The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-28
DOLLARS COMING IN SLOW.
The South Bound Enterprise Tagging
for Want Of Subscriptions.

| The South Bound Enterprise Tagging
for Want Of Subscriptions.
There is little new in South Bound affairs.
Very few subscriptions have been added,
and II greater interest is not manifested
soon it is believed that the ending Of the
canvass viii be like that for subscriptions
/ 10 the Savannah, Americas and Montgom-
cry road last year.
Col. Hawkins sought TO raise $50, 900 here,
/ failed and had to pool with the Central
( Col. Fry came here looking for encourage
ment for the Atlantic, Atlanta and Great
| w estern road, but little or no interest was
taken In the enterprise, aud the Brunswick
newspapers say that Brunswick viii be the
terminus of the road.
Following closely upon the two failures
to get Independent lines to Cincinnati here
charter has been obtained from Branch
vile, 5. G., TO Jacksonville, Fla, aud a gen
tleman prominently connected with the
South Bound enterprise said yesterday that
there is no room for doubt that if the South
Bound should fail the Branchville road win
be built and Savannah be left of the
s line; The building of the
abandonment of that line, .as the South
Bound with is connections viii shorten the
route to the NORTH, and by its reciprocal
relations with other great lines of railway
would SO completely command the territory
through which it would run that the
Branchvllle project could not command the
financial backing which it will at once
readily obtain if the South Bound is aban-
donsd.
81 am tired of neglecting my own private
business to get up subscriptions to a road
that will benefit others ten. fold more than
can possibly DO benefited" said the gen.
teman, although 1 would like to see it
bullt, and have subscribed my share to aid
the enterprise. A few are called upou to
stand the burden, and the many stand back
and reap harvest which they have never
helped to sow. There are hundreds who have
not given dollar, who expect that the
road will be built anyhow, and that sort
OF Sinking responsibility has done more to
sOnie enterprise than all other causes COM
Dine1 Meantime other cities are subscribe
Ing literally to railroad enterprisss and
getting railroads which are continually
making incursions into territory hitherto
tributary to Savannah"
Another gentleman said: 1.-THE lack of
encouragement shown to railroads here
serves to prevent others from abroad from
investing money in them. When northern
capitalist Is asked to subscribe to the stock
OF the South Bound, what other answer can
you expect from him than this: If your
people have no confidence ia the enterprise
you cannon expect me 20 nave. our people
have been asked to subscribe only
$4,000 to the stock Of the South
Bound, and you have been working on 1t
year and have raised only $4,000. Your
town is moneyed town. We are willing
to invest in enterprises in the south in which
your people show, by helping it themselves,
that they have faith in the success of the
investment
This, added the gentleman, who has
taken an active interest in the canvass, sis
the reply they make u.s." and he remarked
further that if the subscription asked of
Savannah had been promptly made up a
year ago, the road would now be nearly, if
not quite completed. He added that party
stood ready to take hold of it and push it
through then, who, finding the apathy in
Savannah, had put his money in railroad
elsewhere, aud was now beyond the COM
mand of the projectors of the South Bound.
There appears to be general feeling of
dlscouragement among those who have
worked zealously to raise the required sub
scrlption, and if there is not soon developed
more liberal spirit among those who can
and IL is urged should come to the relief of
the enterprise, the canvass for subscription,
which is now tagging, will be discontinued
altogether, and another lost opportunity
will be recorded in the local calendar of aid
refused TO railroads pointing this way