The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-22

length of the Memphis bridge proper is
three-quarters Of a mile, and the longest of
It's nve spans Is 1874 feet long, which is sur
passed by only two other bridge spans in
the world. The cost Of this great structure
TO the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Men,
Dhls railroad Company is approximately
stated at about So 900 600.
The Macon Telegraph pays Receiver R.
ID. Plant OF the Atlanta and Florida rails
road a generous compliment. His appoint
ment by Judge Speer, it considers, was not
only wise from personal standpoint, but
his management will be of great benefit to
Macon and her railroad connections. It adds:
Macon has at least one railroad the Geor-
gia Southern and Florida, reaching deep
water, but without q western connection.
The same company that owns the Georgia
Southern and Florida also owns the Macon
ard Birmingham. The city of Macon is
vitality interested in the success of both
these roads. Atlanta has a large money
interest in the Atlanta and Florida rail-
road, which connects with the Macon
and Birmingham at Yatesvile. The
Atlanta and Florida has no inter
est in any railroad west of At
lapta. Atlanta and Macon Jointly conSrol
the trade of the section from Atlanta to
Palatka, Fla, hence Mr.. Plant saw that an
unbroken line of transportation was of vast
ments of this kind have been made, aud
with the friendly relations existing between
the Western and Atlantic and Louisville,
Nashville and st. Louis toward the west,
with ]. A. Whaling traffic manager of the
Atlanta and Florida always in the field to
watch the interests of the road and its COZ
nections, there is no reason why the property
should not become very valuable, and under
the general control OF Mr.. Plant in future
be link in a grand trunk line from the
west to the east
A correspondent of the RdiItoau Aqe asks
the number of miles OF new railway laid in
thu southern states in 1891 also the mileage
constructed since 1880 and now in operation
in those states. The Age replies as follows:
The answer depends on knowing what con-
stltute the southern states" matter on
which authorities differ. II we include all
the states known as southern "before the
war" they number fourteen, but West Vir-
ginia and Maryland are sometimes classed
in the Middle Atlantic group, and Texas
and Arkansas, being west Of the Mississippi
river, are commonly included among the
southwestern states. Taking, however, all
the fourteen states which might be called
southern, examination shows that in the
aggregate they have made remarkable
strides In railway construction, and this is
true also of nearly every one Of
them individually. At the end of 1880 their
total railway mileage was 2O,612 miles, at
the end of 1891 it was "A, 673 miles, showing
an increase of "A, O6l miles or l16 per cent.
in eleven years. During 1891 the aggregate
increase was liza miles. In the eleven
years named Texas. starting with 3,244
miles, made an increase Of 5,6O8 miles or
273 per cent. Georgia added 1896 or 90 per
cent, Florida 2,055 or over 396 per cent.
(having only SIS miles in 1880, Alabama
1,76S miles or 81 per cent, North Carolina
l, 1858 or 81 per cent, Virginia 1868 or over
years under consideration the railway mile-
age of the United States increased from
90 296 to III ,099, an addition of n, S03 miles
or So per cent. OF the total track laid in
| 1891 the fourteen southern states built more
than Al per cent.