Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-04

! her numerous rivers and the splen-
| did system of land-lOcked waters on
| her seacOast, her territory is crossed and
recrOssed in every direction by well con-
| Quoted railroads, while others are project
| ed or in course of construction. The Gen.
! trail from Savannah to Atlanta; the South
western from Fort Valley to Eufaula,
Ala, and its branch from Smithville to
Blakeley;. the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia; the Brunswick and Western;
and the Savannah, Florida and Western,
with its branches from WaycrOSs to Jack
sOnyille, from DUPONT to Live Oak, from
Thomasville to Albany, and its westward
extension to BainbriC ge and the
Chattahoochee. splend div equipped
and managed, offer every facility requir-
ed by the industries of the people. and
connect every section of the territory with
the shipping ports, and with other railway
systems leading to all points of the COM
pass abroad. The growth and Importance
of Southern Georgia and her numerous
thriving towns and cities, Der great lum-
Der, rosin and turpentine trade. the sue
cess of the truck farm industry in the
southwestern counties, and the enormous
increase of watermelon growing fer
Northern markets. are all traceable d.
Peotlv 10 the energy. hberalitY and eff
cheney displayed in the management q her
railways.
LUMBER AND NAVAL STORES.
Georgia now Surpasses every Southern
if not every other state in the Union in the
extent of her lumber and naval stores
trade. and centered chiefly on the ports of
Savannah. Brunswick and Darien. il is
carried on almost exclusively within the
limits OF Southern Georgia. Until recent
ly North Carolina was the foremost State
in the production of turpentine and rOsin,
but the growth of the industry in the great
pine forests of Georgia during the past two
years has clearly placed her in the front.
Many of the old and experienced manu-
facturers of these articles in North Caro-
lima, transferred their interests to the
richer forests of Georgia, while the rul-
ing higher prices during the period
mentioned induced new ventures
by numerous individuals, at home and
abroad. The ineXperience of the latter
Will probably account for the partial fail
ures of some of the newly-Opened turpen-
tine farms, but as there has been moth
ing like disaster to the trade, increase
moves steadily on. New farms are almost
daily located in the regions penetrated by
the railroads, and another prosperous
year Will greatly increase the vast assem-
blage of turpentine and rosln barrels at
all times to be seen at the raliroad depotS
and on the wharyes OF savannah.
DrOsDerous. 1t has grown with the eX-
tension. of the railroads, and many
wealthy millmen have constructed private
railroads branching out from the main
lines into sections not before accessible to
transportation, and are annually sending
to the seapOrts millions of feet of the
finest lumber in the world, to be shipped
to all civilized countries. Large RATS are
also carried down the rivers from the ILL
terror to furnish cargoes for numerous
vessels, or to supply mills erected at
the ports for turning them into lumber.
A remarkable feature in the lumber busi-
ness OF Southern Georgia is, that the
cheapness of its manufacture enables
mill men here to compete in Northwestern
cities with the lumber dealers of Michigan
and other regions of the great lakes, whlcR
have hitherto supplied all the markets OF
that section. Thus, while cargo OF
grain was shipped from Chicago through
the lakes via the Welland canal, the st.
Lawrence river and down the Atlantic to
Savannah. and thence by the central
Railroad to Atlanta, lumber men OF pa /
vannah were shipping train loads OF Geor-
gia lumber to Cincinnati and chicago |