The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-19
PLAYING A BIG GAME.
THE CENTRAL AND PLANT SY5-
TENS EYEING EACH OTHER.

The Alabama Midland Heading for q
Western Connection Beyond Mont
gomery, and the Central Figuring
on a Short Line TO New Orleans
Both Systems Bidding for Southern
Alabane's TRAFFIC.
The railroad maps Of Georgia and Ala
oama are somewhat If a chess board upon
which two great railroad systems are
watching each other. aud third system is
not a disinterested spectator.
The chess players are said TO be the Plant
system and the Central, and the last move
Of SIR. Plant, in opening the Alabama Mid
land, Is confessedly blow direct that has
been felt by tine Central as no other
projected railroad enterprise has
An observing railroad man, who has been
watching the maneuyers OF the Central and
Mr.. Plant, says that the latter cannot stop
at Montgomery. He makes no connections
there, but meets the Louisville and Nash
vile, which is on friendly terms with the
Central. The Cincinnati Southern has been
quite recently. brought into the happy family
OF southern railroads with which the Gem
trail is in alliance, and the Alabama Mid
land, II it stops at Montgomery, is bottle ed
up.
TO SEEK WESTERN CONNECTIONS.
1t must reach out for western connections,
and 1t Is not seeking them in the direction
OF Birmingham, for it can hardly find them
there. Having invaded the territory Of
the Central in Southern and Southeastern
Alabama 1t must push on TO Centervile,
and IL is said that the line is now being sur
veyed.
1t is believed that the Plant system will
project the Alabama Midland westward to
connections that will enable it TO take the
fruit OF Florida and the tropics west and
northwest.
The Central does not intend to surrender
southern Alabama without struggle, and
when it moves 1t will strike back hard. 1t
VIII push on enthusiastically to a junction
with the Louisville aud Nashville in the
vicinity of Pollard, Brewton or Flomaton,
ana with Its friendly connections it will
shorten the line between New Orleans and
New York, cutting into the coast line
travel tending this way, and it is believed
that by friendly relations with the South
Bound and its connections shortening the
distance from Savannah to New York will
show its displeasure at the act of the Plant
system in invading its Alabama territory.
THE CENTRAL's MOVE.
This is the opinion of some observing
ialAt Odu lilen, dlbOOusH NIT. TlanG Keeps MS
own counsels and does not unveil his plans.
Gen. Alexander is out Of the city and could
not be seen yesterday. 1t is known, how
ever, that he has all along favored the ex-
tension through Southern Alabama, and he
IS thought to be over there this week on the
CentrAPs lines.
1t is believed that within the next two
years the Central will not only extend
westwardly to junction with the Louisville
and Nashville at one Of the points named
near the Floridl line, but it will also ex-
tend its branches further south in South
eastern Alabama to drain that entire sec
ton which would other wise be tributary to
tine Alabama Midland, and with the Louis
vile and Nashville, the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia, the Cincinnati
Southern, the Central and its parent Ter
mlnal company in alliance the Plant sys-
tern cannot afford to stopat Montgomery, but
must hurry to the westward, in order to
get out of the woods.