The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-15

mas ordered rails from the Barrow Hema-
tite Steel company, Limited and an order
for 1,500 tons of rails has been sent to the
United States on account of cheaper prices
New orders for the axles have been placed
with Birmingham makers. The Transvaal
Natal and Rhodesia have all sent orders to
London for locomotives; the firm of GRAY
ems, Limited, Sheffield will supply the Zu-
luland railway
The Texas railroad commission wants
local rates in that state brought into line
with the through rates from Galveston to
Denver and other Colorado points. The
board is threatening to order reductions
made. The rates through from Galveston
to Denver are very low, having been made
with a view of Drawing eastern traffic.
The ocean lines from the east to Calves
ton thus give the Colorado people adj
vantages, with the help of the through
rates that are desired to those of Texas.
There are heavy grain shipments from
Colorado to Galveston, and the roads can
afford to haul freight back from that place
very cheaply, as the cars would have to
go back empty, otherwise.
Mr.. Henry B. Spencer, son of President
Spencer of the Southern railway, has been
appointed assistant superintendent of the
Alabama Great Southern, with headquar-
ters at Birmingham.
DR.. ]. M Thomas of Griffin, has been APP
pointed surgeon of the division of the
Southern railway extending from Column
bus to Atlanta.
Mr.. G. w. Perkins, vice president and
general manager of the Wrightsville and
Tennille railroad, spent yesterday in the
city.
The ST. Louis-Atlanta through car serv-
ice by way of Nashville will be extended
to-day to Charleston.
A meeting of the interstate commerce
commission Is now in progress at Chatta.
nooga. The body is trying to work some
changes in southern freight tariffs, a CO.
lossal task upon which it has been at
work for some time. 1t is now a correc-
ton of alleged determinations in rates
from the east against Chattanooga in IA
/ Xor of Nashville and Memphis. The Chat
tanooga people claim that the rates from
the east to the other cities are lower than
they are TO Chattanooga, though the
freight has to pass right through that
place.
The Georgia railroad discontinued the
use of the Wagner sleeping cars on its
in the south east of the Mississippi river
that used the Wagner cars, all others us
ing either their own or the Pullman cars.
The Georgia will now run it's own cars
and Pullman's.
An increase of nearly $4,000 in gross
earnings was made by the Nashville.
Chattanooga and st. Louis railroad dur
ing the month of November The system
had surplus of S2G9, 1888 for the first five
months of the present fiscal year, after
paying operating expenses, interest, taxes
| and the rental for the Western and Az,
lantic railroad. This was $3.50 more
than it was for the corresponding period
of last year.
Among those tried before Recorder Hart
ridge yesterday were George and Dave Sim
gleton, arrested for jumping on and off
moving trains in the Savannah, Florida
and Western railroad yards. The arrests
were made by Policeman McInerney. who
was not obskrved by the men in time for
them to, eseape. The annoyance to railroad
men cattsed by this character of trespass
is generally by small boys, and the cases
of the two negroes in question, who are "a
years of age, was not looked upon as
boyish prank.