The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-10
A NEW STEAMER LINE.
4 Boat building for The Savannah
and Hnv,IsinsvIIIe Route.

Savannah viii have "a new steamer line
about Dec. J. The steamer City OF Haw-
{ kinsville is being buiit al Abbeville by the
OcmuIges and Deco Water Steamboat
Company and VIII uiy between Hawkins
vile and Savannah.
The leading business firms Of Hawkins
Vile are among the stockholders. They
are Watson d. Lewis. j. vs.. Miller. j. }.
Whitfel5. Vs. n. Parsons, d. c.. Joiner,
Coley Lovojoy & co. and J. o. jerks q
Co. The steamer VIII Dee 120 feet long,
with twenty-four feet beam, and can run
at any stage OF the water. She VIII carry
20 tons weight. and win have duplex en-
gines, with a powerful boiler, that win
make the boat "a fast one.
A stock company is being organized in
llaWhlnstill- 20 be capitalized at $4,000.
The stock is practically an subscribed.
ana what is LETT Is merely held in reserve
T.. IeW par lies who are desired 70 be
The steamer VIII make weekly trips be-
tH ken "a Fannan ana Hawk lnsville. At
AuaeFiIie 10 VIII connect with the s. A.
A- road and can reach all points on the
railroad quicker and much cheaper than
any other Inc can. The new boat can
make the run from Hawkiusville TO Alb
AeF-le very quickly, and VIII DO quite q
passenger business. There IL also connects
wan me A. O. W q. thus going right into the
heart Of the old soldiers colony In Will
cox and Irwin counties AT 7. L. Wicox's
nnqing on the river connection viii be
i miles out into Irwin county.
The HaWknsviAe Dispatch and News In
writing or the enterprise, says il is more
"a me flsht direction and great things
1T viii be Remembered. says the Dis
p3lch and News, that the rate
cd classe" ' from H9 certain ANY western 1etJgTl
points was advanced on our merchants
early this, spring. This was quite blow
81 the Wholesale grocery business. and
indirectly the retail business. 1t did not
effect the eastern rates. which stul re-
main as low as MacOn's and several
points lower than Atlanta. Every effort
ias oeen made, IN the spirit of coucilia-
uon, by our merchants to have the old
rates restored. To the rate committee
or the pool that controls the rates i'm the
south, our business men went Their pc
u.lon was referred TO the ex Rutive COM
htltices, 10 arbitration committees, and
az az tSI many months Of waiting every hope
" IHdl success from this source has been
abandoned and In a quiet way the new
move mas been inauguratcd This is not
q nght on the railroad. but simply a de-
tefmlnatio1 to use the means at our COM
Hidiid 10 secure cheaper transportation
Iaclhtes, and at the same time have a
nF1ot,eet!q3n against unjust freight dis
uIl-s us cargoes OF groceries from Sa-
Nannah Aside from this every mer-
eAanL who gets goods from the east. by
way OF the savannah steamers, will have
them come by the river route. Am the
suaho mat is shipped in the spring will
come this route. The boat viii hardly
go PACK 10 savannah empty the following
week. Some 5000 or 10000 bales of cotton
yet 20 De moved from here goes 20 Sa-
Eannah, ana it VIII be noticed that
large shipper Us among the stockholders
There is a world Of naval stores that line
the landings on the Ocmulgee, and the
assurance Of patronage already received
guarantees a cargo each week. In fact
the prime movers in the boat scheme are
already talking of a new boat number
two"
In the meantime the Gypsy viii doubt
less be leased for another year. to make
the snort runs, while the City Of Haw-
klnsVille makes the through runs.