The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-04-04
cambridge Democrat, March SOL
Chattanooga, Columbus and Flor
Ida RaIlrOad-Will 90 be Rulll?

The Bainbridge, Cuthberi & Columbus Rail
road was recently re organized under the name
which heads this article Hon. s. G. McLendon
Of ThomasviIle is the new President and w Fl
Crawford and L. 0. jackson. of Bainbridge, are
among the directors. Will this road be built ?
If we cannot answer positively we can at least
speculate upon the probability of its early com
pleticn
If the reader will take map and find Chaira-
nOoga, Tenn then RIM a pencil dOwnwasds in a
direct line he will find that the proposed road
will run near the western boundary of Georgia
from north TO south. diverging only little west
ward at Columbus, passing directly through the
town of Bainbridge, and leaving the State iusI
below Attapulgus, from thence 10 Tallahassee
Fla, and striking the Gulf OF Mexico al the pert
of St. Marks. A further glance AT the map north
of Chattanooga will show that the proposed
route is almost on an air line from Cincinnati To
St. Marks.
Let il not be forgotten that over sixiy miles
of this road is graded between Bainbridge and
Lumpkin. True, in the lapse of time the right
of way has grown up considerably with small
timber, and the rOadbed has been washed badly
by rain and food; but, nevertheless, tins sixty
miles of road can be put in condition TO receive
the cross lies at trifiing expense comparatively
Then, we have already graded nearly half the
road between cambridge and Columbus This
work we understand cost over $500 600, and is
pretty fair start for any enterprise.
We have been asked what good such road
would dor 1t would develop the best part OF
Western and Southwestern Georgia. By Juno
ton al Chattanooga with the Cincinnati South
ern and the Nashville and Chattanooga roads il
would become the great highway for the trans
portaiion Of freghts from the Northwest To Gu
ban and South American countries; and might
be the favorite line to Savannah via the S. F. &
w. road at cambridge. In fact the completion
of this road from Chattanooga To cambridge
would be most advantageous TO Western ship
pers who are compelled 10 reach Atlantic ports
over the Western d Atlantic, Georgia and Cen
trail roads We think, therefore that there will
soon be a demand for the new line
Again, there is q company of English capital
lists who have possession of the railroads running
from Jacksonville to Chatahoochee in Florida
II is said that they have unlimited means, and
propose 10 put their road in the finest possible
condition. But remember that their system ter
inmates at Chattahoochee, and from thence back
ward runs parallel for over an hundred miles
with the Savannah, Florida & Western-fhe two
lines being from Is to 40 miles apart The En-
glish Tor Florida) road has to depend entirely
upon its local traffic and this is divided with the
parallel Savannah road. Now. will Sir Edward
Reed and his English cnpariners be content with
such state OF things? We think not. Will
he 60 westward from ChatiahoOchee, building
road parallel with the Pensacola and Atlantic,
now being rapidly constructed to connect with
the Savannah road at Bainbridge? Hardly
Then what is left for him ? Simply to seek
some other outlet-and the route from Tallahas-
see via cambridge, Columbus and ChatanoO, n
is the. common sense plan for him to adopt Il
would strengthen his system. and do more to
build up Middle and East Florida than all the
other roads or contemplated roads combined.
We may be wrong in our prognosticaiions-
but mark il the Chattanooga, Columbus and
Florida Railroad will he built at no very distant
day