The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-12


The Richmond and Danville has been
sued in Atlanta for $4,000 damages by
Evan Johnson for her son. Young johnson
was injured in turn table.
Next Wednesday D. D. Curran, ex-super-
lntendent Of the Savannah and Western di-
vision OF the Central, will become superin-
tendent OF the New Orleans and North
eastern division Of the Queen and Crescent,
succeeding Supt. Clark.
When the Sam railway went into re-
celver'S hands Nov. 81 the road owed its
employees So 900. The court ordered GER
tain classes of employees paid. They have
not been paid, however, and it is claimed
the road is unable TO pay them.
tits now semi-9fficially limited that the
assessment upon Richmond Terminal COM
mon will be Sl2 80 per share. Most Of the
other big properties reorganizad during re.
cent years In Wall street have generally
sold after the assessments are paid for less
than the assessment amounted to.
Commencing to-day, postal cars will be
run south on train No. Is and north on
train No. 7S of the Savannah, Florida and
Western railway. This change will be
decided improvement in the mail facilities
to and from Florida, giving q midday dis
patch south for all Florida points.
The Macon Telegraph has brought to
light new feature OF the attempt to wreck
Central traiu near Oconee last week. A
letter addressed to the Telegraph makes a
boh threat to have revenge on the road.
The letter was signed IAN Enemy TO the
Central Railroad Of Georgia. and is sup
posed to have been written in Washington
county, but was mailed in Macon.
Mr.. Fred c. Alworth, travelling passenger
agent of the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key
West railway, the Florida Southern rail-
road and the st. Johns and Lake Eusts
railway, has been in the city for several
days in the interest of the lines he repre-
sents. The service of the Jacksonville,
Tampa and Key West railway is now the
route of the fast mail aud is an accommodate
ton to southern tourists.
One Of the longest passenger rate wars In
the history of American railroads will come
to an end next Wednesday, Feb. Is, when
rates will be restored in the Ohio river ter
ritory. 1t has been almost year since the
war began, and nobody has profited by it
except the travelling public and perhaps the
scalDers. The fight was originally among
the lines operating between Chicago and
Cincinnati and Louisville. One result was
the making of a rate Of So from Chicago to
Louisville, and there soon followed a gen.
eral tumble in rates.
Joe White, eastern passenger agent of the
Atlantic Coast Line in New York has n an
clent pass made out in the name of his
brother, Jonah H. White, and was issued in
1860 by the Atlanta aud West Point ra l.
road. Mr.. Jonah White was then agent of
the East Tennessee and Georgia road. The
pass was signed by George q. Hull
superintendent On the reverse side
Supt. Alfred L. Tyler had written
a renewal OF the pass in pencil for 1861.
Mr.. Tyler was a brother of Capt Ed
ward Tyler, the present general manager.
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail-
road Company has surprise in store for its
rivals, the Missouri Pacific and the Illinois
Central. Negotiations have been quietly
pending for some time for the purchase Of
the Little Rock and Memphis by the Atchi-
son people, and it leaked out that the deal
has about been completed aud the transfer
will be made shortly. The Sante Fe route
offered to purchase the Little Rock and
Memphis and complete the gap between
Little Rock and Paris, Tex, il the citizens
of Memphis would take a small amount of
stock and secure for the company terminal
facilities in that city. The Illinois Central
made an effort to purchase the Little Rock
and Memphis week ago.
The petition filed by certain foreign
creditors of the Savannah, Americas and
Montgomery road asking a removal of the
litigation from the superior court of Sumter
county to the federal court was argued be-
fore Judge Speer day before yesterday at
chambers. During the morning a petition
was filed in behalf OF B. W. Alexander &
n & p
Co., and Council e. McGarrah, averring
that the order passed by the court was by
virtue of misstatements of facts and upon
small portion Of the record of the original
cause, the great mass of the record of said
cause no5 being submitted to the court so
as to inform and advise the court of the
true status thereof in the superior court.
Judge Speer, at the conclusion of argu-
ments, granted time to produce the records
from the state court at Americas and fixed
no day for another hearing.
During the past week much comment has
been made of the fast runs made on the
Central by special trains, and we'll do they
deserve 1t. The engineers Of the Nancy
Hanks make the longest run in the United
States without getting off Of their boxes. The
distance from Savannah to Atlanta is 294
miles and is made in six hours and forty
five minutes There is no change OF engines
at Macon as was formerly done on the old
time schedules. The whole crew makes tho
run to Atlanta without change. The Central
now has as fast set Of engineers as can be
found anywhere in the country, and they
all have a record of which they are proud.
In conversation with Supervisor Mooney
of the Central it was learned that since the
Nancy Hanks has been running that every
crosstie on the main stem has been care
fully examined, and that the roadbed is in
Al condition. The fact that Nancy has
piled up miles in minutes proves conclu-
sively that Mr.. Mooney keeps strict watch
on his division and thoroughly understands
his business. He is at present having the
Tybee roadbed put in frst-cass order for
the coming summer travel.
Articles ofincorporation have been filed
at Springfield, Ill. organizing a company
to operate an elevated railroad of kind
that has never before been tried. L. John
son is the inventor. His model has been on
exhibition for some days at Wentworth
avenue and Sixty fifth street. The greatest
difference between this elevated road aud
these already In operation Is the fact
that the cars will glide along underneath
the tracks above. Many interesting claims
are made for the new invention, among
the most important of which ia that for a
double-track construction a saving of more
than 20 per cent. will be made over any
other elevated road built. 1t is estimated
that the road will cost about $50, 900 per
mile. The company proposes to connect