The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-10
Among the Railroads.

President Williams says the Seaboard
Air Line is and will continue to be in
dependent If, as now seems likely. ]
IF. Morgan should control nearly the
whole Southern transportation, the fn-
dependence of the Seaboard Air Line will
become great factor in the situation
Asheville Citizen.
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The Harnett Lumber Company is con-
structing a wide gauge railway from
Manchester in Cumberland to their lum-
Der plant in Harnett, several miles of
which have been laid with iron and ship
ments OF millions of feet of lumber will
begin at an early period. Several of our
citizens are Interested in this enterprise.
The capital stock paid in is about $50 900.
Inman & Co., have brought suit against
the Southeastern Freight Association for
$175,000. 1t is charged in the petition
that certain cotton was purchased by
them in Athens, Ga, and was shipped
through Augusta to Europe and to vari-
Gus domestic points on through bills of
lading issued by the lessees of the
Georgia road, with the privilege of hold
ing cotton at Augusta for inspection
sampling and COMPRISING; but that the
defendant roads instead of forwarding
the cotton directly to Augusta, divided
among them in accordance with prev
iously made agreement and forwarded it
by various routes, in consequence OF
which the cotton arrived in Augusta
from one to twenty days late and there
by caused the firm loss of SIS, 900. The
action, however. is brought under the
Sherman Antitrust law, which gives
the further right to recover threshold
the amount of actual damage, besides
reasonable attorneys fees. Thus it is
that the amount sued for is $4,000
Yesterday evening Mr.. H. F. Smith, of
Fayetteville, n. c., a white fagman OF
the Seaboard Air Line, was brought here
and taken to the Columbia hospital,
where the company's local surgeon, DR..
Earle, attended him. His right leg was
so badly crushed that amputation
was necessary. The operation was
performed last evening, and the
doctors believe he will recover,
though he was suffering greatly from
shock all the afternoon. He was on a
freight train near Camden when he fell
and the train passed over his leg. The
accident happened about p. m. He was
brought to Columbia as soon as possible
and taken to the hospital in the ambu-
lance. The leg was amputated about the
knee joint He sustained no other in
iury.-Columbia State
Mr.. II. NJ. Flagler, who owns about 600
Of
Seminole Indians are good friends. There
are about 600 of them. and he lets every
one of them ride dead-head over his road
as much as they choose. They like that
and think him the biggest man in
America.
Mr.. ]. E. Rodwell, the very efficient
railroad agent at Macon, this county, has
been promoted to the office at Hender-
son, N. c. While we regret to lose Mr..
Rodwell and his excellent family, yet
we congratulate him on his promotion
and commend him and family to the good
people of Observation-Disclosures Record.
In the seven days from July 81 to 81,
inclusive, % serious railway accidents
an average of four every day-were re
ported, not including derailments and
minor wrecks, in which small loss was
involved. In these % occurrences 90
lives We're lost and more than so persons
were injured. In 20 of the accidents
there was loss of life or personal injury,
and Is Of them involved passenger trains.
They may be classified as follows: Ex-
plosion of locomotives 2, derailments 2.
collisions II; of the latter 2 being head
collisions, rear running collisions and
being cases where cars standing on
track or running wild, were struck. OF
the 2S accidents, the 8 deraiIments may
be classed as not due to carelessness,
these generally appearing to result from
the effect of transforms. The boiler ex-
posions, it is to be feared occurred from
neglect of the water gauge, and the IT
collisions must be entered as preventable
accident, the result of carelessness, in
most cases gross and highly criminal. 1t
is to be noted that in only three of the
% wrecks were passengers killed.-Rail-
way Age.
Edenton, N c., Aug. Mrs. w. S.
Summerell has been made assistant
freight and passenger agent of the Nor
folk and Southern Railroad. Mr.. Sum
merell has been with the company fer
nineteen years and has been agent here
for the company for five years, and that
he has given the company satisfaction
is shown by his promotion. Whether Mr.
SummerelPs office will be in Edenton or
not is not known at this time. The pro-
motion of Mr.. Summerell WILL of course,
cause Messrs. Williams, Warren and
Moore to be promoted.
Mr.. H. w Miller. of Raleigh. assistant
to the first vice. president of the South
ern Railway, has been in Atlanta this
week trying to induce the Railroad Com
mission to reduce the assessment, which
has been increased $3,SS6,00O. He made
the argument that other property had not
been increased and that the Southern
Railway had been Disseminated against.
On the Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line,
Mr.. Miller said the assessment was
$21, 900 a mile. whereas South Carolina
assessed that line at only $4,000 mile.
In REFERRING tn tha South Carolina re-