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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1885
Page
4
Fragments report J F Hanson valuing the Macon Telegraph at 75000 while noting poor performance earlier. Debates over railroad commission reform, civil service critiques, and calls for Gregory’s removal are traced alongside Ward and Warner financial schemes. Gibson previews an October Harper’s piece on garden study and a Herald urge Georgia workers to produce for Southern markets.
Residents outside proposed water mains fear benefits but supporters argue extended mains and public works raise city value. Property owners should consider that improvements in business districts lift residential values and the city as a whole thrives.
An event of interest to Odd Fellows will occur in Baltimore this month with the unveiling of a monumental statue to James L. Ridgely, longtime Grand Secretary. Two hundred delegates from all states will attend a grand gathering and parade, with details managed by the sovereign grand lodge and local committees. The unveiling is set for Tuesday the 22d.
While the labor strikes disrupt the North, relations of capital and labor in the South are amicable and productive. The contrast may create a large future gap in manufacturing output, with the South gaining the advantage.
Improvements under general government appropriations quietly advance toward safer river navigation. Col. P M Slaughter guides a crew of thirty with two dredge boats at Ferguson's shoals, aiming for a sixty yard width and three feet depth at low water. With 111 miles from Albany to the Flint mouth, the channel is clear of serious obstructions. three million dollars in freight and passenger traffic passed the Bainbridge to Chattahoochee stretch in a year, and ships will soon ply the upper Flint from Montezuma to Albany.
A New York Tribune correspondent recounts a rapid telegraphy chain from San Francisco to London and back, showing time compression across continents. The piece also reports Republican efforts to fund campaigns via contributions from officeholders, warning that such tactics could influence tariffs and oppose the Democratic administration, with notices sent to the Civil Service Commission.
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