The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-02
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.
Matters of Interest in savannah and
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Southern States Passenger Association
viii meet in Washington Monday 10 confer
on the subject of protective tourist tickets
This action is made necessary by a recent
decision of the Joint Traffic Association.
The committee is composed Of c. p. Att
more, general passenger agent OF the Lou
lsVllle ana Nashville; J. c. Halle OF the
Central and General Passenger Agent
Richardson Of the Florida East Coast
lines.
The Southern States Passenger Associa-
ton has appointed a special committee
composed Of c. p. Atmore. general passen-
ger agent Louisville and Nashville, chair
man; James r. Wood general passenger
agent Pennsylvania railroad; W. a. Turk,
general passenger agent Southern railway;
j. {. Halle general passenger agent Cen
trail of Georgia; A. O. MacDOneu, general
passenger agent Florida Central and Pen
inSular, and Assistant General Passenger
Agent II. c. McFadden of the Plant sys-
TEN. The committee has been ordered to
report on the best means of equalizing rail
and water rates at the various Atlantic
sea ports. The committee will report to
the rate committee, which will meet early
in May al New York to confer with the
water lines at that port.
F. w. Gentry, representing the Richmond
locomotive works, is in town.
Remsen Crawford, press agent of the
Plant system. arrived in town yesterday
from Charleston where he attended the
southern grain congress.
f. G. Boatwright, traffic manager of the
Triton and Northeastern, was in town
yesterday
President Conner of the Central arrived in
town yesterday from fishing trip up the
Ogeechee river
The Southeastern Tariff Association will
meet in Washington on May 6.
May Sth to 14th the Plant system
will sell one-fare rate tickets for the
Southern Baptist Association convention
Tickets will be good for thirty DAYS if
deposited with the agent at Chattanooga.
District Passenger Agent J. W. Carr Of
the Plant system is in Atlanta.
The Confederate Veterans Association
viii meet at Richmond in July. Local rail-
road men propose to work to obtain the
meeting for Savannah next year.
The Railway Age says: For eight years
the mileage of annual railway construc-
ton in the United States has been steadily
decreasing From nearly 1900 miles Of
year 1857 the totals have gone
dreds, until 1895 touched the lowest round
for twenty years by adding only 1903 miles
to our railway system. But this does not
mean that the demand for railways is
nearly supplied and that construction VIII
continue to decrease. On the contrary,
there is room and will be need for addi-
lions far greater than the entire present
mileage of the country. We have now
something over $4,000 miles of road. To
equal Great Britain in it's ratio of railway
mileage to square miles we should have
a total of 1921 600 miles; to equal the abund-
ant supply of Illinois we must have 522 900
miles; while if Massachusetts, with its
mile of railway for every four square
miles of territory, be the standard the
United States will eventually boast 772-
900 miles of lines. That there is much
railway building yet to be done the re-
cords prove beyond a doubt. When 1t will
be done depends on conditions yet TO be
developed a considerable amount of work
is already under way. During the first
three months of this year 253 miles OF
track were laid on twenty lines, and, in
Guiding these, our books already show
sixty lines on which it seems reasonably
certain that !, $50 miles of track will have
been laid by the end of 1896, with a posi-
bility of much more. 1t all depends on the
times, not on the question Of finding room
or of demand for more railroads.
At a meeting of the Royal Arch Ma
sons, held in Macon Thursday, it was de-
cided to reduce the mileage allowed TO
members for railroad travel to and from
the annual session from 10 to cents per
mile. At the next annual meeting of the
grand lodge of MasOns of Georgia a SINH
lar reduction will be proposed.