The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-19
SAVANNAH CAUGHTTHEM
NEW ENGLANDERs SURPRISED AT
WHAT THEY SAW.

to See Of Savannah in Three Hours
The Visit to the Wherves and the
Drive Over the City-A Glimpse Of
the Country from the De Soto-what
the Visitors Said - Mr. George r
Eager's Impressions.
The Massachusetts, visitors arrived in Sa-
vannah by the Central yesterday morning
In the Pullman sleeper "Pickwlck." Mai.
A. L. Hartridge and committee Of citizens
George r. Eager, president of the company
which is building the Marietta and North
Georgia railroad, and gentleman who has
been prominent in North Georgia railroad
affairs, and who is well known as the pro.
moter. if not the protector, of the new line
which is TO cross the Blue Ridge mountains,
introduced the committee to the visitors.
The party breakfasted on the Pullman.
Ats O'Clock carriages were taken in front of
| the depot and the visitors were driven down
town. They stopped for a few moments at
the MORNING News building to pick up
one Of the reception committee, and then
drove to the Central railroad bank, where
they were met by Gen. Alexander, and sew
eral other gentlemen
THE VISIT TO THE WHARVES.
The party was then driven to the Ocean
Steamship Company's wharves. The visit
ors were astonished at the amount of bust
ness there. One of the party remarked that
he believed there was more activity there
than there is on all the wharves in Boston.
Every available space was filled with
freight. Cargoes were awaitins the out
ward-bound steamers-cotton. oranges,
vegetables, leaf tobacco, sugar, kaolin, rice,
hides, iron and other products of the south
on one wharf, and at the other the south
bound steamers were discharging their car
goes OF merchandise, steam engines, piping,
machinery, and the hundreds of articles
that supply the markets of the south. 1t
was picture of commerce.; scene which
deeply impressed the visitors with the
natural dependence Of the various sections
OF the country upon each other. A visit
was then made to the cotton congresses.
Leaving the wharves the visitors were
driven through River street past the Sa-
vannah brewery, the rice mills. ice factories
and warehouses, to West Broad street, and
then through Congress street to Bull and to
the De Soto.
SHOWN OVER THE DE SOTO.
President Conner, of the hotel company,
conducted the visitors through the building,
even to "the solarium,n from which they
surrounding country. The De Soto was
pronounced a perfect gem, and predic-
tlons were, made that it will be
the means of bringing many
people from abroad to Savannah. A lead
ing Boston capitalist, who is one of the
party, made careful inquiry regarding the
city aud county's financial condition, the
price of real estate, and the growth of
the city. From outward appearances
10 Ire W. no hoE 4
be very prosperous city. Several of the
party said they were coming south later in
the winter to spend part of their time in
Savannah
From the De Soto the visitors were driven
out Bull street and around the park and
parade ground, and back down Drayton
street to the cotton exchange. At the ex-
change President Over on welcomed the Wis
itors, and introduced them to the members.
After the visit to the cotton exchange they
were lunched at the Oglethorpe Club.
| Among the gentlemen who escorted the
visitors over the city were Gen. E. P.
| Alexander, president of the Central rail-
| road; Maj. A. L. Hartridge; Horace A.
Crane, Esq, vice president Of the Southern
| bank; Capt. John L. Hammond, president
| of the Merchants National Bank; II. NJ
Conner, Esq; Col j. Fl. E5till of the MORN
| ING NEWS; John f. Young, ESQ, president
head. general freight agent of the Central
railroad, and MFR. Franz Weldon of the
Times.
OFF FOR THE NORTH.
The party left at noon for the north.
Gen. Alexander, Mai Whitehead Mai.
Hartridge, and President Young of
the board oftrade accompanied the visitors
to the Charleston and Savannah depot. The
fast train from Jacksonville, on which the
| party expected to go, was delayed, and the
''Pickwickn was attached to the noon train
to Charleston, and it left on time. At the
depot the visitors expressed themselves de-
| lighted with Georgia Mr.. J. A. Norcross
of Worcester, who is the greatest builder in
| the world, his present contracts amounting
to 81, 900, 900, said that he was satisfied with
what he had seen. He went through all OF
the marble quarries which the party visited,
and he was surprised that Georgia pro-
duces such a superior grade of marble
and in such boundless quantities. The drive
over Savannah, Mr.. Norcross said, was
of the pleasantest features OF the trip. At
| the quarries it was business and every man
had to see for himself 1t was not an easy
task, either, to visit all of the quarries
| Savannah, he said, is one of the prettiest
cities in the south. The immense wharves
attracted the visitors, and they were sur
prised at the vastness of Savannah's COM
| MERGE.
G. H. Niles, professor of geology in the
Massachusetts Institute of technology at
| Cambridge, said to a MORNING NEWS re-
porter, when asked about his trip: Georgia
is boundless in her marble resources. / was
astonished to find such valuable stores of
the kind of wealth being utilized" A
thorough examination of the quarries was
made, and the strength OF the marble was
tested in every way. Prof. Niles said that
the test was very satisfactory, and he be-
lieves the marble 10 equal to any in the
country.
DELIGHTED WITH THE TRIP.
G. A. Cheney of the Worcester Ecenin9
| Gazette said: "Our trip has been a most
enjoyable one. Tlere were eighteen in our
party, but Mr.. Ruton left US at Atlanta,
so that we have only seventeen now. We
have found everything pleasant in the
south. We were delighted with the wealth
at the Pickens quarries. They e7e rich
and exhaustless. Our experiments,
conducted by the best scientists in
the country, showed that the
marble is superior article.
The winding up of our trip in Georgia is,
however, the pleasantest part of our visit.
The treatment which Savaunah's citizens
have given us in the few hours we have
been here cannot be eqCaled. You are the
most hospitable people l ever saw. From
/ now on there shall be most friendly rela-
ton between. Worcester and Savannah
We are impressed with all Georgia, but
| esnaciallv ara wa orataf,lI tn Savannah for