The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-06
SAVANNAH'S RAILROADS.
EXTENDING THEIR ARMS INTO
-FOUR GREAT STATES,

have Done LOT the O4Lyi anu W ndl
New Ones Will Do.
Savannah is a striking illustration Of
what railroads can do for a city. She is
the te minus of thres great roads that have
been one of the 2 eatest instrumentalities,
if not the chief instrumentality, in MAXI g
her what she is. They have brought popu
lation and capita, built houses, increased
values, and infused into her people a spirit
of enterprise. They have caused new in
dustries to be established, given her cheap
rates Of freight and excelle It passenger
connections, and furnished employment for
hundreds IF her PEG lie.
These three lines are the Central of Geor-
gia, the Savanu ali, Florida and Western
aud the Charleston and Savannah. Two OF
them, the Central of Georgia and the Sa-
vanDah, Florida and Western, are among
the most powerful, successful and rest
equipped in the country. That part of the
Savannah, Florida aud Western from Sa-
VanLal to Tho Iasville and from Thomas
vile 10 ALBANY, and of the Central from
Savann b to Macon and from Macon to
Albany, forms the shape Of a fan, and
makes Savannah tue funnel thr ugh which
produce FRI m some of tn. best te ritory Of
the sta must naturally pour III reaching
the sea.
THE CENTRAL OF GEORGIA.
The Central road might be called a Savan-
nah institution. 1t was originally built
largely with Savannah ca ital, its first
president " as a Savannah man, TO whom the
road has erected a monument in this city +,
and its offices are here. 1t has always
manifested an interest in Sayannah's
welfare even 10 the point of contributing
TO enterprises in tue city. 1t was chartered
4 I
was consolidated With the Macon and
Western road. 1t has grown steadily until,
through It's bra ches, leased lines, etc, it
penetraLes the best territory in Georgia,
Alabama and South Carolina, opening up
to Savannah tue rich resources of that ter
ritory, brin ri & to savannah thousands of
dollars III trade and securing to Savannah
terminal facilities and connections that have
been of inC aiculaOle benefit to tie city. The
number If miles of road owned, leased,
and operated by or in conjunction With the
Central is more than $500, its locomotive
engines number more than 200 and its cars,
sleeper. passenger, freight, baggage, mali
and express, combination, etc., number
about 1900.
Tue completi last year of the Good
water extension to Birmingham marked al
important event in the hist ry of the Cen
tral and of SavaD ah, giving to Savannah
a convenient line to Birmingham and the
great west. At Birmingham this line,
formerly known as the Columbus and
Western, but now as the Savannah and
Western, connects with the Kansas City,
Memphis aud Birmingham road, aud con-
nection is made al Mem his with the Kan
sas City, Fort Scott and Memphis
road u Kansas CiCy, giving to Savannah
immense Commercial advantages
The Dee n = eamsnip Company, which
is Iayt of the Central system, mas a feet
of eleven magnifce t steamers, the capacity
of each of which is from 4 900 / 1000 bales
of cotton and about 100 frst-class passea-
gers. For comfort. elegance, speed and
safety, they are al that could be reasonabl
desired, aud In freig It traffic betwee the
east AID Memphis, n lnsas Cl ~ aud ether
western points, they compete successfully,
in conju ction wi b the Central railroad
and connections. with e all rail routes, the
amount of business brought to Savannah in
this ay being immense. Six { the steam
ers, the Nacoochee, City Of Birmingham,
Tallahassee, Chattahoochee, City of Au-
gus a, City of Savannah, ply betweel
Savannah and New York; two, the Gate
City and City of Macon between
Savann h and BOs on, and two, the Des-
soug and Ju lata, the last named, however,
having just been Id TO the Pant svste n.
between Sava Iaah aud Philade p Tia. Al
present. four steamers a week leave Savan-
nan LOr NV L UTA, out IL IS tne IN eDtlOn
of the company to establ h daily line
between be two cities. Inc Kansas City.
which will ply betwee Savannah aud New
York, and which was lau ched at c ester
a week or two ago, viii be the fastest Of the
fleet, as we'll as the most modern in its
machinery, etc. 1t is guaranteed to make
the triD t. New York in thi ty- line hours.
Plans for twin of the Kansas City have
been drawn.
Tho 1vbarvae Of +ba cO,,,rarx- xrb;oh -.
recently been enlarged on acc uut of in
creasing business present. u scene of bust
ness activity that speaks we'll for both the
company and the city. An immense
volume of traffic is handled there-traffi
brought TO, and to be carried from, the
city. Heavily laden trains are CO lstantly
going and coming, and eSsels are being
loaded and unloaIed. In the Cent? al yards
are dozen miles of track, two large W re-
houses, and Platform capable of holding
10000 bales Of cotton. The - harf front age
is $500 feet, and upon the premis S are ten
acres of platforms, ten acres under sheds
five acres for naval ore, o age houses
for 10000 tons of guano, ten miles of track,
four large cotton wareh uses. a grain ele-
vator capable + holding 10000 bushels, q
big cotton compre s, and wharf room for
$4,000 bales of cotton. Between 800 and
$40 men are employed there.
A significant fact connected with the
Ocean S eamship Company is that while
cotton Is the leading product with which
the stea ers are laden, the tonnage of pig
iron, brought from the Birmingham dis
trict of Alabama, and shipped through the
port OF Savannah, Is constantly increasing.
Another is that the shipme S of miscel-
laneous articles, sIch as the south can dis
pose of In tue north, have i creased very
greatly. / stance, tie S ipment of
hides has become a cous .deraole item.
SAVANNAH, FLORIDA AND WESTERN.
TIE Savannah, Florida and Western road
is ano b r Savannah institu ion Of great
magnitude, whose benefits [, the city are
inestimable. main line Of the road i,
from Savannah to the junction of the Pen.
sacola and Atlantic road, in Florida. 25s
miles. The Jacksonville branch is from
WaycrosS to Jacksonville, and there are
branches from Townsville to Albany.
Dupont to Gainesville, Bainbridgt
JUNCTION to cambridge, and Fort White
TO Lake City. In Savannah the c
Is an extension to the wharves. The nu n.
Der of miles of the main stem and these
branches is 500. The extension the line
from Thcma,vill to Mo ticello was com.
pleted In 1883 The Savannah, Florida a d
Western ailway was formed In 1884. by
the consolidation of the Waycros, and
Florida, the East Florida, the Live Oak and
Rowland Bluff, the Chattaho chez and
East Pass, and the Live Oak, Tampa aud
Charlotte's harbor Rail ay Com 7anies
al. Al.