The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-09
COL. HAWKING, ARRANGEMENT
BY Which the Savannah, Americas
and Montgomery Road Gets into
Savannah


By Which the Savannah, Americas
and Montgomery Road Gets into
Savannah
In our Atlanta dispatches yesterday there
was statement from Col. Hawkins, Of the
Savannah, Americas and Montgomery
road, that his road had not been sold to the
Central, but had entered into a traffic
arrangement with it. There was also in the
Constitution yesterday a. statement from
Col. Hawkins. The following is synopsis
Of it:
| "Our road said President Hawkins,
has not been sold to the Central, nor will
it be sold. On the contrary, we have just
| perfected arrangements by which it will
not only retain its independence, but will
| give to the people along its line all the ad-
v8ntages in through rates Of a great trunk
lire. as well as the advantages Of ali rail
connections to two Of the most important
/ ports on the Atlantic coast-Savannah and
| Brunswick
tor
You know that we started out to extend
| our road TO Savannah, in order TO get
direct line to deep water. 1t is true that at
McRae we will connect with the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia road for
Brunswick. but it was only a connection
and we could not control through rates.
| Originally we had intended to run a straight
line east from McRae to Savannah,
but upon surveying the route we found
that II would run through a country that
promised but little local traffic and was
costly to build through. For this reason
we dlverged at McRae and went in a north
erly direction. This placed us almost upon
the same line that had been surveyed by
the Central for its Savannah aud Western
extension. At that time we did not think
the Central really intended TO build that
line, but regarded it more as a bluff to keep
us from building our road.
I'm the meantime the Central was rap
IDLY pushing forward its work on its Sa-
vannah and Western extension. It soon
became evident that if the two roads were
to be built SO closely parallel TO each other
both must suffer, Without any correspond
ing benefit TO the country. For this reason,
ana Tor the purpose of securing an early
entrance into Savannah, an arrangement
was made with the Central by which we
Will run our trains over its track
from our eastern terminus which
will be at Sterling, into Savannah. and
the Central runs its trains over our road
from Sterling to Americas In other words,
through freight and passenger trains will
be run from Birmingham to Savannah, our
'S''N SCONiHB ITO pA " ala Vi Llie jThl1lC
according to mileage. Each road retains
its own management, ald in that respect is
thoroughly Independent of the other. 1t is
merely traffic arrangement
docs this arrangement preclude you
from extending your road into Savannah? ~
mo, there is no such agreement. 1t
leaves US free TO terminate our traffic ar
rangement and extend our road to Savan-
nah whenever we choose to do so, aud the
Central has the same privilege of extending
to Americusn
docs the Central own any of the stock
of your road ~
mot share that know of. The Central
has no voice in the management of our road
nor we in theirs. 1t is simply traffic ar
rangement, to last only so long as it is
agreeable to both parties.n