The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-02-10
BUSINESS MEN FROM SEVERAL
CITIES WERE PRESENT TO
DISCUSS THE PRoJJEcT.
Mo enent Was Heartily Endorsed and
a Committee Appointed to In, esti.
sate-Result May Mean New Road
for Bruns.i3e.

AA-SAi' iol Iho puT pose OF Q1ScuSS-
ing the proposed new railroad from
that city to Brunswick was largely
attended and much interest was dis
played in it. The Americus Times
recorder CT yesterday contained two
columns about the meeting and in part
said
committee of twenty-six repre-
sentatiFe citizens of Waycross, Oak
neld, Doles, lrwinville and Ashburn
arrived in the city yesterday after
noon, lalf of them coming in automo-
rlies, having as their purpose a con-
ference with the Americus board of
trade relative to the construction Of
road that would connect Americas
and Ashblrn, there being road pro-
.ected from Ashburn to IrwinviIle.
twenty miles further on toward the
coast, the general idea being to start
movement toward the union of a
number of small roads that would
eventually reach the sea at Brunswick.
Last night at 8 o'clock the COM
mittee met the board of trade at a
| largely attended meeting 1t speedily
developed that no definite plans were
In existence SO far as the stretch be-
,, tween AShburn and Americus is con-
cerned, both the Americus people and
the visitors laboring under the i'm
preston that the other would have in
readiness and present some definite
plans at the meeting while as a matter
of fact, neither had gone that far. But
as q result of the meeting there is
some reason to believe that a better
defined movement may be inaugurated
and that the matter cf the constrlc
ton of such road will be thoroughly
Investigated, and that out of this def
mite plans may be in readiness to
present at some future Joint meet
ing.
What Visitors Said.
John B. Hutchinson, ESQ. secretary
OF the Ashburn board of trade, intro
duced President W. A. Shingler. of
that body. Ashburn, Mr.. Hutchinson
said, is a town Ct about 5000 reople,
with million taxable assessments, is
situated in a rapidly developing coun-
try. The Georgia Southern and the
A. Z. l.. run through the town
MIR. Shingler stated that the OBJ :eci
was to connect AshbIrn with Irwin
vile and OclIla, building link of
twelve miles to accomplish this and it
was hoped by them that Americus
would be ready TO build from .Ameri-s
Gus to Ashburn.
'HrOm what tho N-icit .to
was no doubt of their intention to
build from Irwinville to Ashburn. That
seemed to have been finally decided
upon by them. From Ashburn to Am
ericu5 the project remains to be de-
yeloped .N
The representatives of Oakfeld
and Doles, which would be on the
line of the proposed road from Ash
bprn to Americus, explained that con-
siderable roadbed existed on the pro-
posed line between Oakfield and Ash
burn, that the country would speedily
develop and that the opportunities for
a profitable freight business were
good. Doles lies midway between Cor
dele and Albany, eight miles from the
Albany and Northern road.
President Lanier thought that il
each community look the matter up.
get the rights of-way and showed what
it was willing to subscribe that the
road could probably be built.
Several of the visitors stated that
the people through the section it was
proposed to run the road would be
found enthusiastic and willing to CO.
operated as great an extent as pos
sible. ElMMN
After considerable further discus
sion II was decided to have commit
tees appointed representing the sew
eral towns to prepare an organization.
secure chartei, have a preliminary
survey made. etc The Americas board
OF trade appointed Messrs. G. Morgan
Eldrldge, Lee Allen and Crawford
Wheatley as Its committee. These
with the representatives from Oak
field, Doles, Irwinyills and a commit
tee OF the Ashburn delegation then