The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-15
SURVEYORS In THE FIELD
FLORIDA'S ENTANGLED RAIL
ROADS WORKING THIS WAY.

$500 y
by Mr, Flagler g Connection of the
Plant System, Forcing the Jackson
villo, Tampa and Key West to
Secure a New Outlet-The Situation
as 1t Appears in Florida.
The Florida railroad situation seems to
be q little mixed. The Florida newspapers
continue TO insist that the South Bound is
preparing TO build from Savannah to Jack
sonvile 10 connect with the Florida lines
now at outs with the Plant system, and
which propose, by building short cuts, to
connect portions Of their lines 10 form a
direct route from Tampa on the west coast
and Titusyifie on the east coast to Savan-
nah, thereby sa ring from 200 to 400 miles
on the present distance.
A railroad Is now being built along the
east coast OF Florida from St. Augustine to
Daytona, which will shorten the distance
between those two points nearly one-half
This, road it is said, will continue on to
Rock Ledge. on the Indian river, thereby
efeoting another great saving Of distance,
and from there il Is said 1t will be carried
on to Bisoryns Bay next year, 100 miles or
more farther south THAI railroad has yet
been cAEniedps oI 6Loyf pens
SerEsoUTA BoUNn CONNECTION.
Ine ropnanQlna NetCS nRufeS out that
this HhSlwih Join Che South Bound at jack
sonvfle, forming close connection along
the F6fitfre east coast Of lFIerida with Sa-
vanrfshiis Es is PROBABLY mistaken in its
prognosticattons : As was learned from
Plant system official yesterday, the short
cut from st. Augustine to Daytons is being
built by Mr.. Flagler, who is one of the
directors Of the Plant system, and has large
investments in it. Mr.. Flagler is closely
connected by business ties with Mr.. Plant.
The building of the new line is being super
intended by 9. o. Hnines of Savannah, a
son of Vice President Haines of the Plant
system. From all Of which 1t would appear
that the Plant system had nothing 70 fear
from the new line.
"You can depend upon It," said the
official, that the new line will run right
into the yards of the Plant system in st.
| Augustine and that it wants no other cons
neotion. The Savannah, Florida and West
ern is the only connection north it wants. {"
The official doubted that the line will be
| continued south to Biscayne Bay. His
| views Of Mr.. aFlagler's intentions are evil
dently correct.
TO BOTTLE UP MR.. COLEMAN.
A glance at the map, however, will show
that this new line il continued to Rock
| Ledge Will parallel she Jacksonville, Tampa
and Key West railway, or as nearly so as it
is possible for straight line to parallel
very crooked one, from Titusville
northward and will. n furnish a much
shorter means OF Communication with
Savannah and the north. The situation is
that the Jacksonv vile, Tampa aud Key
| West is worrying and that is the reason of
the agitation for shorter line of COM
municstion northWard than the Savannah,
| Florida and Western. When Mr.. Plant
| completes bis present plans he will not have
| much use for his connections with the Jack
| Ill 10 t. = r.
| Florida Central and Peninsular and will be
In position to bottle them up On the other
side of the peninsula he is doing for the
| Florida Central and Peninsulsr just what
| Mr.. Flagler is doing for the Jacksonville,
Tampa and Key West on the east side.
building short cuts that will make
| him master OF the situation
| two systems named for some other north
ern connection than the Savannah Florida
and Western. They fear freeze out In the
near future and they propose to go the
Plant system one better by shortening the
route to Savannah. This could be done
very materially if direct line were built.
| The only possible connection for such line
at Savannah is the South Bound. TIE
| Central swerves too far to the west.
MR. DENMARK DON'T KNOW IT.
President Denmark of the Savannah Con-
| struotion Company said yesterday that if any
arrangement had been made to build road
| from Savannah to Jacksonville, he knew
| nothing Of it. He did not attacn any inn
portsnce to the reports that surveying par
| ties are in the field surveying the road from
! Jacksonville TO Savannah.
Supt. Fleming of the Savannah, Florida
| and Western railway said that the woods
south Of Sa Vaunah are full OF sur veyors' pegs
already and few more makes no difference.
There is something In the reports, however.
| The little steamer Susie Nay, now lying
| at Jacksonville, has been chartered 20 ply
| between Fernandina and Savannah as
tender to the steamer Farmer, which has
been recently equipped at Fernandina as d
camp boat and has surveying party on
| board, preparing to survey a route from
| Fernendina 80 Savannah. There is about
as much water as land on direct route be-
| tween these two points, and to survey the
| route without o boat would be almost
impossible. a5Fef trrt
80 A FERNAEDINA VIEW OF 1T.
Tho Fernandina hetcs prints the follow
| ing In this connection:
"AH arrangements have been made for
the constructlon of railroad direct from
Savannah TO Jacksonville This road will
be built by the South Bound Of Georgia,
the Florida Central aad Peninsular and the
East Coast lines. 1t will leave Savannah
and run direct % Brunswick. From there
it will keep along the coast and
will run direct to Jacksonville
connecting with the Florida Gen.
trail aud Peninsular at Harris
road, few miles west Of Fernaudina.
Complete surveys have been made for this
line. and the final surveying corps is now
being equipped and will start out from
Jacksontiiie this geek for ST. Mary's river,
whete'the Corps OK engineers will begin
work SiiitF Fun tE Or 1fh65 thSavannah The
time EiVea' over thiEl few line over the
Savafitidt,s FIotidaj ana W estern will be
euorfYYoIfysnU suq % ysfOs
Something may rcsultfrsm all this. Such
line ds9ulaJbe Of great benefit to Savan-
nah. Itwould give diseos connection with
Darien, brunswick, Fernapdina and jack
sonville, shortening the time between those
places and Sayeauah by several hours and
making them much more accessible to 6s-
vannah than they are at present
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