The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-16
But II NILES TO BUILD.
And I 1000 Miles Of Railroad Territory
Will Be Opened 10 Savannah.

Work of President Il. R. Duval in
Bringing Up the Florida Central and
Peninsular System to Its Present
sound and Substantial Basis-Began
With It as a Receiver of the Court.
His Project of the Savannah Extern
sion and Short Connections With
the North Now Within Two Weeks
of Completion.
A connecting link of seventeen miles of
rail and crosstes somewhere between the
Altamaha and Ogeechee rivers is all now
that is necessary to open up to Savannah
a territory, and, largely a new one,
traversed by a system of railroads 1000
miles in extent.
Now that the work is so near its COM
pIetion the Savaunahian can contemplate
with a feeling of gratifca ton, as well as
pride, the advantages in store for the city
resultant upon the construction of con-
Meeting link lib miles in length, which
viii not only, as above stated, have
opened up new territory, but will afford
other advantages, the result of competi-
ton, heretofore unattained, because that
competition did not exist.
been mentioned before, it is not inOppor-
tune. now that the project is fast ap-
preaching its end, to call attention to the
work IL is well known that the new
system, new at least to Savannah, con-
meets New York and Florida through this
city, that the new route will form
shorter line than has ever before existed,
either between New York and Savannah,
or between New York and Jacksonville,
aud that il will give Savannah what has
been often demanded, but which has not
before been attained, the advantage of
tourist rates and stop-overs on tickets
which read even beyond this point.
The new route practically brings the
Richmond and Danville into this territory
again for it is with that road that the
Florida Central and Peninsular viii
make its northern connections, and it is
well known that the Richmond and Dan
vile service is beyond question as good
as is to be found anywhere in the coun-
try, and that fact was realized when
they formerly operated trains running
into Savannah.
THE WORK OF MR. DUvAL.
The opening up of this new territory
and the additional advantage which win
accrue TO Savannah may we'll be called
progress Of the most important kind for
1t is progress that will make an epoch in
the commercial history of this port.
The leading factor in this enterprise
has been the well-lInOwn president of the
Florida Central and Peniusular Railroad
Company. 1t was he who took hold of
the road, or what there was Of it, at the
time when it was known as the Florida
Railway and Navigation Company. Mr..
II. r. Duval took charge of the property
as receiver, under the orders Of the court.
into whose hands it had been thrown by
a too heavy accumulation Of obligations
fy1l a 40 11a u afaiv
of the cOmpanyas receiver, that when the
property was reOrganized and changed
hands he was elected president, and has
since been in charge.
From that time on the attention Of
President Duval was directed TO enlarg-
ing the scope and territory of the prop
erty, and as the Florida Central and
Peninsular railroad system he has made
it one of the most powerful and strongest
railroad systems in the south. Through
confidence in its president, the system has
secured the strongest backing, and to-
day, when it comes to a question of
finance, the Florida Central and PENN
sular is forced to ask no favor from any
other system with whose interests it may
come in contact, either pleasantly or ad-
versely.
TIE SAVANNAH EXTENSION.
The construction of the Savannah ex-
tension of the Florida Central and PENN
sular, and obtaining connection here,
completing the link between Florida and
the north, had long been a contemplated
project with President Duval, and now
that ii is realized and about complete,
Savannah, not unmindful of the advant-
ages that will accrue to her, congratu-
lates and thanks him for the successful
termination of his efforts.
Savannah, too, is TO be congratulated
that the road is to remain under the OPP
Grafton Of the system by which it has
been built. There seemed at one time TO
be possibility of its going into other
hands, which might have diminished the
advantages which the city hoped to gain
by its construction. But that was a pos
sibility only, and the people who would
have deeply deplored such deal
were too ready to seize any
idle rumor which seemed to give
1t the appearance of probability. But
that talk has subsidized, and a feeling Of
entire easiness prevails as TO the final out
come
President Duval has given assurances
that the road is TO be operated as at first
intended-that it is to form a connecting
link between north and south. and one
which is not to discriminate against a
part which has so long suffered from lust
such discrimination. The schedules have
about been completed, and within two
weeks time trains will be coming into
Savannah on the new line. President
Duval will be heartily thanked for the
work he has accomplished, and the ad-
vantages which will accrue to this port
will by no means go unappreciated.