The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-06-21
ANOTHER GREAT TRUNK LINE
ENTERS ATLANTA.

terday contained the following inter
esting editorial:
1T was dramatically appropriate
that the metallic voices OF Ananta's
spreading industries should have vel,
coined with boisterons and suident
elamor the entrance into the, city Of
the first train Of another great trunk
line which is to add greater dimen-
sions to the prestige and the material
wealth OF the city
."rhe shrieking notes that blended
into a deafening chorus had too, an
other significance. They heralded the
big and constructive achievement Of
a man essentially southern by absorp-
ton, adoption and sympathy. bread
enough to see in prophetic and practi-
cal Imagination an enterprise Of far
reaching proportions, courageous
enough to bring it into actually over
obstacles that would have crushed a
man Of petty mold or OF smaller spirit.
"A fitting climax to the more spec
acular welcome Of The afternoon was
the precedentbreaking banquet Of the
chamber Of commerce last evening.
It was the greeting Of industrial com
mereial and professional Atlanta
the extpa-ofacial voice Of the Gate
City Of the south--to the promulgators
Of this new Industrial highway, and
to Georgians Of distinction who rep
resent the people and the interests
tributary to the extensive rlght-ofwa
Of the Atlanta, Birmingham and At
lantic.
Not IN years have the people Of
Atlanta been privileged to witness an
event so large with meaning to the
tangible welfare of the city, the state
and the section Other trunk-lines
have within comparatively recent times
entered the limits, but under no such
conditions as surrounded the occur
renee Of yesterday The Atlanta,
birmingham and Atlantic is new from
the ground up. Terminals, right-of
way, motive power and, for a large
part, territory. present elements Of
novelty ana Of initiative moi evident
in the railroad world OF this section
for long time
The compass Of a single editorial
is too brief to comprehend the com
plete significance q the virtual com.
pIetsn 81 the a, b. 6 A, The bare
|head.notes are inspiring, ia that they
show enc OF The richest sections OF
Georgia given a new outlet to the AT
lanuc and 10 the great fields Of the
west the city Of Atlanta another
port connection, easy access to the
fuel an iron stmehouse OF the south
and an additional highway. offerins
our products an allcommanding sweep
Of territory; the south beyond Birm.
ingham, and tie west, also provided
still futher incoming and outgoing ia
eihhes at a time when the expanding
volume Of development gives rise &c
| economic problems Of increasing gray.
ity.
The road has been placed with
such faultless strategy that it WIN
automatically stimulate The growth ot
each county through which it passes.
intensity activity where it already ex.
lists foster new interests in endless
volume and variety and radiate its
vitalizing influence into every section
remotely touched by II, casual
study Of its completed and projected
route win indicate the richness and
the versatility Of the territory to
which il gives a channel Of expansion.
while jastifying the prediction thar
it is TO Play a dominant role in the
lupbuilding Of This portion Of the south.
Realization Of the fact that Atlanta
is the point Of focus for this new
system, explains The broad-vlsioned
activity Of the chamber OF commerce.
The enthusiasm manifested by the
speakers at the banquet last evening
the spon'aneity with which they pre-
dieted the mutual benefits to accrue
TO the entire section and the personal
tributes 20 Mt Atkinson, demonstrate
mat the people ot Georgia are FUZZY
alive TO the meaning of this new chap