The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-03
BE COMPLETED THIS WEEK.
But Few Days Now Before Trains
Will Run on the Savannah Exten-

But Few Days Now Before Trains
Will Run on the Savannah Exten-
sion.
Dec. Q the two gangs Of track hands,
now at work laying the rails on the Sa-
vannah Extension of the Florida Central
and Peninsular Railroad, will meet at a
4 point in Mcintosh county, the other side
of the Altamaha river.
! The work is almost complete, and there
are but six or seven more miles Of track
| to lay. 1t would have been completed be-
! fore this time had it not been for a large
amount of trestle work near the points
where the gangs are now working. II
took some time to- get this part of the
work done, or the track laying might
have progressed more rapidly. -.
But the finishing touches are well IN
der way now, and this new link that
connects Georgia and Florida will soon
be completed. AS soon as these few miles
have been put down the president aud
officers of the road will make flying trip
down to Harris Road and back, and
schedules will be put on for regular traf-
fic. 1t is not known definitely whether
this trip will be made at the
end Of this week, when the road will be
completed. or on the Monday of the next
will take look at the new property at
the earliest possible moment.
When the schedules are put on, the track
will be ready for service at once, as ali
possible precautiOn has been used in con-
strueting it and it rests on as solid a bed
almost as any road in the state. 1t will
be completed just in time TO catch a por-
ton of the southern travel into Florida,
and to bring north its share of the orange
crop which will, of course, 60 north via the
South Bound.
A temporary arrangement will be made
with the Central railroad for the use of
its terminals until it can be
determined what arrangements will be
most satisfactory TO all parties concerned.
1t is highly probable that some perma-
nent agreement for a period of years may
be entered into with the Central to do
the terminal business of the new line.
What will be done towards locating
shops in Savannah or making the Forest
City headquarters for the new system
can only be told after certain tests have
been made TO show how advantageous the
location will be The officials themselves
cannot tell now what may or may not be
done in this matter. 1t will depend al
together upon the facilities here afforded,
and upon the Importance of this port as
shipping center for the new system 1t
is reasonable to suppose, however, that
the commercial importance of Savannah
will make it the desirable loca-
ton for the center, In business
way, at least, of the system,
Two other great systems, which
extend far and wide over three and four
states, have their main Offices ofnecessity
located here, and with many railroad pee
pie who make a study of the
situation these facts force them
TO the conclusion that Savannah,
the most important commercial city
south of St. Louis, excepting New Or
leans, must, of necessity, be made the
headquarters of this important system, a
feeder of this section, and which will
have other large systems to contend
with.
jacksonville is nearer the geographical
center of the system, but in these days of
good railroad management geographical
centers don't count for much. 1t is the
commercial center, the port from which
the pest and most satisfactory outlet can
be found, that is the place for the main
offices of large railroad system, and rail
road men, who are conversaut with the
situation say that in time the headquar-
tiers of the Florida Central and Peninsular
must, of necessity, seek location in.Sa-
vannah.