Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1907-11-21

The City And The A. B. 6 A.

Once upon time, (maybe five years ago. the
owners of little railroad, THE WaycrOss Air
Line, headed by George Dole Wadey, decided to
extend the road westward probably to Birming-
ham. Some of Fitzgerald's alert business men
learned of the project and began campaign to Sc
cure the road for Fitzgerald The owners Of the
road realized that unusual difficulties lay in the
way of extending the road through the colony and
Fitzgerald they were unwilling to undertake to
deal with so many property owners and in order
to overcome the objection, he enterprsing business
men of this city undertook to procure the right
of way thrO the city colony and county Every
possible inducement was offered to secure the
road that our people rightly calculated meant a
great deal for Fitzgerald. No man could be found
to offer even slight obstacle or word of
discouragement.
The road was secured and it was generally OBJ
served to be vastly beneficial to this city.
In spirit of friendIyretaliati the policy of
the railroad company towards Fitzgerald was
found to be most generous.
We soon had reduced freight rates, division
headquarters, the large shops and many smaller
advantages at the hands of the management OF
what rapidly developed into splendid railroad
system.
Several times friction has arisen between the
railroad and the CITY, the administration has more
than once shown an ugly spirit toward the road
that has done so much for Fitzgerald. Men who
appeared to be willing to make any sacrifice to Sc
cure the road, have been at least harsh in the
handling of matters affecting the railroads interest
We can understand how the people of the Second
Ward feel about the opening of Sheridan and
Sherman Streets. We would be glad to see all the
streets of the city opened up and put in first class
condition There are several streets between
Roanoke and Central crossing both the A. b. y A.
and Seaboard Air Line that the property owners
would be glad to have open but it will probably be
several years before street system is completed
and some of our people must wait. 1t was gener-
ally understood, when the A. B. & A. built along
Ocmulgee, that Sherman and Sheridan streets
would not be opened across the railroad at least
for number of years. The contention for the
opening of the street would have been i'll better
taste before the road was built.
We want to see the people interested (and we
are one of them, we own property on Oconee near
Sherman) have their rights in the matters its the
councils duty to treat them fairly, but it can GER
tanly do no good to forget the rights of the rail-
road company in the premises. They should not
be asked to do any impossible or unreasonable
thing.
We hope the council will not be actuated by
any but generous spirit in dealing with the
matter.
Pull for Fitzgerald Pull Out
One of Uucle Sans consular agents stationed
at German City reports that a factory has been
started there for the manufacture of glass tele
phone poles of the standard sizes. These are rein
forced by meshwork of wire threads. If at all
practicable, they will almost certainly be useful in
tropical countries where telephone companies
complain that swans of ants fasten upon the
wooden poles and devour them so completely that
nothing is left except the glass insulator hanging
over the space where the inSulator pin used to be-
Whether glass poles are adaptable remains to be
seen.