The Brunswick times-call. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1900-1902, 1901-05-02

The following int resting write NJ
of Brunswick appears In Lsslies Week
~ of recent date:
Only six miles from the broad, ex
pansive Atlantic Ocsan, on a penlnsul,
extending into salt water, and onl.
about mae miles from I, ssh water, 1
situated the bssutifnl O. 4 of Bruins
wick, Georgia. She hi; ompaniol
in national oeaa,, AKA !, tn. +.
nous Jekyl Island, leng and favorsbl,
known as the winter-resort home o
many American millionairts. The Ia
land was formerly the property of tn
well-known du BIRnon family, o
Georgia.
Cumberland island, the present no M
OF the CarneRies, Is the burisI-place o.
Light Horse" Harry Lee. Genera
oglethorps's headquarters were on st
Smon's island in the early days Of
Georgia. Little Cumberland island
situated between J@kyl and Cunt, rland
islands, belongs TO Mr. J.F ShsuRh.
messy, of New Yo-k. Mr.. O'Shaugh-
messy RIso OWES Long Island, which
lice outside OF st Simon's ialaad III the
Atlantic Ocean, about lea miles distant.
The islands ers ducted with summer
homes and ooitssea. Fishing and
hunting are excellent here. On all the
islands may be found quantities of
wild deer, turkey, duck qusii and snipe.
The strip OF land upon which the
CITY is located is from one-half to ten
miles wide, and In order 10 remain per-
fectlY healthy tbs oitizsns have only
to keep 1t In perfect sanitary condition
The authorities installed IN 1898 per
feet system OF beverage and subsoi
dr:inqge, undor the direction of man
whose memoFy all Americans should
take pride In perpetuatinR, the late
Colonel George E. Waring, who ended
his brilliant career while establishing q
similar system in Cuba, victim &c
yellow fever. His work here Is said tc
equal, If it does not excel, that Of any
American city. The land is from &
Is feet above tho highest tides, thus
making 1t naturally healthful resi-
dence community. Nolsw xists here
as is the case in some other ports, pro
hibiting man, woman and child from
sleeping ABOARD vessels lying in the
city docks or at anchor near the city
in the spacious Oglethorpe harbor.
South Georgia, known as the Bruins,
wick territory, shows the greatest gain
In population during the last decade
an increase from 1853 900 to 227 900, &C
cording to The latest United States CEN
sus, No state In the new south has
made greater strides in population and
material developments than Georgia.
Brunswick is nearer the ocean than
any other Atlantic coast city. 1t lies
midway between Savannah and Jack
sonville, ON the coast, being $50 miles
southeast Of Atlanta, Georgia's capital
city. Brunswick lie nearer than New
York by 500 miles, to Kansas City,
Memphis and Na.hviAy H., nearer by
200 mile. to St. 1ouiE19auisvillo and
Omaha. 1t is said 70 ba the nearest
deep-water port to these interior cltief
and to Porto Rico and the West Ind ee
Thirty eight miles of water front arc
available. Nature provides an unlim'
tied supply of artesisn water, contain
ing valuable medical properties, avail
able alike for domestic or msnufactur
iug purpose. D tferent artesiGn well
throughout the city are now howin,
each from 122, 900 to 1850 OCO gallon
daily, forming the basis Of an sxcellen
water works system. Private wells a
moderate cost can BE- sunk at any spot
furnishing a natural flow with forty
foot rise and fifty pound pressure.
The city, with a population OF IL, 70C
has public park system, and the shell
roads and boulevards afford exoellen
aIaaaupe driving md yidinu and hicvcl