San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-01-02
RAILROAD NOTES.

A biz has passed the house OF rep
Tesentatives of the South Carolina
Legislature repeating the act prohibit-
ing members Of the general assembly
to ride on free railroad passes.
The annual meeting of the stock.
holders of tho DenisOn and Wichita
Valley railway company will be held
In DenisOn, Texas, on January 9th,
1898.
At thslLecent annual meeting of the
Psducsh, Tennessee and Alabama
railroad, held in Paducan, KY, the
proposed extension of its road from
Lexington, Tenn, south TO Birming-
ham, Ala, and the extension of its
Tennessee Midland branch east from
Perryville to Nashville was discussed
and arrangements will, it is repol ted,
be made to build same during 1893.
THE Atlantic Short Line is the name
under which the Macon q Atlantic
will be rsorganizsd by the syndicate
of bondholders, contractors and cre-
ditors which purchased the property
for $4,000 on November 80. The
complexion OF this road as projected
from Macon, Ga, to Colleton, 8. G.
on Port Royal harbor, Is an achieve
ment looked forward to by the clti-
zens of,Macon with much solicitude.
With the Macon g. Birmingham this
line would supply the link tor an I'M
broken line from Kansas City to the
Atlantic ocean.
The London Stock Exchange. has
listed s. 900, 900 of Norfolk 81 Western
additional preferred stock.
Fort Worth. Texas, is destined to
number another big system among
its railroads This In the Chicago,
Rock Island & Texas, which during.
the year has been built from Minco,
in the indian Territory, south to
Bowie, Texas, and will no doubt be,
extended to Fort Worth i'm the near
future, giving that city a new through
line to Chicago. It's final terminus
will possibly be some point on the
Gulf of Mexico.
The following board of directors
was selected at the recent annual
NEE ting of the Richmond & Dafiville.
stock holderss w. P. Clyde, George
J. Gould. B. 8. Hayes, j. G. Msbep,
John G.. Moore. j A. Rutherford,
Thomas F. Ryan, G. F. Stone. Will
liam Z. Strong and Samuel Thomas,
of New York; b. Pace, Richmond,
and E. P. Howell. Atlanta. Messrs.
Hayes, Maoen, Ryan, Strong, Stone
and Howell are new mem bers.
Messrs. Brice, Fshnestock, Calhoun,
McGhee, Barbour aud Inman drop.
out. President Oakman was re-
elected.
Gu the 10Th of last May the wood-
work and timbers inside the great
Coosa tunnel on the CoIumbu and
Western took fire and burned for
several weeks before the flames were
entirely distinguished. This was
only accomplished by sealing up the
tunnel and thus smotherlDg the fire.
The tunnel has since been repaired
at a heavy expendIturesnd the frame
support replaced with masonry. 1t
was lately used for the first time since
the fire.
The jaunt of the inspection party of
the Missouri. Kansas and Texas over
the lines In Texas has given rise to
several reports as to new extensions
to be made. tits said that on the re-
turn to New York of the party, which
consists of Henry G.. Rouse. OF New
York, president; Thomas g. Purdy,
of Parsons. Kan, second vice presi-
dent: j. w. Maxwell, of Denison,
Texas, superintendent of Texas, lines;
j. Waldo, vice president, and u num-
Der of New York directors of the CONS.
pany, some plans in that direction
will be outlined.
The receivership Of tn e Savannah,
Americus & Montgomery has been
made permanent. H. s. Hawkins,
the president of the road, and T. Ell
ward Ham bletOn, Of the we'll known
BeltImore banking house of that
name; have been appointed receivers.
The order of the court provides that
after paying the current operating ex-
penses of the road. the net earnings
be applied first TO payment of all past
due pay rolls and all bills for sup-
plies furnished during the last six
months. The receivership is gener-
ally thought most desirable ar
rangemeHt, and the impression is
that the reorganization Will be speed
| lily effected.