The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-02
RAIL AND oRossTIE.

1t is now known and pretty well under
stood to be a fact that the sam road the
Norfolk and Western and the Merchants
and Miners Transportation Company, as
stated some time ago, have withdrawn
from the Southern Railway and Steam
ship Association, and their action will
probably form one of the subject matters
the association at its meeting in At
lanta next week. The fact of the with
drawal of these transportation companies
is said to make very little difference to
the association so far as the carrying out
of its plans and purposes are concerned
but the reasons for their action are not
known The Norfolk and Western rail
road is so situated thatit is a matter of
little Importance to that corporation
whether it retains its membership or not,
it being about as nearly allied with the
northern lines as with the southern. 1t
is difficult to see, however, what the
other lines have to gain by separating
themselves from the association,
Both the Central railroad and the
Plant system are TO have new cOnnec-
ton at Montgomery. The Mobile and
Ohio railroad is TO build line between
Columbus, Miss, and Montgomery, $50
miles, opening up the Birmingham coal
and iron district to the seauoast by a
new route The cost of the new road
will be about 81, 500, 900. 1t win give u
short route between the west and the
southern ports, and will add another
link to the southern railroad systems,
The attorneys interested in the South
western railroad are expecting q decision
soon from Justice Jackson with regard to
how far liable that road is on the tripar-
tite mortgage. The briefs have all been
sent in, and when Justice jackson gets
matter in hand he is not long about decid-
ing it.
Chief Arthur, Of the orderof locomotive
engineers Chief Sargent, of the order of
locomotive firemen and the chief clerk of
the order of railway conductors, are in
Augusta trying to settle the differences
between the officials and the employees Of
the Georgia railroad, alluded to in the
MORNING News several days ago.
A fatal wreck occurred on the South
Carolina railroad at Ridgeville Monday
night. A freight train from Charleston
for Augusta ran into COW and the entire
train was derailed. Engineer John
Whaley and Brakeman Tavel were killed
Fireman Hauserlanter was mashed and
burned, and will die from the effects of
his INJURIES
The suit of the Interstate commerce
commission against the East Tennessee.
Virginia and Georgia Railway Company
and about twenty other railway. steam
ship and canal companies will come up
for trial in Chattanooga at the April term
of federal court. A suit similar to the
Chattanooga suit, to do away with dis
eliminating freightrates, is. now pending
in the court of appeals at New Orleans
and will be tried next month
The suit was brought by the
interstate commerce commission on
behalf Of Social Circle, Ga It is evident
that either way the suit is decided by the
court Of appeals an appeal viii he taken
to the supreme court, where the matter
will be decided at once on account of the
suit being instituted by the government.
While it is notiutended that she Chatta-
nooga case.shall be. governed BY the deci-
sion reached in the Social G3irel6 case. still,
it is believed that if.the supreme court de-
cides in favor of Social Circle ii will not
be necessary to appeal the Chattanooga
case.
A committee from Augusta has gone to
Washington to invite President Cleveland
to visit the Augusta exposition