The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-01-10
CAPT. DAY TALKS
OF NEW COLONY
49,
New Railroad will Run a
Line of Boats to This
Port
THINGS ACTIVE ON OCMULG GEE
Well Known Fresh Watetr Steam-
boat Man Talks interestingly Of
the Many New Things for
This Section of State.

Capt. John L. Day, the veteran
steamboat captain and owner, of Lum
Der City, talks Interestingly on naviga
tion and other matters of importance
transpiring in his section of the state
Than Captain Day there are today few
men in Georgia more thoroughly post
ed on river navigation or more fully
conversant with the conditions sur
rounding that industry and for years
he has operated line of boats on the
lower Ocmulgee and Altamaha rivers
Lumber City and the down river points
and ever since the government began
expending money on the improve
ment of the Ocmulgee river as far
north as Macon, Captain Day has been
always interested in the matter and will
ling and ready to extend his line Of
boats to Macon. The captain said that
the past year has been an extremely
good one in the steamboat business
and that the. boats have been busy
and running regularly during the en-
tire year.
A matter of no little Importance and
interest to river men and one which
will be of great benefit to Macon
steamboat owners when the line from
Macon shall have been established
is the proposed cut off channel from
the Altamaha to Brunswick.
This. channel will be of great inter
est to- steamboat men," said Captain
Day. and viii enable us to get tc
Brunswiclz much quicker and at the
same time with less danger from ac
cident. The route we now have tc
travel is over SO miles, while with
the channel built it will only be nee
essary to steam distance of IL miles
This will eliminate the necessity oi
going in the sound, and the route the
entire distanae will be inland"
1t is generally recognized by those
interested in and conversant with riv
er navigation tnat this channel is az
Improvement bao!y needed and this
neeessity is lore fully emphasized
when it is l-4embered the fate Of the
City of Macon, which turned turtle In
the waters of the sound
When asked about the report OF a
new colony being established In Ap
pling county, Captain Day said that
the report was based upon actual work
now being done and that preparations
were being rapidly made for the com
pletion OF the enterprise. Not only
Will several thousand colonists 10
cate in that vicinity but preliminary
work Is being done for the building
of a. railroad from Reidsville in Tat
nah county across the river to Bax
lev in Appling county. 1t is reported
that German capital Is behind the
movement and that thousands Of acres
of land nave been secured and vii
be occupied by large body OF Ger
man farmers. Already six hundred
acres have been secured ct Pine Bluff
on tie Aitamaha, thirteen miles from
Baxley, and this ground has been lait
out Tor town and has been namet
Port Alexander.
The promoters have asked Captain
Day TO name the price for his steam
boats ana while the negotiations hav'
not been completed it Is quite posi-
Bile that wltnln a short time a dea
Will be consulnmated. 1t Is the inten
ton OF the hackers of the colon,
to run line CT boats from Port Alex
ander to BRUNSWICK and also anothe
line betwee Macon and BrunswicB
An examination OF the Ocmulgee ha
been made up to Macon and thos
making the inspection declare tha
the river can easily be navigated +
that city and they are willing to den
onstrate their IaIth in the enterpris
by putting their monev in a line Q
poats.
Engineers are now busily engage
in making survey" says Captai
Day, "ot the railroad from Reidsvill
to Baxley and at the rate at wntc
the work is now progressing II
thought the prellmlnarI preparation
will have been completed in shoI
time. 1t is the intention of the prt
moters to at first operate an electri
line from Port Alexander to Bake
and then continue the road to Reid
Vile"
The people in the section Of th
country through which the road wi
run are most enthusiastic over tt
prospects of the opening up OF II
country and it is generally concede
the colony viii greetiy benefit th
part Of the state, -.l-~sI..A-.