The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-08
Union STATION
FOR SAVANNAH
On West Broad Street.
Will BE Used by Five
Roads.
SOUTHERN IN THE DEAL.
Will Cost Half a Mil
lion.
WORK WILL START SOON.
New Terminal to BE
Ready by March.
Central Will Remain Independent.

Savannah is to have a union depot 10 be
used by five railroads. Before many days
have passed trains viii be running in and
out of a magnificent station equipped with
every modern convenience for the comfort
of passengers.
The new terminal viii occupy a portion
of the block between Roberts and Stewart
streets, and viii front on Yves, Broad 1t
viii be some POO yards south Of the Central
Railroads depot. It's easy access to the
Central will he Il mutual advantage
TO the roads using the union station and
the Central, for passengers may transfer
from the one to the other without any
great inconvenience and at but little, if
any expense.
The roads which VIII use the new sta
ton are the Georgia and Alabama. the
Plant System. the Florida Central and Pc
ninsular and lie Southern. The announce
ment Of the last named with the 9TH
ors is the first authoritative statement that
the Southern Hallway is TO enter Savan-
nah. OF that there Is now no doubt. II has
been surmised for months that such would
lie the case. and The developments have
shown that II is the intention Of the great
system 90 have a terminal here.
As the Plant System embraces both the
Savannah, Florida and Western and the
Charleston and savannah, it follows that
there Will be really five lines entering Sa-
vonnah and discharging passengers
at the union station. BY the new ar
rangement The present situation viii be
greatly simplfed and rendered vastly
more convenient and advantageous.
The four interests involved will bear
all the expense Of the undertaking joint
y. They will own the property. the build
ing and the approaches. Within a short
while Application will be made for "A
charter for passenger terminal company
that will have the dircc lion Of the union
stations affairs. Ii viii own from West
Broad street to the Central Railroad june
ton, to which point single track viii
run from the station. That track viii be
used by the lines that run into the depot.
Right of way has been obtained
and the terminal company, or Union De-
pot Company, as It may be styled will
own the joint track as well as the other
property embraced in the plan.
VIII Cost Half IA Million
III dtldllh VI the buliQlflE nave not been
worked out yet. Too much has been i'm
hand in making all the necessary prelin-
mary arrangements, buying land, securing
leaseholds, paying for houses that will
have to be demolished. and many other
matters involving vast labor and the tx
penditure of great deal of time. 1t is
known, however. that the roads are will
ing and rather expect to eNpend $500
600 in the prosecution Of their plan In
that estimate is included the cost Of the
land for the depot, the right of way and
the building itself which, il is thought
Will be erected AT an expenditure Of some
think like $250OQ0
For some weeks the Morning News
has been in possession of information e
the effect that a movement was on foot
for giving Savannah an up-to-date union
station, but owing to the confidential
source whence the information was re
ceived, it has been hitherto withheld
Now. however, IT has been released. Mr.
w. W. Mackall Of the general counsel foi
the Georgia and Alabama, and Mr.. w. l..
Clay of general counsel for the Plant SvS.
tenn gave il out officially yesterday
The Georgia and Alabama, the Fioridr
Central and Peninsular. Plant Sys
TEN and the Southern have entere,
into an agreement conditioned upon tn,
requirement of the requisite properly am
the necessary rights and privileges.
Messrs. Mackall and Clay explain
ed that most of the properly
needed for the terminals has beeI
secured, but that there vet remair
certain needed pieces. OF their ability Il
get them they have no doubt, nor in their
minds is there The slightest question hut
that The city VIII cheerfuny grant those
rights and privileges for which they vii
petition. In that petition, they say, there
VIII be no request other than a railway
company entering a city might be expect
cd 10 make, end no fear is felt of the
slightest opposition on the contrary tho
promoters of the enterprise anticiDaf,
nothing but aid from the city authorizes
but in the agreement the condition stands
ana IL is quoted because OF the roads rec.
NE II as within the range OF possib;
tiles that their now woll-matured plans
may fail through the interposition of some
CIRCUMSTANCE that, though they canno,
foresee IT, might intervene TO cause them &c
give over the project
VIII he Ready by Spring.
Mr.. Mackan however confidently no.
leves that 81 win De no later than
March or April before the roads viii have
the use of their proposed union DEPOT. In
the nope that such will be the ca-e ,he non.
pc or savannah viii join. IL Is the iptsp.
toh ~ tine companies, Mr.. Mackau ssvs
20 push the work as rapidly as possible
mere YET remains a great real TO be done
before the actual work of construction can
commence, but il is thought Il viii he mo
l great while before the demolition of The