The Brunswick times-call., 1901-02-16

favor. There will never be a time
whom, upon any part Of it, snow and
ice will interfere with itt operations.
The money now Invested in snow
plows on the upper road would furni. b
engines enough to haul all of our trains
on the first five hundred miles, so you
would have that advantage Of saving.
The snow sheds that are built on this
upper line cost money enough to build
the first hundred miles Of this road, 50
you would have that much saved.
"Perhaps some OF you gentlemen ars
not aware that coming over the Sierra
Nevada mountains, eastward from San
Fran cisco, there is one snow shed built
TO protect that road from the elements,
that 10 contiD uous for forty seven
miles. Think of a house With q roof
over it forty-seven miles long, and 1t
will give you some idea of what it
costs to protect that road from snews
in one place. That snow shed alone
cost as much money as would build one
hundred miles of eur road-and, een.
tlemen, this structure 10 subject to the
action of the elements, and must be
renewed in perpetuity-an endless ex-
pense,
81 am not fully convsrsant with the
figures showing the cost Of the tunnels
Of that line, but having passed over it
as many as twenty-five times, have
often felt that the money necessary to
build those tunnels would build several
hundred miles of this lower line"
The grade of the proposed line will
be exceedingly light, so that one en-
gine could pull forty loaded freight
cars from Brunswick to San Diego.
The importance of this one factor
alone is immense.
The money making possibilities Of
such line are stupendous. To use the
magnificent phrase Of DR.. Johnson, tho
project embodies "potentialities OF
wealth the dreams of avrrics." Some
of the richest regions on the face Of
the globe would be opened up to devel.
opment. The yellow pine and cypres.
Of Georgia. Alabama, Mississippi, Ar.
kansas and Texas, the rich grazing
lands Of Western Texas, the wonderful
beet sugar lands and mines OF New
Mexico, the irrigated lands and cop
per mines Of Arizona, and the fruits,
wheat, gold and silver Of California
all these are but q few of the sources
which will contribute to the streams of
wealth that will pour into the treasure
vaults of the company,
Summing up the matter in his char
aoterlstioallY vigorous fashion, Col.
Machen satd:
"The American people see the necss-
sity Of having this Occidental and Ori-
entail line. When the facts become
properly understood BY capitalists,
they will be only too eager to lend =
hand in the good work. Now let the
people Of Alabama and Georgia lead
OF in this enterprise. and show to the
world that they are ip dead earnest in
the desire for it, and:they may rest
secure in the confidence that capital
will hunt them mt"
To return to the Brunswick & Bir
mingh ham limo specifically, 1t may be
said that Its speedy construction 10 as
good assssured. ANY amount Of South
ern capital 10 available, and the great
railroad faanciers Of New York and
Boston stand ready to do whatever may
be required. Col. Maohen can COM
mand practically unlimited capital.
The favor with which the project is
regarded 10 illustrated by the fact that
Col. Machen and the delegates to the
convention were specially invited By
Mr.. Frederick Baker, Of the famous
Jekyl Island Club, to visit Jekyl-an
honor only onos before accorded, the
nrst reception being given to Presi-
dent Mckinley, Hon. Thomas B. Reed