The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-29
In AND ABOUT THE CITY.
1T Will BRING TRAFFIC.

The Marietta and North Georgia to
Increase Savsnnah's Commerce.
slow Is the Marietta and North Georgia
railway getting onl" MORNING NEWS re-
porter inquired of Maj. A. L. Hartridge,
one of the principal bondholders of the road,
yesterday.
Maj. Hartridge replied that while be was
| Ia New York last week, Vice President
Smith of the Marietta and North Georgia,
purchased the steel rails for the last thirty
miles OF the road bed. All of the latter is
graded. Maj. Hartridge says, but ten miles
from Hiwassee southwark, and this work is
10 be done by July /.
The bridges over the Hiwassee river and
Little river are to be completed by July /,
and Col. Waller, chief engineer of the road,
says that he will run through train from
| Atlanta to Knoxville on July 4. Mai. Hart
ridge is not 10 confident that trains will 60
through at such an early date, but he says
that II there are two favorable days out of
three from now on there is no reason why
trains should not go over the entire road as
| early as July Is
Maj. Hartridge was asked Ii it is the in
tention of his company to build from
Marietta 70 Atlanta, and he promptly re-
pied that IL is. He SAID, however, that it
Is the intention TO push the work on that
part OF the road from Marietta to Knox
vile, close up the ten-lnile gap south of
Hiwassee, which is heavy and slow work i'll
sond rock, requiring SO much blasting, get
the entire line in good condition for traffic
and then turn their attention to completing
the road from Marietta to the southern
terminal of the road at Atlanta.
1T will not require much time to build
from Marietta to Atlanta said Maj.
hartridge "Our engineer says the work
can be done in ninety days.
The Marietta and North Georgia will
nave splendid connections with roads at
n knoxville and at Atlanta. 1t will connect
with the Knoxville and Cumberland Gap
read, and 1t is understood that Huntington
Is pushing road south to connect with
southern lines at Middlesborough, the new
mining city, which it Is predicted will be
the Birmingham of the mountains.
MAJ Hartridge was not prepared to say
that the Marietta and North Georgia road
VIII come to the South Atlantic coast, but
the inexhaustlble marble ouarries along the
line OF the road must have an outlet, and
whether 1t will make traffic arrangements
with the Central and bring it this way for
ocean shipment, or with the Louisville and
Nashville ana let it go by rail, or build its
own line by the most direct route to the
seacoast, does not seem to have taken shape
yet
What effect the leasing Of the state road
Will have on the Marietta and North Geor-
gia Is not known, nor would Maj. Hartridge
discuss it. 1t is believed that if the Rich
mond and Danville should be the successful
bidder the Louisville and Nashville will be
very apt to come into Atlanta over the
Marietta and North Georgia.
just what basis there is for the rumor
that the Louisville and Nashville will be in
Savannah within two years is not known,
but 1t is the general belief, and Mai Hart
ridge expressed the opinion that the Louis
vile and Nashville will make Savannah a
terminal point inside of two years
Maj. Hartridge was asked If the Louis
vile and Nashville is behind Mr.. Sparks
and the Macon and Atlantic road, and he
replied that he couldn't say, but he said
that Mr.. Sparks has some one behind him
with money, and the road from Macon to
Savannah will be built. SIT may be The
Louisville and Nashville behind Mr.. Sparks,
and 1t may not be. | must confess / do not
KNOW" Maj. Hartridge added.
When asked if he thought Col. Machen
will build his projected roads Mai. Har-
fridge shook his head.
1t is understood that when the line of the
Marietta and North Georgia is completed
from Marietta to Knoxville, Maj. Hart
ridge will bring train to Savannah and
take on an excursion party of invited
guests over the road as far as Cumberland
Gap. 1t will be a delightful trip over the
mountains, through a territory rich in
marble, minerals, and bituminous and can
mel coal. Trains will stop at some of the
largest marble quarries on the globe, which
are now being actively operated