The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-17
WORK ON THE TYBEE ROAD.
TRAINS NOW RUN As FAR AS THE
ELEVEN-NEILE POST.

Taken Out of the Marsh-One and
Quarter Miles Yet Remain to BE
Restored-AFter This Has Been
Done the work VIII Progress
Faster-ContrnctOrs and People ON
the Island Are Longing for the
Time When the Trains Can Again
Run.
Supt. Clement saussy Is progressing fast
with the work of putting the Tybee Rail-
road in repair after the damage it sus-
tanned during the recent severe storm. He
has now gotten as far as the eleven-miie
post with his force, and trains can run
over the line up to that point.
1t viii be matter of about two weeks
now before the road will be in a condition
to admit of the passage of trains all the
way to the island. In about a week it
| Will be so that freight can be shipped to
| Tybee. though il will have to be unloaded
just beyond the Lazaretto creek bridge.
There is big washout little way past
the bridge that it will take some seven or
eight days to put in shape again, but
there is a good hard road to be had for
wagons to carry the freight from where
it can be unloaded from the cars to the
government works that are under con-
struction.
The contractors are anxious for the ar
rival of the time when the trains can
again run down TO the island. They are
now having their freight of crushed rock
and supplies of all kinds lightered down
from the city, a method that is slower
and more expensive than it will be for
them 10 get the freight when the Tybec
Railroad is again in a condition TO do the
work. The restoratio of the road to its
usual shape viii also be welcomed by the
employees at work on the island They do
not now find their trips up to the city 50
convenient as when made on the train.
| There yet remains one and a quarter
miles of the track to be fished out of the
marsh, where it was 1oated by the tide
and put back in place on the roadbed
| There was a streth of about three and
| quarter miles that was served in this
| way by the storm, and two miles have
| been relaid. 1t was found necessary to
use some new material in the work
! Many of the crossties had been wrenched
| away by the force of the tide and swept
| off to other marshes. These have to be
| replaced with new ties. There are also
| a number that cannot be used now that
! might have remained under the rails for
| another year had it not been for the
storm. The twisting they have received
and the strain on them in pulling out the
! spikes have made il necessary to put them
aside for new ones a year before it
would otherwise have been found neces-
sary.
Phe track and roadbed are not being
put in a state of permanent repair as the
| force now works its way toward Tybee.
| All that is wanted is a good enough track
| to run trains over, and the permanent
| work will begin as soon as trains are able
10 go all the way over the line. The
! surfacng will require some time after the
| temporary work is finished, as there are
number of washes, and the bed of the
| Tybee road is. unusually wide. 1t is six
| teen feet across at the top, where the US
ual width of roadbeds is about twelve feet.
| The Tybee roadbed was so built to have it
| withstand as well as possible the strong
| storm tides that have often swept over il.
The earnings of the Central of Georgia
Railroad during the first week in Octo-
Der were $500 against $135,O75 during
! the corresponding week last year The to-
| tai earnings from Jan l to the end of the
| first week in October were $8915,19S
| against $S,757, l4 during the corresponding
| period last year.
/
bama Railroad during the first week in
October were $22,O93, against $23,9s4 dur
| ing the same week last year. The total
earnings since Jan. l. 1897. have been
$906,6O7 against $7S7, 100 during the same
| time last year.
At the meeting of the American Associ-
alton Of General Passenger and Ticket
Agents, TO be held in Detroit next week
| the question of the rate for sleeping car
| berths is to be discussed There will
simply be a discussion as to the demands
| and advsabity of reducing the rates, as
the association is not a business organiza-
! ton, and no action can be taken At
! present it looks as though the rates would
| not be changed 1t certainly is a little
! rough on the travelling public to charge
as much for an upper as a lower BERTH
! but the requests for a reduction have so
! far been ignored.
Railroad and hotel people hope that the
coming of the troops to Savannah will
! have good effect upon the Northern tour
| list business. They would like to see it in
| creased on account of the establishment
of large camps at Savannah. and they be-
! ieve it will be 1t is thought there will
| be such interest felt in the troops and
their camping grounds that a great many
tourists will come down from the North
for the express purpose OF seeing how
| Uncle Sam takes care of his troops. There
are also many of the men who have friends
| and relatives at. the North who will
probably take advantage of the tourist
rates to run down to see them.
A prominent hotel man says there will
| doubtless be many more stop-oVer prVi-
! leges than usual taken advantage of by
| tourists this year They will get off at
Savannah to spend two or three days just
| TO inspect the camps. This will mean
| money for the hotels.
A business that pays better than most
others while a large body of troops is
encamped in the neighborhood of a city
| is a hotel. The officers often patronize
the hotels, as they find 1t more than pleas
ant to come in from time to time to get
a good meal. This is true of all the Off
GERS and it also applies to many of the
men. There are but few of the men who
will not at some time during the month
usually right after pay day, come in for
meal at the best hotels. 1t is not in