The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-12
AMONG THE RAILROADS.

The SeabOard Air Lime officials who
were here at the stockholders meeting
last week have been to Charleston in
speeding its terminal facilities with
view to building a line to that city.
Among the party were: President John
SHELTON Williams, Vice President IL. ST.
John, General Superintendent Y. Il. Me-
Bee. j. W. AIfddendorf, of Baltimore,
and Colonel Beqmeham Cameron, of Raj
eigh They spent Saturday in Charles
tom and returned Sunday. to Richmond,
All that Mr.. Williams would say about it
was that his system was most seriously
studying the conditions in Charleston
with a view to entering the port. He
said he was much pleased with the city
and expressed great admiration for the
harbor.
Mr.. VIM. Moncure. superintendent of
this division of the Seaboard Air Line,
but now i'm charge of construction of the
Cheraw-C Camden line of that road, IS
i'm the city He says the work of grading
is being pushed as rapidly as possible.
The road has been given out to contrac-
tors and is being buht at once. He
thinks. with reasonably good weather,
the track viii be down by December
10Th. the time specified in the contract.
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The public announcement is made that
Henry NJ Flagler, owner of the East
Coast Railway, the east coast system Of
hotels, and Sltldry newspapers through
out the State, has added TO his Florida
property the Jacksonville and Pablo
Road. twenty-five mile branch line run
ming to Pablo, near the mouth of st.
Johns river, and just south of the en-
trance of the haqbor. Besides putting
this road npon footing as regards
heavy rails, etc, Mr.. Flagler proposes
TO make this spot a second Cape May, Il
magnificent winter resort die intends
erecting a Bedroom hotel, building bonlf-
wards and making numerous other I'M
proyements 1t is estimated that he will
spend several millions upon this spot.
He owns il large tract a few miles below
Maypord, and this is TO be the earthly
pradise created by the Flagler millions.
A dispatch from Richmond says:
There lis lively race going ON between
fine Southern and the Seaboafd Air Line
Railroads to see which will he the first
10 complete their line to FLORIDA. Both
sides insist they will have these roads
completed by january 1st next Each
road has practically about the same dis
tance of new road to complete.
Ahont the middle of this week the Illi-
alois Central will place ON trial hatilng
freight trains from Carbonate, Ill, 10
Fulton, Ky, distance of 100 miles, two
monster engines that are said to be the
largest ever built Each engine weighs.
with its tender, 325, 900 pounds, or more
than 1862 tons. 43 toms more than the
leviaHhan that the burlington has ON its
line and 60 tons more than the big en-
gifes of the Great Northern and Pacific
The boiler is q feet 8 inches diameter.
and will stand 30 pounds of steam, the
pressure ON the average boiler to-day be-
ing only 100 pounds. The firebox Is IL
feet long and 3 feet 6 inches wide. The
boiler has 40 two-inoh flues. The cylin-
ders are 23 inches in diameter and 30
inches long. Each engine is guaranteed,
for either low or steep grades. a hauling
capacity of 1000 tons. or 100 carloads of
100000 pounds to the car. On the
| stretch Of tracks ON which they are to
be tried the grades rum as high as 43
feet to the mile, interspersed with five
degree curves. over fleSe flle best en-
gines the Illinois Central has can put
only 60 cars when operating as double
headers. An official of the Illinois Cen
trail says: THE day of big engines IS
here. Rates have been hammered down
to a point where the only way a railway
can make anything is by reducing ex-
penses through the avenue of long trains,
and to pull these requires big engines"