The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-03
WANT The ROAD REBUILT.
A Committee Appointed 10 See Mr.,
Conner About The Tybee Road.

Says the Road Can be Repaired for
Less Than $50, ooo-If the Commit
tee Gets no Satisfaction from Mr..
Conner it win go TO Judge speer-A
Suggestion That the Central be En-
Joined From Removing Any of the
Property From the Tybee Line.
A meeting Of the property owners on
Tybee Island, the bondholders and others
interested in the rebuilding OF the Tybee
railroad, held meeting at the Library
Hall last night, TO discuss the situation
and determine what was going to be done
about the matter. There were about
fifty present at the meeting, representing
every interest concerned.
Mr. s. p Hamilton was elected chair
man and Mr. r. +. Pepper secretary. The
meeting had been called as much as any
thing else to consider a report with re-
gard to the condition of the road which
had been prepared by Mr.. Percy Sugden,
at the request of several of the bondhOld-
ers and property owners on the island,
showing the condition of the property
and estimating the amount of the damage
as the result of the storm.
At the opening of the meeting the re-
port made by Mr.. Sugden was read by
the secretary for the benefit of those
| present
MIR. sUGDEN's REPORT.
Mr.. Sugden mace his survey of the
! property some time ago, and his report
was handed in to those who ordered it
| shortly afterward. but it was agreed that
| it would not be made public until after
the meeting, The report in part is as
follows
Commencing with the section from Tybee
| depot at Randolph street to the foot of Brew
| ton hill, the platforms of depot outside OF
| shed have been damaged slightly by water
Washing out the foundation OF posts and al
| lowing the platform to settle. The turntable
is canted slightly of its bearing the guide rail
! washed out Of place and the platform around
! broken down. o The track for most OF the dis
! lance IS washed off the he'd, but sufficient has
| been replaced temporarily to make connec-
! lions around the curve with the Savannah,
| Florida and Western railway. The side
| track has been torn up in places and there is
about 1900 feet Of track in Lamar field.
| Bil5o canal bridge was washed away, but
! is now fixed up Ia a temporary manner The
! track from TwiCkenham is off The bank
| almost turned over The bank is badly
! washed in places, the worst washOut being at
the foot of Brewton hill. From Brewton hill
! TO the mead OF Habersham creek at Fort Bar
| tow the track IS practically uninjured.
FROM CREEK TO CREEK.
| The track just this side of St Augustine
creek Is all in line, with slight exceptions and
| the principal damage consists Of washouts
| here and there
The bridge over St. Augustine creek appears
uninjured, as is also the eastern approach and
one and one-hah miles Of main line on Nc
Queens Island, except portion of turnout
near the bridge, which is washed of the bank,
From this point there is no rail at all on bank
across McQueens Island, except the north
portion Of turnout near Palmetto curve,
which is almost intact.
The rails and ties are lying out in the marsh
in varying distances from the edge of bank
to one half mile, having curved out in an op-
nOSlfe direction to that in which If
lnally laid.
Near Lazaretto about one-quarter of track
is missing, which must have gone in the river
lLaZarettO creek.
The track in some places is badly torn I'D
and twisted about, but the bulk of it has
turned over and floated out over the marsh.
The bank over Mcqueen Island has stood
remarkably we'll There is no place where it
has washed entirely through. The principal
damage consists Of holes washed out of the
center, whilst the grassy sides remain intact.
There is great amount OF rubbish on the
bed.
The principal damage to the roadbed is at
the head of Oyster creek, but here it Is not as
bad as anticipated.
ESTIMATES TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE.
Both approaches to the Lazaretto creek
bridge are badly torn up most of the top
work being gone. Bridge itself appears all
right.
On Tybee Island from Lazaretto to Estiu
with exception of small portion of Estill's
hammock, the rail Is all of the bank out in the
marsh.
The bank is also washed very badly in
places the water having broken completely
from Estill's to Point House. The only damage
is the three washouts, where culverts and
trunks have been blown out.
The ~ at Point House has been washed
over the main line. which remains intact
from there to South Lnd except for being
covered about two feet with sand in places
There is as) light wash just before reaching
the hotel.
Whilst the track is badly washed out in
In I'm fipn of fbn no IL Ny,Ix
small proportion Of the whole road. Most
of the rail can be gotten from the marsh
without any great ditficulty, although the
fact OF its being turned bottom up will add
materially to the expense. l estimate it viii
require q mile of new rail to replace what is
lost and too badly twisted to use. Also that it
will require 5000 CroSsties to replace those
that are lost and unfit to replace in position
1t will require 10000 cubic yards to repair
damage to road bed.
Following the report is a tabulated es-
| innate of what he thinks it would cost to
repair the road, the total being $29, 932 so.
A COMMITTEE APPOINTED.
After the report had been read it was
! discussed briefly, and Mr.. Frank Storer,
one of the Tybee property owners, moved
that committee be appointed to wait on
Receiver Conner and ascertain what the
Central railroad intended to do in the
matter. He thought this course should
be pursued before anything else was done,
quested to report back to the meeting the
result of its conference with the receiver
before any other course was pursued.
This motion was adopted and commit
tee of five was appointed for that purpose.
Chairman Hamilton was on motion made
chairman of the committee, the other
| members of which are Messrs. j. G. But
Ter, 1. G. Haas, NJ. A. O'Byrne and Capt.
ID. q. Purse.
Then the question arose as to whether
the powers of the committee should not
be still further extended and they author
lied in the event of receiving an unsatis-
factory answer from Receiver Conner. to
confer with Judge Speer and ask him
what could be done in the matter of re-
| building the road. On the one hand il
was argued that Mr.. Conner was opposed
to the rebuilding of the road by the
| Central, as he thought it was not a pay
ing piece of property, and that it was use
less to expect any but an unsatisfactory
answer from him. Therefore the com
mittee ought TO be empowered to appeal
to Judge Speer, without calling another
meeting for the purpose of delegating to
them that power. Others thought that il
was sufficient for the present to call on Mr..
Conner, as he was in charge of the prop
erty, and could best tell them what
could be expected from the Central. The
former sentiment seemed to prevail, how