The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-19
SEABoARD'S INDUSTRIAL WORK
DEVELOPMENT or THE COUNTRY
THAVERsED ny the =. A. l..

CHIEF Industrial Agent Patrick On
Tour of Georgia aud Fioridn-on
his Way to the sncksouViilc In
dmstrIni OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the
Hutchinson Island Terminals Win
Party Of Frgcnds-somethinE 81
the Work lie II Doing for the
south.
Mr. John T. Patrick. chief industrial
agen' OF the scaho1rd AR Line. arrived
10 Savannah yesterday morning la Cen
erll Superintendent McBec's private car.
with Mr j. y. Upham OF Boston. Mass.
Mr. Mac Jones OF President Williams Of
fee. MI W Z. Christian. general agent
OF the passenger department % the Sea-
board Air Line. ana Mr. Christians son.
jackson Christian. grandson OF stone
wall Jackson and Carl Patrick
Mr Patrick Is on his way 10 Jackson
willie 60 attend meeting OF the Industrial
agents OF the seahoard Air Line. number
ing about 80. which o. 10 DE held iu that
city oct a and - There will also be- e
meeting OF the super.ntcndeuts OF county
schools on the line of the seaboara Air
Line at the same time az which Mr.. Up
ham. who has saken great interest IN
school affairs. viii deliver an address on
education. After che meeting a trip Will
be taken through Florida.
As his official tito indicates Mr.. Put-
rick IS the head Of the movement FOR the
Industrial development Of the country
which tho seaboard system traverscs. and
De has done a wonderful WORK In that iii
rcction embracing about everything from
building cotton NH to improving the
breed Of chickens.
Through the Seatoird Industrial depart
meut during the past year se6 new enter
priscs have been established. il25 families.
representing 5G25 souls. and 50 Tgs.7i5 IN
wealth. have been added to the population.
To THIS increased population o. 10 be
added Ans iab0ring people. making a to-
tai addition TO the population along the
lines Of the system OF s3S people. The
aggregate addition 20 the wealth OF the
country living along the system through
the efforts OF the Industrial department
for the past year. Is estimated al {l9.5i5.-
2l2 against i3upeo two years ago. This
work has been confined 40 the oli terri
tory traversed by the company. betwefn
Portsmouth. Va. ana Cherlw. s. c.. aud
Atlanta.
The purpose Of Mr. Patrlck's present
trip Is 10 lnaugurate movement hooking
10 "a like industrial development ia Gsor-
gia and Florida. Among the other good
works accomplished by the Industrial
department this year was the planting Of
639 3sl trees and shrubs. Mr. Patrick. In
I IA ah
werc put up and the number OF old ones
that We're made 20 look as good as new
by the artistic application OF paint
putty and whitewash. OF course. being
an eN-cditor Mr.. Patrick Is nos much %,
q talker. and aside from a few figures De
had with him 10 use at the experience
meeting which he and his industrial help
ers OF the Selhoard are ahous
10 hold IN Jacksonville. wants 90
keep behind tho scenes. as 70
were. However. enough Information
was obtained from him by the Morning
News 10 family outline the great work
that has been going on quietly but en-
ergercally. and which chrnOt fail TO no
Of great good TO tho country. and make
one look forward 90 the early extension
Of its benefits TO this state and 20 For.
ida.
Mr. Patrick's party was met az the
ing agent. Mr.. William Butler Ir.. travel
Ing passenger agent. Mr.. Walter e.. Lewis.
chief clerk Of the general freight agent
or the SeahOArd. Mayor Myers and VI s-rs
Estil ana Stovall. and after d i've
through the city went aboard the Sea
board Air Line ferry -bolt. iu which "a trip
was made up the river 80 che S.aho ira
bridge returning past the Central Rail
ways terminals down the river 60 tie
| Plant System wharves. The visitors We're
surprised az the great commerce and rail-
way facilities of the port as well as at ~
shipping. There were twenty-three steam
ships aud thirty-four sailing vessels Ca az
! the wharves and docks besides numbers OF
steamers. tugs and small sailing craze.
! a landing was made az the lower or
/ naval stores docks on Hutc hin sons Island.
/ where Mr.. &. c. Martin. agent OF the
! Seaboard. ana the manager OF its i'm.
mense terminals met the visitors. aud
| chapcroue1 them through the naval stores
/ warehouses. AMI thence TO the lumber
I and cotton docks. At the latter was
Witnessed the operation Of the new COM
| presses Wherever those who had no,
| visited the terminals on Hutchinson
/ Island before went. wonder was ex-
| pressed al the business that was being
handled There is sufficient shipping AZ
Z these docks alone 70 satisfy the ambition
OF any ordinary seaport
II was very tired bat much pleased
party that went aboard the Eclipse
again and was ferried across 90 the EN-
/ change docks whence the visitors re-
turned to their car and lcf, for Jackson
| vile.
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