The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-24
A DEAL FOR TERMINALS.
COMBINE OF THE NEW LINES CEN.
TERING IN SAVANNAH

The Middle Georgia and Atlantic tc
Be the Entrance Into the City o
the Macon and Atlantic and thC
Savannah. Americas aud Mont
gomery Roads with Terminals or
Hutcainson's Island-The Savannah
Americus and Montg emery to BUILD
from Lyons to S;atesboro and {
Junction to Be Formed There witt
the Middle Georgia and Atlantic and
the Macon and Atlantic.
1t has been the OPTION of most people
ever since the Middle Georgia and Atlantic
railway was given the grant of Hutchin-
sons Island that there was to be a combina-
ton of the several roads leading this way on
a common terminus, and that the Middle
Georgia and Atlantic was to be used as a
connecting arm for this purpose. 1t was
always practically denied, however by the
proprletors of the new enterprise, VINO
claimed their road was to be a separate ana
distinct line from Atlanta TO the sea. but
this position can hardly be maintained here
after in view Of the statement by one OF the
leading spirits of the Seaboard Company.
"People may sheer at the idea OF the road
being built by us, said he, but 1t will be
built lust the same We propose TO build
about thirty miles Of road and tap the
Macon and Atlantic, which VIII De bullt
lust as soon as the money stringency Is
over. The Savannah, Americas and Mont
gomery will have TO build over seventy
miles to get into Savannah by itself, but IL
can reach the Middle Georgia and Atlantic
by building about tweaty-eight or thirty
miles This line would pass through
splendid section Of country"
WILL NOT BE sCooPED.
1t was suggested that the Middle Georgia
and Atlantic might be gobbled up by the
Richmond Terminal. The Richmond
Terminal" said the Seaboard mao, "has
bought all the roads it can afford to, and
there is no danger of that. When all the
roads coming this way agree on a common
terminal the probabilities are that Savan
nah will have another line OF steamers
north.
These statements show the hand of the
Savannah, Americas and Montgomery, the
Macon and Atlantic and the Middle Geor~
gia and Atlantic plainly. The Macon and
Atlantic takes up the line Of the old SevGn-
nab, Dublin and Western from Dublin to
Statesboro and there it will be met by the
thirty miles of the Middle Georgia and At
lantic which the Seaboard man referred to.
Then the Savannah, Americus and Mont
gomery will build its twenty-eight or thirty
miles from Lyons across the tountry and
meet the other two roads. The three roads
will then operate over the track of the
Middle Georgia and Atlantic, and have q
union terminal on Hutchinson's Island.
THE ATLANTA AND FLORIDA IN IT.
A prominent railroad man, speaking OF
the combine yesterday, said that the At
lanta and Florida will also be included in
the arrangement, making a grand quar-
tette. 1t will tap the Savannah, Americas and
Montgomery at Cordele and come to Sa-
vannah from Statesboro. He says the
Macon and Atlantic never intended to use
Foote Point for its terminal Its object is
TO get into Savannah, and of course it will
build track to Foote Point for the purpose
Of securing its holdings, but that will prac- |
tically be all of the Macon and Atlantic |
that the people of that town will ever have,
although to soothe them it may once in a |
a while ship lumber from there.
The scheme Is a mammoth one, and If it |
works out in the way which its promoters
are endeavoring to have it, it will be big |
thing for Savannah. The suppositiou is |
that after the Middle Georgia and Atlantic
is built out to a connection with the Macon |
and Atlantic the city council will be asked |
20 revoke that clause of the contract which |
requires the building and operating of |
seventy-five miles, because it will proc
tically be operating more than the required |
number OF miles through its two con- |
nections.
The unfolding Of the scheme doubtless |
explains to a considerable degree the many |
recent visits of the Savannah Americas |
and Montgomery authorities here