Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-23
ALL THE CONTRACTS LET.
BUILDING THE SAY ANNAH AND
WESTERN SNORT LANE.

w E1SLEhN SftORSl I'm H.
Fqhe Road from Savannah to Macon to
be in Operation by Oct. I5-The Haw-
kinsyiIte and Americas Branch
Eufsula to be the Western Terminus
ofthe Road-Interview With Col. John
NJ. Stubbs.
Col. John NJ. Stubbs. attorney and one
OF the directors OF the Savannah, Dublin
and Western Short Line railroad, is in
the city, having just returned from a
visit to New York and Philadelphia. He
reports rapid and satisfactory progress,
and that he enterprise is success be-
yond doubt or question. He found North
ern contractors and capitalists greatly
interested in the road, and says that the
contracts for construction and equipment
OF the entire line from Macon to Savan-
nah by Oct. 10 next have been made with
reliable parties. The equipment Is TO be
Of English steel rails and the rolling
stock frst-cass in every particular.
Work will now begin actively all along
the line. The finances, Col. Stubbs says,
are in good shape.
1t is now, he says, settled that the
commercial interests OF Savannah Will
have the benefits Of new and shorter
Zines to HawkinsVille and Americus,
TO Macon and to the coal and iron
Fields OF Alabama, and the granaries and
slaughter houses of the Northwest.
The work has progressed so rapidly,
quietly and unostentatiously that many
have doubted the contamination OF the
sDterpFise.
1t now appears, however, to be a fixed
Raet. The advantages TO the people along
the line and at the terminal points, and
the impetus that Is will give to the ma
oil ~ ha tnfea ov,Ht ho W.T.
sf Savannah,are beyond question.
A NEWS reporter met Col. Stubbs yes
kepday and had an Interesting interview
with him in regard to the road and his
visit North Col. Stabbs arrived here
yesterday morning from Philadelphia.
81 suppose you have been North IN the
snterest Of your rOads" asked the NEWS
man.
II have been in New York and Phila-
AelPhiain conference with our president
and with capitalists and contractors for
khe past ten days." was the reply
"Whatare the prospects fer the success
Of the enterpriseW
81 found everything at the North just
tas expected. The results of my visit
there we're most satisfactory. The imam
Seiers, railroad people, steel rail maRufac-
turers and contractors are all interested
in our woTk. Mr.. Linderulan, president or
che company, is busy looking after its
Interests. We-have contracted with en-
stirely trustworthy parties to construct
and equip the road from Savannah TO
Macon in time for the traffic OF the next
Sall and winter.
"what about the Hawkinsville and
Americas liner'
THAT line we regard as of great value,
and 1t wih not be neglected. Wemust get
the other under full Roadway, and just as
soon as that is accomplished, say inside
of sixty days, the HawkinsVille line will
be under contract, and work VIII be push-
ed rapidly upon it. From Americas we
expect to so to Eufaula aud Columbus,
but our immediate objective points are
Macon and Americas"
"When you reach Macon, what then ?'
"We have assurances of good and mu-
tually advantageous traffic arrangements
with connecting lines at that point. If
Atlanta builds to HawkinsvIlle we will
give them, from that point, an outlet to the
sea. If the Georgia Pacific or Richmond
and Danville people will build 80 miles
from Atlanta to a point on the Macon and
COvingtOn road, which must be an ally of
theirs, we can, by joining hands with
them, bring the coal and iron from Bir-
mingham TO tide water by the shortest
and best route giving through line to
the sea-" *
what effect will all this have upon Sa-
vanuah!"
cit will double its naval stores trade
and lumber business, Increase it's cotton
receipts and add to it's population, and
Will enhance the value of its estate.
In word, it will give 20 Savannah such a
boom as it needs. In return for it we do
not ask dollar OF contribution or sub
scription. We only ask the peoples en-
cOuragement, good will and moral sup
port.