The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-12-05
4 NEW ROAD PLANNED.
A LINE FROM DAWSON TO TALLAHAs-
SEE.

An EmportanU conferences Oh SHElIdhs'S IA
Misunderstanding of the Project in Full
A great railroad project has come to
the surface by the arrival in Atlanta OF a
party of capitalists from New York, Chi
cago, and GLASGOW, Scotland.
@Tbe projecti in brief, to build a rail-
road from Ia ,hassee, Fla, to Dawson
to connect with the Columbus Southern
here.
In speaking Of the visit of these CAPT.
talists to Atlanta, and the result of their
conference, the Constitution of Saturday
avs:
Yesterday Colonel P. H. Simmons, of
New York, well-known lawyer and cap
itaIist; Mr.. r. w. Day, of Chicago, and
MIR. David Kitson, of GLASGOW, Scotland,
came to Atlanta and met in conference
Mr. T. E. Blanchard, president of the
Fourth National bank of Columbus; Mr..
S. p. PARROT, the well-known COlu INDUS
railroad manager and several other inter
ested parties.
MThey were in close conference the great
er palt OF tue day talking over the pro
iect and it was about definitely decided
that road should be built by the COM
pany represented by the men present
from Tallahassee, Fla, to Dawson, Ca
At Dawson the now line will connect
with the Columbus Southern and thus
tap the north and west through columbus
and Atlanta when the proper links are
made over the Georgia Midland and Gulf
nv the plans of the Cha stahoochee Brick
Company.
Messro. Simmons, Kitson and Day rep
resent capital that is largely invested in
railway and timber interests on the gulf
coast.
They have for some time been coDtem
plating the idea of building an outlet for
Atlanta and the railroad cehterS of the
west and north. They came to Atlanta
TO meet the parties named above and the
aesuit of their conference, while not given
freely tC the Constitution, is outlined
sufficiently to sho'y that they mean bus
iness with the project and that work will
begin without any great delay on the
road from Tallahassee to Dawson.
WILL BE A TRUNK LINE.
This movement is not at all the same
pIoiect that was outlined in the COnStitu
tiOn few days ago referring to the for
mation of truuk line from Atlanta to
jacksonville.
That was a movement that is in the
hands Of the Chattahoochee Brick Com
pany and other capitalists. The plan is
TO construct line from Atlanta to Nc
DonOugh, where connection will be made
with the Georgia Midland and Gulf, thus
taking up the line of the latter and en-
tering Columbus, where connection
would be made with the Columbus South
eru running from Columbus south to
Albany. From Albany, according to the
pIaus of the company behind this scheme,
a new line will be built to Jacksonville,
Fla.
The scheme to build from Dawson to
Ta'lassahassee is by other parties entire
Iy, and, according to the statements of
those interested, has nothing to do with
the projected line from Atlanta to Jack
sOnvilIe just described.
OF course it has this bearing upon il,
that If the road is built from Dawson to
Tallahassee, connecting with the Column
bus Southern at Dawson, there nay be
some changes in the plars of the compa-
nv that is behind the scheme to unite the
Georgia Midland and Gulf with the Co.
Iumbus Southern in so far as it relates
10 the extension to Jacksonville.
Mo. George Parrot, Of this city, who
rs said to be deeply and actively inter
eSted in the scheme to connect the Co
Iumbus Southern and Georgia Midland
and Gulf, was with the capitalists in
their talk at the AragOn hotel yesterday.
He was seen last night by the Constl-
tuition but refused to give out any deti-
mite information concerning The schemes
of the promoters of the new line.
''Thev have come here to plan road
from Tallahassee to Dawson, and accord
ing to my information they have about
decided upon their plan" said Mr.. Par
rott. "That is all l know about the
project. 1t has nothing to do with any
scheme that may have been credited to
to the men interested in the ChattahOo-
chez Brick Company. 1t is different
comDany and different plan entirely.
When asked if the Chattahoochee Brick
Company and its associa ed capital
would. ia view of the determination of
the other mca to build line from ITALIA
hassee t. Dawson, continue the work
along tie line of tAe project to built 10
Jacksonville from Albany, Mr.. ParrOtt
would not reply.
He would not deny the plan, nor would
he confirm the reports that have been
published about it.
The Indications are that the Georgia
Midland and Gulf and and the Columbus
Southern will be linked with an extern
sieu bringing the through line from Nc
Ddnoueh to Atlanta and that the outlet
will be further south through Dawson by
way of the road that is contemplated by
Messrs. Kitson, of Scotland, Simmons OF
New York, and Day of Chicago.
Whether in addition to this the line
will he L,,ilt fl, m Albany to Jackson