The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-12-07
MEETING FOR NEW
STEAMSHIP LINE
4 GREAT SUCCESS
MUCH ENTHUSIASM DISPLAYED
LAST NIGHT BY MERCHANT
Asso. AND CITIZENS
A Committee viii Be Named Who
VIII Present Grievances to Bee
Line Officials Win View to Securing
Good Freight and PASSENGER sordo.


Good Freight and PASSENGER Service
me meeting called by the Retail
merchants and Business Mems asso-
ciatlon at the board of trade rooms
III tle city hall last night. TO discus,
lhe lccal steamship situation was
one OF the best of the kind ever held
IN the city of Brunswick. Not that
the attendance was larger than is tha
case with the usual meeting called for
the discussion of public matters In
brunswick, but because of the unity
OF feeling, the earnestness and me
enthusiasm of those who were nres-
eht' AS Is known to the people of
brunswick generally, the Clyde line
winch has been doing "shoo dv'
business at the port of Brunswiclr
since the withdrawal of the Mallory
llne, has announced that its salp will
withdraw from the port on December
~ 1t is also we'll known that the
service Of the Brunswick Steamship
company is not satisfactory. because
OF the fact that the company has M
regular sailing dates and no regular
schedules from New York to Rruns-
wick and because Of the additional
TACT that there is q much -complained
OF delay in the handling of freights
When they reach Brunswick from the
Bee line terminals to the A., B. & A.
freight house, that being the point,
from which they are delivered.
The meeting last night was called
to discuss TINS condition. President
Bruce, of the Retail Merchants ASSOC
claticn, called the meeting to order
and announced the object of the meet
ing. The subject was informally dis
cussed lby number OF business men
and shippers present and the general
idea was that the association should
trst go to the Bee line officials with
their grievances. 1t was pointed out
by several speakers that the A., B.
q A. and its allied interests had large
investments here in Brunswick and
that If the situation in the city was
properly placed before them some
remedy for the evils could be had
and that perhaps the company could
be prevailed upon to put on combi-
nation freight and passenger ships in
order to care for tae passenger bus
mess of the port Short talks were
made during the evening by Senator
l.. r. Atkins, A. V. Wood Esq, Z. l..
stevens. Esq. Col. f. r. Twitty, L. II.
Haym, Esq, q. L. McGougan of the
Southern, and ] B. c. Bitch, Of the
A., -. e A.
A motion finally prevailed that the
chair name committee of five, to in
clude the president Of the association,
to seek conference with the off,
cials Of the Bee line, with a view of
placing tie Brunswick situation be-
fore them and securing relief Of some
character.
President Bruce announced that he
would name his committee at later
da.e. The meeting then passed a res
olution introduced by Judge A. J. Gro
watt endorsing the petition to se pre-
sented 10 the county commissioners
this morning, asking fer repairs to
the public road leading from the Alta
niaha river TO the city.
a resolution introduced by Col f.
p. Twitty was also adopted express
ing regret that the Clyde line had
deemed II expedient to withdraw its
ships from the port. The meeting then
drfted into an interesting discussion
OF good roads, in which Senator Akin
made a very interesting talk. He
said that good roads would do more
| for Brunswick than any other thing
on earth and that in few years he
believed tSat three other steamship
lines would be knocking at the door
| cf the pert. brunswick Is going to
be the best seaport on the coast" said
! Senator Atkins, the towns on the in
| terror are growing and the time is
not far distant when they will seek
the nearest port, and that Is Bruns-
wick
| The meeting finally adjourned and
as soon as President Bruce names his
committee an engagement will be
made with the officials ef the Bee line
fer conference on the subject of the
Brunswick situation.
Those present were l.. II. Haym, J
X. Reid, w n. Nancy. c. Fl. Shell
Edon, l.. r. McKrnon, h. Il. Samuels
fAustin Holcomh, w H. Wood, Jr., G
lH. Leayy, II. W. Bitch. f. E. Twitty
fN. w Findley, f. l.. Stevens H. G
lPeerson, G. w. Harper. r. NJ. Peer
son, r. G. Bruce. F. E. Decker, l.. R
Akins. J. H. Whitmire. a. " Wood
William Nisi, Kennon Mott. J G I
Bitch. Judge A. j. Crovatt, J. +
'flirsch, E. T. McGougan, and others.