The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-23
e FLORIDA VIEW OF IT.
More Talk OF Jacksonville and Se
Vannah Railroad.

over the situation at length. The MORNING
NEWS has written up the various enter
prises 10 build between Savannah and Jack
sonville. The Times Union, however
in its interview brings out some new points
concerning the railroad situation In Florida.
Speaking of the latest rumor to build from
Jacksonville here the Florida railroad man
says:
81 am not in the least surprised. II casts
great deal OF light on the whole situation
ana yerities all those rumors which have
filed the atmosphere for weeks past, rumors
| which have also been verified by facts-
active operations. The impending deals
and developments are of interest not only
to Florida, but to the whole railroad world.
There is war in the atmosphere, and each
| side is going TO shovel sand and drive spikes
from who laid the rnilp"
well, who's going to build the road to
| Savannah
Can't you sect Don't you know enough
| about railroad matters to catch on7 Here,
| III tell you. the whole story in a nutshell
The people who are going to build to Sa-
vannah are most likely thoss who are an
tagonized by the recent Plant.Flagler alli-
| ance.n
Why. didn't know they had formed an
| alliancep
looks that way. What else can it meanP'
SOUTH FLORIDA CHANGES.
Arrangements are now being made to
operate the South Florida railroad under
| the management of the Savannah. Florida
and Western-possibly under that name,
The South Florida railroad starts at Tampa
and runs to Sanford. In railroad parlance
1t runs from nowhere TO nowhere II
| wants connection. 1t has one with the
Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West. but
That wiz not last long; Mr.. Flagler's lines
run from Jacksonville TO st. Augustine
and then TO PAlatka, and thence to Ormoud
tie is now rapidly building from there to
New Smyrna, and from Titusville to Rock
Ledge. 1t Is probable that all the gaps
will be completed, and also a connecting
line be built from New Smyrna to Sanford.
AT Sanford the South Florida Is tapped,
and there you have a through line from
Jacksonville to Tampa that would compete
with the Jacksonville, Tampa and Kew
West-wouldn't isl It leaves the Jackson
vile, Tampa and Key West in the position
OF running from nowhere to nowhere'--or
Jacksonville to Sanford. 1t hasn't any
connection of its own with the Florida
Southern-or that portion Of the latter
which runs from Barlow to Charlotte
Harbor.
Now turn over to the west coast. Mr..
Plant has been paralleling the Florida
Southern right along He also shuts 1t out
by his connecting link-the South Florida
between Pemberton Ferry and Barlow. He
is extremely likely to continue paralleling it
from Pemberton to High Springs, where he
strikes the Savannah Florida and Western
with its eastern and western connections.
When he has finished that ne bas through
Florida system without a single gap,
and with excellent connections with the
east coast lines for business via jackson
Vile"
But what in the world has that got to do
with a line from here to Savannah
I'm coming to that. You see that Presi-
dent Coleman OF the jacksonville, Tampa
and Key West would be left out in the cold,
wouldn't he's You know that he wouldn't
sit down idly and see these things going on.
MUST HAVE CONNECTIONS.
"He must have e northern outlet and a
southern outlet. First, he must have a
southern outlet He must fill the gaps be-
tween the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key
West and the Florida Southern. How is he
going TO do it, Here. trace il out on this
map. He has charter for q road between
Eldrtdge and Astor-only ten miles or 80.
II he builds on that line, the st. Johns
and Lake Eustis road-Jacksonville, Tampa
and Key West or Florida Southern prop
erty-is tapped, and that carries him on to
Leesburg, where a connection is made with
the Florida Southern. The st. Johns and
Lake Eustis is narrow gauge road, but IL
Is easy enough to make 1t standard. Then
he builds from Leesburg to Barlow, as the
crow flies. That done, and he will have a
complete Jacksonville, Tampa and Kew
West trunk line from Jacksonville to
Punta Gorda, with several feeders In rich
territory.
Now, as he's got a trunk line, he must
have northern connection, and one that
will compete with Mr.. Plants combina-
tions."
"Then 1t is he who will build the road to
Savannah
Don't jump at conclusions There are
others who would be interested in such
road. There's the South Bound road and
the Robinson syndicate-Norfolk and West
ern-the Georgia Southern and Florida,
and the Florida Central and Peninsular.
which would all be interested in such a road
Let's arafyze Them. The Jacksonville,
Tampa and Key West wants 1t for the
reason explained above. In the abstract, I
should say that the Georgia Southern and
Florida needs 1t more than all others. Ii
would give that road connection with the
west via two or three competitors of the
Plant system. and also connection TO the
north via the South Bound and the Norfolk
and Western.
WANT THE GAP FILLED.
"The South Bound naturally wants TO be
one line Of through systematic short line
az LnaI-krOm tne nOrbn TO tne Gult or Mex
leo. Robinson wants it for tbs sake Of some
old scores. He was done up hy the Ter
minal and he would be only too delighted to
get whack at it from the very strong posi-
ton in which no would be placed if these
things materialized. He has plenty Of con-
nections and would make a very warm
fight against the Terminal and all those in It,
Then, lastly, the frequent rumors con-
corning the Florida Central and Peninsular
building a road to Savannah, coupled with
its relative position to the state of Florida,
are evidence that the Florida Central and
Peninsular is just as anxious for the road
as any of the others.n
They may all combine?n
Eyes, they may. The whole crowd. or
only part Of them, may be at the bottom
OF 1t. Then again, the running of a pre-
llminary survey-to be started from this
city by July 1-may be only a feint to draw
out the others who are naturally interested
The rumors appear very intangible, but in
railroading, as in mathematics when you
put down '2x@ it is hardly necessary to ex-
press the sum. Railroad presidents are all
business men, and among business men
there's mighty little sentiment.
THE impending railroad war in Florida
isn't going TO be one-sided affair, by long
odds. Watch it, and see if I'm not right!n
A Handsome Residence.
Mr.. Jacob Paulsen is moving into his new