The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-13

constructed are good buildings some OF
them are handsome. There are six large
brick stores ,in course of construction,
some of them near compile ton. There Is
quite a number of industrial enterprises
among them two variety works, bottling
works, brick yard and wagon and bug
gy factory, There Is also ginnery ana
grist mill. one extensive barrel factory,
harness and saddle factory, and a charter
has been granted for an ice and cold stor-
age factory The town is 10 have $780,
0O0.00 cotton factory in the near future
Mr.. w. c. Vereen, a wealthy turpentine
operator is al the head of the movement
Eighty-five thousand has been already sub
scribed by home capital. The farmers of
the county have taken considerable stock
and feel a deep interest in the enterprise
Moultrie, besides these enterprises, has
forty stores, one large wholesale grocery
two large brick cotton warehouses, two
livery stables, one excellent hotel, one
Chinese laundry. and plenty of lawyers
and doctors, perhaps decidedly more doc
tors than the health of the county de-
mands.
The Moultrie Banking Company has a
capital of $3.50 The officers are w w.
Ashburhe, president; W. c. Vereen, vice
president; q. H. Clark, cashier. The bank
is doing a safe and profitable business.
There are two newspapers.
The Moultrie Observer, edited by c. b.
Allen, and the Colquitt County Courier,
| edited by j. H Cook. Both of these are
| good county papers.
| The town is a railroad center There
| are four roads, the Georgia Northern,
| Sparks, Moultrie and Gulf, the Triton and
| Moultrie and the Triton, Townsville and
| Gulf Railway. The Triton and Mouttrie
| has passenger service and carries the
| United States mail from Moultrie tosT1f-
| ton. Maj. ID. C. Bacon is president and
| NJ F. Amorous vice president and gen.
hon aS-xril
and Gulf is completed from Triton to
Moultrie. and is running passenger trains
| on schedule time from Moultrie to Triton.
| The entire line from Triton to Thomas
| vile is expected to be completed by the
first of May. The length of the road
| from Triton to Townsville is fifty-five
! miles. 1t is being constructed by the I'M
| ion Lumber Company. H. NJ. Atkinson,
! Atlanta, is president; j. W. Hightower
vice president. The road is well graded
| and the bridges are well built.
| The road wiz be thoroughly equip
| ped and will be frst-class road
| in every respect 1t runs through
a splendid section of country and new
towns have sprung up along the road
between Moultrie and Triton, and there
| is quite a real estate boom along the line.
| ODE in Colquitt county, on this road,
| is building a modern brick female col
| lege 1t is in a healthy section, and the
| surroundings are pleasant. DullilllSS are
going up along the right of way of the
| Triton, brownsville and Gulf head
| of The track laying. The officers of
| this road are now buying new engines
and coaches, and will equip the road
| with the very best rolling stock that can
be bought.
The depot in Moultrie is located on the
south side of their track with the main
| entrance opening on West Broad street.
When completed 1t will be thoroughly
| up-to-date structure of ample proportion.
| The ticket office joins the telegraph
| groom, which is located in the imposing
octagon shape tower that projects far
enough beyond the face of the building
| for the operator to have an extended
view of the tracks.
The rooms will be finished with select
| ed pine showing the natural grain; the
walls above will be plastered to a sand
| finish Large open fireplaces built of
notified brick, with large brass fre-dogs,
| will lend coy effect to the rooms. The
| chimney will show on face of the build
| ing in buff brick, with terra Gotta trims
| mings The pyramidal roof will be cap
| ped with bronzed metal finals Four large,
| Well-lighted Office rooms will be in upper
| story of the building and have speaking
| tubes to the telegraph office. These rooms
| are approached from "a broad street en-
trance back of the telegraph office, up
| a broad flight of steps, with handsome
| balusters, landing In the tower above at
the head of a long corridor, into which
| all of the rooms open, showing names OF
| different offices in gold letters on the
| ground glass door lights. The freight
| part of the building is thirty feet by sew
| enty, with an open pavilion fifty feet
| long at the far end it will be surrounded
| by a platform, over which the roof ex-
| tends. Pavement will surround the
| passenger part of the building, and the
|
class character of the house, which will
| be very complete and ornamental struc-
| ture when finished.
| The Union Lumber Company has erected
| one of the most complete and up-to-dat =
| steam saw mills in this state on their
line of road near Moultrie. II IS thor
| oughly equipped with the latest and most
improved machinery and is a S00-horse-
| power MILL Mr.. c. w. Hicks. one of
| the best steam mill men in the South, Is
| general manager of the mill. It has a
| planer to plane large pieces of timber.
| There is only one other planer like 1t in
| the state The mill will saw on an ay-
| erage of $4,000 feet of bill-stuff per ten
| hours. The company owns about 1000
| acres of timbered land along their rail-
| road line, and will in the near future put
in another large mill between Moultrie and
| Townsville.
Colquitt county is certainly an inviting
field for enterprising farmers Unimprov-
ed lands can be bought from 50 to IS an
acre. The soil is productive, health un.
excelled school and churches convenient
and transportation easy of access
The people of Colquitt welcome farmers
| 20 their county The farmers now have
an excellent home market for nearly ev-
| erything they can produce. There are
| hundreds Of farmers trying to make liv-
ing cultivating the worn-out hills Of Mid
| die and North Georgia who Wou'd he great
| ly benefited by coming to Colqult or other
South Georgia counties. There is room in
| South Georgia for energetic farmers or
men of means who can engage in manu-
featuring enterprises in every county Col
quit, however, / do not think can ho,d
| out any inducements for merchants.
clerks or people hunting soft snaps.
|
AgricuIturists Meet.
Grand Ridge, Fla, Feb 12.-The West
Florida Agricultural Society met at this
| place yesterday and was largely attended