The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-19
IN THE RA.RoAD WORLD.
Waters of Inter 1t In Savannah ana
ElStvhere.


ELS, where.
table taken frb the annual reports
= the railroad c4missioners of New
VII and Massachusetts,, published in
~ s+rset Railway burnai for nearly all
" The street railwa1 properties shows the
v, Of the electric aver required to run
- one mile undi average conditions
- road etc. The tale gives the number
~ cars owned the @r mileage per year
- the cost of thdelectric power per
mile and per passensf OF the nlneteeh
lnre,,anies operating ISIS than 100000 car
lis four are obtainlg power at a cost
If less than cents pd car six between
~ cents five bet9en and cents,
one between I and knts, and three at
more than ; cents; ofthe fiVe companies
operating over 50O,OO0far miles per year
w obtains the power Or less than cent
W. car mile. three beSeen and 1 cent,
nd one between ands cents; other sim
liar figures are also gien between tnese
limits. The Brooklyn Nights Company
has the cheapest powd, 0.s6 per car mile,
followed by the BingAamton with O.@;
w. cast of mower for Massachusetts, roads
Includes reDairs ami depreciation of the
station plant, which Is not the case OF the
New York roads.
The shipments o. watermelons over the
Plant system this eason up to July IS have
amounted to 175l carloads. Up to \the
same date in 1884 the number of cars NOV
ed was 2,194. N 1895, up to the same
time, the numbr was 415S, and in 1894,
239S
The Railway Age in its latest issue,
handles very castically the prospectus
Of the proposed Atlanta and Alabama rail-
road, which is bling agitated by MI R.
NJ Mitchell of Athnta, president and gen.
eral manager. Tie Age states that near
ly all Georgia ant Alabama railroad en-
terprises of recent years have resulted in
gloriously and refers to the Atlanta pro-
iect as among 'schemes to attract the gull
lible public" The prospectus is ridiculed
and its figures, which the Age says are far
from being in harmony with those of the
statistics of the Interstate commerce COM
mission. are laughed at. The prospectus
would probably have been more likely to
promote the interests of the proposed road
had it never been nailed to the Age.
1t is reported that one of the largest silk
manufactures in America is to move its
plant from New Jersey to Greensboro. ".
c. The owners were induced to make
their move to North Carolina instead of to
Ohio, as was inended, by the efforts of
the industrial department. of the Southern
railways. The plants esta blishment at
Greensboro means, it Is said the invest
ment of $.000,00) in that place and the
employment Of 800 operatives. The in
dustrial department of the Southern is
doing great deal of good work in its ef-
forts to build up the communities along
the line Of the road.
There is strong probability that the
Big Four system will be equipped with
the third rail system and also the Chesa-
peake and Ohio 1t is estimated that to
equip the Big Four system it will cost
&S,70000o
Messrs. Louis McLane and Leigh r.
Watts have filed their answer to the suit
Of Mr.. Thomas F. Ryan to annul the pool
ing contract under which a large amount
Of Seaboard and Roanoke stock is tied
up, Mr. Ryan wants to compel the de-
livery Of 1873 shares, which, he says he
bought, and which is tied up in the pool.
The defendants say that they have no
knowledge that Mr.. Ryan ever bought the
stock.
a bloody railway coupon ticket is the
principal evidence in case brought
against the Chattanooga, Rome and CO.
bus railroad for $1,000 by John A. Murphy
OF Lindale. He claims that blood marks
upon the ticket came from wounds in
nlcted upon him by the roads conductor
last year when he put him OFF the train
between Borne and Lindale for no Iegiti-
mate reason.
X. D. Bowles has been appointed COM
mercial agent of the Georgia and Ala
bama at New Orleans.
{. c. Walton, travelling passenger agent
ol 'he Central of Georgia at Chicago. has
been appointed city ticket agent of the
ocean steamship Company at New York,
=" take effect Aug. /.