The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-13
MAY TAKE THIS FOR ITS PORT.
BLACK DIAMOND RAILWAY SEEMS
TO BE HEADING THIS WAY.

Believed That x ss Back ssf Ban &c
BE introduced in the Legislature
for Greater Liberty in ParaIIeIing
other Railroads Into. savannah
and Acknowledgement of
Foreign Capitalists May BE ia
Savannah in Il Few Days.
Considerable interest has been aroused
in railroad circles and among the general
public by the advertisement of the caption
of a bill which it is proposed to introduce
| at the coming session of the legislature.
The bill provides for an amendment to the
general railroad laws of the state, so that
any railroad desiring to. build to or out
of Savannah and to or out of Augusta, or
both, under any existing charter or charter
yet to be obtained, can parallel any then
existing railroad for forty miles beyond
the corporate limits of either city, within
the ten miles Limitation as now provided.
There is a decided inclination here to re
gard this as part of the plan of the
Black Diamond" Railroad Company,
| which. seems to be getting into a more
tangible shape. A few days ago a letter
was received by a Charleston party from
Col. Boone, protector of the road, which
stated that the outlook was seemingly
be butt 70 Savannah, or to Charleston. 1t
! is said that the plan is to build from Gin
clnnati to Augusta, through the Cumber
land Gap and the Rabun Gap, and in en-
| tering the latter city the road would un-
less 1t made a great diversion from
straight line, have to parallel the Georgia
or the Western Carolina road for long
distance. In fact. the impression is that il
would come down in between the two for
a considerable distance To do this il
would be necessary to get such a change
in the state railroad statutes as this bill
contemplates.
From the bill, it is also to be inferred
that the project of those behind the scheme
is to use Savannah as the terminal. Com
ing down from Augusta TO Savannah it
might be necessary TO parallel the Central
for considerable distance, especially as
Savannah was neared and to avoid any
opposition, the legislature will be asked
to give the rights asked for in the b.u in
question.
The BLACK Diamond" is one of those
projected road, the future of which is a
matter of the greatest doubt. Representa-
tives of prominent English capitalists are
in the country now investigating They
are to be at Knoxville on Saturday. on
their tour of inspection of the route 1t
is quite probable that they VIII be in Sa-
Vannah in the course of a fortnight or so.
If their report is favorable, it is claimed
that there win be an abundance of capital
put up by foreign investors to push the
road through from Cincinnati to this, or
some other, port. Sir Thomas Selby Tan
cred, the noted English engineer is in
charge of the investigation as to the route
the cost of construction, and the probable
results to the company undertaking the
enterprise. The route is 200 miles long
Mr.. L. B. Mobley, formerly train dis
patcher for the Plant System in Savan-
nah for many years, and afterwards chief
dispatcher for the first division, with head
quarters at Waycross, has been promoted
TO be trainmaster of the fifth division of
the Plant System, with Headquarters at
Lakeland, Fla Mr. Mobey's many friends
in Savannah will be glad to. learn. of his
merited advance.
Mr. w. L. Bird of Washington, D. c.,
spent yesterday in the city. Mr. Bird
formerly resided here and was for years
the assistant auditor of the Central Rail-
road. He is a railroad man of experience
and marked ability and now fills a re-
sponsible position in the auditing depart
ment of the Southern Railway Company
Mr. Bird left last night for Atlanta.
The Empire of the South" is the title
of a very handsome work that has just
been gotten out by the Southern Railway
AS its name indicates the book deals with
the South. Savannah is one of the cites
that is written up, and some of the public
buildings of the city and its historic spots
are pictured. 1t is seldom that a railroad
spends as much money on handsome lit
erature as 1.-THE Empire of the South
must have cost the Southern.
A circular has been issued by General
Freight and Passenger Agent A. Pope of
the Georgia and Alabama Railroad TO its
commercial agents, combining their sphere
of duties and the territorial limits they
will observe in their efforts to get business
for the road. The Savannah commercial
men of the Georgia and Alabama have
Brunswick, Jacksonville and Charleston
in their territory.
Fined for Reckless Driving.