The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-25
THE NEW SHORT LINE.
THE MACON AND ATLANTIC SUR
VzYs BEING PUSHED.

The Survey Between Savannah and
uGuyton to be Made This Week-rhe
Line Located as Fast as the Prelimi-
nary Surveys Are Completsd-The
Macon and Dublin Ipjunction-The
New Line to Reduce the Distance
Between Savannah and Birmingham
sixty-fve Miles-The Terminal Ques-
ton.
The Macon and Atlantic seems 20 be
pushing along without any flourish Of trum-
pets. but in an earnest way, according TO
all accounts. There are two engineering
corps Of about twenty men each in the
field, working between Macon aud Savan-
nah. One corps is In charge OF B. c. Mil
ner and is now oamped about ten miles
west of the Ogeeohee river and working
toward Guyton. The other corps is in
charge of 7. p Stanley, and is in camp ten
miles this side of Guyton.
Mr.. Stanley spent yesterday in this city,
and before leaving by last nights train for
Guyton was seen by MORNING NEWS
reporter, to whom Mr. Stanley talked freely
about the prospects Of the Macon and At
lantic enterprise.
PUSHING TOWARD SAVANNAH.
Mr.. Stanley says that the road is to be
built from Macon to Savannah and with
as little delay as possible; In fact, he SAYS,
the contractors are crowding the engineer
ing corps, the whole line having been let 10
| Mcighe & Co., of Memphis Contracts
have already been let for the draw bridges
| over the Ocmulgee and Oconee rivers, so Mr.
Stanley has been informed by Chief Elgi-
neer w. H. Wells
| In reply TO question as TO what progress
has been made in the surveys, Mr. Stanley
| said that as fast as experimental lines
have been run Chief Engineer Wells has
been communicated with by telegraph, AID
the work Of locating has immedialy fol-
lowed. As result, Mr.. Stanley says, fifty
mi es of the road are now being graded,
and as fast as the line can be located is COW
| cred; in fact, the contractors are moving
in ahead of the engineering corps waiting
to take up the work Of construction"
The line Mr.. Stanley is now running from
! Guyton to Savannah is what IS known as
| an experimental line and he expects 60 com
| plete it some time tomorrow afternoon, and
go into camp near the city. Mr.. Stanley
expects to meet Chief Engineer Wells here
tomorrow evening and receive instructions
for running back over the line and locating
| 1t for the construction force.
| THE LINZ FROM THE CITY TO GUYTON.
MIR. Stanley says the line from Savannah
TO Guyton can be located in a week, or six
| working days, If the weather is favorable
Rights Of way are being secured as the
lines are being run, each engineering corps
being accompanied by a representative of
the Macon aud Atlantic Railway Company
| to arrange all the rights of way, and thus
far liberal spirit has been shown by the
people living along the projected line of
railway.
The only embarrassment thus far to the
new road is the injunction obtained by the
Macon and Dublin against it, which pre-
/ vented the Macon and Atlanta from
constructing their road from Macon east
ward on their proposed line, which, it is un-
derstood, paralleled the Macon and Dublin
for about four miles, The case has gone up
to the supreme court, and the Macon and
Atlantic folks expect to have the ruling of
the court below reversed, for the reason that
| the Macon and Atlantic has not the same
| objective poinb-Dubln-and that the short
distance paralleled is not sufficient ground
for an injunction, aud especially as the Ma
con aud Dublin road is, and has been for
the last five years, railroad on paper.
| NOT DISCOURAGED BY INJUNOrIoNs.
The injunction, however, while it was
| embarrassing on account of the delay
| occasioned by the enforced suspension of
Il ..
thev took up the work from Bruton on the
| Tennille and Wrightsville road, and at
| Stillmore. in Emanuel county, between the
| OhoOpee and Canoochee rivers and abol
twelve miles southeast of Swainsboro. The
| construction forces are working from Still
more westward to Bruton, and eastward
| from Stillmore toward the Ogeechee river
| Bruton is seventy-two miles from Sayan-
nah, and from Bruton to Macon is eighty
eight miles.
Mr.. Stanley says that the Macon and AT
lantic and Macon and Birming CHAM roads
will shorten the distance between this city
and Birmingham sixty-five miles, as the
line will be nearly an air line from Macon
| TO Savannah, and from Macon to Birming-
ham. The Macon and Atlantic, he says,
! will put Savannah twenty-six miles nearer
| Atlanta From Guyton to Savannah Mr.
| Stanley Claims that the distance will be
shortened SIX miles. From Guyton the
| Macon ard Atlantic road will connect with
the South Bound at the village of Monteith,
about seven miles from the station of that
name on the Charleston and Savannah
| railway.
| FRIENDLY WITH THE SOUTH BOUND.
MIR. Stanley was asked if there is any
| truth in the rumor that the Macon and
| Atlantic will use the track of the South
Bound from Monteith to Savannah In
| reply be said that he is not informed lie
Will run Tue SXpeFlI0enIal line To the junction
| formed by the South Bound with the Cen
trail west of the city Mr.. Stanley
said, however, that he understands
| that some Of the northern stock
holders in the Savannah Construction
| Company, which is building the South
| Bound. are also stockholders In the Macon
and Savannah Construction Company.
which is building the Macon and Atlantic,
and that, therefore. the relations between
the two enterprises are most friendly, aud
such thing as only~one track for both
roads from Monteith to this city was not
an improbable thing. The Macon and At
lantic, however, he added, will have in the
South Bound connection at Monreith an
eastern outlet, even if it builds its own track
from the junction of the two roads to this
| city.
Mr.. Stanley was asked how soon it was
expected to begin the active work Of con-
| struction at this end Of the line, and he re-
piled that at the very latest the entire line
| ought to be covered by Oct l, and that by
next spring the road ought to be completed
and in operation from Macon to Savannah.
He says he learns that iron will be laid from
this end Of the line, as well as from
Bruton.
AN EASY ROAD TO BUILD.