The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-01
SAvANNAH'S NEW RAILROAD.
THE GEORGIA AND ALABAMA NOW
HAS ITS OWN LINE INTO THE
CITY.


On-Began Receiving Freight at
Its West broad street Warehouse
Yesterday-lIr. J. l.. Beck Made
Local Agent-A Night Train With
Through SIeepers soon 10 Go On.
The Line in Good Conditioned
Has Three Separate Contracts
With the Central.
The Georgia and Alabama railroad took
charge Of the Lyons branch Of the Central
OF Georgia Railway Company at midnight
last night under perpetual lease, and at
the same time its trackage arrangement
with the Central for the use Of its line be-
tween Meldrim and Savannah began
The first train on the Georgia and Ala
bama under this new arrangement viii ar
rive in Savannah this morning at SIS
O'Clock from Americas. This is mixed
freight and passenger train. The first
passenger train through from Montgomery
viii arrive this afternoon. The first pas
senger train out of Savannah viii be the
through passenger to Montgomery, which
leaves this morning at 7 O'Clock and ar
Tives in Montgomery at O'Clock tonight.
Vice President and General Manager
Cecil Gabbett is in the city looking after
the arrangements in connection with the
Georgia and Alabama's entrance into Sa-
Vannah practically over its own line.
Though the lease began at midnight. the
Georgia and Alabama took charge of its
portion Of the warehouse yesterday after
noon. and began receiving freight.
The Georgia and Alabama has the east
ern half Of the warehouse, just back OF
the new office building Of the Central on
West Broad street. The western half is
used by the Florida Central and PENN
sular railroad. All local freight Will be
received and distributed from that ware
house, the entrance to which is on West
Broad street, Mr.. J. L. Beck. soliciting
agent. has been placed in charge there as
local agent. and he will superintend the
handling Of freights. Through freight re-
ceived from the east destined to points be-
yond Savannah will be handled over the
wharves of the OCEAN Steamship Company
and the Merchants and Miners Transpor-
tation Company.
The new schedules begin to-day. Pas
senger train No. II leaves Savannah at
: o'clock a. m, and arrives at Mont
Train No. IS leaves Montgomery at
oclock a. m. daily, and arrives in Savan-
nah at $50 o'clock D. m.
Mixed train No. q. through fast freight,
with passenger coaches, Will leave Sa-
vannah at s:25 O'Clock p. m, daily, eN-
Cept SUNDAY, accommodating local pas
sengers, and VIII arrive at Americas at
b.45 O'Clock a. m. Returning, this train
VIII leave Americas at o'clock p. m,
and arrive in Savannah at S3j a. m.
On Sundays this train will run as first
class passenger train, leaving Savannah
at 5;S5 p. m, and run as hrst-class pas
senger as far as Lyons, where il will
take on freight cars. and will arrive
at Americas at 54J o'clock a. m. Going
out, this train will be No, IS, and coming
in No Is. No. rs will leave Americas
on Saturday night at Z O'Clock p. m, drop
its freight cars at Lyons, and run as
hrst-class passenger train TO Sayan-
nah, arriving here at 1850 aclock Sun
day morning. This train was designed
10 give the people along the line an OPP
portunity to come in TO Savannah on Sun
day for trip TO Tybee, and the mixed
train which runs during the week will
give parties living along the line an OPP
portunity to spend the day in Savannah
and return to their homes at night.
The local freight train will leave Sa-
vannah at o'clock a. m. and arrive at
Montgomery the next evening at 100
O'Clock. Leaving Montgomery at O'Clock
a. m, it will arrive here the next evening
at S:25 o'clock.
BY this schedule in connection with that
of the mixed train, freight can leave Sa-
Nannah at 4:25 O'Clock in the afternoon
and be in Mon gomery the following even
ing at 100 O'clock decreasing the length
of time heretofore occupied in moving
freight between Savannah and Montgom-
cry by about twelve hours.
In the course of thirty days or there
abouts the Georgia and Alabama proposes
10 put on a night passenger train between
Montgomery and Savannah, which will
carry through sleepers TO Montgomery
and points beyond Montgomery, as St.
Louis and Louisville. over the Louisville
and Nashville. The schedule of this train
Will be about eight hours between Savan-
nah and Montgomery.
This is the most direct route between
Savannah and Montgomery its length be-
ing only $40 miles, or seventy-one miles
less than any other route. All trains
handling passengers, whether mixed or
frst-class passenger will come into and
leave from the Central railroad passenger
depot on West Broad street.
The Georgia and Alabama has over
hauled all of its equipments, has repaired
and remodeled its passenger coaches and
locomotives, and has put in the best shape
ABOUT two-thirds OF Its freight equipment.
It has also secured about fifty freight
cars from the Atlantic Short Line. which
VIII be put in good running shape at once.
The road between Lyons and Montgom-
cry is undergoing a thorough overhauling
and is now in an excellent physical con-
dltion- It's trestles have been rebuilt and
IN some places new trestles have been put
in the cuts and banks have been widened
out. some of the bridges have been filled
IN and the IRON bridges have been
strengthened This portion of the road
has been regarded wherever the grading
was defective. This latter work will be
completed this summer Eight sets Of new
section houses will be built, and new de-
pots will be built at Abbevile. Glenwood
Mt. Vernon an Manassas.
At Abbeville this road connects with the
AbbeVille and Waycross extending Ia
Fitzgerald a distance OF tWenty-three
miles, which is now operated by the Off
Gals of the Georgia and Alabama rail-
road. The original length of this
road was eighteen miles, and il was re.
Gently extended to Fitzgerald the neky
colony, which now has about 1000 inhab.
itants and about 1860 houses and stores
Colonists are coming in there daily and
large number is expected in the fall
The AbbeVille and Waycross railroad Is
now handling large amount of business
including materials used in the construc.
ton OF buildings and supplies for the
stores and the colonists. A large freight
depot has just been completed at Fitz
gerald and passenger station is now un.
der construction. The Abbeville anC
Naycross railway is also sinking an ar
tesian well at the passenger station witt
view of demonstrating to the colonist!
the pracucability of procuring artesiar
water. 1t is expected that water will b,
secured at a depth of $50 to 400 feet II /!
considered by the contractor, who
has been doing such work in southern anC
southwestern Georgia for the last fifteel
years, that there will be no doubt abor
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