The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-06
RAIL AND oRossTIE.

-. Norfolk and Western Railroad Com
~. Statement for the month of July
P pa yross earnings Of SS01, 164 40; ex-
o-oosss Including taxes, $54S, ESQ 80, and net
P-T,1os s2j2 928 19, a decrease OF S25,-
co. ees n COMPARED with the month Of July,
IS91 For seven months OF the current
s.,al year net earnings are Sl,592, $50 %. a
Isc-ssse of s97, ACT 50 compared with the
same period last year.
sorne time the Atlantic Coast Line
pdiI-oad Company has had under consider
.,.1on me building Of line from Wades-
So n Winston, n. G. Recently surveyors
80 haen In Davidson county surveying a
.onfs The survey has been made by Lex
;1gt,n. and the company find 1t so far all
~ o6nld wish. The Lexington Dispatch
saws that they are now engaged IN survey
&C., from Fairmont, In Davidson county, to
W!s;1ston Nothing can be found out about
a.. t5ar ia absolutely definite. but the COM
80 II is understood, asks nothing but the
tsi-tt of way. They do not ask any sub
Ltentions Soft the road is built it is built
A. the oompany's expense entirely. The
,ornneuv is a good one, and rarely do they
o,Iryav a route which is at all suitable that
tbav do not build on it.
csorre Westinghouse, Jr., the inventor
NJ The air brake is very much interested in
.bs attempt Of railroad companies to in
.-sass the speed Of their trains. He says:
az is rossible to make a locomotive, per-
hans which can run and draw q train at
tbe rate Of eighty miles an hour. That has
haen done, But it Isn't matter OF getting
sneed so much as it Is question OF slowing
IN The problem of the future, so far as
last travel is concerned. is how to get trains
,,rder the quickest control when they are
rnnning at high rates OF speed" Mr.. West
jnohouse went on to say that it
had been demonstrated by experiments,
conducted under his eye, that under the
most favorable circumstances the beat that
a brake would do would be to slack train
stthe rate Of three and half miles minute.
sNow." said be, 'supposing q train is going
at the rate Of eighty miles an hour. The
engineer sees a danger signal or an obstruc-
ton / 900 feet ahead Of him. which is about as
far as signals can be obser we'd with reliance.
He apulies the best possible brake under the
best possible conditions and yet he will be
running when he has passed over that 1000
feet at the rate Of about fifty miles an hour
So far as accident is concerned he might as
well be running eighty The disaster which
would follow derailment or collision to a
train running fifty miles an hour could be
but little less than TO one running eighty"
In anticipation OF an immense passenger
business for the worlds fair the Pennsyl-
vania company is making extensions and
improvements at Chicago which will give
it about 20 acres of floor space for
baggage accommodations.
Chicagos first elevated railway has now
been constructed nearly six miles from the
starting point, and is being pushed on TO
the worlds fair grounds, about ~ miles
farther.
The Travelling Mems Protective AssocIa-
ton is circulating for signatures the follow
iDg petition to the railroad passenger asso-
cations Of the country; We, the under
signed commercial travellers, fully
realizing the usefulness aud con-
veDience to us as travelling statesmen Of a
5,OOO-nile Interchangeable ticket, to be good
for oil roads, respectfully solicit your honor
able bodies to give this matter the careful
and considerable attention we believe its i'm
portance to deserve and to devise every pos
sible means of obtaining the issue of such
ticket through such channels az may be de-
tsrmined in your councils.
The general manager Of the new Cauca
railroad in Columbia, is ia New York. de
wants 5000 Cinnamon to work on the line.
The Pullman Palace Car Company has
taken out articles of incorporation in COL
orado
The number Of striking switchmen at
Buffalo was stated last week by the head of
their organization to be as follows: New
YORK, Lake Erie aud Western. So; Lake
shore aud Michigan Southern, 60; New
York, Chicago and 81. Louis, AZ; New York
Central and Hudson River. 49, West Shore,
a Reading system and Lshigh Valley, 81:
Buffalo Greek, %; Buffalo Creek (non-unioa
men, 3. Total, ATS.