The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-04
RAIL AND GROSS IE.

RAIL AND GROSS .IE.
A new schedule went into effect yester-
day on the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia railroad. etweeu Savannah and
Atlanta. Leaving Atlanta at 3:55 a, m. the
train will arrive in Savannah via Jesup at
las p, M.
With its issue of Dec &c the RdiItcdy Re-
UiclU sends supplement to which Is at
tached a fac-simile of an original bill Of
lading Of 100 years ago. The bill was issued
at Porto Rico on July %, 1871. ard calls
for the shipment OF six hogsheads of red
wine to Georgetown, Md
A Mobile special says there are rumors
that the present mouth will see some start
ling CHI nges il the personnel Of the Rich
mond and Danville SYSTEMS management.
1t is said that Cecil Gabbett, is 10 be given
the general management of the entire
system, and that the recent offer to him Of
the superiu 10 ldency of the South Carolina,
Columbia and Greeaville division of the
system was made SO as to place Mr.. CAB.
bett in line for rapid promotion. This
latter position he declined. 1t is also re
ported that the raw programme of the
Richmond and DAN 10 involves the decap-
itation of several icials in the system;
that the offices Of eral superintendent
are to be abolished, aud that MIR. Gabbett
will cover the ground occupied by them as
general manager
Cecil Gabbett, about whom the railroad
circles have been gossIpping not little bit,
since his dethronement as general manager
of the Central, has not accepted the super
intendency offered hin by the Redmond
AID Danville, on the Carolina division,
which he had been reported as having &C.
,k.l hat b. -,
place offered him, " hich paid only $1,000
1t was evidently TOO small for him, though
it was offered with chance of betterment
later He refused the place, it is said, be-
cause he had something considerably better
in sight. He says himself he has not &C.
cepted the offer OF the Richmond Dan.
vile, but for what reason he is reticent.
He is now in Columbus with his family,
and where be will make headquarters for
the present, anyhow.
The following schedule vent into effect
on the Brunswick and Western railroad
yesterday: Train No. leaves Brunswick
1:30 a. m.. arrives Weycross $40 a. M,
leaves Waycross 1880 a. M, arrives Albany
4:20 p. NJ. train No. 9 leaves Brunswick 2
D. m, arrives Waycross p. IA. ; train No.
3 leaves Waycross 300 p. ~, arrives Albany
l 45 a. M. train No. leaves Albany 4:O5
a. m. arrives Waycross $40 a. m, leaves
Waycross l:55 q. M, arrives Brunswick 10
p m; train No. leaves Albany / 80 a. 1n
arrives WaycrGss $50 a. M train No. ID
leaves WayCross Sis p. m, arrives Bruins
wick 7:l5 p. IN. This change makes a
doub daily schedule between Savannah
aud Brunswick, giving the choice of morn
ing or noon departure from each place,
leaving Savannah on Savannah, Florida
and Western trains Nos Is aud q and ar
irving in Savannah on Nos Ia and rs This
change will be appreciated by the Savannah
merchants.
Work has been practically abandoned on
the Montgomery. Tuscaloosa aud Memphis
road. The last co tractor has quit the line,
The abandonment, however, the Moutgom-
cry Advertiser says. is not for good but
only until the spring. when work will be
resumed and the read pushed through to
rapid complet on. The abandonment, the
Advertiser adds, was due partly to the
stringency in monetary matters aud partly
to the winter weather The rains got in
their work by washing away much of tie
roEdbed which had been made useless until
the close of the rainy season. About IS Der
cent of the roadbed had been graded and
ready for the ties and raj 8. Capt, j, W.
w olfolk, who is at the head OF the comuanv
building the road is now in New York rails
ing funds to complete the line and
there Is no doubt that he will succeed. The
company has sold some of its cars to the
Midland road, since It had practically no
use for ali them. Several days ago four of
the NJ. I. q NJ. g locomotives, which had
been stored, were shipped to the Brooks
locomotive works at Chattanooga for keep
ing until work is resumed on the road. One
of the loo motives is in Montgomery. None
of them have been sold.