The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-24
TO GO RIGHT AHEAD NOW
THE SAVANNAH AND WESTERNS
$4,000 BONDS PLACED.

the Contract TO Build the Eden Ex
tension VIII Be Let at Once-The
Money to Complete the Road OBJ
tanned and No Cause for Delay Now
The Central's Plans for Savannah.
1t looks now as though the Savannah
and Western railroad will be built without
further delay. Gen. Alexander returned
Yesterday from New York, and he said
that the 100000 per cent. bonds
have been placed in New York,
and the money is in the treasury of the
Savannah and Western Railroad Company.
General Manager Belknap has instructed
Chief Engineer Daffin to let the contract
for the building of the road as early as
is practicable and it is likely that all pre-
liminary arrangements will be perfected
before July.
The road, Maj. Belknap says, will be
pushed rapidly from Eden to Eastman.
where it crosses the East Tennessee, Vir-
ginia and Georgia railroad, and thence on
to Americas interesecting the Georgia
Southern and Florida above Cordele. Con-
Meeting at Americas with the Beuna Vista
and Americas railroad, which has recently
been completed to Columbus with a view
to making it part of the through line to
the west, the Savannah and Western will
be complete.
The distance from Savannah to Birming-
ham over the new route will be about AIS
miles. The road is staked to let, at Eden and
Eastman. Grading and track laying has
been finished on the Eden end as far as the
Ogeechee river.
PART ALREADY GRADED.
Several miles have been graded beyond
k,,k IL L.
until the Ogeechee river bridge is finished
The bridge is fairly under way, and it will
not be very long before it is finished. The
road has been graded out of Eastman, and
track laying on that end will be rapidly
pushed. The rails for this section of the
line have been received and there will be
no delay. The iron is the Central railroads
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS pounds.
The distance to Americas by the new
line will be about 175 miles. This is some
shorter than by the first survey. The road
will be built at a greater cost, however,
since a great amount Of excavation will be
required to shorten the route. The
engineers in making the first survey picked
out as cheap route to build as practicable,
necessarily making curvatures which in
creased the length of the road. By the
second survey all this was changed The
management considered that the line, run
the country which it traverses, notwth-
standing the cost to build it will be greater.
TO LET THE CONTRACT AT ONCE.
General Manager Belknap was seen YES
terday and he said that the proceeds from
the sale of the $4,000 600 of bonds are in the
compauy's treasury, and that the contract
to build the road will be let at once.
Ample force, he said, will be engaged
to prosecute the work in as rapid manner
as possible, and the Savannah and Western
railroad, he said, will come into this city
on time. The line will open up a section
not traversed by any road, and will
secure trade from that territory
which both Macon and Brunswick claims.
The line will pass through three counties in
which there is no line of railroad. 1t will
pass through the center of Montgomery
county, one of the best counties in the
state; through the middle of Dodge county.
and touching the lower edge of Pulaski and
the upper edge of Wilcox, and it will go
through Dolly into Sumter county, con-
Meeting with the road from Americas to
Columbus.
ALREADY MORE THAN HALF BUILT.
The road is already over half built,
said Maj. Belknap. The 240 odd
miles from Birmingham to Americas
is the most expensive portion of the line.
The main portion of the tunneling and
trestleing is on that part. The part of the
road from here to Amerlcus is
only an extension of the line.
One reason for delaying the road, Mai.
Belknap said. was the fear that the country
through which it passes was not ready
for it. This impression has been removed
by the rapid development of the country.
Maj Belknap said that the Central had In
mind the building of this line when it be-
gan to increase its wharf facilities here.
The immense amount of lumber, as well as
iron and western products, which will come
over the road, will necessarily force an
enlargement of the present storage capacity.
and better facilities must be secured. ito
meet the demands.
THE GRAIN TRAFFIC.
The Central, he said, is endeavoring to
perfect arrangements by which the trans
portation of the western grain product will
be secured over the new road. If the proper
inducements can be offered he thinks a
great grain traffic can be built up by Savan-
nah In order that the proper inducements
may be offered, tee Central, he said, must
not be uhrottled in its undertakings, which
bear upon their faces the welfare and pros
perity of the port. The bulk of western grain
finds an outlet by New Orleans. Sayan-
nah may be short distance farther by rail
from the grain fields than New Orleans, but
llS wafer facilities OVerDdlanc6 that, and
distance cannot any longer be hindrance.
SPANISH ORE IMPORTATION.
Another scheme which the Central con-
templates inaugurating, Maj Belknap
said, is the importation of higher grades of
Spanish ore by Savannah to Birmingham.
over the new line. 1t is necessary to have this
ore to mix with the common ore found in
Alabama. If such project can be started,
large storage houses will have to be built
along the water front and the space occu-
pied by the Central on the river will neces.
sarily have to be much larger than it now
is. In addition to this, immense grain re-
positories will have to be constructed.
A large amount of rolling stock, cars.
ETC., and motive power for the Savannah
and Western railroad are already in service
between Columbus and Birmingham, and
part Of the stock will be used on the line
out of Savannah toward Eastman as the
line is completed. Near the Otoopa river
the Savannah and Western and that of the
Savannah, Americas and Montgomery run
side by side for a considerable distance
toward Savannah.
CITY RpEUTmTrG