The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-16
TYBEE'S BALL TRAIN.
One of the Features of the CentraPs
Seaside Division.


On Tuesday and Thursday nights the
Central runs from Tybee what is known
as the ball train for the accommodation
of those desiring to stay on the island to
the hop. This train leaves the island at
midnight and gets in the city shortly be-
fore l o'clock. For some time it was met
by street cars, on which, owing to their
being special cars, a fare of ten cents was
charged. Considerable complaint was
made about the exactiug of double fare,
and the cars were withdrawn. At the So
licitation of General Passenger Agent
Halle though, the street car company has
decided to put the cars on again and
charge but five cents. This will be
greatly appreciated by those who are de-
sirous of staying on the island until this
train.
The Railroad Gazette gives the railroad
mileage in Cuba as 1,1O5, owned by seven
teen corporations, practically all Of STAN
dard gauge. These roads own 30S loco
motives, 442 passenger and 6,01 freight
cars.
Statistics of the electric railroads in OPP
Grafton in Europe at the beginning of 1898
show 2O4 different lines, whose aggregate
length was 1,422 miles, against $50 lines and
800 miles at the beginning of 1897.
Five suits have been filed against the
Cotton Belt by the attorney general of
Texas on the charge of rebating to ship
pers. The minimum penalty is $500 and
the maximum $1,000.
London is to have still another under
ground railway, the corporate name of
which will be the Great Northern and City
Railway Company. The Great Northern
Railroad Company has made arrangements
for running its passenger trains through
the tunnel
On the Southwestern system of the
Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg pas
senger conductors and brakemen are in
structed that whenever 1t is necessary to
make an emergency stop they shall apply
the brakes directly by the use of the con-
ductOr's brake valve instead of signaling
to the engineman by the whistle signal.
After this year the Belgian state rail-
roads will run no first class cars but
they have made a contract with the Inter-
national Sleeping Car Company, authoriz-
ing it to place drawing room and dining
cars on the principal trains, in which sec
ond class passengers may secure seats by
paying eight mills a mile in addition to
their fare
Chairman Tucker of the Central Freight
Association, an attorney, a shipper and a
railroad official are to constitute a COM
mittee that will go TO Washington to con-
suit with the internal revenue department
regarding requirements as to stamping
bills of lading. AS several different rul-
ings have been made by revenue collec-
tors in different parts of the country, the
members of the Central Freight Associa-
ton want a construction placed by the
authorities at Washington on that portion
of the revenue law relating to the rail-
roads.
The superintendent of the railway mail
| service have inaugurated a movement to
have enough additional appropriation
made to enable every postal clerk to take
a fifteen days vacation each year on full
pay as do employees in nearly every other
| branch OF the postal service.
DR.. Webb, president of the Wagner
| Palace Car Company, says 1t will take
| per cent of the earnings of it's parlor
| and sleeping cars to pay the war revenue
| tax imposed on the sleeping car compa-
MES; still he approves of the tax and will
pay it willingly.
! Arrangements have been made to run
| four sleepers and four regular coaches on
| the excursion train leaving Macon to-
| night for Savannah 1t is understood that
| there will be about 400 eXcursionists, all
| of whom will spend Sunday at the sea-
| shore.