The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-01
Nothing the Matter With Savannah.

Of the northern ami northwestern news
papers upon tips from uniformed cor
respondents, started out 20 write Savan-
nahs obituary. And they made a graft
flying success Of il indeed. They said
lots Of nice things about the supposed
corpse. which the liveliest corpse on the
continent is reading with gratitude TO a
kind Providence and thanks 20 the several
writers.
The day after the storm, il appears
many southern and southeastern CORES
pondents accepted the widest rumors as
facts and telegraphed them abroad as
facts. For instance one Philadelphia
paper had a report stating, Savannah is
wiped out fifty persons have been killed
and millions of dollars damage done to
property" Another Philadelphia paper
| special placed the number of killed in Sa-
vanuah at forty, and tho property dam
age at 2l0OO0.0OO The New York World
had d special saying it was not Savannah
/ that had been injured, but Brunswick
and that the damage was anywhere from
| 81 900 900 to S10,OOO,00O. St. Louis papers
had stories, the tenor of which was to the
effect that ybee was the specially smit-
ten locality, and devoting but little atten-
ton to Savannah. The New York Sun
received a bulletin stating that a terrible
storm had struck Savannah, killing forty
people, and doing $40, 600 600 damage. Ap-
preciating the great and growing impor-
lance of Savannah to the rest of the
world. the Sun made strenuous but vain
/ efforts to verify the bulletin. 1t tele-
graphed all over the south and probed ev-
! cry telegraphic nook and Granny in an eff
fort to get into Savannah, without avail
The wires were all down.
That such wild stories went out to the
press was, of course, due to the Temporal
~ isolation of the city. And. by the way.
the stories illustra te the originality and
vigor of the average correspondents i'm
agination when he has free field and no
telegraphic communication to call him
down.
However. the world is by this time cor
rectly informed as to Savannah's status
that she is neither wiped out, " nor de-
moralized; that she did not suffer $40, 900,
600 damage, and that she resumed bust
ness at the same old stand on Monday
morning right where it was dropped on
Saturday night. There were many
lamentable incidents of the storm, but not
enough of them to stop the progress of
this great city for one instant.
4 The storm stories to the "outsiden
press, however brought out some crafty
ing expressions of confidence in and admi-
ration for Savannah. The New York
Times referred to the city as the pride of
| Georgia state, with its industries and
handsome parks" and added: "The
harbor is one of the best on the Southern
coast. The depth of water in Savan-
nah bar is 26 feet at mean low water; on
| Tybee Roads anchorage 3S feet at mean
high water, 81 feet at mean low water
| The marine railway has 260 feet, length of
cradle, with improved appliances"
The Philadelphia Press also took occa-
sion to refer to the excellence of Savan-
nah harbor as zone of the best on the
southern coast" adding: steamers run
regularly to New York, Boston, Philadel-
phia, Baltimore and other ports The
value of the imports and exports now
reach nearly $4,000, 600, The tonnage
amounts to nearly 1000, 900 tons Savan-
nah has received ID per cent. of the
United States cotton crop for years.
Savannah is the natural market, besides,
for southern cotton, for the phosphates,
naval stores, lumber, fruits and vegeta-
bles of Florida and Georgia, and the coal
and iron of Georgia, Alabama and Ten
nessee."
The Philadelphia Record, thinking it
+lo+
bespoke for US the sympathy and substan-
tial aid of the country: THE calamity
that is said to have overtaken the push
ing and prosperous city of Savannah is
most distressing, since losses by storms
find no compensation in insurance There
should be no lack of earnest sympathy
and substantial aid for the sufferers
But-again thanks TO a kind Providence
Savanna is not in need of substantial
aid" of the kind the Record would seem
to suggest SHE is uniniured Her two
millions of steamship and sail tonnage
! will continue to transport the products OF
the neighboring states. She will
continue to handle her "I3 per cent. of the
cotton crop" and try to make it % PEI
cent. She will continue to lead the world
in naval stores. Her merchants will COO
tinue to sell better goods at closer prices
than the merchants of any other city in the
southeast. And her great newspaper will
continue to print all of the news of the
world seven days of each week
The republican journals have been try
, ing to find in Bourke Cockran's financial
speech in the House something offensive
to Tammany Hall ever since he delivered
it. 1t appears to be their purpose tc
create breach between Cochran and
Tammany if possible, apparently with
the idea of roping him into the Republi-
can party. Indeed, the New York Press
prints story of a move ment looking
, to an independent nom nation of Mr.
/ Cochran for congress, probably in the
/ Murray Hill district, in the hope that he
would be able to secure republican in.
T dorsement." His speech" says the
Press, pleased everybody except Tam.
many Hall" However, there is no likeli
hood that the republican will be gratified
by break between the Tammany orator
, and his organization. Crockran has the
reputation of being a democrat for DriDri