The age-herald., 1901-06-01
PUBLIC SENTIMENT IN MACHEN'S FAVOR Enthusiasm of People Along Route lnsures Roads Success TRANSCON IlNENTAL PART Road Will Be First Step On Line From Brunswick To San Dieeo-What
 the Shareholders Say of
 the Scheme.
TRANSCON 1lNENTAL PART

The following, taken from the Share holder, one of the most reliable Wall street financial papers published in New York throws much light on the question of the new railroad to be built here from Brunswick by E. c. Machen
 The pronounced progress which the Brunswick and Birmingham Railroad Is making proves that there is something in this project of more than ordinary in- terest. The charter for the road was only granted last December and during the following month the first rail was laid. Since then a continuous series of conven- tions and meetings have been held look ing to the granting of the right of way and the subscription to the stock and bonds of the company. The southern press has 'teemed with articles advocat- ing the building of this particular rail road. Public sentiment has been aroused in It's favor from the Atlantic to the Pa ciic. We in the north have been so in- terested in our own peculiar railroad sit- uation that We have overlooked this southern project but It's importance will soon force itself upon us.
 The interesting thing about the Bruns- wick and Birmingham Railroad is that it is the first step in a new transcontinental railroad system which will connect two of the best harbors to be found on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. In addition to this, the distance between these points is some twelve hundred miles less than from New York to San Francisco or Se- attle and fifteen hundred miles shorter than existing lines between New York and San Diego. yt
 Nor this reason the immense transcon- tinental traffic which everybody feels will soon set in between Europe and the Oriental countries, and which must pass across this continent at some point, will find in this road just what it wants. It will be the shortest route possible to build, and 1t will also be the most easily operated route. The whole system will lay south of the snow line and hence can be operated without interruption in winter as we'll as In summer It also will be free from mountainous regions, and hence the grades will be slight The route will be almost straight line stretching along the thirty-second parallel of latitude and extending from Brunswick on the Atlantic coast. It will tap magnificent lumber forests, the finest cotton region in the world, mineral deposits of gold. silver, copper, lead and zinc, while coaY and petroleum at numberless points on the line are found in exhaustible quantities. An extensive grain and grazing region Is also met with along the route. In ract none of our railroads extending across the country are favored with such diversified resources as are to be found along this proposed railroad. The local traffic alone will be sufficient to pay satisfactory re- turns on the investment. When to this is added the foreign traffic which cannot be denied to the re Al the necessity for It's early construction becomes apparent at once.
 Enthusiasm Prevails.
 The Southern people have suddenly wakened up to a realization of this state of affairs. and they are greatly interested in the project It comes nearer to their road than anything heretofore built or proposed. Probably as an aid to Southern interests and enterprises 1t Is the most important railroad proposition ever made.
 The present condition of the company Is very satisfactory. The right of way is being granted wherever asked for, and railway construction Is going on quietly but rapidly. The charter allows the com pany to issue $15.0 900 in stock and the same amount in bonds for every mile of road built As the road progresses the con- struction force will of course, be in- creased and the building of the road be more rapid A peculiar feature about the road is that tunneing Is almost entirely absent, the whole road being through an ideal country for railroad construction From all points of view 1t Is probably the cheapest road to build ever projected in this country and at the same time has more resources back of it than any rail- way we know anything about.
 The idea of building this thirty-second parallel line Is not a new one. It has been discussed for sixty or seventy years past, but 1t seems to have been left to the pres ent head of the road to get 1t started in practical shape. Wherever he goes he meets with an enthusiastic welcome, and only last week convention was held In the little town of Sycamore, Ga., and tele- grams to the New York Herald and other papers here tell of subscriptions of es much as three hundred thousand dollars in aid of 1t, besides an absolute free right of way across the State of Georgia and good part of the way across the State of Alabama. AS an evidence of the enthus- iasm of the people only last week the city of Eufaula, Ala, donated to this road the public bridge across the Chattahoochee river, connecting the States of Georgia and Alabama. this being the only navlga- ble stream to be crossed between Bruns- wick and Birmingham. and the only .m- portant bridge required. This certainly shows a remarkable desire for the road.
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