The Brunswick news., 1913-05-09
MACON 4pANY soReANIzsN ;
sfAsLlsp LINE TO
THIS PoRT.
F0gR BOATS TO Be BUILT.
Business People of the Central City
Realiza the IMPORTANCE of River
Transportation and viii Start
Work on Proposition at ohSp.

--tte etAt hAto4A41NHt AlAtAA vi AldINIl
are serious in their plan to establish
a line Of motorboats en- the Altama-
ha and Ocmulgee rivers between Ma
con and Brunswick. is best evidenc-
ID ~ the following article. which
appeared in yesterdays Macon Tel
egTaph
So certain is the organization com
mittee of the proposed navigation
company of the sdeyess Of their un-
dertaking that they will be ready as
soon as the plan is given indorse-
ment this afternoon to begin work at
one on the new boats. The shippers
Of Macon have alread co-operated to
the extent of supplying business for
nearly is months for the four motor,
boats which it is proposed to oper-
ate.
The shippers will be given an op-
portunity this afternoon at the meet
ing at 4 O'Clock at the Chamber Of
Commerce to take stock in the new
company and lend their support to it.
Those behind the proposition feel
that it will be one Of the most i'm
portant gatherings, from the stand
point CT commercial and industrial
progress, that has been held in Ma
con in long time All details of the
proposed plan viii be laid before the
business men by A i Long, chafrs
man OF the organization committee,
and others. who have been working
out the details.
The committee spent all day yes
terday preparing the matter relative
10 the proposed boat line and com
pll2d facts from engineers of the
United States army corps and various
naval architects, who have responded
to questions relating to the proper
method Of navigation.
Drawings and other illustrative
matter pertaining to modern oil-pro-
PEELED boats and barges will be pre-
sented at the meeting, which will
doubtless help those attending TO get
clear and precise idea as to the
means to be used IN making naviga
tion on the Altamaha system Of riv-
ers practical, safe and profitable.
While the primary object of the
new company is to make money for
the stockholders. a long-needed sery
ice will be rendered to shippers To-
Gated along the rivers and shippers
who can use the service with advan,
tage to their various interests.
All the plans set up by the com
mittee have been based on the Off
cial reports who are familiar with
conditions. and in dealing with the
subject great care has been exercised
This committee has been quietly at
work for several months. taking up
first one problem and then another.
Doekage facilities which had much
to do with the failure Of the old com
pany have been arranged at Bruins
wick. making it unnecessary for boats
and barges to enter the sound at that
point, but to take the inlsnd route,
now open to accommodate boats, and
thus escape the hazards her"
tofore obtaining at the port
In speaking CT the matter yester
day Mr.. Long stated that the com
mittee took upon itself a greater task
than it at first realized. The mistakes
OF the old company has in a measure
turned out some facts which have
helped to make the success Of the
new more certain. While experience
thus obtained has been somewhat
costly to some Of the citizens. sup
porting heartily the new company it
will dnauestionaby prove Of the
greatest value in making the install
lations we have in view, which shall
say. with the facts have in my
hands, will prove satisfactory and
profitable. We feel that the public is
due us cooperation, when we aD-
proach them in the manner we now
come, and l have not lost faith in the
wakefulness and enterprise Of the
business men of Macon, all Of whom
are cordially invited to attend and
inform themselves as to our plans.
MO ACTT0M ON nIcS0I UTION