The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-28
RAIL AND CRossTIE.

The first sleeper from Savannah to Ashe.
vile this summer went out on the II sc
O'Clock train last night.
| The Central railroad will sell Fourth OF
| July excursion tickets between all stations
| on the system at one fare and one-third for
the round trip, or full fare one way and
one-third fare returning. Tickets win be
placed on sale July 8 good to July7.
The Central railroad moved 100 cars of
watermelons west via Albany, Mont
gomery. Birmingham and Atlanta yester-
day. This makes total of 624 cars up TO
date west bound. In addition there have
been l75 cars by steamer. The Central is
handling about three-fourths of the ship.
ments west. The crop is about three weeks
behind.
A new schedule on the Central railroad
North Carolina route went into effect yes
terday. The sleeping-car schedule between
Jacksonville. Fla, aud Asheville, NC, is as
follows: - Leave Jacksonville Goth meridian
time) 1:l0 p. M, arrive Savannah Goth
meridian tiine) 1850 p. m. Leave Savannah
C9Oth meridian time) 1880 p. M, arrive
Augusta Goth meridian time) sos q. NJ,
leave Augusta 18th meridian time) 1870 a.
No., arrive Spartanburg 18th meridian
time) 80 2. m. arrive Tryon Goth meridian
timel 800 p. M. arrive Saluda Goth
meridian timel S:41 p. m, arrive Flat Rock
Goth meridian tiEne) 400 p. M, arrive
Hendersopville 10th meridian time) 4:22 ..
M, arrive Asheville 75th meridian time)
SIT .. m.
The Macon Telegraph says this: Women
are beginning to make their way into the
clerical ranks OF Macon railroad Offices.
Female train dispatchers have long been
noted for their close attention to duty, and
1t is rare, indeed, that accidents occur
through their careleSsness. No cases of that
kind are on record in Georgia. No matter
how gaily they may chatter among their
friends at home. they attend strictly to busi-
ness while at the ''trick,n and are never
graphers employed in the local
Offices are about as good and
reliable as can be found anywhere, but the
young ladies' may yet make them hustle to
keep their places. Mrs Willie Coley. lately
employed as train dispatcher in the Central
office at GAINESVILLE, has accepted a similar
position with the Georgia Southern. She
takes the place of Mr.. Graham, who has
been transferred to Valdosta Mrs. Coley is
said TO be an expert operator. The Macon
and Dublin now has two lady stenographers
and typewriters. and Miss Chandler is ma
nipulating the Morse Key. Other innova-
tions of a similar nature arc expected.
Mean while the boys are watching the pro-
ceedings with quiet interest, but CALAMITY
say nothing.
The Telegraph says two interesting facts
are now dawning on the people of Macon.
One Is that Macon will soon have another
railroad TO Savannah and the other is that
that there is only seventy~dvo miles more TO
build before the new route can be used.
That Is, an arrangement is to be made
whereby the Macon and Dublin, already
finished almost to the latter place, is TO be
operated In connection with the Macon and
Atlantic, which only remains to be built to
the South Bound railroad, q distance
OF ninety miles. or this fifteen
miles has been built, leaving only
seventy-five to be constructed. From Macon
to Dublin, the distance is fifty-four miles:
from Dublin to Brewton, six miles; from
Brewton to the South Bound read, ninety
miles; from the junction of the Macon and
Atlantic with the South Bound to Savsn-
nah, twenty-five miles. This makes total
distance Of ITS miles between Macon and
Savannah. This would be seventeen miles
shorter than that OF the Central, which is
1872 miles long. This would opeE a route
over three railroads, the Macon aud Dublin,
the Macon and Atlantic and the South
Bound. Tho trains would. Of course, 20
through without change of cars. This
arrangement, IL perfected, will enable
the route to be opened within four
months. Its effect will also be, that for
the present at least, construction on the
Macon and Dublin will not be extended
east Of the latter point, aud the Macon aud
Atlantic will not be built west Of Dublin.
A leading official of one of these railroads
told the Telegraph day before yesterday that
the consolidation Of the two roads TO Macon
with the South Bound would very probably
ba contaminated and that be believed traffic
arrangements would be made between the
three lines as soon as the gap OF feventy-
five miles on the Macon and Atlantic was
built,