The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-16

| condition. The Improvement Of the
| road has had its elect upon the
country through which it passes. The
| towns and the people present a
better appearance, and there is prosper
Gus lock about everything. Supt Haines
boasts that he will take away the cha mi m
/ ship this wear from Supt Fleming hv
| having the best kept division in e Plant
system. There promises to be a lively cor
| test between the two roads which shall
have the best conditioned roadbed and
| tracks.
At Albany a number OF gentlemen were
at the depot awaiting Mr.. Plants arrival,
| a nong them q COMMITTEES from the Column
! bus Southern railroad. The tracks of that
| company are within eight miles of Albany,
and Q road is graded to the depot. There
was also party Of gentlemen interested in
the proposed railroad from Albany to
| COrdele. Tnis new road will be thirty miles
| long, and VII be an important feeder to the
Savannah and Western aud to Savannah.
The venerable Nelson Tiff was in the
/ party of Albanians No Inan in the state
has done m r. toward its development than
MIR. Tiff Forty years ago he was iudenti-
| lied with the railroad movement of which
the present Savannah, Florida and Western
railway is the result
BUsTLING TOWNSVILLE.
Leaving Albany the special train made a
| quick run to Thorn svilie, where the party
| spe It the night The metropolis of South
| Georgia presented its usual lively appear
ance. TIE Pinev Woods was full of tourists
| and the Mitchell and other hotels were
| filling up. brownsville is never dull.
MONTICELLO.
1t was a very disagreeable, rainy, cold
morning when the speci Il train started for
| Monticello, but every one who had not been
| there before was anxious TO see the thriving
| town. Monticello is one of the oldest settle
| ments in Florida, and is surrounded by a
very fer. lie country. The land is
| undulating, and where the railroad
what is usually the case in
country which has never had railroad
| facilities, and it is well cultivated. Month
cello was, and is still, the home of wel-to-
planting community. The houses ara of
the old southern type, with wide piazzas
and well-keDt gardens in front IL is an
| old to Sn, Euo it is not aged in appearances.
! The xclrsionists regretted that ths weather
was so unDrOpiuiouS, but they nevertheless
| enjoyed the trip.
PICTURESQUE sUwANNEE.
| The party was back in Tnomasville in time
for lunch, and lett there at 80 o'clock Sat
urday for DUPONT, from whence they went
| to Suwalnea. Arriving at the sta ion, the
| special train was sidetrac6ed. Some of the
| party went over to the springs that even
ing, and others waited until the next day.
| The hotel and the cottages We q filed with
| guests, half of whom were from Savannah.
TIE place the hotel, and the celebrated Su-
wannee Springs are q surprise to Everyone.
Situated in the pine barren and saw
grass region. no one expects to find an ele-
CANT hotel aud beautiful grounds, percled,
| as it were, on the banks of a rock-bouud
river. The medicinal virtues Of the water
of the springs, and the excellence of the
MOTEL in all of its appoi ltments, Will make
the place one of the noted resorts of the
country. L. w. Scoville, its prnprie-
tor. and his assistant, Mr.. Leslie,
have certainly won the good opinion
| of their guests, who seemed to
vie with each other in saying pleasant things
| about those gentlemen. Every msnber of
the party regre ted that they could not re-
main longer leaving Suwannee at
| o'clock Ia the afternoon the train arrived
at Waycross in the evening and was side
| tracked for the night on one Of the boule-
wards Of that great and growing railroad
| centre. WaycrOss is a new town. Until
recently there were two of the name, distin-
| gushed as old and new Waycross. The
"Waycross Shore Line" has advertised the
town throughout the length ald breadth Of
| the land.
HOW WAYCRoSS WAS NAMED.
is q Railway crossing. The Brunswick and
Western railway AMI Savannah, Florida
| and We tsrn rail way cross there. Hunting
for mama for the place General Manager
Haines thought that by cutting off the word
"rair on one end and the syllable cling" on
the other, and leaving "way"-"cross' it
woull be good name, and he so ordered it.
| There is great deal more TO be sean
| around Waycross than one would supp $50.
There is a small suburb of about twenty
| five acres which has cen covered with neat
| cottages for the negro employees of the
railroad companies. Rev. Floyd Snelsoa, a
colored preacher not unknown to fame, is
the principal of the coiored school in this
railway suburb and is general manager of
the settlement. 1t was not the intention of
Mr.. Plant aud his party to visit the
school, but passing by it he was attracted
by the singing ana was invited in by the
teacher. The visitors, about half dozen,
were introduced by name, and each had to
make O speech. Mr.. NJ. j. O'Brien, vice
president Of the Southern Express Com
pany, was 50 well pleased with the school
and its scholars tilst he offered a gold medal
to be c1nt4nded for at eacl annual exam
ination Mr.. OBrien has important in
terests in the town, and has been regular
visitor for years.
SOME OF WAYCROSs' ENTERPRISES.
The shop and other property Of the
Savannah, Florida and Western railway
and of the Brunswick and Western railroad
were inspec ed, after which the special train
left for Jackso willie.
During the stay at Waycross several of
the party visited the Cherokee nursery, of
which II. w. Reed & Co. are proprIetors,
aud we're shown the extensive farm by Mr..
S. L. Bishop. Toe nursery may be said to
be in its infancy, bu it is already an insti-
tuition of South Georgia, and is well worth
a visit. Before leaving WaycroSs mention
of the new opera house now being built
should not be omitted 1t is an imposing
three-story brick building. There appears
TO be building boom in Waycross, and
many fine resi- fences are in course of con-
structiol to house the towns increasing
population.
There were but few and very short stops
Of the special train except at the places
mentioned, but although fl ling at an average
speed OF thirty miles all hour, one could see
that the country is improving. OF course
the season is not hat wHen the farms show
the best advantage, but ju t the reverse:
the tail end of a northwestern blizzard had
just swept over the country, but, with all
that, everything denoted a thrifty spirit
among thepeop.e.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
1t is doubtful if any section of the United
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