The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-26


appeal for sub-treasury, with evident
eject Savannahs cleariugs have shown
rapid growth each year since the estab-
isnment OF her clearing house. and the
past year TO Dec. 81. reaching l243l2. 1927.
IN the group of southern clearing houses,
| embracing Baltimore and New orleans,
I savannah ranks third and Richmond. Va.
| fourth, with Sl21,5it.7s0 in transactions for
| the same year.
I quite an Improvement for the year can
| De reported in our railroad situation, in
the rehabilitation OF the old Central Rail-
road and Banking Company, as the Cen
| lfal OF Georgia hallway, and the close OF
| negotiations that permit the Alabama and
| Georgia railway, formerly Savannah,
Amercus and Montgomery, TO come into
| the city as an independent line on practi-
caiiy, under their lease with the Central,
their own rail. Much is expected from
the young and vigorous management of
| the Georgia and Alabama in developing
| trade for Savannah through the territory
| it traverses.
The presence. of the board of trade with
| an exhibit at the Cotton States and Inter
| national Exposition, held i'm Atlanta from
september 10 December, as a part Of the
| exhibit of the city of Savannah, was
| unique and attractive. More than words
| can express the thought, ii showed how
| thoroughly in sympathy the board of
| trade was and is with every movement for
advancing the general welfare Of Savan-
| nan and Of its meager resources ready to
| contribute for improving Savannahs adj
| vantages upon the country al large. Our
exhibit received gold medal for general
| excellence. Gold medals were also award
I Il
play of rOsin oils, the Seemann Manufac-
] turing Company for lampblack produced
| from rosin drops, and a silver medal to
| the Forest City Narnish Company for
| varnishes, these three exhibits being parts
| of and included in the board of trade eX-
| hibit. The Savannah exhibit. of which
the board of trade formed a part includ-
ing the foregoing medals, was awarded
four gold, ten silver and nineteen bronze
medals, being in excess of the awards
made TO the entire state of Alabama and
West Florida together, each of these
states having displayed great taste IN
free expenditure of money for illustrate
ing their agricultural and mineral re-
sources and general prosperity.
The board of trade has always raised
It's voice for sound and stable currency,
nor does 1t expect TO see return OF that
prosperity so Ions yearned for as q re-
| ilel 70 the stfalhs that mas 50 uepresseu
business enterprise until our currency
ceases to be a concern of legislation and
is permitted TO adjust itself in accordance
with the universal laws of trade
1t is with much satisfaction we note
the present tendency of the county COM
missloners to improve the roads of the
county Nothing so marks the progress
of civilization as the improvements of a
eountry's highways. The Romans for
lowed conquests with rOad-building to
z bring in closer touch the various peoples
under their dominion, and the ruins OF
their most pretentious undertakings, like
the Appian way, stand as monuments,
q | tWenty-three centuries afterwards, TO the
skill and far-sightedness. To-day, WheT-
ever found, good roads are the unmistak
I
! 'afhe Savannah Bureau of Freight and
7 | Transportation, to the establishment of
> | which you lent your countenance and
= | contributed of your means, has been in ac-
! tive operation since Jan. 10, 1899 On the
: ! first of last August your humble servant
I | was made commissioner to fill vacancy
i | caused by the resignation OF his pre-
decessor. Time has been required 10 pre-
; | pare for the work before 1t. Some results
s have been accomplished, but much re-
7 mains to be done that in the very near
| future will demonstrate its necessity as
4 | adjunct to our commercial system COW
: cred by no other organization IN our
: For several years the officers of our
= coastwise steamers of the Ocean Steam
: ships Merchants and Miners and New
t | England lines have complained of seri-
= | Gus difficulty in navigating the river in
e places for want of proper lights. No at
n tention was paid to this repeated remon-
n strances, and matters We're growing worse
s when the board of trade was appealed
to and Immediately took up the matter
Il with Col. Lester, who made it in part
l. the object Of visit to Washington during
z the summer and put the matter before the
Q lighthouse board Officers of the light
: house board were quick TO take up ana
Y inquire into the grievances, and findinS
= them fell founded, upon personal eX-
e animation, and after conference, partici-
= president of the Cotton Exchange, and
$ Capts. Daggett, Askins, Smith and Bill
5 promptly provided the necessary lights
. | and other channel marks to make plain
/ the navigation Of the river at points COM
+ Concerning the inter-oceanic canal
scheme, Capt. Purse said: mo
ceivng more attention to-day in
= | this country than how best to Sc
cure closer and cheaper connection with
I | our Pacific sisters Mexico has just COM
! | pleted the Tehuantepec railroad, 40 miles
Z | in length, connecting the Gulf of Mexico
with the re- P tS t ocean starting at the
; gulf, it terminates in the harbor Salina
: | Cruz on the Pacific. The. highest point en-
| route is S2f feet above sea level and great
est grade in ascending to and descending
) from it is 106 feet to mile and 60 to 80 feet
grade are the average through the table
: lands. Now that the road is completed,
Mexico in even these times, with a credit
not over high, is about to eXpend an adj
: ditional $4,000 in gold to improve the
p termini. President Diaz has displayed great
= craftsmanship and nerve in the success
of this enterprise, and his added determine
= alton to make it more available as another
. ! iuter-Ocean land ro1lte for the world's com
merce will ever be a monument to his
wisdom. When we Hook upon this picture
and contrast the high born spirit of en-
terprise of the Mexican president with
our own ssupineness and Vacillation in the
matter of the Nicaragua canal through
| which our fleets of merchants and war yes
sells could pass, which President Diaz can
| not transfer over on his l06 feet grades
the contrast brings the blush of shame to
: our cheeks and makes one pause to ask
: where is our boosted wealth and the spir-
it of our great ancestors, that the ciVili-
zaUlOn OF the country Oh the MonteZumaS
is outstripping us once, at least, in the
race for commercial supremacy in peace
and in war, in proper provision for afford
l ing quick relief by land or sea to the wide
| " separated sections of our country 1t is
l | to be hoped that the lesson inculcated by
/; | this unpleasant comparison may not be
lost on our legislators in their bellicose
excitement and later in proceedings by in
vitation, our distinguished guest, Admiral
Ammen will present to you from his
standpoint Of information how simple as a
! scientific problem is the construction of
the Nicaragua canal, and how important
it is from every view, that the construc-
tion of this canal should be undertaken at
once by the federal government and push
ed to completion, and, even though its
cost exceed 100000 its value and i'm
portance would justify the expenditure"
DARIEN's INDIAN MOUNDS.