Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-01
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Nex+ Saturday a railroad meeting VIII
be held at HillsborO, Jasper county, "
take into consideration and urge the
building of a road from Macon to oOclal
Circle, GA.
The construction of a railroad tTom
Harris road, in Florida, to Mlllen' Nd T5,o
will be commenced at an early date 1n5
contract for the construction OF the Ioa"
has already been awarded.
At a meeting of the stockholders OF m, Lne
Elberton Airline Railroad, held at 1oc log,
Goa. the following Directors were elecleu
to serve for the ensuing year: ). ID; J0ne9'
A. :. Buford. R. NJ. Heard, T. y. 6oW
man. E. Berkley, c. W. Chears, u p
Barnum. James Wilson and k. BROOK
AT meeting of the Directors, the lolloM-
ING officers were elected: ). II. JONES
President: A. :. Buford, Vice Presidjen,.'
A. L. Rives, General Manager; +: bIech-
ley, superintendent, W. +. u. ne5
Treasurer; E. A. Barber. AudlUoI' IL
Brooks, Secretary.
The Savannah, Florida and western
Railway will open its new line through 10
NewnansYille tomorrow, ana Ieg eIIall
trains will hereafter run through from
New Branford, leaving Savannah dally at
$50 a. m. and arriving at NeWnahsNllIe
at $3.50 D. m: returning, leaving Newman
Vile at :35 a. m, and arriving III oaNah-
nah. at SIT D. IN. This addition 10 Ihe
Savannah. Florida and Western halfway
system opens the country thirty nilles
south Of Branford, and the work VIII De
continued on to Gainesville, to reach that
point as quickly as possible.
1t is probable that within very short
time the Fernandina and JacksonVllIe
Railroad and the Florida Central and
Western will be connected by track
around Jacksonville, and that the prlh-
cipal through business of the transit ROAD
will be done by way Of Jacksonville; LOT
the present via Baldwin and the FLORIDA
Central and Western for the South, anu
for the North via the Florida Central ana
Western to Jacksonville, and thence wa
the Florida Central and Western to bald
win and Transit roads. The new ROAD
from Jacksonville to Lawtey IS only
matter of very few months.
Theannual meetings ofthe Florida Tran
sit and Peninsula, the Leesburg ana IN
dian River, and the Fernandina and JACK
sOnville Railroads were held at Fefnah-
dina Thursday. All the stockholders were
represented. Articles of consolidation OF
the Fernandina and Jacksonville ana the
Leesburg and Indian River Railroads
with the Florida Transit and PENN
sula Railroad, and forming win the
Florida Central and Western whose
stockholders met in Jacksonville yes
terday) one company, to be known as
the Florida Railroad and Navigation Com
pany, were presented and fully Endorsed,
subject to the ratification of yesterdays
meeting. The following directors were
elected for the new company: From the
Leesburg and Indian River Company, l..
NJ. Lawson; from the Fernandina ana
Jacksonville Company, Z. II. Hartman
and W. Bayard Cuttings from the FLORIDA
Ira nsit and Peninsula Road, Il. W.
Dickerson, d. L. Yulee. b. S. Henning, r.
Smith and Ferd. w. Peck. Eight addl-
tIonal directors were elected at the meet
ing of the stockholders of the Florida Cen
trail and W estern., Plans for the extern
sion of old roads and the construction oil
new ones inside and out of the State were
submitted and approved, and it was
understood that at an early date
steamers would be running in connec-
ton with the system between Florida
ports and foreign and domestic ports. Mr..
Cummings, of the ''Nickel Plate Road, OF
New York, and other prominent railroad
men have taken hold of the new system.
Calvin II. Allen has filed objections to the