The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-08
TO BUILD ACROSS TO PINEoRA.
THE NEW BRUTON AND PINEOHA
RAILROAD PROJECT.

The CompIetiOn of the Old Atlantic
ShOrtIine to a Connection With the
Central VIII Give a short Route
From savannah to Macon Via the
Macon and DubIin-A Survey For
the Extension in Progress.
steps are being taken looking to the
building of the old Atlantic Short Line,
now the Bruton and Pineora railroad,
from its present terminus a point near
Stillmore to a connection with the Central
railroad at Pineora. over the route origi-
nally projected.
The company, in whose immediate pos
session the property is, secured new char
ter from the secretary of state few weeks
ago. under the name OF the Bruton and
Pineora Railroad Company. and has been
organized with the following ottcers
President, A. F. DAILY of Wrightsville;
vice president, Mr.. Perkins of Tennille, and
secretary, NJ. b. Lane of Savannah.
These three, with Messrs. John r. Young
and Henry D. Stevens of Savannah, con-
stitute the board of directors of the new
company.
Mr. Daily, who is the attorney for the
wrightsville and Tennille railroad, bought
the Atlantic Short Line property when it
was sold under an order from Judge
Speer's court Mr. Perkins is president
of the Wrightsville and Tennille, and Mr..
Young was president and receiver Of the
Atlantic Shert Line before it was sold
President Day a day or two ago wrote
to President Conner of the Central, asking
him to send an engineer up there to look
over the property with a view to seeing
what would have to be done to complete
the extension. In accordance with this
request President Conner sent Engineer
Connolly, one of the CentraPs force, to
mike the preliminary survey Of the prop
e.ty in order that everything might be put
in shape at an early date. The preliminary
survey of the property is now in progress
and, within a short time, it is likely work
upon the extension will commence.
The road was formerly constructed from
Button, on the Wrightsville and Tennille,
to a point within about four miles of
Stillmore, about twenty-eight miles of rail
being laid. 1t was the purpose of the At
lantic Short Line Railroad Company to
build to Pineora, and then perhaps come
into Savannah over the Central. This
same plan will be carried out by the pur-
chasers of the property In connection
with the Macon and Dublin railroad the
construction of this line to Pineora will
give lire about thirty miles shorter than
the Central between Macon and Savan-
nah. The construction will not probably
be very difficult, as all of the rights Of
way were secured before the purchase
and much of the grading has already been
done
How the shortening of the distance be-
tween Savannah and Macon will affect the
railroad situation is not yet apparent. 1t
is not questioned that this new line is
controlled by the Central, it having been
bought by the Wrightsville and Tennille,
in which road the Central owns the con-
trolling interest. 1t is sort of round
about way, but the control Is there, all
the same. The Central, however, does not
control the Macon and Dublin, which
runs between those two points, and con-
meets with the Wrightsville and
Tennille about six miles from it's
connection with the Bruton and
Pineora, but having control of
the Bruton and Pineora, all danger of
future competition from that direction
is practically shut out, because il would
not be possible for any other line to
build in there to Savannah without par
alleling this new line so near to it that
IL would be barred from building under
the state laws.
At Stillmore, when about four more
miles of track are laid on
the Bruton and Pineora it
will meet the Millen and Southern
railroad, which runs from Stillmore to
AIillen, on the Central.
There has been some talk about the
owners of the Bruton and Stillmore pur-
chasing this road, instead of continu-
ing to build at present TO Pineora. This, of
course, -would not give them the shorter
distance between Macon and Savannah
but its purchase would save considera-
BILE expense, perhaps, and the distance
would still be some shorter. 1t seems
now, however, that they have decided to
build, as the matter has been placed in
the hands of an engineer, with instruc-
lions. The construction of this new line
will be watched with interest, as there
win be a general desire to know just
what figure it is going TO cut in the
railroad situation in this section.