Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-16
ArorHEnR1oHMoNp NrHE FIELD

Warsaw Island and Tybee Discounted
A Chance for the Government to Give
Savannah a First Glass Summer Re
sort.
Editor Morning Nelcs: have read with
a great deal ofcare the arguments Of your
correspondent stAlpha' in favor OF the
establishment Of a watering place on
Warsaw Island at the expense OF the
United States, where the tired citizens Of
Savannah may inhale the delightful sea
breezes and battle their aching bones ID
the waters that girt that lovely island
While 1 am disposed TO coincide with
ssAlpha'' on general principles, l must
differ with him in one particular. " ar
saw. know. has its adyantages-it Is
easy Of access, possesses good fishing
grounds. and is well adapted to the pur-
pose designed. But let me present an
other view Of it: If the Government OF the
United States is about 10 engage IN this
sort Of business. let the claims Of Beacn
Hammock, on the opposite side Of W ar
saw sound, receive proper consideration
For many reasons this spot Is
nreferabIe to warsaw Island In
the first place, the nshlhg
is much better and the mosquitoes not
quite so numerous or elephantine IN pro-
portions. Again, no money need De eX-
pended in digging canal TO TINS place.
as the water is quite deep enough 70 per-
nit any ordinary steamer TO land WITHIN ~
feet Of the beach. The money when
would in the establishment OF w arsaW De
wasted in digging a canal can be diverted
to other and better purposes. If the gov
eminent can be induced TO grant an APP
preparation the fund can be DIVIDED pro
rata among the lot owners on the island
and each one be thus enabled TO put up
neat and substantial cottage, painted
yellow. green or any other aesthetic color,
and surround it with a nice new picket
fence. This fence can be whlteWasn
the first year, unless the appropriation
should be large enough to justify coat
Of cheap paint.
Then again. should we be enabled to Sc
cure future appropriations, each house
holder may be provided with a real nice
well. with a roof to it, and, possibly, IN
course Of time, with a good substantial
gate. upon which his children, and his
neighbOrs' children can swing ali day. OF
course the prospective advantages 70 De
derived from successive annual appro-
priations are simply ineXhausuble, l
suggest few, but leave the many to be
evoked by the various tastes OF your
readers.
But while | urge the desirability Of
Beach Hammock as a summer resort,
am not oblivious to the advantages pre-
sented by Warsaw. In the first place, II
route No. is constructed it Will bring
most Of the large cities Of the North a
few miles nearer to the south end. Ihen,
again. the Savannah Yacht Club, and the
jolly boys who plOW the water IN search
of good fishing, will be enabled TO
raorn Yioa barbor without buff
feting the waves that frequently In
duce people to refrain from crossing over
to Beach Hammock. Indeed a great deal
NAV be said in favor of Warsaw. but my
communication is intended to demonstrate
that an appropriation for Beach Ham
mock will furnish more substantial
beneficial results than would one for
the former place. As before re-
marked. the dollars spent in digging mud
in the one case NAV furnish luXuries and
various articles Of Uertu in the other. Per-
laps with judiciOus appropriations the
day might not be far distant when each
happy holder of Beach Hammock sand
dune would also be the owner Of mule
and some sort Of a qOhlcle, furnished at
the expense Of our paternaI governments.
Possibly, in course Of time, each lot
owner might become the possessOr OF
neat pine bench, upon which he can re-
pose his weary limbs after the trials and
troubles Of the day are over, listening TO
the voices Of the wild waves as they scat
ter along the beach, or the sOughing
winds, making sad melody among the
stalwart pines that line the shore.
| urge the MORNING News TO advocate
the claims of Beach Hammock. 1t is far
enough removed from Tybee to do away
with any possible suspicion that in advO-
eating it the MORNING News is or would
be actuated by any desire to enhance the
value of the editors Tybee possessions,
be they great or small. On the broad
ground Of seaside resorts favor an apprO-
priatiOn for Beach Hammock.
Let the bold mariners wait. For over
seyenty-fiYe years they have managed to
put up with the intricacies Of ROmney
marsh. In seyenty-fye years more most
of them will have gone to that bourne
where tides, shoals and sharp bends cease
from troubling and the weary are at rest.
Give US our surf bathing first and let
Providence take care Of the mariner, as it
has done during the ages past
FISHERMAN.