Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-17
BRUNSWICK'S BIG BOOM.
HER PLEA FOR A PUBLIC
BUILDING.

Col. Darts Able Argument-Claims of
our Sister Seaport-Her Commercial
POssibilities-Her Growing Import
ance-An Array of Solid Eacts-The
Dream of Butler King.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-ColOnel Dart
appeared before the subcommittee on
Public Buildings and Grounds to-day. He
made strong argument in favor of Bruins
wick. l telegraph a summary of what he
said: 81 desire in as brief a manner as
possible to call the attention of your hon.
orable body to the recent memorial, unani-
mously passed by the General Assembly
of the State of Georgia and approved by
His Excellency Governor Stephens, ask
ing that an appropriation be made
for suitable public buildings at Bruins
wick, Georgia. The reasons which in-
duced this strong and unanimous in-
dorsement of the claims and wants of
Brunswick are bounded by no State linn
its, nor controlled or fettered by any
political considerations. Republicans and
Democrats alike join in asking this ap-
preparation: First. because they believe
it just; second, because it is required.
BY reference to the map you will plainly
see that Brunswick occupies very pecu-
tiOn, not only as seaport favored by
nature in all particulars as to locality
and land-lOcked security, but which, after
a most exhaustive and complete survey
by three of the most experienced and
trusted naval officers of the United States,
was truthfully proclaimed by them to be
the most Southern frigate harbOr on the
Atlantic seaboard; and, placed near the
great outlet of the commerce of the West
Indies and Gulf of Mexico, her position in
a state of maritime warfare would be in
valuable, since the navigation interests of
the enemy must pass her door, quote
the exact words of those great men
COmmOdores Woolsey, ClaXtOn and Shu-
brick-and here to-day, in behalf of my
people, l REUTER- the strong language used
by them in their utter disregard for all
'prejudices of local or sectional ma
ture.' An appropriation was made upon
this report and portion of it used in the
purchase of a site for navy yard, but the
war coming on all was of course aban-
doned. But 1 am not here to-day asking
for the revival of the navy yard, but for
an appropriation for an object of a far
more peaceful nature-a custom house
and post office, for which, as the memo
rial before you justly claims, no apprO-
priatiOn has ever been made. You may ask
for what does Brunswick require these
buildings? l can show you in a few
words. We have two lines of railroads, one
passing through the entire State of Georgia
and thence on into Tennessee, ,IcOnnecting
with the net work of roads reaching
North and Northwest and East; the other
whose grand possibilities of the past have
assumed positive assurances, backed by
men of brains and capital who intend at
40 distant day, shall, like that grand high
way, the Union Pacific, stretch its iron
arms from the Pacific to the Atlantic.
Situated on or about the 32d parallel
of latitude, the iron horse of the Southern
Pacific shall carry the rich harvests gath
cred from its lines from ocean to ocean un-
blocked by any mass of snow or ice. This
is no fancy picture. AS fast as
men and money can complete
this great highway of travel and
commerce between the seapOrts of
Georgia and the West it is being pushed.
Link after link in the chain is being
dream of GeOrgia's far-sighted states
man, the Hon. Thomas Butler King, for
merly Representative for our district in
Georgia, has become, in the COM
pletion of the Union Pacific, the North
ern Pacific and the Southern Pacific,
fulfilled. The prophetic words Of grand
statesman whose vision far outlived the
usefulness of a life and labor too short is
an accomplished fact. Now, Mr.. Chair
man and gentlemen, take that appropria-
tiOn originally made for a navy yard at
Brunswick and add little more to it and
let us have suitable buildings for
the necessity of our port 1t is
useless for me to refer to the
vast increase in every class of business
in our city. That is fully set forth in the
memorial. fully appreciate the fact that
you have before you many cases of a SIM
liar kind, but upon fair and impartial
investigation, which | am sure you will
give us, you will come to the same cOnclu-
sion, / am sure, which has been arrived at
by your honorable chairman; that there is
more merit in the claim of Brunswick
than in one-half the appropriations all
ready passed, Thanking you for your
kind and courteous attention, leave this
matter to your sound judgment and sense
of right"
PENSIONS.
The House has just passed the pension
appropriation bill, which gives to the pen
siOners of the United States the sum of
nearly $S3,000,000. But still the demand
for pensions grows. There is not day
that bills and petitions for individual pen
sions to the number of at least a hundred
do not find their way into Congress. 1t is
wonderful that at this late day there
should be so many new pension cases
clamOring for Congressional attention.
All kinds Ofreasons are assigned why these
several pensions should be granted, The
most unique one of all that / have struck
comes from Indiana. A woman of that
State asks that she be given a pension be-
cause an adopted son of hers served three
months in the Indiana volunteers during
the late war.