The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-20


of his daughter in 1881 to Josiah Tatt-
nal, the occasion was celebrated by
the planting of oaks which now adorn
the grounds in the forms of the letters
NJ and II, the initials OF the respective
family names of the bride and groom.
For over half mile extends mag
nificent avenue of oaks, forming leafy
tunnel. from the roof of which drop
long stalacites of eaden-colored MOSS
swayed to and fro by every passing
breeze. Here. too. as in the city. pal
mettos and Spanish bayonets and other
harbingers of tropical regions greet the
strangers wondering eyes and remind
him that he is beneath a SUMMER SKY
than at home.
FORSYTH PARK.
Forsyth Park. right in the heart OF
the city. formed after the plan of the
Grand park in the City of Mexico, is
peerless gem that many northern
cities may well envy. The shade trees
i'm IL are mostly pine and of the natural
growth of the forest. The walks are
broad, winding and prettily arranged
and covered with shell, bordered with
w
cacti ivy and climbing plants. 1t con-
tans ten acres and an additional ten,
to be used as a military parade. The
main entrance is guarded by sphinxes.
In the center is a beautiful fountain.
In the center of the parade grounds
stands the Confederate monument,
modern Italian in style and fifty feet
high, standing on a raised terrace and
.F a
fedcrate soldier at parade rest" 1t
was erected by the Ladies Memorial
association. on the die is this peculiar
dedication:
Come from the four winds,
q breath,
And breathe upon these slain
That they may live"
TO the Confederate Dead.
1S6l-lS65
RAILWAYS.
Savannah is an important railroad
terminus. There are four great trunk
lines entering the city, the Atlantic
| Coast" of the PLANT SYSTEM" the
Georgia Central, the Southern Railway
and last, but not least, the New Sea
Board Air Line" Savannah has also
four steamer lines and connections tc
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Boston
| These trunk lines entering the city
have contributed more in bringing
about Savannah's wonderful prosperity
than any other agency. In the civi
war Georgia was known as the gran
airy of the Confederacy," and the
southern armies were largely supplied
from the bounty of her broad acres.
The New Road" as the Seaboard is
called is spending this year million
dollars in Savannah, erecting new oflic,
buildings and enlarginG its extensive
switches and terminal, and also re-
claiming waste land, etc, a transfer
nation scene we'll worth ones visit t'
sec. There seems to be an air of mutua
congratulation among the citizens tina
the extensive terminal improvements
the shortening of the route some thirty
four miles between Savannah and Jack
sonville, will not only prove advan
tagcous TO the Seaboard, but add great
ly to the general appearance and als
the city's prosperity. This is a Giganti
enterprise and Savannah owes much o
its present prosperity to the new road
management. The long iron arms" q
these trunk lines, tapping the caro-
lnas in the north and northwest, an
westward extending into the middl
and southwestern Georgia and Ala
bama and portions Of Tennessee an
Mississippi and southwark penetratin
the heart of Florida, pour into the la
OF Savannah's commerce immense con
| tributions of the native pine, tho cot
ton, the rice, the fruit and vcGctabl
= fields, the granite and phosphate bcd'
etc, that enables her TO stand proud
as a commercial center and first in tn
; list of commercial cities of this section