The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-24
MAKING RAPID PROGRESS.
rns Completion Of the F. c. & P. AS.
sured by December l.


sured by December l.
The completion of the Savannah extern
,,on of the Florida Central and Peninsu-
law nv Dec. now seems an assured fact.
ceventt-five miles of the rail on thenew
line are already laid, and the work on the
Lamain5er Of the track is progressing as
-enidlv as the construction of the bridges
.aTr5'the completion of the grading Will
aii5w No track has been laid from the
savannah end for the last few DAYS on
o%rouut of the fact that the construction
rains have all been busy in bringing up
Kat part Of the track which has already
hem laid to perfectly sound and solid
condition.
There are three construction trains now
working on this end instead of two.
another having been brought up from the
soutb on Saturday, and put to work on
The line Yesterday. The twenty miles Of
track which have been laid from this end
m q point beyond the Ogeechee river are
now in about as good condition as many
nj the Oldest tracks in the country. and
when the line is completed, it will be
ready at once for any service that will be
The work from this end, too, has been
DELAYED somewhat by sink in the earth
along the line Just this side the Ogeechee
river The track layers at that point had
q kind of land slide to contend with in
the Ogeechee marsh, but this has about
been filed in now and will be made per-
fectly solid and secure before the track
is put in use.
The track from Harris road up to the
East Tennessee has been completed, and it
is likely that trains will begin running
over the line within week or two, to con-
.,o,+ nth +119t road rbic
the East Tennessee will gain double ad-
vantage. If they join the Florida Cen
tral and Peninsular and use that line into
jacksonville, they will gain more mileage,
as the connection is made some miles
south of Jesup, and only twenty-one
miles to the northwest of Brunswick.
The second advantage will be in securing
a shorter line from northern points into
Florida, the route being several miles less
than by the Savannah, Florida and West
ern by way of Jesup. It is probable that
these lines will establish connections one
with another.
While the extension Of the Coast Line
from Rimini to Denmark has been looked
upon by many as a sure indication that
that road had made some arrangement for
connections with the Florida Central and
Peninsular, this idea is not borne out by
the statements of the officials of the latter
road. The Florida Central and Penlnsu-
lar has about made kind of traffic ar
rangement with the Richmond and Dan
vile, and it is thought that this agree
ment will hold for some time at least.
There can be no doubt, however that the
Coast Line is looking out for its own in
terests and that they are building with
the idea of making traffic arrangement
with the Florida Central and Peninsular
whenever the opportunity offers itself
1t will afford them a shorter line Ahto
Florida, and there can be no doubt when
it comes to d question of competition that
this is what they will strive to secure.
But as yet no arrangement for such a
line has been made. What will be done
in the future cannot be predicted as yet
with any degree of certainty.