The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-30
LOOKED OVER RIVER FRONT.
SIR THOMAS s. TANCRED SPENT AN
AFTERNOON IN SAVANNAH.

Came Over From Beaufort with
Capt. Purse-Was Highly Pleased
with the HarbOr and Impressed
BY the Amount of shipping In the
POrt-Sir Thomas, the English En-
gineer Who Is to Report to British
Capitalists Upon the Proposed
Black Diamond Railroad.
Savannah had a distinguished visitor
yesterday afternoon in Sir Thomas s. Tan
cred of London, the engineer, who has
conceived and executed many plans and
who is now at liberty to rest bit, after
having finished rather an arduous journey
through the mining regions OF the Ale
pheny, Cumberland and Blue Ridge noun
tains.
Sir Thomas arrived early in the after
noon from Beaufort, aboard the steamer
Clifton, accompanied by Capt. d. G.
Purse. The latter went over to Beaufort
the day before to meet the engineer and
his party and to invite them to visit Sa
vannah. He extended the invitation TO
Sir Thomas and the others, but 1t could
be accepted only by the Englishman. The
remaining members had to return to their
homes Immediately owing to the call II
urgent business, as they had been away
for three weeks, a longer time than they
had expected would be necessary for their
trip through several states to investigate
the country through which the line of the
proposed Black Diamond Railroad will
run. In addition to Sir Thomas, there were
in the party Mr.. William Kirkly of To.
ledo, formerly a member of the Railroad
Commission of Ohio; MIR. j. L. Tribble, a
leading attorney of Anderson, S. c.; Hon.
7. c. Dickinson of Washington; Mr.. w.
B. Crenshaw of Knoxville and Col Sam
w. Stairs of Dover, Ky.
The citizens of Beaufort were entertaining
the party in great style on Capt. Purses
arrival there. He met the members Of
the party and rendered the invitation that
had been signed by Savannah's business
men. Appreciation of the courtesy was
expressed, with the regret of those who
could not avail themselves of IT, Sir
Thomas, however. said he would be pleas
ed TO accompany Capt. Purse on the Cliff
ton.
Later during the afternoon a delegation
arrived from Charleston consisting OF
Messrs. John A. Smith and John d. Cap
perman, and an invitation to visit their
savannah gentlemen. however, had al
ready been accepted.
Sir Thomas was greatly pleased with
Savannah's harbor. The Clifton came in
at high tide and the harbor was seen at
Its best There Is now a great deal of
shipping In the river, and a fine display
was offered While Sir Thomas is not a
man from whom much In the way Of ex-
preston can be obtained, Capt Purse said
one could readily see that he was pleased
with what he saw, and that, when his eye
ran over his maps, evidently to observe
the location of the city and to make
rapid calculation Of the advantage of max
ing 1t the terminus of the Black Diamond
there was the light of satisfaction In It,
On the arrival of the steamer at its
wharf carriage was taken, and Sir Thorn
as was driven over the city. The RAIN
unfortunately made the drive not so
pleasant as it would otherwise have been
several gentlemen were met by Capt
Iurse and introduced TO Sir Thomas. The
latter is a thorough Englishman in APP
pearance, conversation, disposition and
ideas. He left during the afternoon for
Orlando, Fla, where he goes to meet an
English nobleman whom he had promised
to visit white in the South.
Sir Thomas Tancred is the senior mem
Der OF the engineering firm of Tancred
Arrol q Co. 1t was he who was one of
the directors of the great enterprise of
the construction of the great railroad
bridge across the Firth of Forth In Scot
land 1t was his firm also that had the
Reconstruction Of the bridge over the
Tay. His report upon the route OF the
proposed railroad will bear great weight
when submitted to the English capital
lists, by whom he was employed to go over
the ground.
Capt. Purse says there Is no question
that Savannah win be made the terminus
of the great system ii is proposed to con-
Etruct He has infinite faith in the impress
sion Sir Thomas formed of the city.