The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-01-04
COAST LINE PRoGREssIvE
Great Railroad System Maturing !ans
for Through Route to Sea Via s.
Georgia Capital.

ScoF9Id JdPiIai.
In Saturday mornings issue tbs
Atlanta Constitution published the fol-
lowing: By securing a connection In.
Atlanta with the Louisville and Nash.
vile, which it owns, the Atlantic Coast
Line railroad proposes to establish
through route from the west to the
Atlantic seaboard, according to the
latest gossip current in railroad c1r.
cles.
The Coast Line Is now the owner OF
everything necessary to create th1s
through. trunk line from the west with
the exception of the short connectin;
link Of SO miles between Atlanta and
Macon, and this, 80 far as the report
goes, 1t has taken determined steps
to secure.
In other words, the Atlantic Coast
Line Is said to have submitted deh..
mite statement to the Southern ram
way and the Central OF Georgia that
1t must have a trahic arrangement
with one or the other OF them fof
its through business between Atlanta
and Macon, and In the event OF a res
fusal Of both Of these systems To-
enter into ssach an agreement, ti1a
Coast Line will, it is stated. build an
Atlanta-Macon line Of It's own.
It would appear that the Atlantic
Coast Line has had this plan In view
for some time past. The Coast Line
appeared upon the scene as the pur.s
chaser Of the Macon, Dublin and Sas;
vannah railroad about the time the
Louisville and Nashville began activas
work upon It's plans for getting into
Atlanta.
A question was raised in the United
States courts which for a time looked
like serious one, as to the Coast
Lines right to buy the Macon Dubs
lin and Savannah. This question was:
recently decided in the United 4ates
court of appeals at New Orleans in
the Coast Lines favor, and the Coast
Line now becomes the owner Of the
Macon, Dublin and Savannah without
legal encumbrances,
The Macon, Dublin and Sayanhaa /
runs in practically a straight line from
Macon to vidaIia, in Montgomery
county, point on the seaboard All
Line. ssSs
By building from Vidalia to point
on the main liae of.the Atlantic Coast
Line between Jesup and Savannah
distance Of about go miles, the Coast
Line will secure through line from
Macon to Savannah, shorter than that
of the Central Of Georgian facts
practically an air line. III
The Atlantic Coast Line is the adj
mitted owner of the Louisville and
Nashville, and within the next three
months will be running It's own trains
into Atlanta from Cincinnati and otheI@
western points. This will come WITH
the completion OF the Cartersville cut
of and the work being done on thes
Western and Atlantic in order TO pre-
pare that portion OF the latter road
between Atlanta and CartersYile iors
handling the increased busi1es1. &
Thus it will be seen that all the At5:
lantic Coast Line needs for the pur,s
pose of establishing its through west.
ern trunk line is, as stated. the short
connecting link between Atlanta ana
Macon. ~ =
It is understood, the Coast Line de-
sires this traffic arrangement solely
for the purpose Of handling fts
through business from the west ~
the Atlantic seaboard, and would not.
of course, interfere with any local
traffic.
If, however, the Southern and Gem
trail both decline to enter into any
such arrangement, the indications are
that the Coast Line is ready to build
an Atlanta-Macon branch OF its OWL.