The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-07-26

In these modern days q npid railroad k.us
ing and new combinations. every town = a.
ing out for itself Our correspondent mr.
outlines . new line Of road from Au-un,
one Of the fast coming railway csaleu i .,
South. 10 deep water on the Gulf via nAou-.
vile. That in the near f ture New Ors.ansvu
supply, to q very large ex ent, this whole sscsIn
with all Western proiBctS d An sdniua
fact. With her long lines Of barEes, Adm
with the rich products &c the Miaissipui WI
ley, coming from the ieAdquariers Of nsri
gallon Of the father Of Naters, and in hu,-
dred tributaries, hauled Al mere nominal cuuL
she will be enabled 70 laytdOun corn, bacua sad
everything else bought in the West in anypu.
ton Of Southern Georgia and Florida, fs 4.
money than the same prodncb can Be laai dou
by any other route Tho NASHVILLE 5 the nearest
natural distributing point TO deep water % ~
Galf. being about sixiy miles distant from . GOD.
deep harbor. Augusta. il the road outlined vm
built, WOuh have N air line To Ihn GkRa q
~ Gulf coast. Of the great bulk Of Wesisn
f,.;~5sks seeking Middle and Southern Ge0yh
- od portion Of tbe two CaruIinAa he
,-.,.,,,-,A lion by rail, would be slight IS con-
n.red 70 ,he great long stretches Of irOn OVz
wh;ch ri. ast freight now seeks IN maEkA
IT,. -, - ser transportation down he Nh
80; "a ~ inland 3ulf route. would Be
- .o..;..s This would make AagasA
distributing point. ~ this new and ssss~sdly
cheapest route for god portion q shrss
States
Mr. Editor: l have Sesn much mPIsssa;
during the recent unusuaA activity n n.i1o a
circles, by what seemed 10 bs> - 49, 49,
section Once and awhile a Aso-,;..1,o "a "a
feebly urging an extension 10 ;-.T,I;c;slv ~
but beyond this we seem 10 relyA - -, -.
what good fortune, II any. The htf 80, H. ~.
in store Tor N Orgetting he old pr '"' -~f
yourself and Heaven win help you.
There seem 10 me 70 be.lWo points. a.. ...e-
ton with which VIII be TO rs an AN ahrxxS
scarcely 70 be over-rated Il mean New Orleans.
Louisiana, and Augnsta, Georgia OF the former
little need be said, olher 4 an 20 call attention 10
its newly attained Importance a. q shipping
point for grain. and In fact since the barge sys-
tenn hAs been successfully inaugul ated, fnr all
the products Of the wonderful Mississippi valley
and tributary valleys on hDth side4
Augusta. Of which little . apparently known to
us, now stands in the fnpt rank Of Southern
cities, both commercially and ~ q railway cen
ter, and ahead Of all in manufacturing Already
connected with Columbia and Charleston, g. c.,
and Savannah and Macon, 0e0rKia BY duplicate
routes, and by way a Coli mbiA on The one hand
and Atlanta On the Other. with the great NORTH
ern ciiies, she Is reaching nut IA the North and
West, by way Of Knoxville, Tennessee, thus
tapping The Georgia side Of the Savannah river
valley, and By the Gree awoOd branch q the
same rOad, tapping the most fertile and progress
sive part Of South Carolina But that Is not all
As som as the Greenwood branch i completed
the people OF Laurens and Spartanburg, g. c.,
stand pledged 70 continue Z! % SPart.nburE to
connect u with the great NOrth CaE0lina Mid
land. and the R & A Air Line And As the Sa-
vannah river is gradually improved, il viii lay
heaped up treasure at tho feet Of ifs mistress
The people OF Augusta arr 'eBterpFising and pro-
grcssive, her commercial men sold and wealthy
her daily press the best 10 The Stale IL mol the
entire south, her Misunderstanding interests pay
semi annually thousands OF dollars IN dividends
To be on The highway bet feen two such points
IS Augusta and New Orians Is surely con-
summation devouily 10 be wished. Let rs there
tore loOk a. 10 its feasibility a
Take a map Of Georgia, place . slraighs-edge,
one end at Augusta and The other 81 Townsville,
and you have The base Hse Of calculation. A
railway. about Two hundred and any miles long,
crossing the Central about Wadley, the n & B.
about Riverside. passing ihrQRGh Richmond. JEFF
fers0as J0hnspn, IAnrcua Doale. Who's trwh,
Worth, Colquiif and Thom u c8unliea. ard open
ing mp the finest timbered country IN the world,
and one 90 level that the clst Of Rrading would
be reduced 70 = minimum and The right-oEway
which woRld scareelyXcnst &nythlng would fur
uish eross-tieA That this roa1 would Be q in
calculable benefit 10 ThoInasville and all the
country traversed by it, needs no argument OF
its advantages 10 Augusta there b certainly IS
little doubt But little NOR. Rio CarrAbelle
Is ono q the 1nest hsrbors % the Gulf coast- A
railway to connect It with 1hOmasviIle IL already
chartered, and am Told Ne Subscription 70 lis
stock Is progressing satisfactorily. Thus with
scarcely DETECTION Of the lihc Augusta win reach
deep water on the Gulf, and By inside route con-
necs with New Orleans. BoZh Townsville and
Angusis viii reap coFresps nding advnnlaGea--
Is il not worth the while Of The progressive, far
seeing fnsncies Of these two places 10 look into
the matierf Perhaps the Cole syndicate would
take hold IS their road would be crossed some
where near Eastman. and eiye rs another route
to Macon Mr.. Wadley, With his vast system in
operation, weuld fad by an examination thai
thh hi5Aerl0 unkn0Wn ana despbed WiiekraH
and pi0ey woods cDuniry, could Be pgDet1bly de-
veloped WIZ not some 81 oar railroad men give
rs well-matnred article % this subject We
must help ourselves If We expect Heaven 10 help
ua Wemnsa move If We sbuId not be len BE-
hind. Yours, NAY.
July II, 1881. 81. al + slss-s