The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-10-21
COLUMBUS AND FLORIDA RAIL
ROAD.
The Survey TO be Made Promptly
Columbus Acts While Others Talk
An Interesting Haiervfew with
GunbY Jordan

The Survey TO be Made Promptly
Columbus Acts While Others Tall
| An Interesting Haierview with
| Gaaby Jordan.
| Ever watchful of the interest of this CITY. The
| Enquirer Sun has called attention to the neces
sity for railroad south of US. This paper
| pointed out the way the movement ought Il
start, and told our people the effort should bt
made by them-waiting never built railroad
Ii is pleasant, therefore, TO place the following
before our readers to-day: Hearing that there
had been meeting held yesterday looking TO
wards such railroad, reporter of the paper be-
| gan search for the facts. There had been NJ
call in the papers, and the meeting was one
brought about by the personal efforts OF few O
our live citizens. In looking for railroad items il
is always safe TO 90 TO railroad people Alter tea
| last night the reporter looked up Mr.. G. Gunby
Jordan and put few leading questions 10 him
about this project.
road meeting this afternoon. Know anything
about it -
Yes About twenty of the live men of Co
lumbus met the charter members of The Colum
bus and Florida Railway aud SUBSCRIBED enough
to make survey OF that road"
"You have q charter then ?"
| "Oh! yes we organized under that charter
several weeks since, appointed q committee and
authorized them to make arrangements 10 start
surveying corps"
When does your corps start"
This week. Mr.. COwan, assistant engineer
of the Midland, having finished locating to Nc.
| Donough, will be here with his corps to-day"
II will be Midland corps. ihenr'
mo their duties having finished with that
road the Columbus and Florida will DOW en-
| ploy the corps and foot all the expenses"
Does the Midland and Gulf Railroad control
this charter?"
mo; outside of few of US here in Columbus
who are Interested in both enterprises there is
no identity Of interest"
Not that-are the capitalists who are build
ing the Midland backing this ?"
"NO, they have never heard of this road
hope if the survey shows up right, and the peo-
pie along the line show any interest in the road,
TO get them enlisted"
Speaking of the line VI hat will be the route,"
We will run one line to Albany and another
10 the Georgia line in the direction of Tallahas-
see, suppose. This seemed to be the sense of
meeting. The committee appointed to-day will
regulate the routes"
Do you think Columbus will subscribe ?"
will theyi You ought to have seen how
1t doesn't take Columbus long to act when her
interest is at stake"
And II is largely at stake here, you think p
Yes. The Buena Vista railroad Is hurting
a. The Americas, Preston and Lumpkin has
almost actually come 10 our warehouse doors
and takes our cotton away from US The PEN
sacola and Atlantic took part of our trade.
Yes. We are being damaged and must get our
ightfnl trade back"
Do you think II will be paying liner
If any one has ever carefully read the sta
tistics ofthe Chattahoochee river valley as shown
IN that splendid issue Of the Enquirer San of the
10th, he can but be convinced that q railroad
through such country would pay. II will save
Columbus her very best trade-trHde that IL daily
leaving her for want of raiiroad facilitiea Put
us u direct communication with Florida and all
its travel, open up wilderness Of he4ty timber
iands and put on through line. Yes, Il will
pay Columbus TO have such . railroad as that
terminating here"
This ended the talk. bat Il bat begins the work
We, each Of ~ have before u, n we would soon
zee this line under actual construction. In the