The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-12
OUT SPUR TRACKS.
CENTRAL RAILROAD Is REACHING
FOR MORE BUSINESS.

suur soon to BE Finished From
Dorien to the Asylum Near Mil
,edcevilIc-The BarnesviIIe People
Ar, Also to BE Given Better Ship
.,4n.- NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Mines Near
putIer, Ga, Are to BE FOstered by
the Road, Which VIII Soon Begin
O connection to Bring Them in
rouch with the Southwestern.
The central Railroad is going to make
bi5 for more of the business of the in
sane asylum at Mnledgeville. For some
4,rne past a force has been at work grad
,rq for a spur from Dorien, on the line
Of the Central, to the institution. Within
few days. ten at the most, this spur Will
~ completed and open to traffic.
Dorien is two miles from Milledgeville,
and The asylum is one and a quarter miles
from Dorien. There is a dummy line run
ming from Niiledgeville to the asylum, and
This is said TO be owned by the Georgia
railroad. This is one of those cases in
which the real ownership of a line is not
Known beyond the possibility of dispute,
INIT the idea prevails that the Georgia is
sufficiently interested in the matter to re-
grst the inroad the new spur of the Cen
tral Will make into the business the dunn
my line has been doing with the asylum.
All the grading for the spur has been
completed, and the track has been laid
for half the distance. There only remains
small bridge to be built and for the
track 10 be laid the rest of the way. The
engineers of the Central are gratified,
though surprised at the new roadbed hav-
ing withstood the washings of the heavy
rains that have fallen during the past few
DAYS in the vicinity. They say it is re-
markable that it was not damaged even
10 cents worth by washing. The work of
constructing the spur has been under the
supervision of MIR. W. II. Hail. resident
ersueer, and was directed by Mr.. Steele,
cvll engineer of the Central
The Central is TO begin the construction
of two more short extensions within
week or TWO One of these will be from
GAINESVILLE to the city water works, and
viii open up a new and valuable property.
Several mills well be soon located along
this spur prominent citizens of that pro-
gressive town having asked the road to
build the spur in order that they might
establish new industries along the line
and the contract for Its construction will
soon be let.
The other extension is to be from Butler
on the Southwestern, to Sioanes kaolin
mines which are about a mile and a half
distant The Butler Clay Company, is also
operating a mine near Sloane's, and add
tonal business will be furnished that con-
Germ. The mining of kaoln is getting to
be quite an industry in that immediate Sec
ton, and it is thought it viii increase
rapidly. 1t was only recently that it was
ascertained that there were valuable de-
posits of kaolin near Butler. For long
while the people of that neighborhood had
been using 1t for polishing purposes, and
the news of its excellence got abroad after
a time. An investigation by an enterpris-
ing Augusta gentleman disclosed possibili-
ties, and the kaolin is now being taken
from the new mines in large quantities.
The land in that section offers no obstacles
to speedy and economical railroad building
being sandy and but little broken, and it
will not take long TO complete the con-
templated spur.
Among the out-of-town railroad men
who spent yesterday in the city was Mr..
S. S. Fitzsimmons, superintendent of the
Third division of the Plant System, with
Office at Montgomery.
Mr. ). b. Patton, general agent at Tam
pa for the Plant System Railroad, was
among the visitors in the city yesterday.
Master of Trains D. F. Kirkland of the
Plant Systems Fourth division, with Of
fee at High Springs, passed through yes
ierday on his way to Boston, where he is
going TO spend his vacation. His railroad
friends in the city enjoyed shaking hands
with him during his stop over here be
tween trains.
Gross earnings of all the roads in the
United States, reporting for August, are
&b02,S12, 3.S per cent. over last year and
u below 1892. Complete returns for the
month of roads embracing one-half the
total mileage of the country, make more
favorable showing than the partial fig
ures indicated. The loss compared with
last year on trunk lines and Southwestern
roads is small, all other classes report
gains Compared with 1892 the loss as al |
most entirely on Southwestern roads.
Maj. A. Pope, general freight and pas
senser agent of the Georgia and Alabama
Railroad, returns to the city to-day, after
a week spent in the territory along his
line.