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

Florence, Sept 5-Tbe Atlantic
Coast Line Company is making wonder.
full improvements 10 its properties from
Qoantico to Charleston, Augusta and
Columbia. Within the past year il
has. completed its entire main lioe
tracks with 90-pound steel rails. 1t
has built macy new freight and passeo-
ger depo,s sud has made large additions
to its officers headquarters The
several shops have been consolidated
and the capacity Of those in service
sriped Thousands Of dollars bave
been pu, III new pacbine in the shops
The system has decided tha: the old,
dilapidated. dusty coaches aud the
little CID wood-buruer engines, so long
10 service, mus: be relegased or shipped
away to come little Que horse tram road
Q: for saw mill purposes and be
replaced By the up to dctc, modern and
comfortable vesli5uied coaches, hand
someiy upholstered, lighted by elec.ri-
city sud heated by steam. The great
monster locomotive Of today will
replace the tiny wood burners that have
been pulling "sboo ay" passenger
and dozeo box cars Oh freight train.
Ao 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 10
wheel jacks" They are fitted with
1874 26 iocb cylinders, 63-iuch driving
wheels, and immense boiler aud fire
box aud the latest improvements, such
as ipjectors. valves. iubricators, etc
The tanks a.e Of 1000 gallon capacity
aod will carry water enough 70 ruo go
engine pulling heavy train foe fifty
miles and coal enough TO run ooe
hundrei and fifty niles Each OF them
are neatly aud handsomely painted aod
conveniently ar7soged foF oiling aud
repairing.
siz Of these monster locomotives
ba0e already beec delivered to the
Coast Liue g, their shops here and will
be used for hauling freight traios
between Charleston, Augusta, Florence
and Rich hmood.
To addition to these the Coast Lioe
Company have purchased of the Bald.
wio Locomotive Works. of Philadel-
phia, two more of the large passenger
engines known as "trailers," and two
immense ''pusbers" for drilling on the
yards. The two trailess are duplicates
of those DOW 10 use between Florence
and Rocky Mount, n. C. They will
be used on the New York and
Augusta Flyer" between Florence aud
Augusta. which route is expected to
procure the "fass mail" appropriation.
The Southern Railway Bow has the
plum" but the Coast Line people say
they will have that appropriation il
they have to get flying machines.
AS to the passenger service, the
Coas, Lioe people are DOW having bull.
at their own shops in Wilmington aud
10 the Pullman Works. at Pullman,
Ill. 20 beautiful vestibu!ed coaches,
that will replace all the old "sbacks'
now in service On the main lines
These coaches are built and fitted with
view to the comfort of passengers,
vessibuled. elegantly upholstered, lava
tories. lighted with electricity and
heated by steam. They will be painted
dark olive green on the outside,
trimmed aud let.ered 10 old gold, while
the interior is beautifully fitted 10
antique OAK. These cars will be used
on the local "shoo flyers" as we'll as
90 the through trains
I've dozeo large "caboose" cars, 100
fat cars and 500 ventilated box cars Of
81. 900 pounds capacity, are being
built at toe Wilmington shops, all OF
Of them fitted With Jenny couplers -
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