The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-07-23
KEEP IT FILLED
ENTIRE SUMMER
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Build Hotel at St. Simon
A. & B. Will Do
the Rest
VISITORS ARE COMPL AIMING
Clam That They Come to St. Simon
and Then Cannot Get Accommo-
dations-Prominent Albanian
Surprised at Situation.

iiie News is in receipt of letter
from Mr.. II. C. McFadden, genera
freight and passenger agent of the At
lantic and Birmingham railraod, witt
headquarters at Waycross, in which
he comments on an article in these
columns a, few days ago relative tC
the large crowds that have visited st
Simon during the present season.
Mr.. McFadden states that the A. &
b has brought hundreds of people tC
st. Simon this summer and adds:
Build a hotel aud we viii keep II
filled during the entire summer"
Il is surmised by that short sen
tence that Mr.. McFadden hnds that
there has been considerable complain
ing among people along his line
about accommodations Of ST. 81
mon These complaints have not only
been heard from people residing along
the A. & B. railroad but from hun
dreds Of others who have visited the
island this summer, and it seems a
shame tnat a great summer resort
like St Simon has been without a
hrst class hotel for the past five
years
A prominent Albanian, who has beer
on the island for several days, was
in the city yesterday and he discussed
the same question with the writer.
What do you people mean by let
ting great summer resort like st
Simon go from season to season with
ealt a ifst class hotel? Why / shoult
think that thre would be great oppo
sition among business men to see
which could gel a hotel erected first
Last week | was in Atlanta ant
a crowd Of politicians were discuss
ing d visit to the seashore. Thert
we're about fifteen in the party. We
We're in the Kimball house and, as
the party desired to 60 o1gether thej
wanted to decide on some place,
and one or two others suggested st
simon, while others brought up Tybet
Cumberl- nd. Atlantic Beach, Isle o.
Palms and other summer resorts ii
the south We had about decided tc
COME to St Simon, however, wheI
one of the number stated that ther,
was no hotel at ST. Simon which
could accommodate us, Nearly ever!
man in the crowd was surprised.
remembered. after thinking, that tn,
handsome hotel once there had beer
burned. but I was under the impres
sion that it had been replaced witt
another hotel We found out tha
there was no hotel, however, and th'
panty decided to visit Tybee instead.
This is only one instance where
Brunswick and st. Simon lost by no
having hotel on st Simon.
1t Is truly believed mat this win b
the last season that such state 0
affairs will exist and by next summe
The News fully expects TO sea han'
some hotel building on the sland
AS stated by Mr.. McFadden the A
& b. railroad alone could keep tn
hotel well filled during the entir
season. qhis is tho only seapor
touched by that road, it Dasse
through one Of the richest as well a
the hottest sections OF the state, an
the people residing along the line an
anxious to get to the seasnore. The
want to come to St. simon, But wha
is the use? After they reach the is
land they are confronted vita the fac
that there is no hotel to accommodat
them
BY all means let's have a hotel o
the island next summer