The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-07-17
DOING BRUNSWICK AN INJUSTICE.

the government 70 deprive brunswick Of the distinction
which she has achieved BY being designated port
Of call for Panama bound pashps and she is endeav
oring to usQTp the Wafsfq Itself ills Perfeei!y al
right for he savannah Morning News and the Savah-
chamber OF commereeJe be energeteiiR the rntdl
ests their splendid city shtait is aogettIer wloi
when the Saw &nnah chamber OF commerce broadcasts
and the savanh News ppdbsheg gntifsFy dr.
roneous staemen touching Brunswick as a, por and
rejecting confaNoo the ACTUAL facts and figures on
the channel depths the port of Brunswick is no!
the brepAf 1toafdske g44etanaeofs ore prone ndeq
the wrong more fragrant when both the Savannah
News and the Savannah chamber of commerce knew or
should have known, that the statements exroitsa
In its edition yesterday morning in
belabored article the Savannah News says: ~ e<]
'There said be several practical features why
Savannah should be given the preference. Brunswick
channel facilities, only receive vesl
ses of small draft Should within the ten years
SHIPS of heavy draft be engaged in the Panama trans
II would eliminate Georgia completely ,as
port of call except for the smallest vessels engaAs 10
carrying mail Savannah will by that time be Well pro-
stded4wba channel facilities and, will beaable to take
earezof ansvesses plying the coast so it is reliably
stated The matter will be called the attention
directors of the chamber of commerce at
todays meeting at which time it is probable vigorous
action VIII be taken to ascertain Why Savannah was
omitted after the port given to understand it
be- included among the places for forwarding the PAM
ana, and Colon mail" e<a- .--- 's- "o
q iThereEnever more fragrant misstatement than
the (which charged limited channel facilities to the
poH of Brunswick. AS matter of fact Brunswick's
port enjoys channel depth from docks of thirty
feet This is no idle statement the Savannah Morn
ing News can find yerfcaton of this fact by calling
upon the government engineers office in Savannah
The whole question far the respective merits OF
savannah and Brunswick concerned, has to DO with
natural advantages. Brunswick is situated on a good
harbor almost in sight of the sea- while Savannah
some twenty miles from the and toilsome of ap
proach. What the mail department demands, in hand
ling ats postal matter from ports of call southwark is
quick transfer facilities, such Brunswick is able tt
give, and Savannah isn't. Mail steamers can come il
and out Of this harbor at any time in few hours
featSmpossble at Savannah They do have to picl
their way up difficult river for twenty odd miles bu
have free access and egress of magnificent channe
and bay. Brunswick's superiority Savannah as
port OF call for the mails and a general port ar
stunned up in the very brief statement Here indeed
is natural port while Savannah was built som
twenty miles 1t would be poor policy for the gov
eminent to make Savannah port OF call with Bruins
wick nearer at hand and naturally the best port Q
call the South Atlantic coast.
The News wants enter its serious protest agans
the manner of attack its Savannah namesake is maxim
against Brunswick and it endorses most heartily tn
resolutions adopted by the Brunswick Board of Trad
yesterday copies which forwarded to Senator
Smith and Bacon and Representative BrantIey Post
master General Hitchcock and Colonel Kngman in la
/ nights mail. The postoffice department with an ey
single totthe public service has selected Brunswick
ia port of call for this business the mere fa
2 its superiority in possessing greater advantages ft
the Panama business than is the case with Savanna
without attempting 20 detract one iota from savar
nahs advantages seaport, it is fault of Bruins
wicks that early Georgians located savannah invent
I'VE miles up the river, while Sat the time the
located Brunswick great open harbor practical
ltwithn sight of the sea.
In the meantime, what reayis hurting our esteeme
contemporary is that the new channel recently esat
lshed by the United States engineers for this disri
gives thesharbor of Brunswick channel depth of hr
feet from the inside harbor the sea- which surpass
in depth that accorded to Savannah by the constitute
authorities /! q F'
However, as we along in good -hatured rivalry let
fight clean ! @e 6 Ne b So