The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-23
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Eors Points About the Proposed New
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Eors Po.1ts About the Proposed New
Railroad 70 Savannah
GREEssBoRo, Ca, March 22-Soms
days ago ss1t the NEWS z dispatch about
. nv and important line # railroad which
Woald be IN al probability projected from
Unio1 Point, II this county % Te1ullls, OF
ne E-aia sen Of ths Central road
re prC 9sc.ors Of t1ls route have not
beeu ne. I'D matters relative % il are
sss-0l1g csh1its Elape. o. last Monday
HO-- JDh2 Z. Hart. president Of TIE UaiOn
PO42t snc - lie Plains road, and wao Is
t-s lsac1Ig spiTlr u the enterprise, left
Greene @ 4uty O. n inspection t1ur of the
cou1t-y through WHICH me proposed rad
Is % be rEl. he was accompanied ~ Cart
2cPns-son sd ot1eT Pr intent citizsus.
TIE civil gicee-. and TIE rip was made
o. norseD OK. They returned yesterday.
TIE SPLENDID COUNTRY
Their course lay straight through the
richest and most prosperous beits Of Greene.
Ha1cgck srd IS ashiagton counties, touch
ing the towns II Sr2rrs. Walkers Stores.
W0Et1s1, SzndersyIiis and TenuiIIe The
pToDOssd TD1te rus along the ridyeway be-
tween TIE watershed e the Ozeecnss and
Ocooes rivers. sld y tile the route viii
scarcely have z stream - cross It pierces
ire heart cf TIE rlch bottoms and uplands
u TIE great CO ten regions Of MddIe
Georgia some 1cez Of the country which
I = proposed = tap may Be gained when !
state. Is / am informed. along the route are
farmers WHO raise from one and a half to
two bales Il cotton per acre.
WILL REACH THE oCARRIEs.
Another pint is that it viii touch the
granite QusrrIes Of Hancock county. In
fact, tne road would traverse abgut sixty
aces q this famous stone What this
means. and the extent Of this granite BUSH
ress, can Dc seen from a simple fact. A
few years ago a gentleman by the name Of
Wilson began Work on these qnarries. en-
ployl1g three men 70 assist him. Desp. Is
the Disadvantages Of incomplete railroad
facilities, his business has grown to such
volume that over 30 men are now employed
II getting out the granite and preparing il
for market
The timber regions Of Washington and
adjacent counties Will also be invaded, and
new market in Middle aud Northern Geor-
gia opened for the lumbsrmen.
HOW THE PEOPLE FEEL.
am informed by ore Of the gentlemen
VINO accompanied the party that Capt Hart
met with the most hatteriug announcement
from the farmers, mercna Is and citizens
generally along the way. Speaking of ii
the gentleman said: THE people are wild
for it. TLey have been Comparatively
bottled up, and what they want Is an outlet
70 tide water. The farmers Of the sectio1
through which we passed are clarnorous 10
get into Savannah as the great BORT for
Georgia. Capt. Hart met with as hearty
reception as any man COLD wish, and the
people are Wiling to put up money for the
proposed line"
SOMETHING FOR SAVANNAH.
The interest shown by the people TO pour
their trade and products into Savannah. as
/ am informed they have shown il. should
- g. l.
AS it now stands she receiv es scarcely aay
of the cotton or business from this great
cotton region. The proposed route would
give Ter the advantage III secnr-
ing this cotton Of nearly ore hundred
miles il transportation. Hancock, Greene,
TallaferrO Ogletlorpe. part Of the bsss
cotton region. does not now ship to Savan-
nab, but, with this road open, your city
would be the nearest and best port for them.
a gentleman who keeps posted expresses 1t
thus terscly: THAT road built means q
round hundred thousand bales of cotton for
Savannah which is now directed b other
fnarEets. Couple this with the rapidly de-
Weeping granite quarries Of Hancock, the
continually Increasing production OF Ber-
Tnuda lay ~ Greene, the i'm
Toriant advances beng made in
STOCK ard cattle raising in Han
COCK, Greene and Oglethorpe counties.
and Savannah ca form some idea II what
tN' ilDIAs-i rohd means for her This
great traae viii ~ poured into SayanBah's
~ - skpr be J., the people Of the sec
ton WISH ~ rs4cn savannah. but ara nov,
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