The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-04
ALL HEADING THIS WAY.
TIE MACON AND DUBLIN BUILD
ING sAvANNAHwARD.

Chicago and Milwaukee Capitalists
Pushing the Road Toward al Outlet
The Illinois and Georgia Improve
ment Company Doing 1.-THE Com
pany's Representatives, After q Care
full Survey OF the Country and the
Possibilities OF the Road, to submit
q Report Recommending Further
Invessment-Ihe Men Who Are Back
OF the Enterprise.
There is good prospect of another rail-
road being built to Savannah. It is the
Macon and Dublin. The road Is already
partly built, sad II the abandoned right of
way Of the Savannah, Dublin and Western
Short Line, which is graded a distance Of
forty miles, can be secured it viii not take
very long time to complete the road.
The Macon and Dublin railroad is now
owned by syndicate Of Chicago and Mil
Waukee capitalists, who can build it with
out putting bond on it and not feel the
outlay. The syndicate also owns large
tracts OF land along the proposed route.
Q. w. Smith Of Chicago, who has been
spending about a month In this city and
vicinity, represents the new owners of the
Macon and Dublin, and after a very careful
examination Of the country through which
the road is projected and into the business
or Savannah. he expressed himself well
satisfied with the investment. He said that
II the people in the north vest knew what
kind OF country this is, there would be a
rush southwark which would equal any of
abe great immigration movements west
ward. 1t viii take organization and time,
but the day, he thinks, is not far distant
when southern land aud southern colonial
tion schemes will be started In the west and
north vest as matters of speculation. That
will give an irresistible impetus 10 immi-
grafton.
DIR. Smith left for Chicago yesterday,
and will submit report 70 his associates.
II he can enthuse them as he has been en-
Unused himself, the Macon and Dublin rail-
road will soon be under contract.
HOW CHICAGO LOOKS AT 1T.
Under the caption "Chicago Capital in
the South" the Chicago Tribune has the
Following to say about the road
Chicago capital, as everyone knows, is
branching out in all directions in these
days, and in no quarter more extensively,
perhaps. than in the new south The
rapidly developing state OF Georgia seems
to be fayorite field Of operations.
Among other things a noteworthy enter
prise In tbs way of railroad building is now
being successfully carried out by nearly
half a hundred Chicago capitalists There
has been no flourish of trumpets in connec-
ton with the enterprise, and, notwithstand-
log its importance and the amount Of
money involved, almost nothing has been
printed concerning it.
"Early last summer there was organized
in Chicago the Illinois and Georgia I'm
provement Company having for its OBJ
ject the building of railroad from Macon,
In Central Georgia, to the seaboard at Sa-
vannah, to be known as the Macon, Dublin
and Savannah railroad Local capitalists
had endeavored to build a portion of the
line, but after grading forty miles had laid
down because Of lack of capital. This old
grade was bought, and the Chicagoans
pushed the work with such vigor that the
road Is now nearly completed from Macon
to Dublin, distance of f1fty-thres miles.
CAPITALISTS INTERESTED.
"Among the Chicago men interested In
this enterprise are: D. K. Pearsons, the cap
italist; Allen Marvel, president of the Atch-
ison, Topeka and Santa Fe; E. P. Ripley,
vice president of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul; H. B. Stone, late vice presi-
dent OF the Chicago, Burlington aud Quincy
and now president Of the Chicago Telephone
Company; George M. Bogue and H. B.
Bogue, real estate men; u. B. Shaw, L. A.
Carton and l. N. Perry of the banking in
toIos1si JOy morbOn, Representative OF the
Michigan Salt Association; T. D. Catlin,
of the United Glass Company; G. H.
Morse Of Fairbanks, Morse & Co; G. Fl.
| Deere of the Moline Plow Company; W,
]. Chalmers of Frazier e. Chalmers; D.
V. Purington, the brick manufacturer:
Otis Jones, G. P. Soper and Fl. G.. Hayt
The lumber trade is represented by A. G.
Soper. G. E. Wood, s. B. Barber, William
| Ripley & Son, F. c. Jocelyn, W. A.
Fuller, G.. G.. Robinson, j. T. Wright, ]. P.
| Soper. B. NJ. Frees, e. E. Dyer. Others
stockholders are w. A. Havemeyer and N.
w. Mundy, the sugar men; A. +. Ewing,
| attorney; II. E. Weaver of Weaver, Gets &
| Co. w. A. Pinkerton and r. A. Pinkerton,
r. A. Smaller, engineer; H. Botsford and
| w. II. Krei zer. CAPITALIST; w. s. North, Fl.
Hathaway and William Craine, general
manager of the Equitable Life Insurance
Company.
THE construction of this road will open
up territory hitherto inaccessible and still
| further develop the marvellous resources of
Georgia, already in the front rank of the
| growing states of the new SOUTH The
Chicagoans confidently expect to be running
| locomotives through from Macon to the At
lantic by Jan. l, 1897