The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-24
RAILROAD WILL NOT BUILD.
CENTRAL HAS NO MONEY TO PUT
INTO A HOTEL AT TYBEE.

Vice President John vi. Egan Fa-
vOrs the Building of Another Ho-
tel, However, and Anything He
Can Do TO Boom the Resort Win
Not he NegIected-seasOn Better
Thus Far Than Last Year's-Mr.
Egnn Thinks Persons Who Cam
not Get Cottages should Use Tents.
Will Try to secure Lots at NOmi-
nal Rentals for Cottagers.
Another hotel is wanted at Tybee. AL
though the Hotel Tybee is one of the finest
seaside hotels on the coast, it is over
crowded in the summer. The crowds that
go down are larger than one hotel can
handle. At the hight of the season the
Tybee Hotel cannot furnish accommoda-
tons.
Mr.. John NJ. Egan, vice president Of the
Central of Georgia, appreciates the neces-
sity for another hotel on Tybee as much
as anyone, and if he could do anything
to secure one for Abe ISL
and he says he would not
hesitate for fear of little trouble. He
tried to induce Mr.. w. NJ. Bohan to re-
build last spring, and IL looked for a time
as if the South End would again be run
ming this season. The endeavor came TO
naught however, and Mr., Egan and the
railway officials associated with him are
left without adequate accommodations 70,
all the guests they are making special eff
forts to bring to the resorn from the in
terror cities
he btr1I rel M
Tybee? 1t owns property there, does it
not?" Mr.. Egan was asked.
Yes" was his reply. but the railroad
has no money to put in hotel. 1 believe
one could be made to pay, though, and l
think it is a shame that Savannah people
do not put first-class hotel
there. We have no intention now of build
ing, but l don't know what may come up
in the future. Just how much land the
company owns on Tybee l do not know"
Some talk has been heard about the Cen
| trail building toward the north end of the
| beach. Tybee residents have heard the ru-
| NOR for some time, but it develops from
| Mr.. Egan's expression that there is moth
| ing in it. Everybody knows the resort
| would be benefited by the establishment
of a frst-class hotel, and it has been the
| desire OF those who visit it 10 see better
accommodations than can now be OBJ
| tanned.
! Mr.. Egan says the season at Tybee thus
| far has been exec lent Last year it was
| good, but he has found that thus far this
year 1t has been an Improvement. He be-
! leyes four or five years ago would have
been the time Of all times for anybody
with the interests of the resort at heart
to have begun its upbuilding, but he can
not see that ii Is now too late. His idea
| would be to have hotel of considerable
| pretensions run in connection with the
| the De Soto Visitors could there secure
accommodations and entertainment of an
| expensive character, while others OF less
| extraVagant tastes or less means to in
dulge them could patrOnize smaller hotel
| where the rates would be less
Mr. Egan does not think that visitors
| to the island should have TO pay a fee o.
| % cents for their bathing suits and bath
| rooms. The bath rooms should be an adj
junct Of the hotel he says, and no extra
cost should be imposed for their use. II
another hotel is established, 1t will be his
particular endeavor TO see that visitors
| who patronize it are not charged for the
| use Of the bathrooms.
Another plan Mr.. Egan has in mind is
to induce the Tybee Beach Company to
| grant lots of land at nominal rentals on
long terms to persons proposing to build
| cottages on the island. He has not done
anything along that line yet, but has it
| in mind and expects to see the directors
| Of the company about it. He says if the
company would lease tract of the prop
erty to the railroad the latter would see
that persons desiring to erect cottages
could do so without having to pay any
more than a trivial sum for the use of
the lots.
This season there has been a great
scarcity of cottages on the island. Fam
lilies have been unable to secure them,
and many have therefore been prevented
from going down for a few weeks stay.
Mr. Egan makes the suggestion that
large tents would serve admirably IN lieu
of cottages He believes there would be
a bit of novelty and diversion in the use
of tents as houses and that those living
10 them would enjoy their stay by the sea
all the more for their new departure.
"Why don't some of the people who
have been looking for cottages without
being able TO secure them go to the gov
| eminent sale that is to be held next
| week and buy the large hospital tents
that are TO be auctioned? They could get
them cheap They are Plenty big enough
for the accommodation of a number of
| people, and there is no reason why an out
ing under one of them should not be as
comfortable and thoroughly enjoyable as
| If a cottage were used. Cots may be
bought at the SALE also. In fact, the en-
tire equipment Of a tent could be OBJ
| tanned"
Mr.. Egan is wiling to help along and
boom Tybee in every way. He believes 1t is
the place Of all others along the Southern
coast, and that 1t offers inducements as
a resort that are unsurpassed.
| With the proper accommoda lions
for visitors, he can see no reason
why the island should not become even
| more popular than Ii has been.