The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-09-12
Coast Line improvements.

Florence, Sept The Atlantic
Coast Line Company is making wonder.
ful improvements 10 it's properties from
Quautico to Charleston, Augusta and
Columbia. Within the past year it
has, completed its entire main liue
tracks with 0O.pound stsel rails. 1t
has built mauy new freight and passeu-
ger depots and has made large sdditious
to it's officers headquarters. The
several shops have been consolidated
and the capacity Of those 10 service
tripled Thousands Of dollars bave
been put in new machinery 10 the shops
The system has decided that the old,
dilapidated. dusty coaches aud the
little old wood-buroer engines, so long
10 service. mus: be relegated or shipped
away to come little one horse tram road
or for saw mill purposes and be
replaced by the up to date, modern and
comfortable vestibuled coaches, hand
somely upholstered, lighted by electri.
city and heated by steam. The great
monster locomotive Of today will
replace the tiny wood burners that have
been pulling "shoo Ay" passeug ger
and dozso box oars on freight train.
Au order has been placed With the
Richmond Locomotive Works for ten Of
the large modern freight engines,
duplicates Of those purchased by this
system last year Of the Baldwin Loco.
motive Works, Of Philadelphia. These
engines are monster machines aud are
known as "copper" heads or 40.
wheel jacks" They are fitted With
1874 26 iucb cylinders, 6S.iuch driving
wheels. and immense boiler and fire
box aud the latest improvements. suoh
"a iojectors. valves. Iubricators, etc.
The tanks are Of 1000 .gallou capacity
and will carry water enough to ruu 90
engine pulling heavy train for fifty
miles and coal enough to run one
hundred aud City miles. Each of them
arc neatly aud handsomely painted and
conveniently arranged for oiliug aud
repairing.
Six Of these monster locom olives
baVe already been delivered to the
Coast Linc at their shops here and will
be used for hauling freight traius
between Charleston, Augusta. Florence
aud Richmond.
10 addition to these the Coast Line
Company have purchased Of the Bald.
wio Locomotive Works. of Philadel.
phis, two moro Of the large pssseu ger
engines known - ".railers," and two
immense "pushers" for drilliog 90 the
yards. The two srsilers arc duplicates
OF those now 10 use between Florenee
and Rocky Mount. N. G. They will
be used on the New York and
Ausu'sA Flyer" between Florence aod
Augusta. which route is expected to
procure tho fast mail" appropriation
The Southern Railway sow h.s the
'.pio~'" bat the Coast Line people cay
shsy will have that appropriation II
they have to get flying msohioss."
" Psceoo6oS 0CVVtC0y tu0
Coast Lioe people are DOW havioe bull.
At their Own shops 10 Wilmiu gtou aud
10 the Polimao Works. at Pullman,
Ill. 20 beautiful vestibuled coaches,
that will replace ell tho old "shscks''
nov 10 service on the main lines
These coscbes are built and fitted With
. view to the comfort of passeu gers,
ve.'ibuled. elegantly upholstered, lava.
tories. lighted With electricity and
hested by steam. They will be painted
. dark olive green on the outside,
trimmed and let.ered 10 old gold, while
the interior is beautifully fitted 10
antique oak. These cars will be used
on the local "sboo flyers" as we'll %
90 the through traius,
Two dozeo large "caboose" oars. 100
dat oars and 500 veotilsted box cars of
81. 600 'pouuds oapsci.y. are being
built st The Wilmington shops, oil OF
OF them fitted With Jenny couplers -
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