Savannah morning news., 1886-01-05
SURYEY0RSIN THE FIELD.
LOCATING THE SAVANNAH AND
DUBLIN SHORT LINE.

The President OF the Company Saws the
Road WIN be in Operation Before JAM
uary. ISS7-FOreign Capital Backing
tho eEnterprise-The Estimated Cost of
the Road and Its Equipment--Its Prob
able Connections.
A corps OF surveyors will start from
Savannah TINS morning on preliminary
survey for the proposed Savannah, Dublin
and Western Short Line railroad. A
corps has already started from Dub
lin, and is working this way.
Mr. A. b. Linderman, Of Philadelphia,
who is at the head Of the enterprise
and is president of the company, arrived
in the city from Philadelphia yesterday
morning, and was in conference most of
the day with other officers of the road and
gentlemen interested in its construction.
Chief Engineer Arthur POu is also in the
city.
Mr. Linderman said to a NEWS reporter
yesterday afternoon that the company has
all the money required to build and equip
the road, and that it will be in operation
between Savannah and Macon within
twelve months from Jan. l. The road as
proposed will be an air line, or nearly so,
OF l6l miles between these two points. 1t
IL also proposed to build branch from
Dublin to Americas, lessening the dis
tance by rail between Americus and Sa-
vaDnah - miles. The Americus branch
VIII be an air line from Dublin. The main
line from Savannah 10 Macon, as stated in
the NEWS some time ago, willIun through
tue counties OF Chatham, Bryan, BullOch,
Tattnall, Emanuel, Montgomery, Lau-
rens, Wilkinson. Twiggs, Pulaski, Hous-
ton, DOoly, Dodge, Sumter and Bibb. pen
etrating a timber district of 2,0O0,000
acres, all OF which is virgin forest, and
reaching, by the Amer1cus branch, the
centre Of the cotton belt Of Georgia.
The charter OF the Macon and Dublin
road, 10 miles of which from Macon
towards Dublin are already graded, has
been secured. This road will be COM
pleted in accordance with the original
survey, and VIII form part of the through
line. The line from Dublin to Savannah
is au air line of about 100 miles.
Dir. Linderman will remain in the city
day or two, and will then 20 over the
line OF the proposed road.
I'VE shall break ground and begin
grading this end OF the road,' he said,
lust as soon as the line is located. The
right-Ot-way has been secured very nearly
the entire distance. Mr.. Pou, our chief
engineer, has gone over the country
through which the road will be built, on
horseback, and has full assurances of the
right-Of-way. That is all we propose to
ask"
Mr. Linderman states that the road can
be built and equipped ready for operation,
for $40, 900 per mile. The equipment will
include steel rails, Baldwin locomotives,
between 400 and 500 cars, and verything
for the successful operation of the road.
The purpose of the road, the projectors
q ic n fffu q oh
now existing to Savannah for cotton,
lumber and naval stores and other pro-
ducts of the interior Of the State. The
Americus branch, which is intended to
connect with the Americus, Preston and
Lumpkin railroad will extend into the
heart OF the cotton district. The main
line is intended to open up a vast
region of heavily timbered country, which
is now almost Yalueless owing TO its mac
feasibility. The distance between the
Central and the East Tennessee, Nir-
ginia and Georgia roads half
way between Savannah and Ma
con is about 66 miles. The pro-
posed road will run through the centre of
this country, which it is intended to de-
VelOp, verv nearly equi-distant from the
above roads. Mr.. Linderman claims for
the proposed road a route between Savan-
nah and Macon 30 miles shorter than any
HON eAlSblHks Inc Idlt ulStdUCb DtbWeeH
Savannah and Americus, he claims, will
be lessened Y miles. "All that remains
now," he said, sis to locate the lines and
this will take but very short time, and
then we shall begin grading at once"
The construction Of the road, Mr..
Linderman states, will be pushed
forward as rapidly as possible,
so as to have everything complete
before 1887. The company, be says, has
all the money it requires and only asks
for the right Of way. IL is understood that
English capitalists are backing the enter
prise.
Nothing has yet been done in regard to
terminal facilities here. Mr.. Linderman
has bad a number OF interviews with
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
officials, and it is understood that a con-
nection will be made at Macon with that
road giving an outlet over its lines. There
is also talk ola connection with the pro-
posed Macon and CovIngton road and the
Richmond and Danville system.
Mr.. Linderman says that the road will
be commenced before he leaves the State,
which will be in about two weeks.
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