The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-07
RAIL AND cRossrIE

The New York Commercial Adue-tissr
prints the ramon that the Vdnderbilts have
al eye cast to the wind ward for the Florida
Central and PenInsular aud the South
Bound. They haven't made any PROPOSE
tioo to buy, so it Is said, but have made in
qulries concerning the business aud pros
pects Of the two concerns, which are con-
sdered TO be significant. with these two
properties theirs, . the Advertiser says, 'the
Nanderbilts would be equipped to throw
down the gauntlet to the PennIylvania sys-
tenn and make an exceedingly interesting
fight. They already have properties rum
ming into the metropolitan commercial CEN
ters Of New York, New England, Peunsyl-
vania and Maryland. and with the Rich
mond and Danville and southern allies to
New Orleans, possess feeder of incaIcula.
bic value. II now they can secure another
feeder along the Atlantic seaboard into
Florida via Richmond and Danville connec-
ton at Columbia with the South Bound and
via the South Bound over the Florida Gem
trail and Peninsular, two great
and rich sections OF the south
minal roads to the disadvantage OF the
Pennsylvania system, which has up this
time enjoyed large proportion of the At
lantic seaboard business The discrimina-
ton of the fast mail via the Pennsylvania
and Atlantic Coast lines works to their ad-
vantage. In fact. their road-the Rich
mond and Danville and connections Sc
cures an appropriation worth over $780, 900
per annum which is now enjoyed by the At
lsntic Coast lines. 1t is not impossible, but
highly probable, that the West India mail
will 60 by new routes in the course of a few
months. That portion of the fast mail for
this section will naturally be turned over to
the South Bound at Columbia, and the
| South Bound will as naturally turn it over
to the air line of the Florida Central and
Peninsular, which will carry it through to
Tampa. Then the ordinary mail contract
| for this territory will be let to the lowest
! bidder, and then comes the fight for it be-
tween the Pennsylvania system and its con-
nectiops and the Vanderbilts and theirs. If
these things have any weight in the ne
| gotiations between Mr. Plant and the
Florida Central and Psninsular, then Mr..
Plant may not find the price too heavy"
Mr.. W. P. Epperson, who formerly had
charge Of the main stem of the Central
from Savannah to Atlanta, as we'll as the
Chattanooga. Rome and Columbus. now
has charge only of the division between
Macon and Savannah Mr.. w. A. Love OF
Atlanta has cen appointed trainmaster Of
| the Atlanta division, as we'll as Of the Chat
| tauoogs, Rome and Columbus. His head
| quarters are at Griffin.
| The Southern Iron Car line has decided to
/ put uD repair shops in Atlanta and has
purchased tract Of land for site.
| The Southern Express Company has been
assessed by the board of assessors
Of Augusta on a $500. 900 basis for
last years. business. which with the
assessment of $250,000 for the year pre-
vious will make $3.50 900 upon which
amount they will have to pay the regular
city tax Of 4 cents on the dollar, This as
sessment for this years bust ess will revive
the case which the city has against the
Southern Express Company for not paying
taxes on their business which Augusta
claims that it is justly entitled to under the
act upon which the charter was granted by
the state legislature.
A novel electric locomotive has come out
| in France, the invention j. j. Heilmann
| The engine generates its own electricity. It
carries a boiler and steam engine. The
latter is coupled direct to the dynamo
| The current is led from the latter to four
motors, each locomotive axle having a sep
rat n