The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-27
RAIL AND CROSsrIE.

RAIL AND CROSsrIE.
The Plant Line steamship Olivette is on
the new route between Halifax and Boston
for the summer.
Col. Horace Scott, who has been ap-
pointed manager of the J E, NJ. and p Rail-
road Company. has assumed charge and
will control its business in future.
An expert sent by the master mechanic
to test on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton road the practicability Of electric
headlights on a double track road reports at
great length that there can be no objection
to their use.
Recently compiled figures show that the
total number of regular trains OF all clnsses
In and out Of Chicago daily via all railroad
lines is $780, There are 262 through ex-
press and mail trains, $50 accommodation
and suburban passenger trains, 274 mer-
chandise freight trains and an average Of
164 grain, stock and lumber trains.
President Fl. R. Duval and Traffic Man.
aRer Pennington of the Florida Central
aud Peninsular railroad left yesterday
morning for the north over the South Bound
railroad after spending two days in Savan-
nah in conference with the officials and
directors of the South Bound. 1t il believed
that the Florida Central and Peninsuar rail-
road people are fixed in their determination
to secure a direct line from Jacksonville to
Savannah and & form through line from
Tampa to Savannah, to compete with the
Plant system. They are believed to have
met with encouragement here.
The bid Of the Finance Company OF PhIla-
delphia for the Three Cs road in Tennessee
ha int
the hands Of the company for 100000. The
company will seek early foreclosures on the
portions Of the road IN North Carolina,
South Carolina. Virginia and kentucky, so
as TO get possession OF the entire line, and
then it will begin to improve the same. The
road will then be completed to the point
| contemplated in the charter. The first work
will be to build branch line from johnson
| City, Tenn, to Minneapolis, Va. This will
| be direct line to tho famous Pocohontas
coal fields in Virginia, and the coal will be-
| brought into this section at much cheaper
rates than heretofore. One hundred and
seventy-fve miles of the road have cen COM
| pleted and in operation in South Car lima,
| thirty miles in Tennessee and few miles in
| Virginia and Kentucky.
Laborers ON the Macon and Dublin rail-
road want more pay. A ''strike" 10 now on
and large number of negroes are out OF
| work. For some tine gang of lnborers,
under the charge of Mr.. Redmond, have
been at work grading for the Macon and
! Dublin on the east side of the river, and
| just below the Central railroad, but the
| progress of this work has received sudden
check. A day or two ago, the Telegraph
| says, about forty of the negroes decided
that IS cents per day was not enough for
| them, SO they asked for 81 ard were re-
| fused. A strike was organized, and the dis
| satisfied ones put on their coats aud left the
| work in the hands of q dozen men the rem
| nant of the large force which has been at
work on the road. For some time il was
| feared that the strikers would endeavor to
| prohibit the other negroes from working
| but no trouble of that kind was expert
| elced and the work on the road Is progress
ing as fast as it can with few laborers.
Volusia county (Florida) capitalists are
! Interested in an enterprise to build rail
road from some point in Georgia down
through the Florida peninsula, and thence
by the keys, over land and water, to the
city of Key West. Hon. c. E. Delano OF
Volusia county, who is in the enterprise,
says in an interview: MY plan now is to
| arrange for the construction of the lower
end of the line first, and rfter that land
connections through the north west and
east could be easily secured, 10 fact, all the
connecting lines would be eager to get the
first combination with u.s. With this end
In view l have just had new company
incorporated under the general laws OF the
state. the letters patent bearing date of May
2S, 1892. They are for the incorporation OF
the Florida, Key West Railway and Bridge
Company, and grant US the right to con-
struct and operate q proposed line from
Miami, or some other point in Dade
county, to Key Largo, and thence by
land, bridges. bikes, trestles. dumps etc :,
along the keys and shoals plump into the
heart Of the great city OF Key West. The
entire distance from Key Largo to Key
West Is liz miles-the course being circular
in shape and the general direction south.
westerly. or this entire distance only 2S1%
miles are water the remainder being islands
or high coral reefs covered with soil and
vegetation. The entire route has been sur
veyed and found to be perfectly practical
Bile one. In fact. tho charts Of the United
States coast survey give the location Of
every bit of land or reef and the depth OK
water over a wide area. Between the keys
IL is for the most part very shallow, and
eastward OF the route surveyed the shoals
and reefs would make the destruction Of the
tracks by the ocean practically impossible
They would break the force of the sea dur
ing storms. This railroad would reduce the
running time between New York and Key
West to about forty hours, and from all
| other points proportionately."