The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-29
FINISHED TO COLUMBIA.
TEE SOUTH BOUND TO BE OPENED
SATURDAY.

The New Road Ready to Be Inspected
Commission from Dsnm ark to Col
umbia-A Through Schedule to Be
Put on at O1ce and Close Connec-
tions Made With the Richmond and
Danville-A Stoc zholders' Excursion
TO BE Run in a Couple OF WeeEs.
The South Bound was completed into Co
luinbia yesterday morning.
General Manager George D. Wadley has
given his certificate Of completion and the
company only awaits the inspection of the
road by the South Carolina Railway Com
mission to open it up between Savannah
and Columbia. The commission was iu-
vited to make the inspection Saturday from
crossing, to Columbia, which portion
of the line has been completed
since the first inspection trip.
It has not been heard from yet but it is ex-
pected it will make the trip Saturday aud q
through schedule will be put on Sunday.
THE EXCURSION OFF.
1t was intended to invite the directors
and stockholders of the South Bound Rail-
read Company and the Savannah Construc-
tion Company aud some of the mem srs of
the board of trade and the cotton exchange
to make the trip with the inspection perty on
the first through train, but at meeting OF
the directors OF the construction company
yesterday afternoon at President Deninark's
office it was decided to postpone that feature
for the present. There were various req
sons for this, the main one being that on
account Of che present heavy press of bust
ness very few of the directors and stock
holders were willing to leave the city for the
time required for the trip. Another reason
was that the South Carolina Railway Com
mission has not yet been heard from, aud it
Is possible that il may not make the inspec-
ton Saturday.
TO BE RUN IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
President Denmark said TO a MORNING
NEWS reporter that there will be an excur
81 n Of the Savannah and Carolina stock
holders 70 Columbia in two or three weeks
probably during the Columbia fair. which
opens about Nov. Y. The failure OF the
stockholders to make the trip Saturday will
be disappointment 60 the people of CO.
lumbia, who had arranged for teeir recep.
tIon and entertainment. They will have an
opportunity to do that later on.
President Denmark said that while he
did not think there would be any i'm
mediate arrangements for vestibule train
over the South Bound to Charlotte to con-
neot with the vestibuie on the Richmond
and Danville railroad he believed close con-
nectiens will be made both at Columbia
and Charlotte with the Richmond and Dam
vile, and passengers desiring TO 60 by that
route can easily do So
A PULLMAN LINE.
a pullman sleeper will probably be put
on shortly between Savannah aud Charlotte.
The Columbia people are very much in
terested in the completion of the South
Bound. They expect to have large at
tendance upon their fair from along the
new line.
The new road is to use the old Columbia
and Greenvills depot, near the union shed
i'll Columbia, at present. and its local freight
offices will be established there.
A telegraph station is to be located, from
the start, at the junction across the river.
Passenger trains will use the Richmond
and Danville tracks in the union shed, and
arrive and depart as the trains OF that road.