The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-02
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.
Matters of Interest In Savannah and
Elsewhere.

ELSEWHERE.
Mr.. H. C. McFadden, assistant general
passenger agent of the Plant system,
went down to Jacksonville yesterday on a
business trip.
An excursion over the Central railroad
has been arranged to be run July 10 from
Columbus to Savannah. The rates are
down low. and a good crowd is expected
from Columbus and intermediate points.
The Central railroad is going TO try and
get a big crowd to celebrate the glorious
Fourth on the 5th at Tybee. There will
be amusements on the beach, among them
horse races, in addition to the usual form
of recreation the island affords. 1t is
quite probable that by far the largest
crowd of the season will go down for the
day. Tickets for the round trip, good for
the day only, will be sold at % cents, and
a great convenience for the public will be
the additional trains. The first train will
leave at o'clock, a special schedule for
the entire day being run. The next train
will leave at $780, and the next at II
o'clock, and from that time a train will
run every hour till o'clock, or later, If
the crowd is sufficient. The low rate and
the ability to take a train at almost any
hour will doubtless attract great many.
being that employed on Wednesdays and
Fridays, the family excursion days.
Grading is about completed on the Flor
ida Western road from Alphabetical to
Carrabe.le, twenty-five miles, but track
will not be laid until September. The
Florida Western has purchased the ITALIA
hassee Southeastern projected from Tai
lahassee to Gainesville, on which thirty
five miles were graded and six and a half
miles of track laid several years ago. 1t
is expected to begin track laying on this
road in August.
The management of the Seaboard Air
Line have made application to their board
of directors for 800 frienght cars but so
far the permission to buy has not been
granted
The bill to compel railways in Canada
TO carry bicycles free has been defeated in
the railway committee of parliament.
Work has been commenced on a twenty
mile extension on the Fort White and
Southern road. Six miles Of right of way
have been cleared and three miles graded.
rate of one first class limited fare for
the round trip has been authorized by the
Southern Passenger Association on ac-
count of the Christian Workers Associa-
tons convention at Black Mountain, n.
c., July 2O-3O.
Rumors are current at Tampa that the
Plant system and the Florida Central and
Peninsuar are to occupy a union passen-
ger depot, and that the old proposition
made the latter for it's extension to Port
Tampa may be carried out.
The orders placed some time ago by the
Baltimore and Ohio for 1900 box cars, 500
coal cars and 40 locomotives, are being
completed as fast as possible and deliv-
cries are being made. These cars and en-
gines will not increase the equipment or
the Baltimore and Ohio to such an extent
as might be supposed, as a number OF the
Ola locomotives are TO be retired as soon
as the new engines are put into service.
among these old engines are about TWEEN
W OF the famous old "camel backs that
nave been in use for a period antedating
the war. OF late they have been doing
gard duty. but they are now too old Tor
mat. The addition TO the equipment,
however will increase the capacity OF the
Iolllng stock to a considerable extent a-
the new equipment Is, Of course, larger
aha heavier than the old. Within the
ptst eighteen months the Baltimore ana
Onio has ordered about 10000 new freight
cars and lao new locomotives
AZ the convention OF the National As
ISOLATION OF Railway Postal Clerks In
rhlladelphia last week Il was stated that
were are now 5000 railway postal EN-.
i,ssoges, and that last year they handled
55,o,,,v,oVo,0O letters In support Of reso-
iie'loh requesting the government to place
=. eaen postal car a box containing band
49,, arnica, lint and other appliances foi
- .es'ing wounds, Il was stated that In the
rna9e three years there had been 1854 cas-
ys1n IN which railway postal clerks
'ni's inc victims. Sixteen clerks were
lnt.,s lio seriously injured aud 292 mad
ctSes OF slighter character. II was de-
snsu 70 establish a mutual accident In
a r,as es association, TO pay $1,000 Ia case
men,hn.,e was killed and SIS week &C
e's disabled by accident.
important change IN the freight
ps deportation service between New York