The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-12-30
BRUNSWICK TO BE DEEP WATER
PORT IF THE LINE is
BUILT.
Gives Macon Paper Lengthy Inter
view on the Subject and Says He
Is sure Frisco System Wants
to Come Here.

For the past three or four months,
or in fact since the recent great
changes in railroad circles, there has
been much said abour the Frisco Sys
Cem trying to get into Brunswick, ana
also that several big lines were figur
ing on building several lines mat would
complete road from ocean to ocean
The latest concerning this road was
printed in the Macon Telegraph yes
lerday, and is as follows:
Keep and eye on the south Georgia
country, and the movements OF the At.
lantic and Birmingham, said an oh.
servant railroad man, who as the rep
.resentatiye of one OF the big Southern.
ines visits Macon at intervals
.Ihe Atlantic and Birmingham is go
ing TO figure in one OF the big raiidoac
Propositions or the day i'll the near fu
,ure. 1t viii be of importance t.
Georgia and will have a big bearing
IN the railroad situation beyond Geol
sia.
The Frisco line is at Birmingham
and the Atlantic and Birmingham VII
lter logcal extension OF the syste.
20 tidewaIer at Brunswick. Que OF til,
oest, ii not the best Soutn Atlantic
port. rhe men controlling the FIisct
nave demonstrated their apinty to pa4
dle their canoes without calling upon
eneir neignoors Tor neip. Now mere
another pointer Tor you, and it will re
cal a giganuc Doject, having as ii
objective the construction of new
trans-continentai railway.
ane kn1d, san Diego and PaciL
abroad, Incorporated in Oklahoma, t.
ouild q line from enid, Okla, 10 San
Dlego Call with its principal offices
at Enld, is Frisco project. The neae
man oi the enterprise il John B. LIN
zen, president OF the Denver, Enid AM
iulf. the frisco extension from IL
to Guthrie rhe capital stock is $50,
100000.
@Tne line from Enid to San Diego
8ill be l,0U0 iniles, and from Enid via
birmingham to Brunswick viii be
about I,oO0 m7Ies. wl4 would maNe
me proposed line shorter nlan any u
che pl esent trans-conunental railways.
another pointer to bear in mlna
The Southern tacifc is the only rea
aans-continental line in operation x
he United States. The Union Pacific,
and the Atcn.son, Topeka ana
santa Fe are trans-continental lines
through connections east OF Chicago.
fre Frisco, by the extension east
rom Birmingham to Brunswick. ana
vest from Enid, Okla, to San Diego,
will be the only real rans-continentai
railway extending from a deep water
narbor on the Pacific to deep water
port on the Atlantic
"A glance at the map of the Uniteo
States reveals TINS important condi-
zion. The proposed line will be the
shortest line from ocean to ocean, ana
will be, with the exception OF the
southern Pacific, The only one below
ne snow line.
The cost Of operation and mainte-
nance will, therefore, be much less
chan its great competitors to the north
ward 1t will also be the only trans
continental line tnat will directly tap
the South, whose rapid development
promises immense traffic in the future.
In 1900, 100000 bales of cotton were
SHIPPED from the Sourn Union Pacific,
Great Northern and other trans-conti
mental lines to Yokohama, Kobe and
Nagasaki, Japan, and Hong Kong,
China. In 1901 about 1,uvv,00 bales
of cotton goods went from the South
over these ines to the same destina-
tion. The Frisco, tapping the South
ein territory directly, will be formid-
able competitor for this business. II
will bring the lar east and the south
in closer touch. The development OF
the south in manufactures and agricul-
ture viii receive tremendous i'm