Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-14


ment to the willing immigrant with a |
small capital at his command The fol |
lowing figures show the States growth in |
cotton manufactures. In 1870 Georgia |
had "a cotton manufactures; in 1880. 40. |
and in 1882 % mills, the latter showing an |
increase of ID over 1880, or % per cent. |
and of 10 over 1870, or nearly go per cent. |
in the number of establishments. The |
hands employed in 1870 were 2,S46: in 1880. |
6,349, and in 1882, 10,349, an increase Of |
nearly 400 per cent. Capital has increased |
from S3, 433, go to nearly $4,000, 600: wages
from $611 1868 to 81 ,93j 1S4, or 800 per cent,
and products from So, 649973 to something
like so, 100000.
This showing brings cotton manufac-
turing in Georgia right alongside of her
marvellous agricultural advancement
Foremost in the development of GeOr-
gia are her magnificent railway systems.
There are upward of 1900 miles of COM
pleted railways in the State, approximate
ing in value, $70,000,000. The capital
stock Of the roads completed in 1880 was
$31 ,3S0,650; funded and other debts. S24-
1876, 727; total $55,517,342. These roads
cost $49,616, 723 They earned So, 416,625,
net earnings being SO, 429,01S. The first
built were the Central from Savannah to
Macon, 191 miles, and the Georgia from
Augusta to Atlanta, III miles. Besides
these there are the Macon and Western.
from Macon to Atlanta, 1903 miles; the
Western and Atlantic, Atlanta to Chatta-
noOga, Tenn, 13S miles; the Atlanta and
Charlotte Air Line, 265 miles;
the Southwestern, from Macon to Eufaula,
Ala, l43 miles; branch from Gordon to
EatOntOn, 3S miles; Augusta and Millen
branch, % miles; GAINESVILLE and ThOm-
aston, lG miles; Fort Valley and Column
bus, II miles; Perry and Fort Valley, II
miles; SmithVille and Arlington, 59miles;
Cuthbert and Fort Gaines, - miles; Crit
fin and CarrolltOn, go miles, all owned or
leased by the Central. with an aggregate
length of 1877 miles.
The Georgia Railroad, III miles; Macon
branch, - miles; Washingt5fi branch. Is
miles; ATHENS branch, 40 miles; Hartwell
branch, 10 miles, and LaWrenceville
branch, 10 miles, in all 327 miles, have
a.-s-=~ leased by the Central, giving that
company control Of Lila miles of track
in the State, which, with the
Western of Alabama, Montgomery and
Eufaula. and the Port Royal Railroad
miles of track, to which may be added its
clOse ally, the Atlanta and West Point,
with length Of 80 miles. The master
spirits in these enterprises were w. w.
Gordon, John =. King. and William NJ.
Wadley.
The Macon and Brunswick Railroad,
l96 miles, cost 81, 600. This road,
through the agency Of the COle-Seney
syndicate, has been identified with the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
system. embracing 2, 13S miles and pene-
trating the States OF Georgia, Tennessee,
Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, North
Carolina and Virginia. To this syndicate
the road from Macon TO Rome. through
Atlanta, owes its origin. The
Brunswick and Albany Road,
81 miles, now known as the Brunswick
and Western, is controlled by the Erlan-
ger syndicate. who propose to give the
thriving little seaport direct cOmmunica-
ton with Kansas City and the great
Southwest The Erlanger syndicate con-
trolls over ] loom Of track, and is eX-
tending its connections rapidly. The
great Richmond and Danville system,
aggregating 1899 miles Of track, plays a
great part in developing Georgia, and
with the Georgia Pacific, now building
from Atlanta 10 Birmingham. Ala, thence
to Greenville. Miss. and Kansas City,
with its branches, 500 miles, by putting
the State in reach of the great Alabama
coal fields, must shortly give tremendous |
impetus to the progress of industry. AL |
lied with the Central and its close connec- |
tiOns is the great Louisville and Nashville |
system, with its $500 miles of track. |
These great home properties, with their |
vast connections, show the possibilities of |
Georgia.
But the potential factor in South |
Georgia's development is the savannah, |
Florida and Western Railway, from Sa- |
vannah to Bainbridge, 236 miles, with its |
Florida branches to Live Oak, the Way |
cross Short Line to jacksonville, the |
ChattahOochee branch connecting with /
the Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad, fur |
nishing direct line from New York |
through Savannah TO New Orleans, and |
ultimately to San Francisco.
Many minor roads are in DrOepGS of con-
struction in the state, and charters have |
been issued for numerous projected lines. |
Railway corporations, with upwards of |
10, 900 miles of track and worth fully $780, |
100000 are battling for the mastery of |
Georgia commerce. Upwards of twen- |
ty-five millions of capital is being int |
vested i'm furthering railway projects in the |
State, and it would appear that the work
of development is destined to assume far
larger proportions.
The mineral wealth of the State en-
braces asbestos, 6arite, bahretOne,
chrome, coal, copper, emory, diamond,
graphite. granite. glass sand, green sand,
fertilizer. grind and milestone, gold, gyp-
sum, hydraulic cement, iron ores, pyrites,
kaolin, lead, Ignite, limestone, mangan-
ese, marble, mari, mica, nickel, nitro,
peat, quartz (opal, amethyst, slate. soap
stone, serpentine, rutile and zinc.
There are in the State 30 gold mills,
with 500 stamps, worth 5000, 900; cop
per mine; sulphuric acid factory. worth
100000; a soapstone mill, an asbestos
mine, manganese mill, worth $780,
600; Is iron furnaces, worth $1,000
600: cOrundum and mica mines, lime
kilns, etc. all aggregating in value
S4,000,000. In 1870 the state produced
1854 tons of iron, and in 1880 35, 1j2 The
State was the first to organize an Agri-
cultural Bureau, which is eXcellently
managed. The State has an able Railway
Commission, and in its general admins |
tratiye equipment is in the front rank.
The total value of property in the State |
returned for taxation in 1882 was $751; |
2l9, 403, and in 1881 $21O,993,SSS, showing |
an increase for the year of SIG, 255,5lj. |
The increase for 1881 81 was $3j, 232, 76l. |
At the close of 1881 there was a balance |
in the State Treasury of $794,547 81, |
During the year 1882 there |
was received for taxes, etc, $l,609,- |
432 10. Total amount of receipts, plus |
balance at the close of 1881, 50, 403,979 81. |
The expenditures for 1882 were $1,113,- |
507 46, leaving in the Treasury at the close |
of the fiscal year 1882 the sum of $780, |
472 Is. The total of poll taxes paid in |
1882 was 1926, All. The bonded debt of the |
State amounts to $9,624, 1876.
Thus stands the infant colony of Ogle- |
thorpe grown to the magnificent proper |
tiOns of the Empire State of the SOuth,' |
q title when she Nlnulc3teS by nef manu- |
raj resources, her splendid development, |
her progressive people, her benign govern |
ment, her sound financial condition, and |
manifold attractions for the immigrant. |
To all who seek a home within her borders |
she extends hearty welcome, with the |
promise that obedience to her laws will |
procure for her citizens treatment founded |
on Wisdom, Justice and Moderation.
An Incroyable bridegrOom's suit has |
knee hrenches of lighf blue WOODEN Goods |