The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-13
GOOD ROADS PLAN
IN GREAT FAVOR
LEGISLATION NOW NEEDED
TO ENABLE COUNTIES TO COOPER
ATE IN BUILDING THEM.

Chnirmen of Good Roads Committee
and Committee on Legislation of
Chamber of Commerce Will Confer
in Regard to Having Legislature
Pass N Bill That Will Make This
POssibIe-Liberty County Has Al
ready Appropriated 100000.
The plans recently inaugurated by
the Good Roads Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce to secure good
roads through the counties bordering
connecting link with those of this
county, seems in fair way to be re-
allied.
Already Liberty county has appro-
priated $4,000 to improve it's roads and
it is believed that Bryan county will
appropriate like sum within the next
few days. Other counties are deeply
interested in the movement and may
make arrangements to do as we'll as
those that have already acted in the
matter.
At meeting of the Good Roads
Committee yesterday, at which Mr..
Gordon Saussy, chairman, presided, a
resolution was passed authorizing it's
chairman to confer with the chairman
OF the Chamber of Commerce Commit
tee on Legislation relative to having
some act passed at the next session of
the Legislature authorizing the coun-
ties to cooperate in the building and
improving of the good roads in this
state. 1t is intended that this author
ity be permissive; that is, that the
county authorities may use their judg-
ment about the matter.
Saussy Has Worked Hard.
Since the work in the interest of
good roads has been taken up it has
been brought prominently and forcibly
TO the attention of adj the counties near
TO Chatham. The work has been done
by Mr.. Saussy, who has not only writ
ten numerous letters to county officials,
and prominent residents of the various
counties, but has himself been present
at a number of the meetings of the
officials, and made addresses in which
he set forth the benefits to be derived
from a system of roads connecting all
the surrounding counties with Chat
ham county and with Savannah.
Inc plan suggested, ana winch mas
been already given in the Morning
News, is that the county adjoining
Chatham take up the building or i'm
proving of it's roads at the point where
those of Chatham leave off, and con-
tinue them through its own jurisdiction
to the next county, which, in turn, can
take up the work.
Must Have Bridge.
In the case of building into Liberty
county the project means a bridge
must be built across the Ogeechee
river. 1t is possible that this will not
be built on the old crossing, because
of unfavorable land on each side of
the river but that some other site for
it will be selected. One gentleman,
who is interested in the proposed roads,
has offered to give a right of way for
the bridge and road at old Fort Ar
gyle.
The building of these roads into
Liberty and Bryan counties would
mean the opening up of a large num-
Der of lands excellent for farming
purposes, and would undoubtedly at
tract settlers because of the easy access
to this city, which would be but from
twelve to twenty-five miles away and
therefore, with good roads, would Of
fer, not only a source of supplies, but
an excellent market and point of ship
ment for the products of such farms.