. The Southern States. ream of two greatStates, are tributary to Augusta, with theirmillion of thrifty and progressive people,$200,000,000 of property, 175,000,000 of fertileland, blooming with fine farms, divided by agreat river, threaded by modern railroads,alive with prosperous towns and cities, worth145,000,000, growing half a million bales ofcotton—the Souths exclusive and imperialstaple. The Savannah river, which runs by her been the terminal pointof the first Southern rail-road—the South Carolina—from Charleston,and the starting place of the second—theGeorgia—from Augusta to Atlanta. Cr
. The Southern States. ream of two greatStates, are tributary to Augusta, with theirmillion of thrifty and progressive people,$200,000,000 of property, 175,000,000 of fertileland, blooming with fine farms, divided by agreat river, threaded by modern railroads,alive with prosperous towns and cities, worth145,000,000, growing half a million bales ofcotton—the Souths exclusive and imperialstaple. The Savannah river, which runs by her been the terminal pointof the first Southern rail-road—the South Carolina—from Charleston,and the starting place of the second—theGeorgia—from Augusta to Atlanta. Critically studying Augustas railroad situa-tion, she is seen to possess an extraordinaryendowment of railway facilities. Three linesconnect her with the best and strongest SouthAtlantic seaports, Port Royal, the finest har-bor in the South, and Savannah and Charles-ton, the two oldest and wealthiest ocean martsof the South, Port Royal is linked to Augusta by the PortRoyal Augusta Railroad, and it is simply in-. CANAL LOCKS AND DAM ACROSS SAVANNAH RIVER, AUGUSTA, GA. door, and connects her with the ocean, extends450 miles from its start to the sea, and is anaffluent tributary to her trade and river is navigable by large ships eighteenmiles from Savannah to the ocean, 230 milesfrom Savannah to Augusta by steamboats, and150 miles above Augusta by small steamboats,398 miles all told of commercial waterway. On this river lie twelve Georgia and sixSouth Carolina counties, with $100,000,000 ofwealth, making |;30,ooo,ooo worth of farmcrops, raising 350,000 bales of cotton and amillion bushels of grain. Augusta has a rareregion to feed her trade. .\ugusta enjoys the distinction of having evitable that with this imperial harbor PortRoyal must become one of the great commer-mercial seaports of the United States, and asAugusta is her exclusive interior connectionwith the great West and its granaries, estab-lished Southern direct trade, now a certainty,must give Augus
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