The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-29
In MANS VISIT sou TIL
THE RICHMOND TERMINALS PRES
IDENT IN SAVANNAH.

The Central Systems Great Terminal
Facilities Looked into-Mr. Inman
and His Party Dined at the Guards Ar
mory-What They Propose TO Do
for Savannah and the South-The
Terminal Company's Policy to Build
upthe Country Tributary to Its Prop
erty-The Effect of Judge Speer's De-
cision on the Central's New Enter
prises.
The Inman party arrived from Augusta
yesterday morning and spent the forenoon
looking over the Central's property here. The
party consisted of John II. Inman president
of the Terminal Company; Charles s. Smith,
president of the New York chamber of
commerce; J. H. Hall, president of the
Georgia company, and John C.. Calhoun,
director in the Richmond Terminal and the
Central railroad. They were accompanied
by President Alexander and General Mana
ger Beknap. Mr.. Pat Calhoun and other
members of the party remained in Augusta
THE DRIVE ALONG THE RIVER
The visitors were received by a commit
tee of citizens, and accompanied by Gen.
Alexander, Mai Belkpap, T. NJ. Cunning
lam, Esq, Directors Wilder, Green, Woods
and Vetsburg, President Boodworth OF the
cotton exchange, H. c. Cunningham,
Esq, and A. 4. Lawton, Jr., Z q,
they visited the Ocean steamship wharyes,
cotton press and warehouses. The party
then drove down the Bay, visiting the
cotton exchange and board of trade,
to the Savannah, Florida and WesteI Il
wharves The drive occupied about an
hour and half The rest of the forenoon
was spent at the presidents office and at
the bank,
The visitors were highly gratified with
what they saw. The big warehouses and
the long stretch of wharves filed with
freight, the Central's tall elevator, the cot
tn presses end freight yards filed with
cotton, were well calculated to give
them an idea of the Centrars
vast business. Mr.. Inman said
af er the drive that he saw more than he
had expected TO see. The CentraPs i'm
mense property and splendid facilities are
greater than he realized.
At o'clock the visitors were dined at the
Guards armory. There were probably
fifty gentlemen present, representing the
different branches of business and the pro
LESSONS. After little informal talk and
introductions to Mr.. Inman, Mr.. Hall aud
the other visitors, the party adjourned to
the dining hall, where an excellent dinner
was served.
IhE DlNNEh Al Inc AhmOhl-
After hunger had been partly appeased,
Capt. II. c. Cunningham proposed as q
toast 1.-THE Central railroad, by whoever it
may be controlled" Gen. Alexander re-
sponded in a very earnest and interesting
speech. He pointed out that there were
fears two years ago, when there was a
change in the management of the ROAD,
that the interests of Savannah and Georgia
would suffer. Instead of that both
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eneiited. The road has been extended
farther west and has made various impor-
tant connections. Its steamship fleet has
been increased and its business has been
greatly enlarged. There is coming to Sa-
vannah now a much larger volume of
business than ever before. The control of
the road has changed within the last month
or two, and he predicted that, under the
new control, it will be more prosperous
even than it was Immediately after the
change few years ago. Fears, he said,
that any interest which Savannahians or
Georgans have will be injured, are
ground ess. Referring TO the visitors pres
ent, Gel. Alexander said that they have
put their money into the Central railroad,
and il IS to their interest to make the road
a uayirg property. Therefore their whole
tribu AIRY to it, and thus make 1T more pro-
ductive of business.
WHY Mr.. INMAN CAME SOUTH.
The gentlemen, he said, who now control
it have large amount of capital, and they
are brought to the south AID shown what
they own in order that they may better APP
precate how much it will be TO their advan-
tage to enlarge their facilities for doing
business. What the Central railroad wants
now, he said, is money, and great deal of
it, to build the additional lines, additional
70, additional aUrinoe nd 70 in,
crease the company's capacity in every
way for business. Business, he said,
is being offered On every hand.
From Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, and
in fact from great many points in the
south, with which heretofore this city has
had no business connection, requests are
being received for cars to cary freight to
Savannah. Gen. Alexander believes that
If the necessary facilities can be had, the
business OF the road can be very mucl in
creased within very short time.
MR. INMANs SPEECH.
Gen. Alexander concluded by proposing
the health of Mr.. John H. Inman. Mr.. Inman
in opening his remarks, gave an interesting
little sketch Of his early life in Georgia,
and mentioned several incidents that were
listened TO with absorbing interest. He
spoke of his going to New York and the
beginning of his career there, briefly,
to the Richmond Terminal and the proper
ties under its control, he said that he and
Others invested their money in these prop
critics because he believed the south has a
great future and that they would become
good paving investments. His idea is, he
SAID, while making money for himself and
those interested with him, to build up the
whole territory tributary to their various
railroad lines, to make opportunities for the
people to better their material condition.
Mr. Inman said that the Richmond Termi-
nal is not properly a railroad company, but
a security company, and that in order to
make the securities OF the company valuable
it is necessary to make the railroad properties
upon which these securities are based, valu-
able. He said that there is no occasion for
any section OF the south within the influence
of the Terminal system to fear that its in
terests will be injured. On the contrary
there is every reason to believe that by the
consolidation Of three great systems those
sections Of the south, dependent upon these
systems, will be rendered far more pros
porous.
NORTHERN MANS VIEWS.
In concluding his remarks Mr.. Inmar
said that be would like his friend Mr.. Smith
president of the New York Chamber OF
Commerce, to give his impression
of the south gathered upon TIL,
present trip. Mr.. Smith proved
10 be very entertaining talker. He sale
that he had originally been an abolitionist
and was a republican, and that when h,
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