The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-05-23

We nave presented n a series of editorials the
sons which induce advocate the issue of bonds
by Brunswick and Gynn county for permanent i'm
provements- COED streets roads, drainage extern
SION Of sewerage system and the like We have in
yited Of opinion either for their orr
against it from citizen, but two have far re-
sponded.
Deeming this, jo the vital question which
contronts cur people oday certain that distant
day it will be submitted the people at the polls we
trust that such expression of opinion will be forth
coming repeat ofert publish any expression
upon it.
VINO can doubt the desirability Of making them
Improvements?
Who doubt the desriability nf making them
quickly?
WAC doubt the attraction outside capital to
city and county of $35O,OO0 invested in such i'm
prov ements?
Who can doubt an increase in value of taxable
erty sufficient pay the interest on the Al~eased
debt and provide sinking fund pay the bonds in
the period say thirty wears they while at
the same time lowering the tax rate
Who does not know that the limitation upon ndebt-
edness OF but per cent Of taxable values perfect
y safe limitation What business can be successfully
conducted upon such limitation of Indebtedness?
The writer, talking to citizen about this bond is
children is
the issue, met with this objection 4 am not in favor
Of bonds because not wish to put any added bur
den Of Indebtedness upon city or county that my chill
dren will have to help pay Take his reason and ana
yze it, 1t compes him and his children to go without
good roads and they simply cannot be had
except by the issue of bonds
Every ton of freight hauled over bad road or bad
street costs 10 cents ton mile than it would
cost over good road or street. That is that
yearly directly indirectly he and his children have
| to pay.
1t is conservatively estimated that in this county we
nave been paying yearly privilege of hav-
ing bad roads and streets than all the money pay
as freight to all the ariroads of the country
1t is conservatvely estimated by men of great abi-
ity that Az per cent all die in this country die
from preventabe diseases and that these dying ere a
loss to the country of 81 ,000,0OO,OoO per year
1t is estimated high authority that of the sick
of any year 40 per cent needlessly sick large
proportion by malarial diseases due proper
drainage want of sufficient sewerage, want of proper
sanitation and that the this in loss of service
alone is staggering.
II single city in the United States offers c ,mplete
answer to every against the issue of ponds
Los Angeles Cali, in 1880 had popua oh OF 1900
and practically dead! The people determined to
try new methods they bond per cent of oil
'""os III - lucy Donh@S 10 the nT1lt
They made Los Angeles attractive They invited peo-
}ple from abroad. In 1890 she had SO 900; in 1900
1ol454 people; in 1912 5O4,136 people Sn has more
than 600 miles of electric str railways .-
The bonds they issued under the 20 per celt limit in
lleeo made but small sum comparatively. In 1906
they found the city grown to such proportions that
i they threatened with a water fannie
i The engineering problem gigantic 1t called for
bringing supply from mountains nearly 200 miles
away. BY overwb Ginning vote tn " bonded for
$2S000O00 to the water End are occurring it.
Any progressive city which has bonded or perm l.
nent improvements will PERHAPS less dsstea tell the
same story of development