Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-02-26
ASHBURN PEOPLE ARE
STILL AT WORK
Hold Meetings to EOSter R.
R. Project.

The people of Ashburn show no.
signs of letting up in their campaign
for road from there to Americus as
well as on toward the sea. An enthus-
iastic meeting was held there Tuesday
Of which the Ashburn paper gives the
following report:
According to previous arrange
ment the bulk of our local capitalists
and representative men together, with
a.'representation from Irwinville met
in Ashburn on last Tuesday evening
and We're in consultation for ours
with Mr. H. c. McFadden, of Fitzger-
aid, man ager of the F. o. & B., dis
cussing certain railroad matters that
are and have been on the tapis and
that seems bound to come to a suc-
cessful consumation AS many of our
readers know the f. 0. e B. is char
tered from Savannah to Ashburn and
part of the road is built and in sue
cessful operation. The present west
ern terminal Of the road is IrwinyilIe
and whereas the completion of the
road in its entirety is contemplated,
yet the meeting of Tuesday confined
Itself particularly to it's extension
from Irwinville to Ashburn, and on
next Tuesday, there will be a delega-
ton here from Americus, Doles and
Oaktield with view toward taking
steps to continue it to Americus
though it is the sentiment of many
that Albany would be a more desirous
objective point AS stated above the
extending Of the road from Irwinville
to Ashburn was thoroughly canvassed
and IN a manner that meant business. |
1t was shown that the road was all
ready graded part of the way, rails
being laid on part of it and 4 trestle
across the Alapha River, the result of
the old B & BIS operations. Thus leay-
ing only about eight miles to be com
pleted and that along a ridge route.
which will bring the cost down to a /
minimum. This in connection with
the great interest manifested in the
road by the citizens along the route,
and their anxiety to see it built, will |
make it not at all a very formidable
One farmer, owning two
lots Of land on the route of the road
proposes to give right-of-way, cross
tie timber and donation of $500 and
guarantees that many of his neigh
bors will come close up to his offer.
Under such conditions as these our To-
cal capitalists are determined that the
road shall extend to AshIburn, leaving
it for further development whether AL
bany or Americus shall be the term
mus.
A few years ago a delegation from
Ashburn went to Albany and made an
offer of 100000 and 200 acres of land
on suburb of Ashburn, to get the
Second District Agricultural College
located here, but failed to get it, main
ly because we were the extreme corn
er of the district The 200 acres of
land was worth $4,000, so the offer in
the aggregate was $8O,O0O This sum
together with that offered by the cit
izens along the route and the amount
the good people of Irwinville will give |
will easily complete the proposed ex-
tension.
"Space forbids us from going into
the needs of the road A glance at
the map along the proposed route from
Savannah to Americus or Albany will |
show the immense undeveloped coun-
try it will go through, and those un-
acquainted with the soil know there
is no better agricultural section in
South Georgia. But what commends
the proposition is the strategetical
points the road proposes to touch, en-
suring heavy tonnage which will
make the road a paying one from the
start
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