The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-28
SAVANNAH, GA.
10 IL tho Commercial Ocean Gateway
Between North and South and " est.
BIT COL. I. W. AVERY.
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From tae Baltimore Manufacturers Record
Translated into French by L. Charter, the Bel
gfan COnsuI; translated 10 German by MIR. J.
Racers, the German Consul.
Savannah has one of the bsst schemes Of
trade transportation, not only in the United
States, but IN the world. It's connected aud
complete system Of Atlantic navigation
north, With railway trunks west to the Pa
cific, Is rusdusl0d.
That gsnius of transportation, William
N. Wadiey, foressw the great com mercial
inportancv Of Savannah and conceived and
orsatsd the vast Central railway and
Ocean steamship SYSTEM" that is the heart
of the carrying network, which Is working
out Savannahs commercial destiny.
Look at the map and mark che four
regular ocean steam lines Of passenger and
freight service, rsdiatlng from Savannah
to Boston, New York, Philadelphia and
Baltimore, the four chief American Atlantic
ports and greateEt northern commercial
ocean marts
Then note the magnificent and we'll
equipped schemes Of connected iron rail
way tracks, running without break from
Savannah to the gulf, the west and the
north, reaching every interior city ana the
water oargoes
You have in the symmetrical combna.
tion OK these great water and rail plants,
through this elevated, healtQful and favored
Savannah, the natural ieadAs OF the South
Atlantic ssaportS OF this continent an in
strumentallty OF commercial growth aud
power whose results cannot bs vHeasursd.
The Central railroads vital hnez leading
Co Augusta, Atlanta, CelumhVs,. Chstto-
nooEa, Montgomery, Birmingham sud
Albany are supplemented by other impor-
tAnt railways from Savannah. We have the
Savannah and Charleston railroad, the
Atlantic Coast Line 20 the north the S0yau-
nah and COl0Gbi the South Bouad," she
middle line TO the north aud the sAoEt line
% the Carolina mountains; the Savannah.
Amsricus and A9pegomsry, the direct lins
to the gulf and southwest the East Te1nas-
soc, Virgisis and Georgia, to Maooa RA6
Rome; and the Savannah, Florida and
Western, the short hns to the orange laad
and the West lntiss-aA modern lines Ia
successful operation.
There are new building the Sayanuab,
M2con, Dueiin aud the Middle Georgia and
Atlantic by Eetouton fFGm Atlanta to
Savannah land the Savannah and Jackson
vile by Darisal; all shorter and ehrough
new AID rich territory TO feaA SaEennah's
ceInneree, ard afgsrd competition Nlbh sx-
iHtiRg ha0s, iHsurihg law fares and irsi@hts.
WithiR year under the operation OF the
lease ct the South Bsurd riklroaa to the
Florida Central sysssn the Ff6fida Central
aoS jacksonville, Tampa aad Key West
ratlrSaAs will have direct connection
through Savannah with the north and west,
eentsriBg all Of che Florida railway systems
in Savannah, shortening the distance be-
tween Jnckssnvills ahd Savannah uoarty
sixty mikss, and 9lylng t0uEtses 70 Fisrda
the nsRra5t ronts Beth from Cincinnati and
New YORK..
All of the Savannah railway lines have
CLOSE. direct and great railroad csnueutrops
Chattanooga, Nashville and Louisville, the
Kansas. Memphis and 5irninghatn, the
Riehnend aRd Danvills. the Texas Pacific
and others; trlnk lines from the Atlantic
to the Pacific oceans, shorter ana OF easier
grades than tke great HqTthsrn trunk lines,
and free from snow and ice.
The Central railrosd systsn has about
1000 miles Of track in Georgia, Alabama
and South CsNolins, with thirteen mag
nificent steamships % Atlantic ports.
This Savannah, Florida and " essern-the
Plant systsm-bas over 300 miles of track
in Georgia, Florida and Alabama, with al
NEST 600 miles OF steam water lines.
Timber. cotton, coal, iron, naval stores,
rice. phosphases, grain, truck and fruit Of
our own, lead these lines, which connect the
Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coasts and the
West Indies and South America, using the
vast Union, Missouri aud Southern Pacific
railroads.
Thus reyally equipped with transporta-
ton lines shall nbxt sho " Sa yannah nearer
than New York to the great western marts
OF trade.