The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-07-09
. GREAT RAILROAD.
.rGgsTA AND WEST FLOR
UDAE s&II4WAY.

,,u introduced i'm the Legislature for
The Augusta Members OF the
t"ar.,ion-Countfcs Along the Line.
ria Auousta (Ga.) Chronicle is pleased
-;,o ;,s readers information OF most
7ortant railroad enterprise, which, if
i"r; al to a successful issue, will be of
oa Coz, benefit to Augusta a number Of
' VS. host business men in the State are IN
.. ~. in the projected road, and it is
'e e,o 70 saw that if they use as good judg-
s pant in managing It's affairs as has been
mep mn nv most of them in managing
sh.;r own the road will be built. The
' 'bor,er is now in the hands of Mr.. J. r.
9nrr who will see to It's passage by the
I~n;lature. The road is to be called the
,rgusta and West Florida Railway, and,
soon Is the charter is granted, an or
a'.n;,q,ion will be effected and immediate
stems taken to get everything in business
shape.
TIE CoEPoRATORS.
The board Of corpOratorS Is a very
..rono one. both as to financial ability
,nd business character The Augusta
romher, are Jesse Thompson, owner OF
ane Of the largest door, sash and blind
maputactorie> in the South w. n. Mer-
,sr one Of our leading cotton factors,
sdJP. Nerderv, president of the En-
,srnrse Cotton Mills. The other corpor-
sors are T. c. IIogue, president Of the
Washington Exchange Bank, Washing
ION; T. Il. Green, a large merchant and
zeal estate owner, Washington; c. (.
smith. of Washington, who organized
,bp company; T. J. Dempsey, of Jack
.Ou Ga, an experienced and successful
rilroad contractor and merchant; A. T.
| NscIntvre. Jr., :. e.. McLendon and A.
P Wrig ht, all amongst the leading men
| Of ThOmasyile
The projected route of this road is
through all or a portion of the counties
dRichmond, Burke, Jefferson, Emanuel,
Johnson, Montgomery, Laurens, Telfair,
Dodge. Irwin, Wilcox, Berrien, Worth,
COquitt and Thomas, to the Florida line,
and thence through Tallahassee to the
Gulf coast. The taxable value of prop
erv in the counties named amounts to
more than thirty-tive millions of dollars,
Of which more than nineteen millions of
dollars is in real estate. From the city
Of Augusta to Midwife, on the Georgia
Central railroad, is one Of the best farm
ing sections in the State, the crops con-
sisling Of corn, cotton, wheat, oats, mel
Melville is fifty miles From Midwife to
Townsville, about 10 miles, is the heart
Oithe famous Georgia yellow pine region,
where the farms are generally small, and
the Quantity Of choice pine almost meal
culable.
AREA PENETRATED BY THE AUGUSTA AND
WEST FLORIDA.
The counties through which the road
Will pass have total area of more than
four millions of acres, of which probably
Onethrd or more is in timber. The soil
adapted to the growth Of all the cereals,
cotton, melons, fruits, early vegetables,
and the famous LeConte pear, of which
many thousand acres are already planted
and bearing fruit. This choice pear bears
transportation well, and thousands Of
bushels will be shipped to Northern mar
les curing the present summer. 1t is
@,Gandently predicted that the pear groves
%South Georgia will soon equal in value
'ae orange groves Of Florida, and the
augusta and West Florida will penetrate
. ae country where they grow to perfec-
PROSPECTS OF TIE ROAD FOR BUSINESS.
=. HE ireights to be expected would be
we agricultural products Of the country,
S sayI q cotton, melons, fruits, early veg
.AOes, lumber and turtentine An
"sfsge acre Of pine land will yield one
W. iOad OF lumber, and estimating the
s s.alOef OF acres Of timber land along the
opposed pn line at the very low figure of
S"e million, which is far below the truth,
Nv, ~ ROAD would have, in the course of
nm one million carloads of freight in
&"Oer alone. In addition to this would
ms;a oil immense quantity of turpentine,
c en- &c The melon business of South
IS I'sla is rapidly developing into great
n saa and the different railroads which
Sor l'a'e That section will transport to
s,sa 'uerl markets more than two thou
Tho The ! ,afIoa adj during the present season.
NM W. r. could furnish a shorter
oLss y 20 The Northern cities than any
,rsnsn lne' and time is everything in the
Tbpp Oi'atlon OF perishable freights.
COMM, saving IN distance to passengers
yile ~ 70 Augusta and going to Thomas
b. m anu Middle or West Florida would
Other ' !. lhan seventy-fye miles over any
yop ,i route, and the building Of this road
passenn a. oIce establish great through
~ a''euger line to Thomasville. Tallahas-
sc and the Gulf coast.