The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-11-02
The WORK WILL
BEGIN MONDAY
~
PRESIDENT SPENCER, or THE
SOUTHERN. TAKES ACTION IN
THE MATTER.
OTHER ROADS WILL ENTER
Mr.. B. S. Thompson, of the Southern,
States That Preliminary Work
of Surveying Will Begin at
Once and Plans Will Soon
Be Drawn.
Be Drawn.

Atlanta, November Atlanta is to
have a new 100000 union passenger
station and preliminary work looking
to the construction of the new station
will begin Monday by direction of
President Spencer, of the Southern,
ana the building viii be pushed TO
completion as rapidly as possiRu
This new depot is to be built by
the Southern Railway Company, and
all other railroads entering tae city
are to be invited to come in as
stockholders and joint owners in the
property
This decision has been definitely
reached by President Samuel Spencer,
of the Southern, after a conference
with the officers of the- Central OF
Georgia Railway Company, ana he has
ordered the work to proceed at once.
The new union station will be 10.
Gated on the property OF tie South
ern Railway Company between Ml,c
ell street and Madison avenue, the
site OF which the Southern secured
with this particular object in view
Engineers of the Southern nave been
given instructions to proceed at once
10 make the preliminary surveys
the ground and tracks. in order to
submit to arcnitects at the earliest
possible moment the necessary infor-
nation for preparing plans for such
a station These preliminary sur
veys will be begun Monday.
AS soon as the preliminary plans
have been prepared the officers Of the
railroads interested will decide upon
what~they want. and the construction
will begin without delay
President Samuel Spencer, Of the
Southern, yesterday wired General
Agent Barbour Thompson of his con
clusion in the matter, and his tele-
gram will be read with interest by At
lantans VINO have so long waited for
something definite to transpire in the
depot situation.
President spencer's telegram fol
lows;
Knoxville, Tenn. October 31.--J S.
B. ThompS6h, Atlanta, Ga.-Dear Sir:
referring TO our conversation Of yes
terday | have looked over the plots
and papes relating to the property in
Atlanta and have consulted VIZ. the
officers of the Central of Georgia rsil-
way company on the subject of the
possibility of locating satisfactory
union depot on the site discussed, at
toe intersection Of Mitchell and Madi
son streets. Instructions have been
given to the engineers to proceed at
once to make the necessary surveys of
the ground AMI tracks in order 10 sub
nit to architects at the earliest date
possible the necessary information to
prepare preliminary plans for such
station.
Please aid the engineers in this
matter in order that work may be done
and decision reached as promptly as
practicable. Yours very truly,
ASMUEL SPENCER,
President
The plan Of President Spencer and
the other railroad officials interested
eontempIates the construction Of a
100000 passenger depot on the
Mitchell street property.
1t is designed to make the station
the property of a company separate
from the railroads, but in which the
railroads shall be the shareholders.
All Of the roads entering the city
will be invited to come into the new
station as part owners, zach paying