The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-04-28
WAYNE COUNTY
IS WORKING FOR
AUTO HIGHWAY
ALTAMAHA RIVER is TO BE
BRICGED BY TIE COUNTY
AUTHORITIES.
Peopis - Make Bid For the New
Yor<-t3-Florda Route. = sruns swick
Must Now Get Busy Or it May Lose
This Great Highway.

brunswick must act now or never
in t7e very important matter of
bridging the Altanaha river, THEREBY
placing tais city on the great auto
mobile highway between New York
and Florida.
Opposition to the route via Bruins
wick and Darien from Savannah mas
developed. and the enterprising board
OF county commissioners of Wayne
county will at their next meeting call
bond issue for 100000, the money
TO he used for better roads and bridg-
ing the Altamaha river. The grand
jury Of that county has already ell
dorsed 5le issue and the commission
ers have announced that they will
call the election at their next melting.
As is well known, Brunswick has
been placed on the great highway,
witt the provision that the Altamaha
river be bridged. Thus far. though
there has been much discussion.
nothing definite has been done, and.
as result, many automobile parties
during the past winter Glave gone 10
Florida via other routes. The people
OF Wayne county, supported by others
on the different routes, have gone 10
work to secure this great highway,
witch. if they are successful. means
that Brunswick will lie eliminated al
together. 1t is planned by the people
OF Wayne county to bridge the Alta
maha near Jesup, and to open up a
route to the Camden county line.
This would give the autoists a road
via Baxley, Jesup, Waycross. Black
shear, Valdosta and OTTER cities. or il
could be extended south from Jesup
and join an excellent road near Mt.
Pleasant and then continue to Jack
sonVllle on the road used at present
etween Brunswick and the Florida
city. That TIE bond issue will soon
be authorized is best evidence of the
fact that the people of Wayne cour-
tv ere in earnest and it is I'D TO
Brunswick and Darien and other
points on the present route to get to
work at once. The Brunswck-Darien
route is the most popular, the short
est and altogether the best. but the
Altamsna river will have to be bride-
ed before it can be used. At present
the machines are ferried from Dari
en- to Dents plantation, distance OF
ten or fifteen miles, and the tourists
are greatly fnconvenienced and few
OF them take the trip more than once
It is to be hoped that the county com.
mlssioners of Glynn and Mcintosh will
act Immediately and provide some
means for bridging the river.
The following article in reference
10 the action of the Wayne county
people was sent out Yesterday from
Jesup: ~ wl,,
The Wayne county grand jury now
IN session has recommended unani-
mously that an election be called i'm
medlately for the issuing of S1OO, 600
OF county bonds for the building of
roads and bridging the Altamaha
river.
The first highways to be perfected
viii be the Wayne county portion of
the New York. Savannah and Jack.
sonville road, extending from the AL
tamaha river to the Camden county
line. This road has been worked on
already by the county convicts and
VIII shortly be completed. The
road from Baxley to Brunswick also
has been opened up direct through
business men, alert to the needs and
the other highway at Jesup. AL
though the Wayne county portion of
the bridge is small as compared with
the Liberty county side, Wayne ex-
pacts to at least meet Liberty half
way in getting. this bridge.
There is no question but that the
citizens of Wayne county and this en-
tire section are very much enthused
over the prospects, of action.
1T is expected that Savannah, Jack
sonyille, Waycross, Blackshear Bax-
ley, Valdosta, Thomasville, Albany
and Bainbridge and the various auto
mobile associations will join in sup
port of this move.
"A committee representing Jesup
and Wayne county will attend the
road meeting to be held in Baxley
next Friday, and it is expected to
get the cooperation of this meeting
for the impetus now given the move
ment in this county.
"The commissioners Of Wayne
county will be in session hero neyt