The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-15
THE wAYcRoss AIR LINE.
Officers Go over the Line of the Pro-
posed Extension.


Waycross, Ga, May 14.-President B. A.
Denmark. Vice President William B. still
well and Director H. p. Smart of Savan-
nah; General Attorney ]. C. Mcdonald
and General Manager L. johnson of the
Waycross Air Line. left Waycross yester-
day evening in a special car for Nichols
Livery carriages were dispatched to Mich
oils from Waycross yesterday morning
for the use of the party The directors left
Nichols this morning in the carriages for
Fitzgerald. They followed the recent sur
vey of the proposed Fitzgerald extension
as well as the course of the public road
would allow, and thoroughly inspected the
country and the survey.
The country is slightly rolling, and the
elegant pine forests between Nichols and
Fitzgerald are valuable for lumber and
turpentine purposes The distance is only
thirty-six miles, and as the route is COM
paratively uniform and free from swamps
and rivers, the cost of construc-
ton of the road will be unusually small.
| Through Coffee county on either side
| of the road some of the best farms of
South Georgia are located. The building
of the line will be conducive to the early
and thorough development of the agricul-
tural, milling and turpentining resources
of that section. Connection will be made
at Fitzgerald with the Georgia and Ala
Waycross and the west.
The directors OF the Waycross Air Line
on reaching Fitzgerald tonight, will leave
on the Triton and Northeastern train for
Triton, and return to Waycross tO-mor-
row morning on the Brunswick and West
ern train.
When asked his opinion of the feast
bility of Coffee county's being represented
at the Southeast Georgia fair in Waycross
this fall, Editor A. C. Sweat of Douglas
said: IF our people are invited to make
an exhibit of their various products and
resources, and they believe that Coffee
county will be advertised sufficiently by
the fair, i believe there will be no trou-
BILE in getting the county TO make an ex-
hibit. And Coffee can make a most cred
liable of agricultural products"
Judge Joseph Tillman was here to-day.
Seventeen years ago he commenced the
publication of the Reporter at this place,
which at that time contained a popula-
ton of 62S Waycross is fast assuming
was in store for it.
Judge T.. r. Lamar and Judge 4. L.
Reese of Sparta. Washington Dessau. c.
A. Turner, & M. Davis, William Bran
son, Ben Stuart and r. " Hardeman Of
Macon, were among a party from Macon,
who arrived yesterday at Lulaton for a
fishing frolic at Atkinson and Lulaton.
The party comes down annually and
spends a few days fishing on the Satilla
river, and is called the Satilla Fishing
Club. The party occupied a special car
from Macon.
Women as Related TO Government"
will be the theme of Hon. c.. c. Thomas
address on June at the commencement
Of Andrew Female College.
On Wednesday morning, near Elsie, on
the Waycross Air Line, the residence Of
Mrs. j. r. Minchew was burned. There
was no insurance. The loss was $500.
The Waycross Air Line this morning ran
two special trains to Johnson park on ac-
count of the union Sunday school picnic
Several hundred persons attended. The
excursionists returned about o'clock.
Slight damage by lightning was done the
residence Of George W. Gray on Gilmore
street. the other afternoon. but no one
was hurt