The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-31
WRIGHT TO BUILD THE ROAD.
MACON CONTRACTOR WILL CON-
STRICT G. a A. FROM NIELDRIM.

contract Has Been Awarded to MIR.
+. II. Wright and Work VIII Com
mence on the Extension Next
week, and About the Same Time
That ON the Substructure of the
Bridge Is TO start-.Mr. II. #. Holmes
of Chattanooga Secured the Con-
tract for That Work-Both the
Bridge and the Extension Are to
Be Finished by the Middle of
November.
The contract for the extension of the
Georgia and Alabama Railroad from Mel
Trim TO Savannah has been awarded. Mr..
1.-R. Wright of Macon is the successful
bidder. About sixteen miles of the road
are 10 be built, and by the middle of No
ven2ber the work is TO be complete.
Everything is in readiness for the extern
sion TO be built at once. Early next week
Mr. Wright will get his forces at work,
and he proposes TO hurry the operations
along so that there will be no question
about his finishing within the limit named
in his contract.
Everything in connection with the extern
sion is to be done by Mr.. Wright. He alone
is known in the matter by the railroad,
though he may subject the work. 1t is I'M
dergiood that Mr.. +. A. Won Eberstein of
Savannah, has been given the contract for
ali the pilng Mr.. Wright, will require for
treslles that will have to be built in con
necton with the work.
The right of way from Medrim to Sa-
vannah has been secured by the road. The
contractor win grade and lay the track all
the way to the yard limit that is to be es-
tablished on Hutchinson Island. On the
island there wifi be about 5000 feet for
him to grade and track.
Mr. Wright is very well known in Sa-
yannah and throughout Georgia as a con-
tractor. For many years he has been
4 successful stoeknan and dealer in Vehi-
cles in Macon. lie is now in the city, and
lt Us understood that il is his intention to
buy in a number of the mules, that are
being sold at auction by the government
for use in grading the road from Meldrim.
Mr. Won Eberstein is a Savannahian, and
has already been connected with the
Georgia and Alabama improvements. He
was given the preliminary contract some
weeks ago to get the piling in place for the
bukhead at the east end of the com
pany's river front on the island.
Some time ago, as was told by the
i Morning News, the contract fer the super
structure of the big bridge that is to span
the river was let to- the
Youngstown Bridge Company of
Ohio. That concern will send
\ all the parts of the iron structure to Sa-
vannah just as soon as the substructure
q has been completed. BY the middle of
November the bridge must be completed.
4 Thai limit gives the Youngstown company
& forty-dye days for the completion of it's
work, as the substructure and masonry
q must be finished by Oct. 1.
The contract for the masonry work and
subsuucture of the bridge has been let
81 to Mr.. H. F. Holmes of Chattanooga. He
will get his material here as soon as pos
siblo, and his first Work will be next
81 week 1t is expected that no time will
81 be lost in pushing on the masonry and
81 getting everything in readiness for the
81 Youngstown Bridge Company to finish up
a the bridge
Work on the company's terminals on
the island is also to be pushed Contract
ors Hegeman, is to have two of the slips
The largest ones, completed by the time
III the road is extended. Within the same
81 time he will also have finished three of
81 the oulkheads that are to bound the
81 slips. Il is not believed the railroad COM
81 pany will begin the operation of it's new
terminals until early next spring, how
ever.
The last of the contracts in connection
81 with the establishment of the terminal
n system was awarded when Mr.. Wright
n and Mr.. Holmes found themselves the
successful bidders. The engineering
force of the Georgia Construction Com
pany has had lot of hard work in making
surveys, maps, prints and drawing up
Specifications to be followed. 1t will now
remain for the chief engineer TO see the
contracts are properly carried out.