The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-09-03

Whatever may be said as regards the indiffer-
ent way in which the citizens ut Atlanta have
treated the Georgia Midland enterprise. no such
charge can be made Of the enerprisins newspa-
pers Of that city. These paper. hive been MS
tonished that the people OF Atlanta have
appeared 10 be 80 apatheiic about matter oil
such vital importance to the city. Atlanta mas
been in the habit OF taking hold and dong
everything in business way that would dement,
Atlanta, but they evidently fail to appreciate the
results to come from the construction OF the
Georgia Midland. The Constitution and both
the evening papers have labored zealousIy to
enlighten them. The Constitution of yesterday
contained over a column of solid facts, all going
TO show that the Georgia Midland is the key to
the greatest railroad system in the South The
Journal also presented facts which demonstrate
clearly that the Georgia Midland must become
the great through passenger line between the
great lake States OF the North and the gull
States of the South The returns OF taxable
property Of the counties along this line amount
to see, 1851 ,448, or an average of about $2O3OOO
per mile. and nearly 5000 per capita. Hence
| it would be a paying investment were none
other than a local consideration given IT.
Our Atlanta friends are perhaps not informed
| of the situation to the south OF Columbus. A
charx has been obtained and a route surveyed
via Lumpkin and Cuthbert to Banbridgc BE
| tween Lumpkin and Cuthbert nine consecutive
| miles have been graded. The road is coniinu-
| ously graded between Cuthbcrt and Banbrldge
| with the exception of ten miles OF light work.
| Therefore. when fily-onc miles are graded there
| will be II continuously graded road bed l25 miles
| from Columbus to Bainbridge. The distance
from Cuthbert to Albany is thirtycght miles,
and the entire distance has been graded Here
| a connection can be made with the Plant system
| al q the Atlantic coast be reached at Brunswick
A connection with the Florida system can be
made at Tallahassee, thus giving it double I'M
| portance, both to Columbus and to Atlanta.
| Wa huu man n1xya I.If s, flacn
purpose of enlightening those not informed OF
| them. If Atlanta does NOT wish 10 invest in the
| enterprise, we have no disposition to insist on II
We go still further and say, if il required our al
vice to make the subscription necessary to secure
the road, it would not be givcn.-Cotuhb'ts En-
Quirer, Sept 1.
| The tone of our Columbus contempt
rary indicates entire confidence that the
road will be built even without the assist
ance of Atlanta. Much work has already
been done upon it, and as Atlanta was
looked to for only about hundred and
fifty thousand dollars it is by no means
probable that what has been done already
will be thrown away because the aid ex
pected from that city cannot be had else
|
grading between Cuthbert and Balm
bridge is done, and from cambridge to Tai
lahassee is but short division of grea
line-its eventual construction seeming ;
matter of course, as being essential to The
completeness of the whole by thus max
ing connection with the Florida sys
tenn"
If this line should, as has been suggested
be extended southcasterly from Tallahas
see toward the Atlantic, the profitable re
suits would exceed the most sanguine eX
pectations that have been expressed
Opening the most direct route to the mid
die South, the West and Northwest, an'
necessarily crossing all the main lines o
roads in the Peninsula, they would all b
its feeders and a volume of freight ant
travel would pour through it exceeding
probably, that by any route in the South
1t would tap the central orange region
and would carry tens of thousands of tn
tourists and winter sojourners who seel
that section and can now reach it only b,
the eastern routes. This southeast ant
northwest line will be the great route o
the future, and is az sure to be opened a
it is already sure that it is imperativel,
needed by the people Of Florida and TIN
people of the West, Northwest and Soutl
who want to pass in and out of Florida