Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-04-15
WAYCROsS IS BOOMING
SAYS SECRETARY ANDREWS

visitor to the city of Atlanta on
Tuesday was c. Fort Andrews, the en-
ergetic secretary of the board of trade of
Waycross. Mr.. Andrews was a caller up
on Secretary w g. Cooper, of the Allan
Ia Chamber of Commerce, and the two
had an interesting confab regarding
conditions in the hustling south Georgia
city.
In speaking to a representative Of The
Journal relative to Waycross and its
enterprises and industries, Secretary An
direws waxed eloquent, and talked in
tercstingly of facts and figures that he
insists spell unprecedented prosperity for
his city in the near future.
when the census is completed" said
Mr. Andrews. "Waycross will be the
leading city in the Eleventh district of
, Georgia. This position has been former
ly held by Brunswick. but even residents
of the latter city concede that Waycross
has outstripped her.
1T is. perhaps, of interest to know
that Waycross has doubled her popula-
tion during the last ten years, and that
the farm lands In the vicinity of the city
are rapidly being taken up by energetic,
desirable white farmers who are getting
the most out of the land. The country
lying about Waycross is great for farm
ing, and there is never any snow. In
consequence two crops year can be
raised. this doubling the value of the
farming lands.
, Located in Waycross are the greatest
railroad shops and the largest cypress
mills of the south, the latter being an
institution of comparatively recent
growth and increasing Importance. The
combined pay rolls of these two Indus
tries amount to many hundreds of thou
sands of dollars monthly, and at the cy-
press mills alone over 1900 men are en-
ployed.
The great Okefinoke swamp. which
has been drained in a great measure. fur
| nishes cypress trees of unexcelled size
and quality from which valuable lum-
, Der is obtained Recently log OF cy-
press was exhibited in Waycross that
measured over five feet in diameter,
sound all the way through.
with a growing population that is
estimated at from 1900 to 1900. and is
much nearer the latter figure, with the
entire community imbued with spirit
of energy, progressiveness and activity,
with unparalleled advantages, / believe
that waycross is upon the threshold of
an era of unprecedented and lasting
prosperity.
within a very short time Waycross
will possess. in addition to its other adj
vantages deep waterway connection with
I the sea. The city is situated ideally as
/ harbor, upon the banks of the Satilla
river, and an appropriation has already
been made to complete the government
/ survey with a view of dredging the
stream to a depth sufficient for the ad-
mission of sea-going vessels. The river
is dredged to a depth of 80 feet at mean
low water to within comparatively a few
/ miles Of the city already, and the re-
mainder of the work viii undoubtedly
| be pushed as rapidly as possible.
The possession of an outlet to the
sea will greatly add to the valuable as
set of the city in her advance in pros
perity,. riches and greatness.
The section about Waycross is peopled
/ with intelligent, progressive people, and
the city and its environs take deep in
terest in all that goes forward in the
state. We receive The Atlanta Journal
| at O'Clock in the morning, and / do
not natter in saying that II is the most
popular newspaper that comes to our
4 city"