The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-05-09
A NEW RAILROAD.
THE PEOPLE OF BLUFFTON WANT
CONNECTION WITH DAWSON

And Have Started . Project to Have the
Columbus Southern Extended--Wouid
Bea Big stroke for Dawson.
It may be that Dawson will have new
railroad, or an extension of one of her
present roads.
The people of Button are interested
in the project, and have gone to work to
see what can be done.
The following letter from citizen OF
Button explains itself:
BLUFFTaN, GA, May 1st, 1894.
MIR. T. l.. RAINEY- Slr; Button
has recently become interested in prof.
ect to bald railroad from your town
to Jakin, Ca, or some point on the
Alabama Midland.
Oar people and those Of other towns
along lie line are of the opinion that lf#
the matter was prop rly laid before the
authorities OF the Columbus Southt III
they might, with the guarantee of some
assistance in the way 0f stock, be II,
duced to extend their line into this seq
zion.
The Courbns Southern being cut off
at all principal points by other roads,
tney viii eventually be compelled to seek
an outlet, aud there is no section Though
winch they could pass Offering greater
inducements than this.
Such an extension would be Of inestf>
mable worth to Dawson, and have been
requested to write yu 81 know II Paw,
son can be sufficiently Interested t. send
some one to act with Others from TINS
place ana Blakely in bringing tie matter
to the attention Of the Columbus South
ern people. An early reply will greatly
oblge. Fraternally yours,
JOSHUA JONES.
The letter was shown to Major b. Ii.
Hood, one of the directors OF the Colum-
bus Southern, aud he at once went to
| Columbus to lay the project BET re the
officials OF the road. Major Hood, with
his usual push and enterprise is enthu-
siastic over the proposed extention, ana
saws that the road officials lo2k with
much favor upon it.
There is do doubt that tie extension
of tie Columbus southern would open
up fine territory and be worth thous-
ands Of dollars toIDawson.
BLUFFT0N' S VIEW or r.
The following, from the Button News
shows how the project is viewed by the
/
'sThe Columbus Southern at present is
cut off at all its principal points by pow
erful competition, and being thus bottled
up will he compelled to seek an outlet
| t make the road paying investment.
To secure this AL antage there is no
route TO be taken except in this dIree
ton Aside from this fact, the nd1ee-
meuts offered a railroad enterprise in this
direction are equal, If not superior, to
any in the state. The timber and naval
stores interests, which are now just be-
ginning to be appreciated, could, with
railroad facilities, he made the most ex-
! tensive in the state. The agricultural
and commercial shipping, which is
already considerable, would, as result
of the growth that railroad would
secure TO the country, soon become me
source of revenue to the road.
''These, we have said, are inducements
that are not surpassed in any section in
the safe. We believe that If they were
properly presented to the consideration
of railroad people, and especially those
of the road above mentioned, they would
comm md such appreciation as would be
sure to convince them of The advantages
VI such route. Aud the building of
the road would depend upon the extent
OF cooperation along the line, which we
feel confident would be liberal.
"The1e are two routes suggested one
from Dawson, via Blutfton and Blakely,
to some point in Georgi son the Alabama
Midland, and the other from Dawson,
via Button, to Columbia. The latter is
a perfectly straight line and some shorter
than the other. Parties at principal
points on the two routes are feeling"
OF the business men Of their respective
towns, and may soon bring the matter to
a focus one way or the other.''