The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-21
TWO NEW RAILROADS.
Tattnall County Lumber Interests TO
Be Well Developed.

A Sixteen Mile Railroad From Hagans
On the Savannah and Western to
Chenille About Half Completed.
Being Built By Convicts Under
Charge of the PARROT Lumber Com
pany-Daily Shipments of Lumber
and Ties Already Being Made to Sa-
vannah-Another TweIve-rIile Road
Being Graded.
The industries of Tattnau county are
likely to experience a boom now within a
short time, as it is soon to have about
| twentyeight miles of new railroad.
The first of these railroads was begun
! about six weeks ago, and it has since
| been building quietly and slowly, until
now almost the entire sixteen miles of it
is graded, and about five miles of the
track has been laid, and is in operation.
The road is being built by what IS
known as the Parrot Lumber Company,
of Atlanta, and will run between Hagans,
a station about fifty miles from Savannah,
on the Lyons branch of the Savannah and
Western, and Glenville, another small
place, about sixteen miles east from
Hagans.
BUILT BY CONvICTS.
The PARROT Lumber Company is
largely interested in the Chattahoochee
Brick Works, which is located about six
miles from Atlanta on the Western and
Atlantic railroad. For some time past
there has been very little demand for the
brick, and the company has several mill
ion on hand which are being called for
very slowly.
1t was thought a good time TO begin
| this new project, and by this time it is
almost half way to completion. The OBJ
iect of the building of this snort line by
this company was to develop the resour-
ces, especially the lumber resources in
that section. 1t is said they have plant
half way between Hagans and Glenville,
and are contemplating the erection of a
| large saw-mill at the latter place.
GOOD FOR SAVANNAH.
The company recently purchased an en-
CINE from the Central railroad through
Supt. Kline, and is now operating the
short portion of the road which has been
| built. 1t is using Central railroad cars,
and is shipping several heavy carloads of
lumber and crossties into Savannah every
day. Between TO and so convicts from
the brick company's camps have been
brought down there and they are kept
steadily at work building the new line.
The opening up of this section means
great deal. 1t is a comparatively new
one, and is immensely rich in lumber and
good crosstie material. The bulk of this
material is shipped to and through Sa-
vannah, and is taken away largely by
steamers from this port. The shipments
so far are very small, however, and are
not anything compared to what they can
and will be as soon as the entire line to
! Chenille has been completed. The bust
ness is all turned over to the Savannah
and Western road at Hagans, and good
deal of it goes out by the Ocean steam
ship line.
ANOTHER ROAD IN TATTNALL.
This, however, is not,the only railroad
! project which is being put into execution
| in that section. Another concern it
seems has realized the great timber wealth
! which abounds there and lumber man
| by the name of Cummings is also building
short lumber line in the same county
! This road is projected to connect with
the Savannah and Western at Manassas,
| in Tatnall county, and is to be twelve
miles or thereabouts in length The
| grading on this line has already begun
and the report brought in by the
Central trains is that the work
there is well under way. The parties
! building the road have already laid their
! plans for large lumber mill, which is to
! be constructed on this short line, and
! their product will probably also be ship
! ped into Savannah over the Savannah
and Western.
The work on these roads has progressed
quietly and little was known of their ex-
! istence until the report of their construc-
tion was brought into the city a day or
! two ago. They will, no doubt, prove
material aid to the commercial interests
! of this section.