The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-25
NEW ROUTE NORTH.
The Atlantic Coast Line TO Come to
Savannah.

The Connection Between Denmark, on
the South Bound, and Rimini, the
Terminus of the Manchester and Au-
gtsta, to Be Built as Soon as All the
Rights of Way Have Been Secured.
The Distance Between Savannah
Miles.
MIR. A. j. Galloway, representing the
Atlantic Coast Line system, was in the
city yesterday in conference with the
South Bound officials in reference to the
connection of the Atlantic Coast Line
with the South Bound at Denmark, the
crossing of the South Carolina railway,
ninety miles west of Savannah, and Sc
curing rights of way in that vicinity.
The purpose of the Coast Line people is
to extend their line from Rimini, the ter
minus of the Manchester and Augusta
railway, to junction with the South
Bound, either at Denmark or at Norway,
just above Denmark, distance of about
thirty miles. This will give the Coast
Line through short route from Florence
to Savannah.
1t has not been determined whether the
connection will be made at Denmark or
at Norway, probably the former, but
whichever point it may be, the South
Bound will offer every facility.
THE SURVEY MADE.
The survey for the extension has
already been made, and as soon as all the
rights of way have been secured the work
of construction will begin.
The new line will give the South Bound
two northern and western connections, at
Columbia with the Richmond and Dan
vile and the new connection with the
Coast Line. The road win run through a
fine agricultural and fruit section and
will take in the old and 1ourishing town
of Orangeburg, S. c., opening to
Savannah a large aud rich trade territory
in South Carolina and North Carolina
hitherto inaccessible except by a circuit
Gus route.
The surveys for the proposed road were
made some time ago Its advantages to
Savannah have already been pointed out
by the MORNING News.
Besides the South Bound S connection at
Columbia with the Richmond and Dan
vile for the north and west, Savannah
will then have two routes north, one via
Charleston and the other via Denmark
and Florence.
SHORTER ROUTE.
The distance between Florence, which
is the junction point of the Northeastern
railroad from Charleston and the Column
bia division of the Atlantic Coast Line,
and Savannah is 178 miles; Florence to
Sumter 80 miles, Sumter to Rimini, the
point from which the extension will be
built to Denmark 10 miles; Rimini to
Denmark 30 miles; Denmark to Savan-
nah via the South Bound, 80 miles.
The distance from Florence to Savannah
via Charleston is 217 miles. The Coast
Line, besides gaining 30 miles by the new
route, will develop one of the finest sec
tions of South Carolina.
This move on the part of the Coast Line
people looks as if it were intended to make
Savannah the southern terminus of the
system.
BROUGHT FARTHER SOUTH.
1t will also bring it nearer to Florida
and will handle Its share of the business
now controlled by the Charleston and
Savannah railway.
The Atlantic Coast Line now controls
and operates nearly l 100 miles of railway
and is rapidly extending it's lines in both
the Carolinas. It's north and south lines
extend from Richmond to Charleston and
cover Eastern South Carolina and North
Carolina, and the connection with the
South Bound will put it rs miles farther
south, making a through line between
Richmond and Savannah of 474 miles by
| the proposed connection, or BIB miles by
its present lines via Charleston.