The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-16
THE PLANT SYSTEM.
TBE BUSY. BUSTING TOWNS
ALONG us LINES.

GERS and Directors of the system on
Their Annual Tour of Inspection-The
Developmsnto of Southern Georgia by
the Plant Lines-New Towns Spring
ing Up and Thrift and Enterprise
Visible Everywhere Booming
Brunswick, Pushing Albany, Busy
Tnomasv!lle, Growing Monticello,
Enterprlsing Waycross, and Pictur-
egoue Suwannee-What the Building
of the alabama MidIan1 Means for
Savannah.
Steam yachts and special Pullmans are
supposed t. be the acme of modern travel
hv sea aud land. Trave ers who have been
50 fortnnats as to have had the opportunity
Of indul ging in such luxurie5 doubtless
think that they taveenjoyed the perfection
of travel g. The steam yacht and the
palace car, with all their comforts and
convenience must give way, however, to the
special inspection train, such as that which
left Savannah last week from the Swan
nah Florida and Western Railway depot,
and when is still rolling along through
S1uta Florida where few years ago the
building of railroad was thought to be an
impossibility.
The inspection train consisted of Mr.. H.
B. Plants private car, 600" a magnifi.e 1t
palace on wheels, built by Pullman; Gen
eral Manager Haines' car, mo. 40;n Supt
Flemi g. car mo IA" the Pullman sleeper
Eros" and a smo ing and baggage car. b.
which was added when the train arrived at
Waycross, SUIT. George w. Haines' of the
Brunswick and Western railway, private
car. All the cars except tue Pullman
sleeper and the combination car were pro-
vided with not only all of the com oris OF the
modern sleeper, its sleeping quarters and
excellent culinary appointments, but all
the appliances for business. To the
private secretaries and clerks the
trip was not g ltirely one Of pleasure. The
''click, click" of the typewriter could be
heard above the rumbling Of the whe is,
and at every stopping place dispatches
flashed over the wires and kept the presi-
dent of the great Plant system and his able
heuteuants advised of what was going on
not only in their Offices. but thousands of
miles away.
THE INSPECTION PARTY.
Besides Mr.. Plant, Col. Haines Supts
Fleming and Haines, Hon. W. S. Chisholm,
vice president of the Plant system, Mrs.
Chisholm and Mrs. Plant and several direc-
tors, among them e. b. Haskell of Boston,
and number Of personal friends OF Mr..
Plant, were in the p rty. With the exteA-
sive accommodations offered by the special
train t. ere was no interference with the
pleasure of those who We're guests and those
on business bent.
= he t: ain left Savannah on Wednesday
at 80 o;cCca p. M. and arrived in Bruus-
wick about o'clock p. M, stopping short
time at Waycross. Mr.. PlanG was appar-
entity very anxious to see all that was to be
seen in Georgla's second commercial entire
pot, for the ltinerIy st tel that tue party
would remain until Friday morning, making
a stay Of two nights aud a day. Those who
had no bu>iness to occupy their ate 1tion
strolled over the city, visiting The Ogle-
thorpe Brunsw ck's hands )me hotel,
and other points OF interest. Thurs
day, after the adjournment of the
annual meeting of the Brunswick
and Western railroad stockholders, Mr..
Plant and his party embarked on the
steamer Pope Catiin, which, by the way,
has been rebuilt and made into very hand
some boat, for trip about the barbor, Wis
iting South Brunswick, TIE terminal of the
new railroad from Waynesville, and the
wharves Of the Brunswick Terminal COM
pauy, where tie East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia Railroad re .ches deep water.
BRUNswIcK's GREAT wHARvEs.
The party spent an hour ashore at that
point wit essing the operation of the pow
erful cotton compress which presses two
bales into the size Of the usual single COM
pressed bale. An English tramp steamer
and number of sailing vessels were taking
in or discharging carg1 es at the wharves,
winch have frontage of about 1000 feet.
The wharves are built on marsh land SINH
lar in character to that Of McQ Ieen's Island
and about as far from the city of Bruins
wick as the nearest point on that
island is to S vannah. In fact,
u great deal of the improvement Of Bruns-
wick is owing to appreciation OF the fact
by its people that marsh Ian IS are as good
for commercial purposes as high land. The
extension Of the wharf room along the city's
front has been made possible by building
the docks ell out into the river ard filling
in between them. Two years ago Bruins
wick had two or three very unsigttly docks.
To-day it has a mile of we'll built wharves,
with ample room between them and the
street back of them for railroad tracks. 1t
is not necessary t , say that Bruins wick has
an enterprising population. That is very
evident 1t has some long-headed men, who
see that their city has bright future, and
they propose, and very rightly, too, to take
advantage of what the future is to do for
their city.
HELPS TO BRUNSWICK'S PROGRESS.
The rebuilding of the Brunswick and
Western railroad and the erection of its
wharves has had cor slider. bic to
do with Brunswick's rapid growth, but
there are other things that have helped
materially in that direction. The introduce
ton of water works and gas and electr C
lighting were steps on the road to rapid
development. The building of "The Ogle-
thorue" was an imme Sc stride toward
cityhood. 1t is not telling tales ut of
school" to state that the fact that Bruins
wick had built ha dsome modern hos
telrie went a very long way to ard getting
the people of Savannah worked up to that
point which made the building of the Ode
Soto' a possi bility.
Brunswick is about having good system
of sewerage put down. The city is situated
on a very level plain, and l OF much above
tide water level, and to overcome that nat
ural detect it will be necessary to discharge
the sewage by pumping. A tract of
Of land some distance from the city has
been secured and the sewage is to be dis
oharg d upon it and the solids made into
poudrette. With a supply of good water
and all improved system of drainage, and
its bracing sea breezes, the city's sanitary
condition must be perfect.
The streets of Brunswick are kept in ex-
celent condition. The roadways are prop
erly graded and then covered with oyster
shells. Asphalt pavement must be watered
and swept, while shell road requires TO be
watered only. Where there is no very heavy