The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-11-08
THE TIME FoR ACTION.


Probably four-fifths Of the mail re-
ceived by the people Of Brunswick
comes in on Southern train No. a..
This train brings all the northern and
eastern mail. as well as that from At
lanta, and as that city catches all wes-
tern mail, therefore the only other
mail brought into this city is the lit
tie local mail picked up On the lines
of the other roads.
Southern train No. IA is due in
Brunswick at 7.45 a. m. and while it
is seldom that the train arrives at
that hour, still, during the summer
months, It comes in early enough not
to cause any great inconvenience to
the business people of the city. but
as soon the winter season ap-
proaches, it is seldom that the train
arrives anywhere around the sched-
uled hour.
During the last week or ten days
this train has been running hours
behind time. Sunday It was noon be-
fore the people Of the city got their
mail, and yesterday the business day
was drawing to a close before the mail
was received, and, consequently. every
business man in the city who depends
upon his mail before closing his days
business, was inconvenienced to
great extent. There are a large mum
Der Of people who can hardly star;
on their days business without the
mail; it brings them orders. etc, pa
pers from the larger cities, and other
important mail, but for the simple
reason that railroad company has
the contract for the handling of prac-
tically all Of Brunswicks mail, on one
train. the people of this city are in
convenienced to the extent Of three
or four times a week.
Just where the trouble is The News
is not familiar enough with the stu
alton to say. but it does know that
there is a remedy, and il is high time
that the business people Of Brunswick
We're entering a protest, one so strong
that the railroad company viii hive
to notice #, and then, if the trouble
is not remedied, the matter should
be brought to the attention OF the
United States government.
II the Southern railway finds it i'm
possible to handle this mail from At
lanta, where the connections are
made, TO Brunswick, then they should
surrender the contract and give some
Of the other lines an opportunity to
see if they cant improve on the con
dition. There are other lines operat-
ing between Atlanta and Brunswick.
and while IT takes their trains longer
TO make the trip between the two ci-
ties, stin it is seldom that their
trains arrive here more than a few
minutes late The people OF the city
would a great deal rather know that
their mail would arrive every day at
10 o'clock than to expect it at s and
receive it at . or 3, or even later
Brunswick is not the only city that
is supplied with all of her mail by
Southern train No a. Every city,
station and stop between Brunswick
and Atlanta and connecting points de-
pend entirely upon this train for their
daily mail, and, like the business met
here, are greatly Inconvenience on
an average of two or three times per
week.
The Retail Merchants and Business
Mems association, the Board of Trade,
and other commercial organizations of
the city, together with the business
men generally, should take some i'm
mediate action. The winter travel is
just beginning, and if the train is run
ming from two to eight hours behind
time at present. then it is hard to tell
what will happen when the winter
season proper opens.
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