The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-04-28
THE SEABOARD AIRLINE.
A New Southern Connection
which will Put it in the Front
Rank Of the Great Through
Lines Between the NORTH and
South

Lines Between the Nort' and
South.
Henderson is all important point on
the SeabOard Airline system, and what
ever concerns it's movements and re-
sources, concerns our people. Asa mat
ter OF information and interest to them
we take pleasure i'll publishing the fol
lowing from Il recent issue OF the Allan
lanta Journal \ correspondent writing
from Macon, Ga, to that paper, says:
Several very wealthy gentlemen have
been spending few days in Macon, and
if reports be true. they are here on a
mission that means much for the future
OF the South in the way OF railroading.
Their namts have been withheld
for the present, but it is understood that
they are prospecting with a View of
building ii new road from Macon to tap
the Georgia. Carolina and Northern at
some point between Monroe and Athens.
ONLY A SHORT LINE.
" Ii you will consult the map You will
see that it would only require a road
hundred and thirty miles long to reach
the Georgia, Carolina and Northern on
an air line from Macon to the north
- When this is done the Georgia, Car
DINA and Northern, it is asserted, will be
master Of the freight and passeger bust
ness of the south and southeast.
ABOUT THE NEW ROAD.
The Georgia, Carolina and Northern
is as near an air line as possible from
Atlanta to Portsmouth, and it is con-
structed with the greatest possible care,
insurng thirty-fiye miles an hour with
perfect safety. BY the fifteenth the road
will be open for business, and soon after
wards it will enter the union passenger
depot, in all probability, as negotia-
tiOns with that end in view are now
pending.
" AS soon as this is accomplished the
Georgia, Carolina and Northern will be
the shortest possible line from Washing
ton to New Orleans and it is safe to as
sumo that the Atlanta and West Point
and the Louisville and Nashville will be
Just as willing to make traffic arrange
ments with it to New Orleans as it was
to make them with the Richmond and
Danville.
WHERE IT WOULD EuN.
"Thc line from New York to New Or
leans would in all probability be the
Pennsylvania railroad and the Atlantic
Coast Line to Weldon, North Carolina
and thence via. Monroe, Athens and At
lanta over the Atlanta and West Point.
and the Louisville and Nashville to New
Orleans
" Persons fairly well vcrsed in railroad
matters can see that his will make one
Of the strongest trunk lines in the United
States on account of its special advan-
tages, and in order to make the Georgia,
Carolina and Northern full masters OF
the situation so far as the business of
the southeast and south is con-
eerned it is only necessary to ar
range for connection at some dpsira bic
point south of Monroe with Macon.
SLICE OF FLOMDA's BUSINESS
:" At Macon the gentlemen who are.
prospecting for the new road contem-
plate making traffic arrangements with
the Georgia, Southern and Florida, and
thus they will secure Il large slice of
Florida business
BY connecting with the Georgia,
Southern and Floridi, at Macon, they
will be affiliated with Il road that has
no entanging alliances whatever. With
1T the freight and passenger business to
Florida points and vice versa, without
any friction.
Ii the new branch is constructed
from Monroe to Atlanta
IT WILL DOWN THE R&D.
With all these connections the Geor
gla, Carolina and Northern would loom
up as formidable young giant in the
railroad world, as those who are posted
IN railroad matters say that it would
make the Richmond and Danvile go to
the wall, as it would have the facili-
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