The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-06-25
ALTAMAHA NAVIGATION.
The News has ALWAYS been of

|. The News has always been OF the
opinion that a steamboat line between
points on the Altamaha river would
pay, provided however, that the line
would be operated for the purpose Of
paying dividends to its stockholders
and not for the sole purpose of fore
ing the railroads to compete with the
steamboat line.
II the merchants and business men
will make mp their minds to patronize
the steamboats, there is no doubt in
the world but that It would prove a
paying industry.
Following from the Macon Tele-
graph will be interesting:
A definite movement has been made
under the auspices Of the chamber Of
commerce to inaugurate a river trans
porta.ion line. A steamboat Of $50
tons burthen, loaded with scrap iron
and shingles, Is on its way to Macon
IT left Temperance landing, below
HawkinsTlle, Saturday night.
While II is an experimental venture
on the part of the owner, it will lead
to important results. The shippers
OF Macon have been anxious for long
time to utilize the naylgable advan-
ltages Of the Ocmulgee river to secure
rail and water line freight rates. They
believe that Macons commercial flu
tnre will be favorably determined, If
such a result can be attained.
The government has expended thou
sanss Of dollars in the past four years
to improve the channel Of the river
so ae to enable boats to ply the river
Inc year Touhu bct"t'i Hl'"li "ii'' III"
the Altamaha.
The government engineers have
given the assurance that three feet
of water can be maintained with the
system OF jettIcs which have been
built at summer stage of the river
Captain l. b. English has been a.
consistent advocate of river navigation
lie says: at is the key to the sit
| uation that confronts Macon" He
maintains that It will increase the
volume of traffic to be distributed
form Macon, and more than compen-
safe the railroads for reducing rates.
| The Inauguration OF a river trans
portation line is not new project. In
1897 men prominently identified with
the chamber of commerce took up
the project and through their exer
lions the "City of Macon" was built
and the feasibility OF running steam
boats on the river practically demonS
strated.
It was through the energetic persist
ence of the same men that an appro-
priation of $l5S,0O0 was secured for
the permanent Improvement Of the
river channel thus laying the founda-
| ton for a successful river transpor
tation line.
The above was printed in our To-
cal news columns yesterday and it
shows that the government mas taken
hand in deepening the river and put
ting it in shape for navigation ali the
year round,
Brunswick will come in for the
lions share of this business because
II is the distributing point Goods
which reach here by steamer from the
| north will be unloaded hero and trans
lerred to the Altamaha steamers and
goods for the north will be taken from
| The Altamaha steamers and placed
on board the northern ships II w..
De seen here that we will do The hand
ling of all the freight.
| And there is another place where
We would come in. 1t would open up
A new line to our merchants aud they
| would invade this territory, selling
thousands OF dollars worth OF goods
10 the people along the river routes
and those who could have their goods
transferred from the steamers to the
Tears,
There are many other reasons why
nope that it VIII mean a great deal
inns hne will help us and We sincerity
more than the most sansutne expects
|
| President ROOSEVELT is not doing
much probing" in the postoihce steai