The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-04-03
BONG FoR pAvlNe puRposgs.


eated the plan of bonding The city for
the purpose Of street paving and a
general extension Of the present sew
erage system. We have used ever
argument 10 convince the city council
of the wisdom Of The method we pro-
pose. but up to this time we have fail
ed TO make any practical impression.
Up in Macon the people Of thai
thriving and energetic city are advo-
eating the same proposition and the
Macon News. Of yesterday. discussing
the matter. does so in the following
very sound manner, which is most re-
spectfully referred to the mayor and
council Of the city Of Brunswick and
to the people Of this city generally:
The proposition to issue 1886. 900
bonds for paving and $4,000 for the
sewer extensions which was up in
council Tuesday night, should be act
ed on favorably by council and this
action ratified by the people at the
Special election proposed for early in
June.
Paving means progress and prog
ress is what is needed nv Macon al
this time. The sewerage extensions
meap good faith with the recently an.
nexed sections, and is an earnest OF
business with those suburbs which are
70 come into the fold later
IT seems to The News that every
patriotic citizen should be for this
measure. It is a business proposition
and not political one, so business
ideas and not political tactics should
be applied to its solution. Every man
who owns . dollars worth OF properly
In or about Macon should give his best
efforts 70 the securing of paving be-
cause i viii enhance values, make |
residents here more cheerful and gen
orally improve things very much No |
city is worthy of the name in this pro- |
sressive age unless it keeps apace |
with progress by the latest and mos
modern municipal betterments.
Macon has improved more since
the first paving was laid than It did |
in fifty years prior 10 that time
Another great jump ahead win be |
taken by the city when the present
paving plans, started yesterday are
continued and extended by the bond |
issue.
rhe News does not know just what |
streets il is contemplated to pave, but /
Il believes that the proper ones will
be selected and does know that il will
be web nigh impossible to select the
wrong ones. The amount named in
the ordinance for paving bonds with
the payments by the other parties 10 a |
paving contract will mean
much paving, and The News knows
still further that there cannot be too |
much of this excellent Improvement |
Macon is going ahead now better
and faster than ii has in years. The
people are more united and in better
condition for united effort the kind |
that wins. There is no better incen- |
tive for action; nothing more encour-
aging to progressive people. moth |
ing more calculated to keep them
moving ahead than splendid mnici-
pal improvements. undertaken and
carried out in a businesslike and
manner.
The News hopes that the necessary
two thirds of the qualified voters. like
Itself, will be found on the side of
the bonds when election day comes
around. These bonds mean progress
and development; they mean better.
broader, prettier and more substantial
Macon; they mean a better civic feel
ing they mean encouragement, a step
growth and extension and a
chance for all of us TO earn more and
do better"