The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07
OUR YOUNG GIANT.
u,,,, cEORGIA AND ALABAMA TERM
NAL COMPANY'S VAST STROKE
FOR BUSINESS.

,,,,tcbiuson Island Is the site, Alive
with People Pushing the Work.
ro BE a Busy Place When Termi-
raIs Are complications of Savan-
uab,s Greatest improvements.
Our sketch gives a view of the Georgia
and Alabama terminals ON Hutchinson Is
land in process of construction by the
,..orqia Construction Company, of which
" w. Mackall is president; A. Hunter
1obnson chief engineer, and Maj. B.
piandford, engineer in charge. The WORK
is progressing rapidly. 1t is designed to
,iden the river al the point of location at
Last 135 feet, the result being. including
.ba Sins. a water-frontage of 9452 feet,
,ccommodating thirty-one steamers 800
feet long, which will have all facilities for
loading or discharging cargoes at the same
time.
Pier No. AT the eastern end will be
located Pier No. /, with a water-frontage
of 635 feet Here win be the rosin and
spirits yard. separated from the next pier
bv a water-slip 2S3 feet wide The rosin-
ward will have storage capacity of $4,000
barrels. anu tAIClO wiz bC TACSASu Oll II
an inspection shed GOO by 40 feet The
spirits-yard will accommodate 10000 bar
reIs. and covering it will be a shed $50 by
go feet Entering and traversing these
wards win be double connecting tracks so
graded and constructed that mixed trains
of rosn and spirits may be rapidly and
economically unloaded a the same time
Water-sl!p No. This slip VIII be LABS
feet ia length and 232 feet wide. On its
western side will be arranged eleven
betths designed to accommodate that num-
Der OF vessels at the same time.
Pier No. This pier. with a water
frontage of 2,735 feet viii be 1,235 feet in
length and 800 feet wide. II will be used
for storing and handling lumber, iron, and
commodities of like character.
Water-slip No. 2-This slip will be 0S5
feet long and 700 feet wide.
Pier No. This pier, with a water
frontage of $3.50 feet. viii be $40 feet long
and $50 feet wide. 1t viii be used for the
Storage and handling of cotton exclusively,
and its storage capacity will be 100000
bales. Upon it win be erected a cotton COM
press and two large cotton-sheds.
Wdter-slip No. 3.-This slip Will be 500
feet long and 200 feet wide
Pier No This pier, with a water
frontage of ]. 200 feet, will be 700 feet dong
eral freight and merchandise, and on it
will be built warehouse 500 feet long and
rs feet wide
Water-shp No. 4-This slip will be sos
feet long and 200 feet wide On its western
side viii be erected a large coal restle,
with bunke1s for the coaling of vessels
These facilities VIII be so arranged that
vessels may be automatically coaled at the
rate of 800 tons an hour.
Immediately north of The piers and slips
VIII be located the general yard 1t will
he designed TO accommodate l,040 cars
thirty-seven feet long. From this yard
will be double tracks leading upon and
tIaversing all the piers.
These terminals are to be used by the
Seaboard System, which will include the
Georgia and Alabama Railroad, Florida
Central and Peninsular Railroad and Sea-
board Air Line Railroad.
Mr. John Shelton Williams, who is
president of the Georgia and Alabama
Railroad and of the Seaboard Air Line,
Will probably be the president of the sys-
TEN when these properties are brought
together. Mr.. e. St. John will probably
be vice president,
The capacity of these terminals is prac-
ucaly unlimited and the confguration and
surroundings of the property make it ideal
for the location and construction of manu-
factories Owing TO the facilities for
transporting and handling materials. ed-
fees designed for such purposes can be
erected at a minimum cost, and the bust
ness involved carried on with the utmost
economy
1t is the purpose of the company to eX-
pend at least a million of dollars In the
construction and development OF these
terminals, and it invites the attention of
investors and others to the extraordinary
prospects which the near completion of
this great work suggests.
This Seaboard system has united with
the Southern Railway Company and the
Plant System and viii build union depot.
This system has also purchased the lands
adjoining the site of the union depot site
where it will locate its freight station
and warehouses for discharging. Any
further information which may be desir-
ed can be obtained upon application to