio road pro-
poses to parallel the Pennsy lvania from one
end to the other, form an almost airline
route from Baltimore to Chicago, and to
actually reduce the distance from Pitts
burg to the latter city by seyenty-five
miles.
The creditors of the Decatur, Chesapeake
and New Orleans railroad, residing In Athens
aud Madison county, Alabama, have called
meeting OF the creditors to take action in
regard to the sale Of the road. They will
send a man TO Nashville to be present at the
sale, which is to come off April Z, to warn
any and all who desire to purchase the road
that they will resist to the death any effort
TO complete the road until they are paid. A
large number of them have never given
rights OF way, and swear that they will die
protecting their property.
The statement of the February earnings
Of the Savannah, Americas and Mont
gomery railroad has just been given out, as
well as comparison Of business for the
past eight months with that of the same
period for year ago. The gross earnings
for February were SAL 1854 50, net earnings
SIS, 572 02. The gross earnings for the eight
months ending March ], 1891, were S342, =
914 IL, net earnings Sl53,21S SO. Gross
earnings same period one year ago Si44, =
S13 90, net earnings S70,7 81, increase Of
net earnings over same period year ago
$50, AL %.
The Louisville Courier-JourndL says:
The reports of changes among the officers of
the Louisville and Nashville are without
good foundation. The election of Mr. NJ
H. Smith president left the position of vice
president vacant, and 1t will probably re-
main vacant for some time. Mr.. A. NJ
Quarter, second vice president, will here
after have his headquarters in New York,
in charge Of the New York Office and assist,
ing Mr.. August Belmont, recently chosen
chairman of the board. This is change of
location rather than q change of position or
duties, and for the present, at least, it is the
only change that will occur.
The Savannah, Florida and Western Ra l.
way Company freight department has issu ed
circular advising that, at recent meet
ing OF majority Of the lines in the terri
| tory south Of the Ohio and Potomac and
east of the Mississippi rivers interested in
| the watermelon traffic, 1t was agreed to con-
tinue for the coming season the low rates Of
last year to such points as are controlled by
them. The rates via Savannah and steam
ship to Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York
| and Boston will be the same as last year. 1t
is to the interest Of both consIgnor and con-
signee and also the transportation lines,
that no inferior melons be shipped, as it
causes reduction in prices and consequent
| loss.
The art Of finding lost car is not easily
acquired, as those old gray-headed fellows
who have been in the business forty years
will tell you. Those long lost ones have been
discovered in every corner of the globe.
| For instance, Car Tracer Clark, of the Mis-
| souri, Pacific, while on q trip east some time
ago, saw one OF his oars that had been miss
ing since June, 1890, standing on a side
track. Inquiry developed the fact that it
had been travelling all over the East
for quite a while. Another time
| be found a missing car away down
in the south doing service as a
Kitchen for construction gang, and the
company was loath to give it up. But there
are instances where one company has act
ually stolen cars, effacing the name of the
| owner and substituting their own, and then
the business Of hunting this down is re-
duced to q beautiful science. Again, when
there is big freight wreck and the cars
| spl1ntered, unless the company having
charge OF the car chooses to report to the
rightful road, the lost car agent
has picnic. The average car
| travels about 1000 times as far as
the average individual, and under the ex-
istiDg regulations of through freight a solid
| train frequently runs nearly 1900 miles,
stopping only to change engines. Thus q
car belonging to the New York and New
England Railroad Company is frequently
found doing service on the Southern Pacific
in California or more frequen lY away up
| on some Canadian railroad. The business
has, therefore, become study, and some of
| the sharpest and keenest men in the pro-
fesSion are the lost car agents.