The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-04-13
NEW RAIL ROAD.
An Important Move I'm Which Able.
willie Should be Interested.
ATLANTA JOURNAL BUREA

ALI FOURTH ST, MACON, Aprll o.
Several veIy wealthy gentlemen have been
spending few days In Macon, and II reports
be true, they are here OH mission that
means much for the future Of the south in
Their names have been withheld for the
present, but IL Is understood that they are
prospecting with view TO building new
road from Macon 10 tap the Georgia, Caro-
lima and Northern at some point between
Monroe and Athens.
Ifyou will consult the map you will see
that IL would only require road from one
hundred and twenty to one hundred and
tn irty miles long TO reach the Georgia, Caro-
lima and Northern on an airline from Macon
TO the north.
When this is done the Georgia, Carolina
and Northern, 1t Is asserted, will be master
OF the freight and passenger business OF the
south and southeast.
The Georgia, Carolina and Northern is as
near an air line as possible from Atlanta 10
Portsmouth, and II IL constructed with the
greatest possible care insurjng a schedule OF
thrty-five miles an hour With perfect safety.
BY the t1iteehth the road will be open for bus-
ness, and soon afterwards II Will enter the
union passenger depot, In all probability, as
pending.
As soon as this is accomplished the Georgia,
Carolina and Northern VIII be the shortest
possible line Fl ON Washington TO New Or
leans and II Is safe to assume that the Atlanta
and West Point and the Louisville and Nash
VILE will be just rs willing to make traffic
arrangements WIFI IL 10 new oTittsus ds =
was TO make them with the Richmond and
Danvllle.
The line from New York to New Orleans
would IN all probability be The Pennsylvania
railroad and the Atlanta coast line To Well
| don, North Carolina, and thence via Monroe,
| Athens and Atlanta over the Atlanta and
West Point and the Louisville and Nashville
| TO New Orleans.
Persons fairly we'll versed In railroad mat
| terS, can zee that this will make one OF the
strongest trunk lines in the United States on
account OF its special advantages, and In order
to make the Georgia, Carolina and Nothern
full masters of the situation so for as the ouSl
ness OF the southeast and south Is concerned
| 1t Is only necessary TO arrange for con-
nection at some desirable point south OF Mon
roe with Macon.
At Macon the gentlemen who are. pros
ing traffic arrangements with the Georgia
southern and Florida, and thus they. will
! secure large slice of the Florida business,
BY conn ection with the Georgiu Southern
and Flordiaat Macon, they vii he AFFILIATED
with road that has no entangllug alliances
whatever. With 1t they could, without doubt
use the freight and passenger business to
Florida points and vice versa, without any
friction.
II the new branch is constructed, it will be
done on the same basis that the road Is con
structed from Monroe TO Atlanta.
| With all these connections the Georgia
Carolina and Northern woulG boom up as =
formidable young giant in the railroad world
and those who are posted In railroad matters
say that it would make the Richmond anC
Danville go to the wall. As 1t would have thu
facilities for controlling Il larger share Of tht
railroad business. both freight and passenger
than even this gigantic corporation.
The results of this new move will be
watched for with great interest Throughout
the railroad world.