The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-06-06
BLUFFTON MEANS BUSINESS
THAT TOWN WANTS RAILROAD con-
NECTION WITH DAWSON,

NECIION With AN VOO4Nb
,aHas started A Movement to Secure 1t.
Committee Appointed to Confer
With Dawson and Blakely
People.
From the Bluffton News.
There was we'll attended and inter.
esting meeting of the citizens at the
academy last Monday night for the pur-
nose of considering Bluffton's railroad
prospects and discussing plans for adj
vancing the same.
Ina few we'll chosen and confdenr re.
marks DIR. P. Fl. Thompson stated the
purpose of the meeting and introduced
Rev. P. Fl. Crumpler, who had pre-
viously consented to give the meeting a
short talk ON the subject of railroad en-
terprise.
Having been directly engaged in sew.
eral undertakings of the kind proposed
by Button, Mr.. Crumpler was prepared
TO offer several valuable suggestions,
and upon the whole his address was in
teresting and encouraging.
Upon a suggestion from Mr.. Crumpler
an organization was effected, DR.. P. Fl.
Thompson being elected chairman and
Joshua Jones secretary.
In view of recent encouragement OBJ
tanned relative to the extension of the
Columbus Southern via Bluffton and
Blakely to some point on the Alabama
Midland. a committee of five was ap-
pointed to confer with Dawson and
Blakely and other points along the pro-
posed line with a view to securing the
appointment of joint committee to in
vestigate the possibilities of the enter
prise and lay them before the directors
of the Columbus Southern, and to take
such other steps as may be deemed adj
visable.
The committe appointed is as follows:
W.. T. Bridges, W. T. Greene, J. D.
Rambo, c. P. Norton and Josh Jones.
The chairman of the meeting, W. P.
Killingsworth, j. E. Mansfield and j. j.
Hayes were afterwards added to said
committee.
The meeting was adjourned subject to
the call of the chairman.
Our people ale thoroughly in earnest
in their purpose to secure the benefits to
be derived from such an enterprise, and
the project now in hand seems SO en-
couraging as to prove quite an incentive
to their action.
No section in the state is more album
dainty provided with al the natural adj
vantages conducive to its progress and
prosperity, and RAILROAD facilities for the
development of our vast resources seem
all that is lacking to make this the ban
ner section of the state.
The present disposition of the Colum-
bus Southern officials to extend their
road, and the probability of such an ex-
tension being in this direction, has in
spired our citizens with hope that
promises to arouse them to an effort that
ought not tn fail. We have heard vari-
GUS voluntary offers of liberal subscrip-
tions to RAILROAD fund, and one owner
of considerable property is willing to
give one-fourth the value of his posses
sions to secure the road. We believe a
like encouragement would be met with
along the line.
While everybody is, of course, anxious
for some Immediate signs of its coming,
the fact that "Rome was not built in
day is fully appreciated, and they are
aware that in an undertaking of this
kind considerable correspondence and
other preliminary work is necessary be-
fore any evidences of progress can De
arrived at.
THE DAWSON News speaks very en-.
couragingly of the project, and says that
the enterprising business men of. that
CITY may be depended on to put their
shoulders to the wheel when the time
comes and give it push that will send
it far on its progress.
Eour Rig Successes.