The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-11-20
MACON MEN MAY
BOYCOTT ROAD
UNLESS STEAMERS ARE ALLOW
ED To LAND AT SOUTHERN
TERMINALS HERE.

Macon business men are indignant
because the Southern Railway viii not
allow the steamers of the Macon &
Brunswick Navigation company to Lana
at their terminals here.
The Macon News of Wednesday con-
tanned the following article on ths
subject:
Unless Southern railroad officials
will allow the two steamers of the
Macon & Brunswick Navigation cona
pany to tie at their wharves in Bruins
wick. members OF the Macon chamber
| of commerce and other wholesale ana
| retail business men in Macon Will
| likely form q boycott against this
| railroad
| When the Emmett Small, loaded
| With cotton, attempted 10 make =
| landing Ut the Southern wharf la,~
| week, il is stated, the captain OF the
steamer was informed that he woa.d
not be allowed to do SO. He steames
to the Strachan wharves and after
casting a line, making fast his boat, 4
crowd OF negroes, about twenty ~
Aumrer, appeared ON the scene ara
cut the boat adrift.
Since that time President w =
| Small OF the Macon & Brunswick Nav :
ieation company. has conferred wffs
t2rlous officials o. the Southern rail
| road, but has secured little or no SAT :
| isfaction.
at the annual meeting of the cham
| Der Ct commerce held yesterday after
1oon. resolutions TO me effect of boy
| oOtting the railroad company wers
dra#n and about to be passed On
Shcn / WIS suggested 10 trt ano;heE
movement first
Mr. w. q. MeCaw stated he belicv-
| ed that il Il committee from the cham =
ter would 80 to Washington and con
fer With the Southern officials, mnfs
would be accomplished than by boy
cotting.
| 1T is easier to catch flies VITA
[honey than vinegar, said Mr.. McCaw
and my dealing with large corpora
items like this has taught me to go
easy ON subjects of this kind
AT the conclusion of Mr., McCaw 3
remarks, a committee consisting "
Messrs. w. E. McCaw, chairman s.
II. Jaques. Il, D. Tinsley, B. b. Ford
w. e. Small and j. F. Heard, was APP
pointed to go and call on the officials
in Washington and lay the matter be-
fore them
Then in case the Southern railroad
refused to allow the Macon & Bruins
wick Navigation company to land they
steamers at the railroad docks in
Brunswick, other steps would be takeR
at once.
Il In the meantime, large number
of the wholesale and manufacturing
concerns in Macon have stated they
would see that all Of their goods were
shipped, both into Macon and out, owes
other lines than the Southern
Several of AIacon's most promine -
business men spoke on the subject
stating that during the past several
years Macon had been utterly ignored
by the Southern railroad officials Thai
the little town of Flovilla. north pt
here, had by far a better. depot tkas
Macon, 1t is impossible to secure goas
sleeping car service through 10 points
east, the mail service from the east
over the Southern lines is worse thar
others and that the company after be
ing asked for better service, paid NJ
attention to the requests.
Repeated requests have been made
by the citizens of Macon for tho Sou
thern officials to run their trains inta
the Union depot, as it is doing ii
other cities. but like the other matters
nothing has ever been done.
] Unless. however. some definite ax
lion is taken i'll the matter with tas
Macon & Brunswick Navigation com
pany, boycott against the SoGther,
road will very likely be formed b.
every business man IN Macon.''
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