The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-03-04

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Messra r. A Crawford and g. W. Saxon, Of
the Thomasville and Tallahassee Railroad dele
CATION, were before the Poard Of Trade yester-
day morning 10 the interest Of the proposed
road President James z. Clarke presided.
Mr.. Saxon stated that the committee hoped to
be sble to show to the business men of Savannah
the importance OF their corporation Ia securing
q line Of road connecting Tallahassee and Mid
die Florida with Savannah by some direct
route
If we did not believe and know that rail-
way connection between Tallahassee and Thorn
asville would be of great benefit 10 the business
of Savannah rs well AS to our own section we
would not ask her people to subscribe one dol
lar. When we come to examine the past bust
cess record between these two cities aud COM
pare it with the present, we are naturally in
clined TO inquire what Is the matter" The rea-
son, Mr.. Saxon continued, is not because the
railway facilities are less, nor because there is
greater difference in prices of goods, but because
transportation facilities to other markets have
been so improved that while the distance 10
miles is greater the distance in time is shorter.
Merchants of Tallahassee do not expect goods 10
arrive from Savannah in less than a week or ten
days, and often the delay is longer. Formerly
commercial travellers from Savannah houses
took a great many orders from that section.
New Orleans and Mobile control the trade. 1t
;c IF hut
simply of business.
Tallahassees merchants have found it TO their
) interest to deal with other cities than Savannah
because those other cities have better transpOrta-
ton facilities. Mr.. Saxon continued that the
committee was not after immediate subscriptions,
but to see if Savannah could be relied upon to
take one-fourth of the stock. The delegation
was reliably informed that the SO miles of road
between Thomasville and Tallahassee can be
about $2,250 per mile. Three-fourths of that
amount can be raised in the section through
which the road will pass. As Savannah would
become the natural outlet for the produce of that
section and the market in which the supplies
for the same territory would be obtained. Mr..
Saxon hoped to have the CO operation of Savan-
nah.
The proposed line of road is from Tallahassee
to some point on the Savannah, Florida and
Western Railway. very probably Thomasville.
1t will be thirty-sx to thirty eight miles long.
1t will afford transportation for the products of
Leon, Wakulla, Franklin, and a portion of Lib
erty the eastern half of Gadsden and the northern
halfof jefferson counties. More than this it will
build up an important fish and oyster trade at
St. Marks through its connection at Tallahassee
with the ST. Marks railroad now in operation.
Remarks were made by Messrs. E. A. We'll G.
Lucien Jones' J. II. Estil and others. The fol
lowing resolutions, offered by Col. j. II. Estill,
were unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS The Savannah Board of Trade
fully appreciates the advantages which a railroad
| between Tallahassee and Townsville or some
| other point on the Savannah, Florida and Yves
| tern Railway, will confer on Savannah in the
| way OF trade and recognizes that it's cOnstruc-
ton will more fully carry out the purposes which
| the people of Savannah had in view when they
gave their support to the building of the present
| Savannah, Florida and Western Railway; and
| Whereas. The construction of the proposed
| railroad will open to speedy settlement one ot
the finest sections of Florida, and furnish IAN
| outlet for its products; therefore, be it
ResolOed, That the Savannah Board of Trade
will give the proposed road not only its moral
| support and encourage it in every possible way
in its power, but will, when the enterprise is put
| into business shape, do what it can toward Sc
| curing for it material aid.