The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-12-12
THE ATLANTIC
COAST LINE
IL Has q Firm Foothold IN
Georgia.

"You want to keep your eve on tho
development Of The Atlso.ie Coast Line
'yssem." said railroad mao to . Nsvs
and Courier reporter. The msuusr
10 which that syssem is resehioe on,
'ovs'd' the southwest is suprisiae some
Of % and 90 one seems 70 koo1 ;ust
"aers it 10 going to stop. Every rsd
road msa rsesnbers bow tho Atlantic
Coast 'ios got over into Georgia yss,s
ego sod how It was crowded eut; si, that
tettlsory after having got . tasss o. the
rich srsaie which orisiss,ss, sbsre, /: Is,
Fsss mssisr Of oounoo rsport that the
@sesgsnsot would sever b; sasis6Sd
unsil The ground lost t6so wa sssever-
Cd. So. whse il became tuovn ,ha.
the Atlantic Coast Nse sequissd con.
vol OF she Ohsrlsstoa nod Wssss,a,
Caro!ios lines. ~ oil ielt, that, il .vss
merely . step taken 10 . certain diess.
hoo. The moves that have been made
since then bsvs been very iopor..at
once, tor, oil that tho. public kaovs little
Or oo.hiee concerning them. There
are probably not ten lsymss 10 ,Cssslec
ton who are aware Of the fact that tie
Atlantic Coast Lius has large is.srss.s
70 90 less than three importsst roads 10
Georgia A few people may have
besrd that it is 10 possession Of obs. half
OF tho lease of the Georeis road, bu.
there is hardly . man out of the business
WIS hss lesssed that it also participates
10 oootrol Of the Atlantic snd West
Point aod the West Alsbsms lines.
Ut course, the Louisville sod Nashville
used to have absolute control Of these
three roads. aud [ suppose the purcbsse
OF 90 interest 10 them by the A.lautic
Coast Line was responsible for the
ro~or ourreut some.montbs ego to the
effect that the Louisville and Nashville
was about to absorb the Atlantic Coast
Line
"Bat. however. thst may be, there
10 90 question Of the fact that tho
Atlantic Coss. Line is COW 10 posi,i,s
to DO 90 extensive business 10 the
socth"est-thst is to say, beyond
Atlsota-aud that It means to improve
its opportunities The Louisville aod
Nashv'lls seems to have abso odooed for
s'e time being all thought of coming to
The Atlantic seabosrd, aud that this
fact seems to suggest the belief tha. the
Coast Line will gradually assume sbso.
lofe E 'utrol Of tbe Georgis road jus,
how far it will participate in tho mao
sgeuent Of the Atlsuts sud West Polo,
asd tho Western Of Alsbams does no,
yet appear I do not even know ius,
When it acquired its interest 10 those
lioes With it's purchase IT tbe
Charleston end Western Carolius road
it Inherited some sort Of claim to q
share 10 the lease Of the Georeis road
from Thomss sod Rysn Havioe
teeite to con6oe itself to ths Missis
s'ppi Valley for the most part, tbe
Huntsville and Nashville Vas doubles,
glad enough to get some one not "a
actual competitor to take . share Of the
lease aod while this trade was being
made it is more than probable ths. the
transfer OF share 10 the other tve
lioes was made. It is plain to every
ooe bow much the position Of the
Atlantic Coast Liae system ass been
strengthened by these purchases
The road 10 10 better shane
10 do business than it bss ever been
before. snd that 10 the reason that |
oy it would be we'll for every one who
u Interested to keep 40 eye on The
Coast Lioe and its transso sotions in the