The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-08
pRoBAnLY ORGANIZE THURSDAY.
About settled That the c. q A. Will
Build in From MeIdrim.

". ". Mackall, Esq, attorney for the
Georgia ana Alabama Terminal Company,
received telegram from J. Randolph
Anderson, Esq, at Atlanta, stating that
owing to the absence Of the secretary Of
state she charter for the company would
not be signed and delivered until Wednes-
day. II has been expected that the charter
would be here this morning. As il Is, 1t
Will be in the hands of those interested on
Thursday morning. That afternoon il Is
expected that the terminal company and
the cons ruction company viii both be or
ganzed by the election of officers Many
of the capitalists interested will send their
proxies 10 Mr. MackaI The officers and
directors are understood TO have been
mainly decided upon already. and their
e.ection viii partake largely of the char
acter of a legal Formally.
Mr.. MackaE Is now engaged preparing
the mortgage which viii be executed by
the terminal company 10 the Georgia Con-
struction Company as security for Che
bonds which the latter viii take in pay
ment for lts work on HutchlnsOn's Island.
The bonds will also. as is generally known,
be indorsed by the Georgia and Alabama
Railroad. There are other important pa
pers also in preparation, and the attor-
neys time is fully occupied with the legal
business growing out of the terminal
project.
The map Of the route of the Georgia and
Alabama's extension is about finished for
a section from just west of Pooler TO the
Island It is not 10 be revealed at pres
ent exactly where the road is TO be
crossed. II is almost an open secret now
that the railroad company has decided 10
cut loose from the Central and will com
pete its line from Meldrim, its present
terminal 10 Savannah, a distance of
about twenty miles, paralleling the Cen
tral for a greater part of the distance,
but nearer the Savannah river than its
tracks are. The work on the railroad ex-
tension will probably begin a the same
time as the work of filing in the island
and excavating for a dock. 1t is Drac-
ucaliy acknowledged that when the island
terminals are open for business the Geor-
gia and Alabama will be an absolutely in
dependent line from Savannah to Mont
gomery, with the most favorable connec-
tons there to the great West.
The work of repairing the breaks on the
Georgia and Alabama purchase on
Hutchnson's Island, made by the
storm, is nearly finished, and that of lay
ing Off the land for the projected i'm
provements viii soon begin.
The plans for the docks and wharves
contemplate such as no other railroads,
except the Illinois Central Rail-
road, at New Orleans. have, and It will
take two or three years to complete the
work The wharyes will be higher than
any in this port, except the new wharf
lately built by the Central of Georgia,
aud will be as high as that wharf. The
preliminary work is being pushed forward
as rapidly as possible, and there will be
no delay in the Improvements when that
is completed. The plans embrace the cut
ting away of the island on the city front
for a distance of from eighty 10 140 feet,
which viii add that much to the width
of the river, and dredging along the front
to the depth of twenty-five feet.