Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-26
The Savannah and Pacific Short
Line RAILWAY OnestiOn.

ARcoLA, GA, June 81 Editor Morning Netcs.
Your weekly issue of November 19, 1881, con-
tained an extract from the Dublin Gazette con-
cerning proposed new railroad said to be in
contemplation from Perry direct to Savannah
through Pulaski Dodge, Laurens. Montgom-
cry. Emanuel, Tattnar, Bulloch and Bryan
counties. Is this merely pastime topic, or
has some railroad corporation given vent to its
intention to build this road? 1t would be SO
beneficial and valuable to our people and coun-
try that, in discussing the question, language
cannot impart the interest their countenances
express in having railroad TO come through
this section. 1t has been so long hoped for in
vain that the people seem to doubt it's
coming, and are quite anxious to ascertain
whether the report is based upon authority
from railroad company. When we reflect a
moment and consider the general situation it
seems sufficient to relieve ali doubt. That great
power, the Central Railroad Company, controls
the road from Macon to Eufaula. from Smith
vile to Blakely and from Perry to Columbus
The Savannah bound freight of all those roads,
in the finest cotton beltin Georgia, would come
by the new route and would have the patron
age of over fifteen thousand inhabitants in the
counties through which the road would pass
direct line centres the finest yellow pine tim
ber belt in the South. The supply would be in
exhaustible even By the saw mill aud tuFpen-
tine operators, and a country was never more
adapted to farming and stock raising / can
conceive no reason why the Central Railroad
Company VIII not connect savannah and
Columbus by this line They want paying roads.
and are continually building new ones And
will ask the question, could better paying
road of the same distance and expense OF con-
struction be built in the whole Southg If the
construction of this road is contemplated by q
company, and they wish to know the interest
the people feel in the matter let them call
meeting in each county through which the line
passes and ask assistance of any kind that the
people can render. Everybody is anxious. We
want to develop our country and enjoy the
benefits of its valuable products that are now
perfectly worthless to the world. We trust
that some strong railroad company will fully
investigate this matter and find it to their own
as well as the country's interest to engage in
the great enterprise This has hitherto been
one of Gaorgia'S isolated sections, discon-
nected and deprived of all railroad ad-
vantages and blessings notwithstanding
1t is one of the most appropriate routes for
railroad iu Georgia. Besides the timber stock
agricultural products, and the population
directly on the route it would open an air
line from the grain growing West to the mar
kets 1t is said that the road is to be built by
the Central Railroad Company. 1 can't see
why they would not take great interest in this
road or even build it themselves. as it would be
a great source of revenue to them, adVanta-
geous to Savannah and blessing to the people
and country through which it passes Soon we
hope to see Savannah and Columbus directly
connected by those iron ribs and have the
pleasure Of enjoying the civilizing and vitalz-
ing influences of the locomotive which gives
healthful glow to every section it traverses.
The press is agitating the question, and we
hope soon to receive more favorable and re-
liable information on the subject.
G.E.W.