The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-11

Florence, September 5.-The Atlantic
lderful improvements N its properties
from Quantico TO Charleston. Augusta
and Columbia Within the past year IL
has completed its entire main line
tracks with 90-pound steel rails. Il
has built many new freight and pas
senger depots and has made large ad-
lditions to it officers headquarters. The
and the capacity OF those in service
tripled. Thousands or dollars have
been put in new machin>.y in the
shops. The system has decided that
the old, ~dilapidated, dusty coaches
and the little old wood-burner engines,
SO long in service. must be relegated
or shippd away to some little one-horse
tram road or for saw mill purposes and
be replaced by the up up-to-date, mod
ern and comfortable vestibuled coaches
handsomely upholstered, lighted by
electricity and heated by steam. the
lgreat monster locomotive OF today will
ranlare rhe tinv wood-burners that
have been pulling a "shoo-fly'' passen-
ger and a dozen box cars Oh a freight
train.
IN 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
lmotive Works, Philadelphia. These en-
gines I monster machines and are
known as copper headS' or '10-wheel
Jacks" They are fitted with 194 20
inch cylinders, 63-inch driving wheels,
IN immense boiler and fire o and
the latest improvements, such as in
linafnrC I-n1t-nc lnhrinnfnrc atn Thn
tanks are of 1900 gallon capacity and
will carry water enough to u an en-
CINE pulling a heavy train for hfty
miles n coal enough to run one hun
dred and fifty miles. Each of them
are neatly and handsomely painted and
conveniently arranged for oiliEg and
repairing.
have already been delivered the Coast
Line at their shops her and will be
used for hauling freight trains between
charleston, Augusta, Florence and
Richmond.
In addition to these the Coast Line
COMPANY has purchased of the Bald
win Locomotive Works, of Philadel-
phia, two more of the large passenger
Iengines known as 'trailers." and twc
immense "~pushers' for drilling on the
yards. The two ~trdilers are duplicates
of those now in use between Flor.
ence and Rocky Mount. n. G. They
will be used on the New York anC
Augusta Flyer between Florence and
Augusta, which route is expected t
procure the fast mail appropriation
The Southern railwlv now mas tht
plum" but the Coast Line people say
they will have hat appropriation il
they have to get flying machines"
AS to the passenger service he
Coast Line people are now having
built at their own shops in Whining.
ton and in the Pullman Works. a
Pullman, ILL.,, twenty beautiful vesti'
buled coaches, thai will replace all the
old "shacks" now in service on The
main lines. These coaches are bull
and fitted with a view to the con-for'
of passengers. v~estibuled, elegantly
upholstered, lavatories, lighted with
electricity and heated by steam. They
will be painted a dark olive green or
the outside, trimmed and lettered il
old gold, while the exterior is beautiful
Ily fitted in antique oak. These car!
will be used on the local "shoo-Ayers'
as we'll as on the through trains.
w dozen large "~caboose' cas-. 10'
fiat cars and SEQ ventilated box ears o
S0,0 900 pounds capacity, are bling bull
lat the Wilmington shops, all OF then
fitted with Janney couplers.-Charles
ton News and Courier.