The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-02

commercial port and railway focus Of the
state, is destined TO become the business
metropolis, as she already is and always
Will be the most beautiful city, Of the south
Atlantic coast" More and more as the
years 90 by the tourists that now scatter
all over this part of the south are going to
concentrate in Savannah. Without wish
ing TO detract from the many and material
advantages Of the various Florida resorts
may justly say that Savannah possesses as
fine climate as any of them, and has local
attractions, besides, that none OF them can
lay claim to. For instance, it has good
theaters, libraries, daily papers, parks, and
all the conveniences that only large city
affords aud that form serious lack some
times at isolated resorts. Finally, it has a
magnificent, open all the year round hotel,
In every respect the equal Of any house IN
the world. and in some ways
absolutely peerless and unrivaled. Morris
Phillips of the Home Journal, New York,
concededly the king of experts as to hotels
and general matters Of taste, Rscribes to the
De Soto of Savannah the honor Of first
place among all American hotels, and | I'M
hesitatingly confirm his commentator of
this beautiful hostelry. | leave to others
the task Of enumerating and describing in
detail its many elegant features architect
urally, its sumptuous appointments and
super-excelient cuisine; its solarium, GYM
nssium and other unique adjuncts complet-
ing and combining under one roof more
luxurieS and comforts than were ever be-
fore provided by any caravansary of
ancient or modern times. 1t should not be
wondered at that the beautiful De Soto has
evoked enthusiastic praise from me, as it
has from all who have seen it, for an old
traveller like myself goes into ecstacies over
nothing so much as a really good aud grand
hotel-a rare and welcome CASTS indeed to
GvaA f,,% H. yooN .,FL
pc fence.
Yes. Savannah certainly has a model inn.
the very first requisite of success in build
ing up city, and this, with its balmy
climate, ensures it q golden future as a
winter resort. Its geographical position,
good harbor and exceptionally comprehen-
slve and ably managed railroad systems
clearly forecast It's ultimate supremacy as
the business metropolis of Georgian fact,
the New York of the south. Therefore l
say: Those Of you in the bleak and over
crowded north who propose to come
Georgiaward for health or betterment of
your fortunes. you cannot go amiss to settle
down anywhere in the sta e, but the prom>
ise of things is especially good in this charm
ing and stirring city OF Savannah.
The above reference to railroads reminds
Of a little tongue tilt l once had with
Georgia Central conductor here, in the
provements had found fOothold in these
parts" 1t was a gloomy day twenty years
ago, as bound for Macon ente ed a train
of dirty, ramshackle, old cars standing out
in the rain on a badly splintered track in
the decrepit aud roofisss shed used for q
station. "What time does this lot of second
hand hearsss leave the cemeterym | asked
the conductor. He looked at me hard for a
moment, and then, rising to the emergency,
h,,r 7
thiak I've got burial permit to leave you
in the receiving vault here" pointing to the
dilapidated rookery that passed for depot.
1--WE +" said l, "a man who puts himself in
the hands of this 'undertakers' trust ought
not to be particular where they deposit his
remains, l suppose, but IS Pve
got a few aute-mortem matters to
fix up at Macon, just take me on,
please, to that other cheerful old
charnel house of yours up there, facetiously
called car shed. and -. but, by the
way, did you hear Of the big accident at
that station to-4ayp mol what was it?"
he asked, nervously, falling into my set
trap at once "Why Georgia Central
train got in there on time, causing the
greatest confusion and excitemeutn-here
he shot out Of the door, leaving me to won
covered extra hazardous risks" such as
ride on the Central Railroad of Georgia"
1t may seem ungracieus of me to rake up
"reminiscences of old time deficiencies, but
hasten to explain that the above story is
only inserted here as pertinent preface to
the statement that out of the old funereal
condition of things existing after the war
the Georgia Central management have built
up, perhaps, the fnest equipped railroad in
the south to-day. 1t is always pleasure, in
my present travels, to strike the said road,
or any of its branches, for such good fort
une means to find new, clean cars, and
every convenience or luxury Of modern rail-
road equipment. This road bears Il very
similar relation TO Savannah that our own
New York Central does to New York, and
no one factor has so contributed to Savan
nah's growth and prosperity as the ever
improving steamer and railroad service
given the city by the Central of Georgia
System"
AS a careful observer of the drift of
things, political and commercial, all over
the country, want to express my surprise
at the blind faulty with which large and
controlling element in the middle and east
err states persists in ag1tating or tavoring
measures calculated to estrange from these
sections all friendly feeling on the part of
the south, and fatal to any business union
between them and her. Cannot any man
of average intelligence clearly see that
ferences between the east and the south
have beeD ohliterated by the march of
events the past decade, and that the future
lines Of sectional rivalry, jealousy aud bit
terness are being transferred by manifest
destiny to other fields2 "The irrepressible
conflict" of the next quarter century, 80 far
as the east is concerned, is TO be between it
and the west, with the south, ct present,
neutral that is to become ultimately an ally
of whichever side most successfully courts
its favor and coalition.
Nature and old associations invite fra
ternal union and community of business
interests between all those states lying east
of the Appalachian chain Of mountains,
from Maine to Florida. In other words,
the Atlantic coast states should know no
north or south politically. but should pool
their issues, as against the great and grow
ing aggregation known as ''the west,"
whose developing strength and arrogance
are the only serious menace to the casts
commercial and political supremacy to-
day. Cannot eastern business men see
that Chicago's easy victory over New
York in securing the worlds fair measures
the ascendancy already acquired by the
west over the east, in competition for the
triumphs and profits of trade And can
not eastern politicians see that the unvary-
ing violation of all party obligations by
western congressman when questions OF
local (western) concern are at stake, to vote
as the interests of tine west demand, ind-
Gates that in politics, as IN business. 1t Is
the west against the east to-day mot the
s0uth against tba north with mower iDfiu-