The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-03-28
new SUGGESTION
BY UNCLE JOHN
HE THINKS THE DRAINING or
BUFFALO SWAMP WOULD MEAN
MUCH FOR BRUNSWICK.

Mr.. Editor ~ When z lew months
ago ! suggested the organization oil a
movement for Greater brunswick
With the initial organization OF a mill
ion-d dollar company, / was impressed
with the idea that only gresi devel-
opment could make OF Brunswick a
great city. was too completely 81 le-
tracked by the substitute of another
movement 20 pursue he subject. II
We ever have Greater Brunswick We
have got 10 take some OF the Atlantic
curvature out Of her spine by opening
our port to the Seaboard Air Line
railway
Brunswick must either become a
large city or remain about .Eat she
is. Her location forbids natural,
Iusfy growth. Her isolation is set
back that can only he overcome by
some smart strategic move thas will
bring her into spectacular promi-
hence. We are cut off from all Incl
dental contact with the world that
cones from being on the line Of al
rect travel and the ADVANTAGES of pub
liclty thus afforded. We have no srr-
rounding agricultural population with
its benefits of supply and demand. The
palmy days of our shipping record as
4 local commercial stimulus are ebb
ing away as the pine forest and its
products reach out further from MS,
and nearer to other aspiring ports.
This may appear as Il gloomy side
view fand Il Is II we do nothing 10
overcome III, but II is only q fact to
be considered as an arousencnI o.
nubIic sentiment to the ends tAaf viii
nut our people into mood OF doing
something that will start nuw blopd
10 stimulating growth and ACTIVITY.
From the standard of enterprise.
Brunswick is, virtually, Glynn county
and Glynn county has very low per-
centaee OF distributed wealth and what
she has is probably the least lexlbic
10 pnbIic enterprise of any county IN
The state Of like assessed saxabls yal-
nes. Whatever Of foreign investment
there is In Brunswick is a leach rather
than producer Of fruitful benefit lts
dividends are drained from US N 9
the uphuilding Of other sections.
would rather be bouyant ~ an ef-
fort TO help Brunswick than to enfilade
her weaker lines; but we do seem
he so supinely restful in cur ems :
gies to her welfare. We've got g
have some other kind Of industries
than the calculation of how many
negro shanties we can card up on 2
lot: and worthier ambition than g
tantalize our neighbors with such IN
vestments.
III were the architect OF a plan 70
start Brunswick to growing on the
surest basis, Mr.. Editor, ! wouli open
her front gates on the Seaboard All
Line railroad at ali hazards. with .
population Of Ave thousand peope
kneading from the rich soil Of ths
buffalo swamps the fullness Of It's giH-
ings.
There are probably 100000 acres
al il. If thoroughly dra med II ~eIlld
grow celery and cabbage 10 I'll ifaln
load day. during the shipping see
son. A single years demonstration on
4 small farm of it would settle every
foot OF ii, and hurry population az
over the county II Is no guess WORK
what these drained lands will do, OF
that the markets will take al that they
can produce. II this 10000 acres vas
cut into 1000 flve-acre farms and
each farm loaded a car In the sea-
son. 4 low estimate of the value would
be~sl 600. 900.
ii would pay Glynn county a nun
dred fold 10 issue bonds ard drain II
putting drainage tax on it TO pay the
bonded debt. AZ present 1t Is ne'
worth two dollars an acre. II pr in''
cultivation 1t would be worth hun
dred dollars per acre. !,
And in the draining OF i ! Wouio
have a system Of canals, that by me-
chanical aids would irrigatc every 100
n Il. and would have there suhs'd-
iary canals connect with central on
wide and deep enough to iihat barge
10 the ship side. and aions its BANK
have manufacturing siteo for any klne
of factory.
There would be something tlen Z
,alk about and to put into the prints
an advertisement with the goods 7
offer. and there would not be IN al
his country more beautiful and at
tractsve city surroundings,
if We just had enough men Drawn
and brave enough to see the possibil
tiles of such beginning TO Bruins
wieks growth, and the raoid iniinene
il would have to make us prosperous
there would be no time lost in tn
doing Of it. Yet, it's big; but b.sI's
is what makes towns.
Uncle John.