The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-08

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},,,1e flv ~ ne. ~ ~. C..,reio a,,1 Ala
bsroa far fte ,ae-.,7g,r and local freight
business rsac65a .ba conclusion that The
fir,l vas r.rol,.t ,,,,- far he cons rIction
Of i urion j,n,t a ,Ian was outlined and
s,brr5t,ed D., 'ptesr7.rt John Slsalton VIII
Uarns Of The cieorgia and Alabama. who
anDroved n n,ost heartily and authorized
Rtr Naalau ~ n,oc..a
Mr. r. a. Erwin at that time vice presi-
dent of Inc pant system was approached
on the suhf.ct lie DrouDflv loo< hold.
an5 II is i'm no small measure due 10 his
effort tbat me rrofer, has attained its
uresenf .tatIs ANA here IL NAV ba said
that prior TO his deaih Mr.. H.
Il. Plant was exceedingly interested
in the scheme. both he and Mr.. Erwin
having ALWAYS been warm advocates of
a union depot for Savannah. Ii has long
been popullrlv supposed that Mr.. Plant
desire to see a union depot established at
Savannah was but slight. ana indeed that
il was due TO his lack of interest that one
long s,nce was not erected Said a gentle
man Yesterday: Mr.. Plant was a man of
a far-soeing intellect. lie appreciated
that the time was not ;that in all prob
ability there would come such an opportu-
nifty as the present when a depot may be
advautageously built I know il was for
a long while his wish to see this city with
a handsome depot"
MT Mackall IS keenly appreciativo of the
perfect unanimity he has encountered
among the lines that are to use the de
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one Of the greatest advantages to Sa-
Vannah In the plan for the depot IS
in the prospect of the Southern
making this one of It's important points.
That system is a great developer, and 1t
is taken 10 mean by It's investing It's money
in Savannah that it is the intention of
the management to recognize the oppor-
tuniues the city offers and make strong
bid for it's business.
The Southern VIII eventually have It's
own line 10 savannah. That is not doubt
ed. The strongest sort of confirmation Is
thought to exist in its entrance into the
union depot scheme. We're il only to have
traekage into savannah over some other
line, II is more than proaab.e that ii would
have made no such arrangement as stands
among the roads Interested in the depot
but rather that it would have bargained
for the use OF terminals as well as track
age with whatever .ine il may have
wished TO effect such an understandings.
Ii is the southern intention to build from
Columbia to Perry, $. c., a distance o.
but some thirty or forty miles, connecting
at that place with the Carolina Midland
road which it either owns or controls
over the Carolina Midland it will reach
Allendale, where the Port Royal and Au-
gusta tracks viii be used 90 Yemassee
There al arrangement already effected
with the Plant System will admit of the
Southern running its trains over the form
er's line into Savannah.
The Southern WIFI not be satisfied with
that arrangement II win want another
II is a road that has not been content to
use anothers line. It's policy has been
to use its own tracks and such will be
the case at Savannah From Allendale
the extension viii run on TO Savannah
That such viii be the means the road Will
adopt of getting into the CITY is not given
out authoritauvely, but il is the general
belief. and The presence Of its survevine,
party within a short distance of Savannah
is taken as proof that there IS an inteu-
lion to build The statement Is made that
the Central or the Georgia and Alabama
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