Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-09-01
BRUNSWICK, GA,
10 be Improved by a Syndicate OF Bos.
ION Capitalists, Who See inIt
the Promise of
A Great City and a Great Seaport RIva'-
Ing All Others ON the south
Atlantic Coast.
Boston Herald,

Boston Herald,
An important enterprise has just been
started, having for its object the building up
of great Southern pori at Brunswick. Ga.
hitherto httle-kuown town, but possessing
great natural a.Lvansese..- A-oospesatip tsas
ueen formed, called The Brunswick Lands
Improvement and sCoIon;zstion Company.
with Mr.. James Alexander, of Boston. as
president, Mr.. Alexander having been chosen
for his services in first developing the steam
ship commerce and ierini 1al facilities OF this
city. The company is largely formed of
British capitalists, and proposes to improve
lands IN The city of Brunswick. construct
whsrves, docks and other appliances of ocean
commerce, 10 develop agricultural, mining
and timber lands IN the South, and 10 en-
courage Southern immigration from the
Northern States and from Europe through
the port of Brunswick. By the report OF
congressional com mittee in 1873, appointed
TO select site 10 the South for a naval de-
pot, Brunswick was selected in preference 10
all other ports, the choice being narrowed
down TO the three deep-water or "frigate"
harbors of Beaufort, or Port ROYAL, Savan-
nah and Brunswick. In the report Bruins
wick's advantages are set forth at length.
Brunswick is situated nnsty-seven miles
by rail southerly from Atlanta. Its harbor
is called the finest south of the Chesapeake,
having a depth of twenty -four feet on The
bar at high water, while the channel across
the bar is three-fourths OF mile wide. The
harbor is formed by an arm OF the sea called
Turtle river, which is twenty-five miles long
and from one 10 five miles wide, giving room
and secure anchorage for the largest fleets
Its entrance is between the two islands of
Jekyl ard st. Simon's, and there is smooth
water communication for light-draught veg
sells by the inside channel between the main
laud aud the chain of islands that skirt the
coast to the mouth of the Savannah and 10
Charleston. There are 10 the har6or no sharp
points, eddies or dangerous currents as obsta-
cles to navigation. There being no river
flowing into the harbor, it does not fill up
With alluvial deposits, and the soundiDgs
always remain The same. The absence of
bodies of fresh water in the neighborhood
also makes the place very salubrious, there
being nothing TO generate miasmatic iptlu-
ence. The place is therefore, free from the
danger OF yellow-fever.
Brunswick is now an Atlantic terminal
point for the two principal great railway
systems OF the South, known respectively as
the Cole aud the ErIanger syndicates, the
former comprising over $500 and the later
5000 miles of railroad, connecting the port
with all parts of the West and South. These
make Brunswick place of great promise as
a cotton mart, as well as a shipping point
for the rich coal and iron mines of the in
terror; also for the great timber regions of
Georgia, which are attracting much atten-
ton now that the timber supply of the North
and West is growing scant.
That part OF the Cole Seney syndicate
system terminating in Brunswick is the Ma
con and Brunswick railroad, running be-
tween Brunswick and Macon, a distance of
$50 miles, and giving connection 10 Mem
phis, Selma, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Gin
cinnati, the Shenandoah valley, Norfolk and
the vast West and Northwest.
The Erlanger-Seligman syndicate is rep
resented by the Brunswick and Albany rail-
road, traversing south Georgia from Bruins
wick TO Albany, III miles, and intended as
part of an uninterrupted through line TO |
Vicksburg, thence to the Texas and Southern |
Pacific systems, making nearly an airline |
to the Pacific coast, the gaps in which are |
being rapidly constructed with branches to |
Memphis, New Orleans, Chattanooga, Gin |
cinnati and other points. There is also a |
canal twelve miles long, connecting Bruins |
wick with the Altamaha river.
Brunswick is an Incorporated city OF about |
1000 inhabitants, regularly and tastefully |
laid out, with alternate squares, the walks |
and streets shaded with beautiful live oaks, |
with draperies of hanging moss. |
The peninsula on which il is situated is high |
and dry, covered with luxuriant live oak |
and cedar. The walks and drives through |
hese woods and among the salts are very |
attractive, while there are the finest oppor-
uuities for yachting and hunting afforded |
oy the adjacent rivers, sounds and ocean |
With the numerous islands. Ga St. Simon's |
Island there is now an extensive market |
business carried on, and grapes, |
olives and other fruits grow abundantly.