The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-25
BRINGING In THE TRACKS
THE TYBEE RAILROADS NEW TER
MINUS IN THE CITY.

The President Street Depot and Car
sheds Under Way--The Liberty Street
Car Tracks Being Extended on Ran
dolph Street-Progress of the I'm
provements at Tybee-The New
Hotel and the Chatham's Club
House.
Quite large number Of persons visited
the site of the new passenger depot of the
Tybee railway, at President and Randolph
streets, yesterday, and those who were
more curious to note the progress Of the
improvements walked from Randolph street
over the entire roadbed of the exclusion to
its junction with the already completed
track
The rails have been laid about two-thirds
of the distance from the completed track
to the new depot site, but the new track
laid has not yet been ballasted. The bridge
over the Bilbo canal has been completed.
The work of laying the longer ties has been
begun for the double track, which will ex-
tend from the depot about one-third of the
distance of the new extension.
The greater part OF the covered
shed approach from Randolph street to the
new depot has been completed and all the
material is on the ground for the work.
The excavation for the steps leading down
from the approach to the depot has been
started, and when they are completed the
company's depot building will be removed
from It's present location in the Savannah,
Florida and Western yards to its new site.
THE LIBERTY STREET EXTENSION.
The Liberty street railroad track is being
extended along Randolph street from East
prOad RI pracfIa1t 60 an1 Of ba
rails have been laid from President street
southwark. The ties are all down and the
stringers on which the rails are
laid are in place the greater
part of the distance both north and south
of jackson street. Some of the balasting,
which was removed to let down the ties,
has been replaced, but there is a consider
able amount of work to do before the track
will DO ready for the cars, but it will be
completed in ample time TO connect with
Tybee trains when they begin to enter and
depart from the new depot.
The extended steel railroad track runs
parallel with and west Of the Belt Line track,
on which latter cars running both north
and south will connect with Tybee trains,
as the Belt Line was originally laid along
Randolph street with view Of accomno-
dating Tybee travel when the new depot
Is thrown open to the visitors to the island.
THE BOOM AT TYBEE.
The island is preparing to experience a
boom in summer travel from this city and
interior points the coming season, and al
ready there are quite a goodly number of
Sunday visitors to the island. Added at
fractions for the entertainment of visitors
will be one of the features of Tybee this
season. Greater facilities for bathers will
be added by the various hotels, and the
new hotel, upon which the work IS progress
ing favorably, Will be the largest and most
notable of the many improvements going
on at this popular seaside resort.
Capt. d. G. Purse said to a MORNING
NEWS reporter yesterday thai the large
fresh water pond on the island IS being CON
verted into a salt water lake which will not
only add to the sanitation Of the island, but
will be popular sheet of water for boat
riding and eventually for fishing.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PROGRESS.
The new club house of the Chatham
Artillery at the southern extremity of
Tybee island commands a fine view sea-
ward, and is one Of the highest points on
the island. Quite n number of new cottages
are going up and imp oyements to those
already built are going on, and it is safe to
say that the travel to the island the coming
season will be much greater than it was last
season. The two systems OF railroad will
continue the running of low rate excursions
from the interior, which were inaugurated
last season, and which proved to be most
popular with our up-country neighbors who
were delighted with the sea breezes and surf
of Tybee, which are reached without change
of cars