The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-17
e B AIS GREAT TERMINALS.
THEY WILL BE READY ron
I,nEtcHr ANb STRIPPING JULY L.

,. SnIepdid system VIII Not Then
"a completed, But There VIII De
,1,ipr 10 Prevent Its Use for
,ru.fic--The Immense Work VIII
co.t the Terminal Company 81
ooo oo0-Reports of Transportation
r.ncrts Very FIattcring to the
r.rwipaIs-One Man Says Capital
.,.d ut 81 100000, They Would Pay
40 per Cent-BeIieved the seaboard
Uul Make Savannah One of Its
principaI Ports.
.rb. Georgia and Alabama Terminal
,,,n3nv's great system of railway term
,.als on Hutchinson's Island, just across
..o savannah river, will be ready for use
1nlv i. They will not be completed then,
and work will continue for some time,
,,nt there will be nothing. to prevent the
,oa5ing and unloading of vessels in the
immense slips that have been constructed.
This announcement was made yesterday
-. Mr. w w MackaN, secretary of the
t,,,rd Of directors of the Georgia and Ala
hama.
When all the contracts that are still
outstanding between the Georgia Con-
structlon company, which builds the term
mails for the terminal company, and the
various contractors have been full
filed and payment made there
viu have been expended $lS00. 600
5or tie terminals This amount was nam
81 bv Mr. Mackall. A great investment is
represented by the terminals, but 1t is not
questioned that they will yield a handsome
reurn.
A recognized expert upon all Transport
4aton matters, Mr.. J. T.. Odell of New
York who is frequently commissioned, re-
ceW!ng handsome pay 10 report to banks
and capitalists upon the possibilities eX-
listing for railroads and other properties,
was in Savannah recently. Mr.. Odell
made a careful examination of the ter
ss,uals on IIutchinsons Island and inves-
feated the territory and its products from
which their business will be drawn. In
a letter regarding the terminals he re-
ports that if they were capitalized at ST.
100000 they could within d reasonable
lime. be made to pay a dividend of 10 per
cent other experts have also passed
Judgment upon the properly that would
Indicate that it has a brilliant financial fu-
tire.
Tho Terminal Company owns 1900 acres
on the island. OF this, about GOO acres
are enclosed by a monster levee that
rises far above the highest point the wat
ters of the Savannah river have ever been
known to rise. This levee, thirty-nine
feet wide at the base, thirteen feet high
and six feet wide at the top, will resist
any onslaught that waves, driven by the
northeast gales. may make.
of the enclosed lands, which are the
eastern part Of the island, being the por-
ton cut off by Planters canal, the COM
pany expects to make use in many ways.
Ninety acres will be used for the yards,
wharVes sheds and warehouses, while the
rest will be ready for buildings of all
kinds. For a time truck growing will be
/ engaged in on the lush soil, but this will
soon give way, it is thought, TO manu-
featuring and other enterprises for which
such excellent shipping facilities will be
right * hand.
Three great slips have been cut into the
island for the use of the many vessels
that are expected 20 come with imports
or for exports. One of these, with saw
toothed wharves, is designed for the load
ing of lumber. 1t is 1,5O0 feet long by
200 wide, exclusive of the saw-teeth. The
other slips are also large, one being 1325
feet by 200. and the other 200 feet by
goo. The water in the slips is twenty-siX
feet deep while the channel of the river
has betH WlQeneQ TO bUU l6eI uuQ lndt
near the wharves deepened.
Four piers will be available for loading
vessels, Pier No. /, the easternmost, wi
be for the spirit sheds and rosin yards, No.
: for lumber. No. for cotton, phosphateS
and pig iron with two big cotton presses
on it for the compression of this eason' 8
cotton, and No. for local freight and gem
eral merchandise.
The docks will be lighted by electricity.
and every facility for fighting fire viii he
provided. complete water system will
be introduced. Every possible means for
me quick and effective handling Of freight
Will be adopted, and Mr.. Mackal says the
terminals will be of a character any city
should be proud 10 own.
heavy iron bridge is being built across
Inc savannah river two miles above the
city and trains will be crossing this on
or soon after May l. This bridge will
give access to the island. After it has
oeen opened for traffic it is expected the
HNpntages offered on the island viii at
u"rl many manufacturers DESTROYS OF 10
C'LhS plants. Negotiations are now
un9er way with a concern that desires to
es.aolSh saw mill and planning plant.
ne consolidation of the Georgia and
A'3'ama, the Florida Central and PENN
hu'Af and the Seaboard Air Line indicate
S'5rIy that the terminals upon which
sueH a lavish display of money is being
ul'de are 70 be no mean feature of the
sleAt Seaboard System. It is confidently
De"eFed that the Seaboard will make Sa-
amman one of its chief export ports, that
sue south viii send even more of its pro-
'0''S through this city to foreign lands.