The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-16

greater than that to Augusta A meeting of
the business men wassheld..at the cotton ex~
cnange Friday to protest against the action
OF the railroads The subject was fully dis
cussed. 1t was said that Augusta was being
Disseminated against in the matter OF
freight rates. 1t was stated that the rate
on mill goods between Augusta and New
York had been raised % per cent. since the
Rlchmond and Danville came into power,
! The Manufacturers association has ap-
pointed committee to go to Atlanta and
| state its grievances before the railroad COM
mission.
The New York Central is testing, at six
points on its lines, an ingenius device for
signaling engineers of the condition of the
road ahead of them. 1t is a signal intended
70 let the engineer know how many minutes
ahead Of time is the last train that passed
the signal, provided the time is under fifteen
minutes. The machine is stationed beside
the track and comprises a dial-faoe on
which a hand moves from zero TO fifteen.
This hand is regulated by clock-work
When a train passes it moves q spring
which sets the hand at zero. Immedi-
ateIy the clock-work is set in motion
and the engineer of the following train
reads on the dial the exact number of min
utes which have elapsed since the preceding
train passed. The hand, however. stops at
! fifteen, and if the engineer finds the dial
| udLQ az JutbU DOIuU ne KNOWS Simply tnGb
the preceding train is fifteen minutes or
more ahead of him. 1t is an added safe
guard to railroad travel, of course, if the
| engineer can once in so often look at the
| signal dial and know how many minutes he
| is behind the preceding train, and tell
whether he is safe in running at his present
speedor should slow up and proceed more
| cautiously.
J. NJ. Culp, who has been appointed as
sistant traffic manager of the Richmond
and Danvllle, is one of the best known rail-
road men in the south. His resignation
from the Louisville and Nashville railroad
will take effect Sept. l, Immediately after
which he will begin his new duties. he
will be assistant to Traffic Manager Haas,
and will be located in Atlanta. Mr.. Culp
is at present in New York. His salary in
his new place is said 10 be $4,000, and the
| large sum was the inducement for him 20
leave the Louisville and Nashville, in the
| employ OF which he has been for twenty
two years. He stands high in railroad
circles as a general freight agent,
and is thoroughly acquainted with
every detail of that branch of
| traffic. MIR. Culp is 40 years of age, and his
record as railroad man has been confined
| exclusively to the Louisville ana Nashville.
He was born in Harrisville, w. Va, in
April, 1S49 He entered in the employ of
the Louisville and Nashville road as bill
clerk in 1870, and in 1871 he was made
chief billing clerk. A year later he was
promoted to the position of division clerk in
the general freight agents Office, and in
1873 he was made chief clerk in the same
| office. In the year 1880 be filled the posi-
ton of general freight agent of the terri
tory north of Montgomery, Ala. At the
beginning of 1881, he was made general
freight agent of the entire line of the Louis
| vile and Nashville road, which position he
still occupies.