Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-11

what the Georgian City IL Doing 90
Extend ITS Trade and Commerce.

We clip the following extract from an
other recent letter from Savannah to the
Louisville CourieT-sIoHrnol by "kent"
OR. W. KNOTT, whose information is per-
fectly reliable:
ssThe Georgia Central Railroad, or rather
its Ocean Steamship Company, owns nine
large, capacious and elegant steam vessels.
Three leave Savannah every week for New
York, one for Philadelphia, and even now
when the season is far advanced and nearly
$50, 900 bales of cotton have been shipped
from this port, no ship sails without leaving
more freight on the wharf awaiting trans
portation than she takes with her. One
ship carries In her hold hundreds of barrels
of turpentine, enough bales Of cotton to
load a large train Of cars, while crates OF
cucumbers, tomatoes and new potatoes are
slowed away until it would seem the ca
pacity Of one ship was almost inexhausti-
BILE. Then again these vessels bring supplies
from New York, not only for Savannah aud
the coast cities, but for many miles in the
interior, freight which otherwise would
have to come by rail over the Richmond
and Danyille system, by the Cincinnati
Southern or by the Louisville and Nashville.
This is, of course, blessing to these States,
to the country lying near the coast, and
even many miles into the interior.
"Col. Cole says he must have an outlet
to the sea, and that to obtain 1t he will build
missing links at q cost OF two millions, con-
Meeting Chattanooga with Brunswick, ana
from Brunswick he will establish steam
ship line to New York. Brunswick Is sew
enty miles on the coast south OF Savannah.
1t has a good harbor, two railroads, and a
population of 3. 500, and little else. 1t Is
plain that the work of making greater port
of Brunswick has vet to be done, while, as
a city, it certainly has not business sutf1-
cient to Justify the expenditure OF two mil
lions in order to divide it with two other
roads. 1t is simply future great
cat Savannah, as at Charleston. there ID
very different state of affairs. Here you
find not only port but city. 1t is esti-
mated roughly that the value OF the wharves,
vessels aud surrounding property connected
with and occupied by the business by sea OF
the Central Road is S., 900 900. The Central
wharves are now half mile long, and the
work of extension has begun, which will
more than double their capacity. Then
come the guano sheds and wharf especially
built for lumber. Ga one side OF these
wharves are the vessels loading and unload
ing and on the other are great trains OF
freight cars delivering freight to the YES
sells and receiving 1t from them. Right
alongside of these wharves are two great
cotton congresses that in the sea-
son run day aud night; here also they
are laying the foundations for a grain
elevator, which will receive grain from
cars loaded at st. Louis, perhaps
at Chicago, and deliver 1t to vessels to be
carried to New York. Here, too, are the
rice mills, which are preparing that pro-
duct for distant markets. The vessels
themselves 1 will not describe; they are
perfect and complete in all their details, a
credit to the maker, John Roach, and the
pride of Savannah. The extent OF the
cotton sheds is wonderful, and 1t seems
they would be ample, as you look at them,
to accommodate even port which handles
900, GOO bales; yet before the next season
opens they will be greatly enlarged, as
during last winter train after train OF cars
had to wait for days before they could be
unloaded, as every foot of space was &C.
cupied. Savannah nov ranks next to New
Orleans as a cotton market. The returns
up to May % are as follows:
New Orleans. ...................l /, 500 ,UoI
Savannah NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $40, 45l
Charleston. 6O3,5O3
"Of the bales sent from Savannah 497, 71S
were destined for foreign ports. What
strikes you is the close proximity OF the
road and the steamers, and the facilities
which here exist for transferring freight
from one to the other, thus reducing ter
minal or transfer charges to the lowest
possible point.
"Besides the Central system of roads,
Savannah is the terminal point of what
may be called the Florida system, which is
doing much to develop Florida and to bring
the business to this place. 1t is to the In
terest of this combination to bring its bust
ness to Savannah rather than TO take 1t to
Brunswick, in order to secure the longest
haul and shorten the time on perishable
freight for New York"