The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-12
A SATISFIED VISITOR.
he was an Observer in Savannah
During Merchants Week.


During Merchants Week.
CEDAR KEY. FLA, Nav TO- had the
pleasure of a visit to your city during Mer-
chants week. Savannah certainly did her
self credit in the various displays and ex-
hibitlons of her material wealth aud enter
prise. The Forest City is now assuredly on
her way to supremacy in the South ATTAIN
tic section. To fully appreciate her re-
sources it is necessary that a visitor should
take time and patiently investigate them
step by step. First, the churches-how
many, how beautiful, how large and ex-
pensive
The school buildings, though probably
ample for your needs, are not as numerous
nor as extensive as the friends of your city
could wish Why not aspire to excellence
in schools as in churches. Why not have
colleges and seminaries, making Savannah
seat of learning second to none in the south!
You have ample territory and ample means
Then come the hotels, not numerous, but
large, elegant and decidedly homelike and
luxurious. No one can fail to be pleased
with hotel life in Savannah. Poor and rich
can have their choice Probably no other
grading of hotels. There are boarding
houses for those of limited means and re-
firing habits, whose prices are from 81 to
81 30 per day; then in regular progression
come the hotels from 81 up 10 81 per day.
Every one can be suited, and thousands can
be accommodated, as was well shown dur
ing the first week ia May. Next we notice
the banks, old AID new, and all reliable. By
the way when did a bank close its doors
and suspend payments in Savannah The
banks are a solid feature Of your great CITY,
Then the public buildings, postoffice,
United States court building, Chatham
unity courthouse, etc., etc. Can any city
boast of SO many valu lble public buildingss
N KIT the art buildings 1t Is treat a sue
cesslon of treats, containing innumerable
statues, paintings, works of art of every de-
scription and of almost countless cost
Then the charities Can any city in the
south rival Savannah in the number and
extent of her charitiess Hospitals.
homes for the orphan, homes for the widows,
homes for the old men. Surely Gods
blessing rests upon a people who are
so kindly DISPOSED to the poor, who do SO
much for suffering mortals without making
any noise about it, Then comes the great
river front, miles upon miles of wharves
and docks; mile after mile of warehouses,
railroad tracks, cars, sheds, cotton, naval
stores, lumber, pig iron, merchandise, tim
Der, grain, etc. great ste amships, forests of
masts, ships, barks, and vessels from all
quarters OF the globe. L saw one bark on
Wednesday of May week ready for sea
drawing 201S feet.
Next we noticed the water works, the
unexcelled fire department, with its busy
chief, great. fine-lmbed, well-trained
horses, magnificent outfit of steamers, hose
carts, ladder trucks aud aerial ladder. The
latter is a department of itself, capable of
being shot straight up in the air to a hight
of forty-five feet and sustaining the weight
of two men with hose. Next come the
glory of Savannah. the parks, the squares,
the monuments and fountains. But why
did you take the ratings away from the
squares, and why don't you put iron seats
in all of them9 The park, the park extern
sion and the cemeteries are we'll worth a
visit. Everything is lovely and worthy of
a great, growing anG prosperous people.
One thing more-plenty to drink. barrooms
numerous. and no signs of drunkenness or
disorderly conduct on the streets. Wasn't
it wonderful Long live Savannah.
JAMES O. ANDREWS.