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THE TIMES
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The New CapitoL
For five years the State has appro-
priated $200,000, annually toward the
construction of the new CapitoL At
last it h finished. The following inter
view in the Constitution, with Mr. Ed-
brooke, the Supervising Architect, will
be read with interest. Upon being
asked what he thought of the building
he said:
“Well, sir,” said he pleasantly, “I
haven't had much to say daring the
progress of the work in print, but as
the building is now finished, with the
exception of a few slight details, I will
talk a little.
- For Atlanta.
There is one thing we have always
admired about the Atkn|i«^r they arc
always ready to aid anj enterprise
which promises to build up that fist
growing city. Hon. Jonathan Nor-
cross, who is wintering here writes as
follows to thejConstitution:
‘‘Thoxlasville, Ga., February 27.
—Editors Constitution: I desire to
8ubscrib3 $100 to the fund for holding
an exposition this fall By all means
we ought to have one. I thought dur
ing my past sickness that my time had
come—but with the milder weather I
am feeling better. May God hate
Mitchell* a* Patriarch Dead.
Mitchell county has lost a father
in the venerable Robert Cochran,
whpdied on Tuesday morning at
his home near Flint On Saturday
he attended the conference meeting
of the Flint Baptist church, of which
he was a member, but was soon after
wards prostrated by some heart dis
order. The deceased was a native
of North Carolina; lived several years
in East Alabama, but for the past thirty
years or more he had been a citi
zen of this county. While never a
mas of wealth he was a thrifty fanner
and his home was the home of plen*
THE DISSTON *S OFFER OF
x,ooo,ooo ACRES OF LAND
If the A. St F. Rond is Built to
Tampa—Will it Come
to Thomasviile ?
From the Constitution.
A new era seems to be opening
for the Atlanta and Florida rail
road.
The Disstons, of Philadelphia, have
offered the company a bonus of *
million acres to extend the road from
Fort Valley to Tampa, Florida, and
WHAT TO DO WITH THE
REPUBLIC’S EX-PRES
IDENTS.
, Regular Practitioner.
OFFICE—Comer XtdtiM *md JaAnw
„ Sts., ThoatariUt. Giu
'••»*'*«*»
Orvics lion*—it to u a. m. isj S ta a
How President Cleveland Will
Solve the Question—His Sen
sible and Truly American
Action—Customs Among Re
tiring Executives.
President Cleveland proposes to
solve the question “Whit shall be
done with ex-Presidents ot the Re-
other eminent men
for public employment if he secs fit to
the case of the
1 Mob til.
2 Months
take it, and, as
younger Adams and of Johnson, he
may do so without any sacrifice of dig
nity. Or best cf all, he may, as Presi
dent Cleveland proposes to do, resume
his place among his fellow citizens and
MITCHELL,
Attorneys-at-Law,
Tfcomaavllle, . . Wvetwta
CATARRH
J. WEANS & CO., Bmiai,
Fall Usm of ihe ubovo theca for nlo fcV
CITY SHOE STORE.
MOSE WILSON.
Practical Painter
AND KALSOMINER."
Is wow ready 4o do kalsominin* in first ctass
style, and at reasonable. price*. All work
guaranteed. Leave order* si B. Thomas,
Jr.% ox J. L. & W. A. Priogle'a.
but it he expects to obtain a patent aud’
to be j rich from his invention.
ED^BEmal
Pfso’a Cure for Con
sumption is also tho beat
Cough Medicine.
If you have a Cough
without disease of the
Lungs, a few doses are all
you noed. But if you no-
glect this easy means of
safety, the slight Cough
may become a serious
matter, aud several
ties will be required.
C ONSUM PTION
CATARR
OF PURE COD LIVER OIL
&Sa HYPOPHOSPHXTES
Almost aa Palatable as Milk.
So dlagnlard that it can fco taken,
«l S e«ieU, and osatimlated by the moss
eaneltlve stomach, when the, plain oil
cannot be tolerated; and by the com
bination of the oil with the hypo phos
phites is snath more efficacious.
BeaurkcbSe as a flesh producer.
Persons gain rapidly while taking it.
SCOTT’S EMUI.SION is acknowledged by
Fhysidans to bo tho Finest and Best prepa
ration in the world fer tho relief and cue of
CONSUMPTION, SCROFULA,
GENERAL DEBILITY, WASTING
DISEASES, EMACIATION,
COLD8 and CHRONIC COUCHS.
Ths jtreat rrr.itdt> /or Consumption, and
Wasting in Children. Sold by all Druggists*
If You Have
Wo appetite, ImllireMtlon, Flatulence,
hick Headache. -all run dowu," lo*.
l««u flesh, you will riud
Tit’s Pills
the romedy yon need. They tone up
tho weak Moinacli anil build up the
fla^sriiiK cncrjrlc*. Nuffcrers from
or Physical nvernook w 111 riutl
rollcl from them. Nicely sugar con tod.
sold evekywiikecil
The Mutual Life Insnrance Co.
OF NEW YOltK.
RICHARD A. McCURDY, President.
Tor the year ending Dec. 31st, 1883.
Total Assets, . . $190,089,143 SC
Increase In Assets,
fterpltss nt four per cent., •
increase in Surplus, .
„ Policies In far
- $7,875,201 OS
• $7,040,003 03
• *1,645,022 ll
15S.36Q
17,428
• 32,008
• 10.301
. 0103,214,281 32
$33,730,702 05
94S2.125.IS4 30
964,490,251 85
920,215,032 52
$3,000,010 08
- $14,727,350 22
THE ASSETS ARE INVESTED AS FOLLOWS:
Bonds «ud aort^ngrs, - - $40,617,874 02
palled States and other sccerltlcs, $48,010,704 14
Policies lrrlttc
Increase during year, •„ .
Bisks assumed, ...
Increase during year, -
Risks la force, ...
Increase daring year, -
Receipts from all sources, -
Increase during year, -
Paid rol icy'Holders, .
$21,780,125 34
92,813,277 00
93.248,172 48
$120,082,153 56
.-f351.ra.ai5 $4,743,771
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*OB*RT A. ORANNISS Vk. PraUmt.
ISAAC f. I.LO\D, - :d Vice-President
WILLIAM J. EASTON, - SeSS
Eli M. Mallktt, Local Agent,
Thomasviile, Ga.
E. C. Benedict, General Agent, At
lanta, Ga.
JAMES^EEBANS
£4 SHOE
on
JAMES MEAIZS
$3 SHOE.
According (o ¥orv Heeds.
Jnnditaf/
rccsyitSi
.... 2'ijt ratify tha i
twfttoicuii2J!SSJd2
rhoc cf It*prlcewlS
' T ~ < ver bet p placed *
• laivelyon tLa man
la which dmmu*
wniidtred bafoi^
public?” in the most sensible and truly
American fasbion^by raunriog the ac
tive practice of the profession from
which the people drew him only eight
or nine years ago into their service,
first as mayor of the oity ia which he
lived, then as governor of his state,
and finally as chief magistrate of the
nation. Ho has the great advantages
of never having made a profession of
politics, and public life has not unfit
ted him for the tasks of a private citi
zen. He proposes to take care of bim-
self Jikc any other citizen, and does not
"consider it beneath his dignity, after
having been President of the United
S atep, to eDgage in the occupation for
which he was originally trained. For
tunately he is in the full vigor of life,
with every prospect of a suc3283ful pro-
fesrional career still before him. In
his proposed course, as in nuay other
respects, ho will have to set a valuable
precedent for those who come after
him, &Dd his action is likely to set at
rest 'nil the various propositions that
have boen made for disposing of ex-
Presidentf* as if their public service
entitled them to the special
CARE CF TIIE NATION.
The greater number of our presi
dents io the past have not only lami
nated their public careers, on retiring
from their high office, but have de
voted the remnant of their days to
peaceful leisure or the crim pursuits of
letters and reminiscence. Washing
ton resumed the life of a country gen
tleman on his Virginia estate, but sur
vived only a short time. The elder
Adams and Madison, each of whom
lived som^ twenty ycais after leauog
offic?, were hippy among their books
and with their journals and correspon
dence, while Jefferson’s activity for a
somewhat shorter period was given to
the cause of education in Virginia,
where he succeded in founding a uni
versity upon liberal lines, the merits of
which have been only rcoently appre
ciated. Monroe and Jackson also liv-
rciirement, though *tho former
acted as a local magistrate for a time,
and was a member of a convention to
revise the constitution oi his state, as
indeed John Adams had bscn. But
JOHN QllSCY ADAkfS
'pcediiy returned to public Jifo aa a
number of the House of Representa
tives, and had a striking and brilliant
career there as one of the earliest and
most vigorous opponents of tho en
croachments of the slave power.
Van Burcn was a politician by na
ture and by practice, and several years
aftcY he was deflated for rc-cFction as
Democrat he became the Presidential
andidatc of the Fro§ Soil party, hut
never engaged in any systematic pri
vate occupation. John Tyler, it may
be remembered, after living many
years in retirement, re appeared on the
eve of the civil war as a member of the
Peaoe Congress, over which he pre
sided, and afterward “went with his
stato” end d:cd a member of the Con*
fedinte Congress. Polk survived his
terra of (flioa only a few months.
Fillmore lived until 1874, acd though
he was the candidate of the abortive
American party for President in 1856,
ho spent his days chiefly in foreign
travel and in elegant leisure at hia
home in the western part of this state.
Pierce, aftcrsSQSjyUflKthree years
abroad, lived a retired 0 u.¥Zj Concord,
N. H., and Bucfcacyjj watched events
lor eight years in a'furring time from
his library at Wheatland, almost for
gotten by his countrymen.
ANDREW JOHNSON
refuted to rest after his stormy expe
rience at tho head pf tho government,
and was defeated as a candidate for the
Senate from Tennessee, and again aa a
candidate for congressman at jarge, hot
in 1874 he was elected to the Senate,
and served during one session before
his death. Grant's jean of retire
ment are well remembered, and Hayes
is still enjoying bucolic pursuits at hi 8
Ohio home, amply provided for by a
kind fortune. Arthur survived his
term only a few months of broken
health.
It has been proposed to give a life
pension to retiring Presidents, but pen
sions for civil sernnts of any ragk are
not regarded with favor in this coun
try. They are suggestive of aristo
cratic institutions and favored classes.
Another proposition, less objected to,
is that of [making ex-Presidcnts life
members of the Senate, but this would
require a change in the contitition
and violate the principle of representa
tion by direst or indinct choice of the
people of the states. , It would be
harmless, might even be useful, hut it
would involve a ‘
engage ia whatever profitable occupa
tion his talents and training may fit
him for. This is the most genuinely
democratic course to pursue and the
one most in consonance with the spirit
of our institutions aud of our people.
It disposes io a natural and sensible
way of the notion that after a man has
been President there ii no place for
bim in the republic acd one ought to
be made. Let him, like Cinciouatus,
return to his plow.—Times.
Woman Gamblers at Monte
Carlo.
From the Springfield Republi
Do you see that little white-haired
woman at the trenset-quarant table,
with piles of gold and bank notes
scattered around her in such confus
ion that you wonder how she knows
which are hers and which her neigh
bors? She wears the biggest dia
monds in the room and plays the
most recklessly, undaunted by evil
eyes or any other eyes. She is a
duchess, who last year lost 17,000
franc in one night. This year she
will lose as much or more, and np£t
year come again, and keep on com
ing as long as she has any money
left or can borrow any ot her friends.
That lady at the table near the
centre of the room, at whom the
croupiers look disapprovingly, as if
atraid she will “break the bank,”
must now have a piece of the hang
man’s rope around her neck, al
though it is said that last year she
* ost ;£8>°°°; but she is rich, and it
does not matter as much tc her as to
the girl beyond, who risks her all
and loses, and then with a look sad
to see upon so young a face searches
vainly in her purse for another five-
franc piece with which to try again.
Will she learn wisdom from her di
feat of to-day? Not at all. She has
tasted the poison which ts working
like madness in hen*brain, and if she
cannot borrow she will perKaps pawn
some of her jewelry or dress and
come again to-morrow, hoping to do
better than to-day. Were she a man
she might at least, when irretrievably
ruined, possibly kill herself. BtU she
is a woman, and as such holds her
life more sacred. Down at the end
of the table is a woman so old or
blind or both than she does • not
know when she has lost or won, and
has to be prompted by her friend,
who tells her where to put her money
and when to take it up. Pitiable
spectacles of womanhood, with
bleared eyes and shaking hands,
which scarce can hold the gold she
is squandering s6 wantonly*
Buf to me she is not so pitiable as
that fair young English girl whom I
watched for a week and by whom I
stood when she made her first ven
ture with a five-franc piece and lost!
But there were more in her purse, and
with the exclamation, “I must win!”
she put them down one after another
until she struck a fortunate number
and got back all she lost, while I could
not help thinking that it would have
been fa* better for her if every drop
of the ball had been against her.
She was pretty and sweet to look at,
aud apparently so fresh and inno
dent, that I felt irresistibly drawn
toward her, and watched her day
after day as she became more and
more and more accustomed to the
unhealthy moral atmosphere she was
breathing. It seemed to take the
freshness from her face, which be
came flushed and red with excite
ment, while her eyes lost their sby,
modest look, and met the eyes of
those around her unhesitatingly.
How I pited her, for I knew that no
girl could sit at the gambling table,
side by side and shoulder to shoulder
with some of the worst men and
women in the world, and leave the
place as pure as she entered.
Beside her was her mother, with a
face mure like a Madona than a*
gambler at Mount Carlo. And there
they were, day after day, and
night after night, losing and winning,
winning and losing, and when Sun
day came there was not in churdi a
more devout worshipper than that
young girl
A New Bicycle Invented
Columbus March 1.—Mr. Esmet
PeLaoey, ot Ba«ell county, Ala., it in
Um city, Mr. IfcUoej claims to have
invented a bicycle that will revoiatioo-
iae country travel. He aaya that with
Atij days ha will ride tribnp* «fc>
■treets of Gohtmbus on a bicycle,
by a horse. Heaay* that two
“I can sincerely pronounce the work
tod. The building is complete and
perfectly satisfactory to me. I am
proud of it.”
“How does the building compare
with other state capitols in the coun
try.”
“I can honestly say that the new
oapitol of the state of Georgia is incom
parably the best capitol, for the amount
of money expended, in the United
States. It is more. It is a better
building tbca the one ia my state—
Illinois—^-'which cost about two million
and a half dollars. If it were possible
to do so, I would not exchange it for
tbe new capitol building in Texas erec
ted at* a cost of three million dollars.
My friend, Mr. Sullivan here, one of
the contractor. 2 , considers it superior
to tbe oapitol at Hartford, which is a
two-million-dollar structure. It is a
better building than others of far great
er cost which might be mentioned—
and, as I said before, it is the best Cap
itol in this country, in a'l respects, the
cost considered.”
'What was your original estimate of
the cost?”
“My original estimate was about
$900,000. It will tall nearly $40,000
below that figuTe, and, t with the
additions decided upon tinc3 that esti
mate was made, will not go above it.’
“That wa3 hitting pretty close?”
“But here is the extraordinary part.
The buildiag ha9 been completed con
siderably within the appropriation of
million dollars. It is extremaly
for public buildiag, even
small county courthouses, to be finish
ed within the appropriation. As a rule
it not only takes more than the origi
nal appropriation to put up • public
building, but in very many instances
twice as much, and sometimes more, to
finish the work.
“And just here I must say that too
much cannot be said iu favor of the
Georgia capitol commission. The
mauoer in which they have managed
this work is simply beyond praise.
The result of iheir labors shows the
wisdom of selecting them. They are
pre eminently level-headed and liberal
men who have gone right on without
any clashing, and it b to be seriously
doubted if Georgia, among all her peo
ple, conld have chosen a commission
which would have accomplished so
much, so modestly, so wisely and so
well.”
The gvowth and magnitude of the
United Scales are brought cut very
strikingly in a little volume of sixty
pages just issued by the treasury de
partments, entitled Receipts and Dis
bursements of the United States for the
Fiscal year Ending Juno 30, 1887.
Over a million dollars a day, including
Sundays—that h what the statements
of receipts shows. The total gross re
ceipts for tbe year were $371,403,277.
There are several millions more than any
year except war times. The oostoms
service paid $218,000,006 of it, internal
revenue $118,000,000, public lands
$10,000,000, miscellaneous $23,000,-
000. As to the other side, the grind
total of expenses is set down at $267,-
000,000. That leaves a net profit for
the year’s bqsineaa of $100,000,000.
Qf the disbursements $4^,000,000
were for salaries, 568,000,000 for or
dinary expenses, $14,000,000 for pub
lic works, $137,000,000 for annual
and extraordinary expenses, meaning
wax claims, hea&Mnes for soldiers’
graves, maintenance of soldiers’ homes,
etc. There are some curious points
among the incidentals cf the expenses,
shows, for instance, the salaries of the
much groaned about navy to be a less
a quarter of a million a year, while
those of the War Department are four
limes as much, and those of the Treas
ury officials ten times as much as the
navy salaries. The salaries and mileage
of Congress are estimated at over
$2,000,000 a year, - *
Mr. 8.: ‘ Shall we call on the Weth-
erbees to-night, my dear?”
Mrs. S; “No, I have nothing to
mercy on all of us. Yours truly,
Jonathan Norcboss.'
Mr. Norcross b an old and honored
citizen of the Gate City, and he re
members her daring hb absence. It u
thb spirit, thb united spirit, whieh has
built up Atlanta.
There is a big sued moral in thb for
Thomasviile. If our people wiU unite
nothing can prevent Thomasviile from
having ten thousand inhabitants
less than that number of years.
Youth and Pleasure.
The hospitable home of Mrs. E. H,
Smith was thrown open Friday evening
to quite a throng of young people. The
occasion was brightened by the pres
ence of many of the girl* and
boys of tbe place, who, forgetting
le-sons, schools and cares
for the time being, gave them
selves up to the enjoyment of the even
ing. With games, music, and the many
innocent enjoyments which enter into
the social gathering of our young peo
ple, the hours fled by on rapid wings.
Under the supervision of the boys—
perhaps we had hotter say “young men”
—a splendid supper was fnrnbhed and
set. It embraced all tho substantbls
and delicacies going to make op a first
class supper. The stroke of 1 o’clock
wa3 heard before the last of the young
revelers tucked hb swðeart under
his arm and left for home.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Wyman Jones
entertained a number of young peo
ple aV “Elsoma” Thursday evening,
With music, instrumental and vocal,
dancing and pleasant interchange of
thought, etc., the evening wore away<
only too rapidly. Some of the party
patronized the new bowling alley,
and knocked them all down—but
nitie. Elegant refresements were
served during the evening. Mr. and
Mrs. Jones are delightful entertainers.
“Elsoma,” with its lovely surround
ings, its inner comforts, elegance and
refinement, was thrown open to the
guests of the evening, all of whom
express themselves as having been
charmed with the place and the host
and hostess of the occasion.
The venerable Mrs. Beverly, of
Thomas county, attended the burial of
her only brother, Mr. Robert Cochran,
Sr., on Wednesday. She b tho only
one of thb remarkably long-lived fami
ly. Thb good old mother in Isreal
has the Clarion’s sympathy: in her
sorrow.—Camilla Clarion.
Beverly Welford Wrenn.
“Following out its purpose to publish
from time to time portraits and
sketches of representative railway of
ficials, The Railway Age this week
presents the well-known general pas
senger agent of the East Tennessee,
Virginia & Georgia railroad and Vir
ginia, Tennessee & Georgia Air
Line. The portrait was engraved by
the American Bank Note company
from a recent photograph, and re
flects the handsome features of the
gentleman named with marked fidel
ity. Mr. Wrenn, although but 40
years of age, has been engaged act
ively and continuously in railway ser
vice since 1868, having assumed the
duties of general passenger and tick
et agent of the Western & Atlantic
railway on the 1st day of November
of that year. He continued in that
position until Sept. 10, 1884, when
he accepted a similar connection
with the East Tennessee, Virginia Sc
Georgfa system, and where he is
likely to remain so long- as he shall
desire to do so.
“Mr. Wrenn has for a long time
s'cod in the front rank of general
passenger and ticket agents. Is in the
prime of life,” possesses unusual
energy and comprehends the require
ments of the passenger department
of railway srrvice. He is frank,
earnest, faithful to hb trust and never
rests so long as any duty remains to
be performed. The railway army
does not contain a more devoted, a
more industrious, or a more
officer, or one who has better earned
the confidence of hb superiors or the
esteem of hb fellows and of the
public.**
The above from the BaStcom Am
Chicago, b a high and just tribute to
one of the smartest railroad mea ia
the Sooth. Wrenn never geta left
Watehfol. vigilant, alway. « *e
dot, he nones the business of kb
iaea for afl H fa worth. Folof
cn*$r. «qoal to a»r awdal
genaes, B. W^ Wram is always at mm
the foot It ?s die only place be '
ty, contentment -and hospitality.
Blessed with a remarkably strong
constitution he had strengthed it and
by vigorous work and temperate and
regular habits. Although past four
score years of age his head and his
heart never grew old. He was a
wise and good man in every sense of
the word. In all the relations of life
he was a model; true to his family;
true to himself; true to his country
and his fellowman, and more than
all, true to hb God. The soul of
honor and integrity, he had a heart
full cf sympathy for all around him.
Bravely he met the wreck and ruin
of the war. He cast his burden ot
care, sorrow and disappointment
his God and nobly stood up under
trials that bore down the men of his
generation. “In God we trust” was
his motto, duty his watchword and
his Bible hb guide.
The writer has known and loved
him nearly 20 years. We never
heard him called “Mr. Cochran.’
Everybody called him “Uncle Bob
bie.” Although he was a father to
us, there b not a word of exaggera
tion in our words. He was a great
though spending his long life as
quiet citizen. His influence has
beea a signal blessing in this county.
He reared a large family of noble
sons and daughters, most ot whom
survive him. fijs companion (Aunt
Bctsie, we call her) who lives to
mourn his loss was the wife of hi
youth. Their blended lives ran
along sweetly together. She and
her children, grand-children and
great-grand-children have our pro
found sympathy.
But we mourn in only one sense.
We mourn for ourselves. No weep
ing for “Uncle Bobbie.” He is hap
py. The old laborer is at rest; the
pilgrim has reached home; the sol
dier has laid aside his armor and
now wears the crown.
The funeral was conducted at the
old homestead, and was attended by
a large crowd of friends, whit* and
black. FJder J. L. Underwood con
ducted the services. Many years
ago the old patriarch informed his
lamily of his wish that his old pastor
should preach his funeral sermon.
Perhaps no two men in the country
ever understood each other better
than “Uncle Bobbie” Jnd the minis
ter who always looked up to him as
a father.
The remains were buried in the
old China Grove cemetery. He was
a good man. Let us follow his ex
ample.—Camilla Clarion.
The Widening Opportunities
for Women.
A little more than one hundred
year* ago the president of Yale College
wrote thb certificate:
“To all whom these presents shall come,
Greeting*.”
“Be it known to you that I have
examined Mbs Lucinda Foote—
twelve years old—and have found
that in the learned languages, the Latin
and Greek, she ha* made commendable
progrea*, giving the true meaning of
passage* in the ‘Aeneid’ of Virgil, the
‘Select Orations of Ciciro’ and in the
Greek Testament; and that she b folly
qualified except in regard to sex, to
be received as a pupil of $e freshman
class of Yale University.
“Given in the College Library <n
the 22nd of December, 1783.
“Ezra Stiles, President.”
In the March Forum, Kate Stevens
publishes a review of the progress
made in the United State* in affording
opportunities for higher education of
women, that b, perhaps, a* remarkable
n record of advancement beyond the
position taken by President Styles as
has been mads along any lint of Amer-
ksn activity. Sbe gives the statistics
of the growth of all large institutions
and ihowi that than are now man
dma 200 solleges where women enjoy
ndvsnesd instruction, and that tbs at
tendants lart year was nearly 4000.
She ihows Ekewim the ehsace of pub-
* ft,
' J of
the proposition is being considered.
The land offered is part of the
celebrated Disston tract in west
Florida, which was bought by Ham
ilton Disston some years ago from
the state of Florida.
Part of the land lying on the west
coast is very rich, and would be
exceedingly valuable after the com
pletion of the road to Tampa. Ham
ilton Disston some years ago bought
the tract from the state, and after
ward sold half to an English com
pany, paying them $100,000 for the
privilege of selecting the hall he
would keep. The present tract is,
therefore, the best part of the original
purchase. Mr. Disston has sold
about a million acres of this land,
none lor less than $1.25 an acre, and
somc.as high as $20.
From this it may be seen that
bonus of a million of these acres is a
big inducement to extend the road to
Tampa.
In addition to this the Atlanta and
Florida railroad company has in
writing offers of 65,000 acres of
heavily timbered pine land between
Fort Valley and Thomasviile to be
deeded to the road on its completion.
This land is to be taken within con-
cnient distance of the railroad, and
when the line is completed is worth
$2 to 85 an acre. It will be easily
accessible to steamships at the Bruns
wick harbor, by way of the Bruns
wick and Western road, which crosses
the line ol the Atlanta and Florida.
These offers will probably be increas
ed to 100,000 acres between Fort
Valley and Thnmasvillc.
This puts the Georgia Construction
company in a position to do some
financiering. With a bonus of about
$500,000 the Georgia Southern and
Florida railroad was built from Macon
to Valdosta, and the stock of the
construction company, which got the
bonus, is now worth 180, and the
bonds of the road 90 to 92.
The road dragged for a while, but,
with a $500,000 loan secured through
a Baltimore trust company, the con
struction company was able to com
plete the road, and trains arc now
running on regular schedule from
Macon to Valdosta. The parties
who furnished the $500,000 loan had
the option of taking pay in bonds at
a figure between 60 and 70 cents
and many of them took the bonds.
These securities arc now selling for
90 to 92.
That transaction seems to throw
light on the luture ot the Atlanta and
Florida, when taken in connection
with the bonus of a million acres in
Florida and 100,000 acres between
Fort Valley and Thomasviile.
The distance is auout 125 mile*
from Fort Valley to Thomasvilic and
’300 from there to Tampa. It is esti
mated that the road can lc built for
$10,000 a mile and w hen completed
would draw local business from a
rich country on the west-coast, which
is almost entirely without railroad
facilities. About two counties of that
countfy the railroad would own.
Immense possibilities in steamship
connections with Cuba and Central
America are opened op to the road
by the harbor of Tampa. The work
on the Nicaraguan canal j* now being
vigorously pushed and promise* to
be completed in a lew years. An
important line of Pacific mail steam
ships would then run from Tampa to
California. Tampa is about as near
to Central America as New Orleans,
and Atlanta merchants would find
themselves in direct communication
with one of the richest countries in the
world. The trip from Tampa would
occupy about the same time as that
from Savannah to New York.
Tbe Cuban connection would be
important and in tbe event of annex
ation of that island would be invalu
able.
The proposition of tbe Dmtoes is
so recent that tbe matter has not ful
ly developed, bat it opens up matters
and pots she Georgia Construction
company :a a position is immortal
ize iucK *
Ada, aged 4s vas doing something
and waa sold to desist t»y her mother.
Ifotbm—Ada, am I to speak to yen
•garni Ada—-Yes, mother, yon may
ifyou hke.'
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