The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-24
FUND WAS RAISED
TO GIVE SAVANNAH SHARE IN
GREATER GEORGIA ASSN.
AMOUNT SECURED $1,000.
PRINTED MATTER AND CUTS SENT
HARPER's WEEKLY.

her of COmmerce-WOrk TO Secure
Enhancement of Fort ScreVen Gar
rison Moving SmOothIy-Alabama
Nnn Seeks to Interest Savannah
Capital in 0-MiIe Road to Connect
Geneva With Central of Georgia
Railway Company.
The Chamber of Commerce held
its June meeting yesterday afternoon.
There was a good attendance and
many matters of interest came up for
discussion and settlement. One of the
chief of these was the announcement
by Col. ]. H Estill, president of the
organization, that the matter of Sd
vannah's fund to take part in the
Greater Georgia movement has been
settled.
The amount secured was $1,000, of
which $1,000 will be paid for notice
of 1000 words, with cuts, showing Sa-
vannah, it's facilities and advantages
from all standpoints, this information
to be printed in the Greater Georgia
number of Harper's Weekly. The re-
manning $500 will be retained for fu-
ture uses in connection with the move
ment.
These matters were settled at a
meeting of the committee appointed to
secure funds, held yesterday morning.
This committee got in telephone com
munication with the officers of the as
ISOLATION in Atlanta and managed TO
have the space originally allowed Sa-
vannah 1900 words enlarged to 1000.
The matter to be used and the pic
lures were forwarded by Secretary
Donlan of the Chamber of Commerce
last night.
To Enlarge Fort Screven.
Col. Estill also reported that the
work now being done to secure larg-
er garrison at Fort Screven is going
along smoothly and that next week,
proba bly,, he will appoint a committee
to assist in helping the matter forward.
He stated that at present there are
but three companies of coast artillery
at the fort, while Lieut.. Col. Taylor,
who is in charge of the fort, thinks
there ought to- be seven, and may be
twelve.
When reports from the committees
WE'VE called DOR not all C11mittees
were represented and some of those
whose chairmen were present had
nothing definite to report. 1t was stat
ed, however, that the River and Har-
Dor Committee is at work trying to
get the government to station the big
dredge Cumberland at this port for
work of deepening the channel, and
that the Committee on Advertising is
busy getting out a new publication
that will materially assist in advertis-
ing Savannah.
New Railroad Wanted.
A communication was read from P.
N Hickman of Geneva, Ala, relative
to interesting Savannah men in the
building of a short road that will con-
meet that town with the Central of
Georgia. and thus give it close COM
munication with Savannah.
The communication says: I'VE re-
ceived here last year nearly 1000 bales
of cotton, which our merchants sold
at one-fourth of a cent less pound
than they would have realized for it
if they could have gotten to SaEan-
nah by railroad. If we had railroad
connection with Savannah, at least
five-eighths of this cotton would have
gone there.
This is also a great turpentine CEN
ter, and a large quantity of it is pro-
duced here and shipped over the Louis
vile and Nashville to Pensacola. The
whole of this would be shipped to Sa-
vannah if we could get there by rail.
We have here a good thrifty town of
between 200 and 1900 people. We are
on the A. and F. division of the Louis
vile and Nashville Railroad, and the
Central of Georgia extends through
this county just nine miles north of us.
Now. what we want is to get that
company to build or assist us in build
ing into this town, or, failing in that,
we want to build to it, so that we can
get to Savannah, but we are not able
to do it. We have. at an expense of
about $500, made a preliminary survey
profile and estimates, but the thing
will stop right here unless we can get
the people of Savannah interested and
get some help"
The writer of the letter also ex-
pressed his willingness to come to Sa-
vannah and put the matter before the
business men of this city, if such
course be deemed advisable President
John M. Egan of the Central of Geor-
gia was at the meeting, and it was
suggested that this communication
had best be referred to him. Mr.. Egan
explained that he is now in communi-
cation with some people relative to
building such road as the letter sug
gests, and the matter was disposed of
by being referred to the Committee on
Commerce and Trade.
Conventions for Savannah.
Robert NJ Hitch, Esq. who was the
Chamber of Commerce representative
at the recent convention of the ma
tional body, T. p. A, and who ex-
tended the invitation to that organiza-
ton to meet in Savannah in 1905, an
invitation that was promptly accepted,
as has already been stated in the
Morning News. was asked for report
of the convention and gave a most in
teresting ore in which he told of the
number of conventions that are held
in the Western cities. He said he thinks
them excellent things for any city
and that in his opinion all that has to
be done to secure them is to make the
necessary effort.
Col. Estill announced as among the
conventions that have been secured
for Savannah for next year, that Of
the Southeastern Billposters Associa-
ton, secured through the efforts of
| Mr.. Charles Bernard: that of the
! Freight Claim Agents, secured by Mr..
j. F. Gray of the Central OF Georgia.
lie stated also that all matters in
connection with the encampment OF
the First Regiment Cavalry G. S. T..
had been satisfactorily arranged
through the collection of $500 in cash
and supplies and that this encamp.
ment, will, therefore, take place at
the State Fair Grounds.
He stated further that there Is an
excellent likelihood of SaYannah's Sc
curing two manufacturing plants in
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