The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-10
FROM STATESBORO
TO ATHENS
Mr.. GABBETT ENTHUSIASTIC.
WORK ON STATESBORO Ann
NORTHERN SOON TO BEGIN.

company TO Be Formed Under Laws
of Maine This Week-Right OF
Way. is Practically Settled and
Route Fully observation-disclosures
That the SeabOard Will Take Over
the StatesbOrO and savannah not
Confirmed By President Gabbett.
confidence in the success of the
4 project to build a railroad from States
boro to Athens was the cheering as
surance given yesterday by Mr.. Cecil
4Gabbett, principal promoter of the en-
1erprise.
Mr. Gabbett talked Interestingly
concerning the progress of his labors
to organize the company and interest
/ capital. After stating that the outlook
is very encouraging, he said work on
the roadway would perhaps commence
within the next five or six months. The
company was to have been organized
in Maine, under it's law, this week,
/ but whether this had been done Mr..
Ga bbett said he had not heard. After
i the organization in Maine is effected
the company will be reorganized in
Georgia.
Working for Right of Way.
The route for the road has been def
nitely determined. From Statesboro
the right of way is to Midwife, from
Midwife to Louisville. from Louisville
1 10 Thomson, from, Thomson to Wash
mgton, from Washington to Smitho-
4 MIA and thence to Athens.
i The right of way has not all been
I secured, and until it has been the
route between the places named can
not be exactly determined. The work
I Of closing the details for the exact
/ right of way will be proceeded with as
rapidly as practicable.
The line taps virgin territory and to
an already prosperous country, it will
bring the advantage of better markets
: for products. To the towns along the
route it means added business, and to
Statesboro, where Mr.. Gabbett has an
4 especial interest, it means better ia
eities and increased population.
Seaboard and the 5. & ;.
4 Referring to the rumor that the Sea-
i board Air Line would secure control
i of the Statesboro and Savannah Rail-
way, of which Mr. 0abbett is president,
at the beginning of the new year, Mr..
Gabbett said such a move was not
i likely. However, he said, he could not
say what might develop later.
There have been two postponements
of the annual meeting of the board of
directors of this road, and this fact
caused many to think there was some
truth in the story. The next meeting
of the board of directors is set for
Dec. 10, in this city.
If the consolidation is effected it is
altogether probable that Mr.. Gabbett
i will thereafter devote all of his efforts
TO the construction of the Statesboro
and Northern Railroad.
StntesbOrO is Prosperous.
Mr.. Gabbett said more cotton had
i been received in Statesboro this year
4 than ever before, and the merchants
are prosperous and jubilant. THE city
4 had recently established a waterworks
plant, and now has electric lights -
said Mr.. Gabbett. st is building rap
idly and has the brightest prospects,
1 owing to the richness of the adjacent
i country"
He said he considered the people of
Statesboro as thoroughly loyal as in
any community where he has resid-
ed. The lynching, he said, was an un-
fortunate occurrence, and was more of
an accident than anything else. Il
never saw more law-abiding citizens
in my life than in Statesboro," said
Mr.. Gabbett.