The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-21
RAIL AND cRossTrE.

! AoAAs W anu GudEle5bOn FLdltFO2Q
/ Company. which is 20 build railroad that
viii be a connecting link il a system of
great railways that Is TO connect the north
with the south and materially shorten the
route from New York to Florida At first
/ Columbia was not down on the programme,
but its natural advantages were too great
| to be overlooked aud is was given a place,
and prominent place. In the picture. The
Columbia Register says: A branch road is
to Do built 70 Columbia that will make il
more than ever the gate 70 the west. The
articles Of ass Ociation Of the Norfolk. Wills
mington and Charleston Railroad Company
have been filed in the office of
the secretary OF state. Tho following
persons are named as oorporators:
Thomas J. Jarvis. Thomas 8. Keenan,.
John II. Small, F. w. Winston, Marden
BellaHy, James s. Mitchell, Valentine
Smith, James Z. Moore, Ludwig Vollers,
ID. P.High, ii. Cannon Smith, Jonathan
Gore, Anthony Davis, Thomas Pinckney,
7. j. West, w. L. Doughtery. v. D.
Groner. W. d. Fender: Park L. Poindexter,
can Harris, Ralph H. Waggoner, John Q.
Hoyt. A. J. Holder. M. B. Cowdeu, J. 6.
McNorten, A. s. Cadwallader, Z, A.
Weaver, VI. J. Ramsey, John Runk James
McKenna, George f. Edmiston, Thomas b.
Harmed, John L. johnson, Jeremiah Pres
colt. George G. Hill, Charles A. Hall, G.
Henry Kimball, James NJ. Stone and John
L. Delano. In the articles it is provided, as
In the charter Of the company, that the road
shall be built from some point on the
state line through Horny, /. Georgetown,
Williamsburg Berkeley and, or to, Charles
ton county; and, also, from q point on the
North Carolina state line through Marion,
Marlboro, Darlington, Sumter, Kershaw
and Rlchland counties to the city of Column
a IN ~ Ot.1a 70 Of I'D sa 81 -.
selected by the company, and IL is to have
the privilege of building branch roads in
either direction from the main line. not to
exceed twenty miles. The capital is 500, 600
In 900 shares of 500. with the privilege Of
an increase TO any amount necessary, not to
exceed $40 100000. payable by subscription
In money. bonds, notes. land, labor, etc. The
charter is for fifty years.
The Blue Ridge and Atlantic railroad has
changed receivers as already stated. The
bondholders residing in New York filed a
petition in the United States district court
at Atlanta praying for receiver. Judge
Newman appointed Mr. Lorraine, the
auditor OF the road, as receiver, and j. W.
Bigham, the receiver appointed by Judge
Wellborn. gave way and turned over the
charge OF the road TO Mr. Lorraine. The
bondholders paid into court enough money
TO cover the claims Of Messrs. HodRson
Bros. aud other petitioners who first had
the road put In the hands Of the receiver.
Mr.. Lorraine will continue to operate the
road until the case is settled.
Putting a fax seed under the lid of the
eye to get out cinder which has accident
ally lodged there may seem a curious
method OF abolishing a nuisance, but It is
evidently quite effective. After the seed
has been moistened by the secretions Of the
eye it exudes a mucilage which not only
alleviates the irritation OF the eyebaII
against the cinder but ultimately assists in
its removal. The remedy may seem novel
to many persons, says the st. Louis Globe
Democrat. but there are commercial
travellers in this city who never start on a
journey without pinch of fax seed some-
where In their baggage where il can be
easily reached in case OF an accidental Gin
der in the course of railway journey.
General Manager Green, Of the Richmond
and Danville, warns connections and rail-
roads generally that bogus letter heads pur-
porting to come from the Richmond and
Danville general offices are being used to
| obtain passes. Several forgeries have been
! detected.
The Pennsylvania lines are about to equip
| their locomotives with electric headlights.
Lamps beIong 10 times gone by.
TIE Baldwin locomotive works at Phila-
delphia have, since Jan. l, built 1876 engines
| Of the compound type, with latest improve.
ments for high speed.
The February earnings of the New York
Central railroad were the largest in the his
| tory OF the company-over 100000 day.
The Iowa state Senate has passed q bill
compelling all railroad companies to use
union depots in cities where two or more
| lines center.
| The acquisition of the Ohio and Missis-
sippi railroad. which operates ,019tmiles of
| track, the control of which has been secured
| by the Baltimore and Ohio, but which is In
| litigation, will give the latter system 8, 430
miles Of tracks and will put it ahead OF the
Reading, which operates 2.652 miles. The
| Pennsylvania Railroad Company is still,
| however, farlin the lead, as it has, with its
leased lines which are part of the great
| Pennsylvania system, nearly 10, 100 miles.
| The newly organized Southern Railway
| Company, the successor of the Richmond
Terminal Company, comes next to the
| Pennsylvania, with 10000 miles.
The New York Central railroad is about
to test a plan TO expel the smoke and bad
air from the Harlem. M W tunnel. The
smokestacks OF the locomotives will dis
charge their smoke into funnel-shaped
box hung from the roof which will extend
from end to end of the tunnel. The draft
from below is expected to drive the smoke
from the box to pipes and out in the open
| air.
The shipments OF flour, grain and pro-
visions from Chicago east, by the lines OF
the Central Traffic Association, for the
week ending March 10, amounted TO 1864
tons, against So, 122 of previous week, and
! AGAINST a LII toms of anma weak of Last