The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-03-07
A RAILROAD SUGGESTION.
WANTS GEORGIA PINE BUILT
TO DAWSON.
Arlington Paper Prints Interest
ing Article on the Railway
Situation of This
Section.

Section.
The Calhoun County Courier wants
the Georgia Pine Railway extended from
Arlington to Dawson, and in the fol-
loving article which appeared in its last
issue oE the railway situation Of this Sec
ton makes an interesting suggestion:
The consolidation of the Georgia and
Alabama railroad 10 the north OF US ana
the Florida, Central and PeniEsular
railroad to The south Of US as
parts Of single great system OF
railway has greatly simplifed the situa-
ton in this section. 1t seems perfectly
plain that the Georgia Pine railway
.ught to become part OF the same grea!
system AND act as a belt or cJnnecHng
line between the two arms, one OF which
passes north Of US from Savannah 10
Montgomery and the other south OF US
from Savannah via Jacksonville, Ialla
hassee and Quincy toward Pensacola.
such a union of interests would be OF
immense advantage to this section ana
of mutual advantage 10 all the railroads
above named.
Columbus and Tallahassee are very
badly served by their present railroad
connection through Dawson, Albany,
Townsville and Monticello. Not only
is the route indirect but it lab0rs under
the difficulty Of passing over the lines OF
three companies W hich will not cooper
ate in giving good schedules or low rates.
Its difficult to see how we can ever
have swift and smooth connection be-
Z \ Ia Ef,ri9a nd (r20TUla
until there is a line Of railway uD0eT
single control extending from middle
Florida 10 either C0lum buS or Macon in
this state.
Il would b. idle to expect any such
independent through line to Oe built by
The Georgia Pine Railway Company, The
company IS well managed financially and
is b. no means weak financially. Il is to-
well managed to undertake projects that
won't pay, and il certainly viii not pay
them to build from CuthbeTt = CO,um-
/ bus in competition with the Columbus
Southern, now part Of the GeOgia and
| Alabama. No. if the Georgia Pine is and
continues the owner of itself it will con
| tinue to 0iter and stroll about in pursuit
of pine and turpeDtine 1t is 10 amazing
/ fact that the railroad from Bainbrldge to
Arlington has been - years building
! through country the cheapest in the
world for railroad construct ON and the
best in the world for yellow pine pros
! ducts. and this in the closing year Of the
| 10Th century.
Mr.. J. Shelton Williams of Richmond,
! Va, is at the head Of the great system
winch, reaching from Washington
through Richmond to @ayannah has now
absorbed the G. & A. with its branches
and The F. c. d p. with its branches.
Mr.. J. P. Williams of Savannah is the
astute president of the Georgia Pine
railway.
! We respectfully urge upon Mr., Will
1 liam Of Savannah and Mr.. Williams of
! Richmond that their interests in this
quarter are identical and ought to be
united. And in order tC be practical we
briefly advise them:
LIST. Consolidate.
End. Build from Dawson to Airing
ton.
3rd. Build from cambridge to Quincy.
Thus by the construction of Is miles
Of cheap road here and about q miles Of
moderately cheap road in Florida you
will have line of railroad under single
management extending from Columbus
through Dawson, Arlington and Balm
bridge, Ga, and Quincy and Tallahassee,
| Fla, to st. Marks on the gulf with a
! frien1 lily connection to Carabelle, "a better
gull port, and you will have made belt
! line from Quincy to Richland, two points
on two great arms of great system.
| II it be possible that railroad corpora
tions,are bound by sense of honor and
the Georgia Pine has involved itself by
promises to the corporation of Cuthbert
then let the connection from the @. q A
southwark commence at Richland or
Lumpkin and proceed via Cuthbert to
! Arlington.
We are informed, however, that in
spite Of the tact that some grading has
been done between Arlington and Cuth-
bert a railroad could be built quite as
cheaply from Arlington to Dawson as
from Arlington to Cuthbert, and we
think that if the Georgia Pine is cons
mi tied to the Cuthbert route the scheme
VIII ich we respectfully suggest will prove
more difficult of cOnSummatiOn,