The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-14

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SAVANNAH, Ga. Dec. 10 --The growth
OF Savannah IN this era Of American pros
perity, in which the South hHs borne 80 con-
ep IoUs part, L. ia many r,sy,Cts similar
To that of Richmond HE two cities in
their evolution haV, chHrac,eri>tics in con
mon. In each the movement onward and
upward has been strong. steady progress
progress which. particularly IN the case OF
Savannah, has been one of rapidly gathering
momentum, but quite free from sensational
spurts and dramatic crises
The nearest approach TO anything like
rrecipltate speed n the gait Of either
Is now in evidence in Savannah ar the result
OF the recent elimination Of certain broad
and comprehensive plans for the citv,
benefit, plans for part Of which William
Whann Mackall more than anybody else.
Ii responsible both in the matter Of their
conception and in their >uCc, s-ful ACHE We
ment
These plans, wow accomplished fac's.
are the construction OF the fine Seaboard
Terminal, the drainage and conversion into
firm land Of what va- the low. marshy
island opposite tho city and the constrt.c-
ton at a cost Of $4,000 of the new Union
Railway station, one Of the finest structures
OF the kind in the South
MILLS QU.CaLT BU'Lr
The result, that have followed the ac-
complishment Of these great tasks are re-
markable. An impetus to Savannah
growth has come from them. which is not
unlike some Of the startling trausforma-
tion- which have taken place in the Georgia
and Carolina cotton manufacturing tow ms
within the past decade. Acres upon acres
of ground in Savannah, which only few
months ago were oIen fields. are now
covered with great manufacturing plants
which, big az they are, are still reaching
out In all directions about them along the
riverfront. and in many instances. are
doubling their capacity.
Right in the city of So vsnnah proper the
building of the Union passenger station
has resulted in the building of what soon
will be one Of the not able business streets
In the place-the creation Of "A new bust
ness nucleus, What only a few months
ago was an unsieitly dirt road lined with
little better than old -haCks j. now broad
fnely-paved street, along which business
blocks of an excellent TYP" arr either al
ready up or are in process of erection.
The value Of real eStat" along this high
way fronting the now l. lion station has
increased by over 100 per cent since Nav
last, when IN" station was opened, while
the increase in values along the waterfront
in the new manufacturing district within
tho same interval i even greater.
This recent great accclcrat ion in Savan-
nlh's growth j. the only except ion to the
steady even pac" At which the city has
bNen going forward during the last decade,
and. withal, il is as free from ANYTHING in
the nature Of boom a. has been the citv's
progre from tho time when the life Of the
new era and the New South began 70 move
in her veins, up to the present movement
when she is well toward tie front among
the host Of the Southern sea ports
GREAT SEAPORT.
Savannah is going 10 h" one of IN" hig
seaport cities nf Ia" country. The day of
doubt as To that hes gone by Too much
hos be'u Invested AZ for iu"'aaco the
million and a half dollars Just put into the
term uaS--hy those vino do not max, a
haiti Of g'iAg wrong Ia those matters,
to leave any room for h"sita''o n on the
prl of The im'd Quietly. in her own way
and without fuss and feathers, Savannah
worked our her own salvation and j. now
right In III" great swim &C 4 unricar pros
periiv, and sir i there 20 stay
While the city Increase it, population
In the decade ending in 1914 N the rate 81
about % per cent, il j. only within the past
Two years that Savannah ha, been gaining
in population At a rat" that compares well
with those grea. Industrial centres in the
South whose progress within the past seven
or eight year. ha- been 50 remarkable
with such cities, Tor instance a. Columbia.
Charlotte, Greensboro ard Norfolk
The population of Savannah hv the
Government census of two wears ago was
but little over $1,000. 4 very conservative
estimate places the present popu a. ion
at over 5000 an incrca>r IN two year.
just about equal to the incrca-r for the
entire decade Of lsOp-l9Ol II is entirely
safe to say tina, when the census of 1910
il taken Savannah viii hav" a popula,i ion
Of between 5000 and 100 900
When a city is forging ahoad al that
rate; when IL is "A ,cItra, Ioiit Tor four
such great railroad SYSTEMS as the South
ern. the Scaboard Air Line the Tlat a. d
the Ccrtral Of Georgia; when il las three
ca a,icus and well-equil rcd icrmr as at
which vessels drawing twenty-five feet
OF water are able 10 ,ad AID urlcad; two
fleets Of fire Passenger and freight steam
ships Furnishing almost daily service to
the great Northeri ports, when ia si' 4 e.
year N9OD the ', Ia ne of tohr ago cntcring
and leaving is iaI Dor is ?, 785, S62 tots a. d
the gross yulu' of it's commerce ia the
same interval amounts To- $4,000, 600, with
bank clearauces amounting 10 s,s2 POI ia.
when 1t Is the greatest shipping port In all
the world for naval stores CURRENT ..
rosin and kindred products); when II Is one
OF the foremost lumber ports in the world
and the third largest cotton shipping port
In the United States when a city can throw
down on the table a hand like that. oven
the most doubtful of the doubling Thomas.s
must see that the game II already won
that Savannah has TAX N her place in tn,
ranks Of the most progressive American