The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-06-13
FOR GOOD ROAD
THROUGH COUNTY
Secretary of Local Association
Takes Matter Up With
Board.
TO HOLD A MASS MEETING
Plan Is on Foot to Build Road
From This City to Jesup
and Then to Continue it on
Through to Macon.
TO HOLD A MASS MEETING

BY direction of the Retail Merchants
association, Secretary Harris King has
directed the following letter to the
commissioners of Wayne county as a
means of starting the II 0vement for
through highway from Brunswick to
the interior, via Jesup:
County Commissioners,
wayne County, Jesup, Ca.
Gentlemen:
"The attention of this association
has been called to the fact that your
commissioners have recently made a
proposition to the commissioner of
this county to the effect that Wayne
county would cooperate with Glynn
county in the construction of a perma-
nent highway between Jesup and
Brunswick.
I'VE understood the commissioners
of Glynn county have not appeared
eager to act on this matter, and the
nurpose of this letter is to assure you
that the merchants and business men
of Brunswick and vicinity heartily en-
dorse the construction of such high
way.
"With this in view I would appre-
ciate it if you would advise me as
early as practicable just what your
proposition was, and Immediately up
on receipt of this information, we Will
call a joint meeting of the Board OF
Trade and this association for the spe-
cific purpose of giving this matter at
tention.
1--WE are anxious to establish more
friendly relations with your county
and Jesup and will cooperate with
YOU to this end of any reasonable
basis"
Sufficient time has not elapsed for
a reply to reach the Merchants asso-
citation but some of the commission
ers of Wayne county have given ex-
preston to their views and from their
statements it is clear that highway
from Brunswick to Jesup and on to
the interior of the state even to Ma
con hinges upon the action of the
Glynn county board.
A prominent member of the Wayne
county board stated to citizen OF
Glynn county yesterday that his coun-
ty is now building a highway from
the Glynn county line via Jesup
through Wayne county and that this
road will be completed within the next
sixty days. He further declared that
when this road is opened up the con-
victs will be sent back over the line
to clay the sandy stretches and put
sand on the clay sections making a
hard smooth sand-clay road of the en-
tire mileage 1t is understood that
this road will run through Wayne
county from border to border. The
Wayne county commissioners are an.
xious to cooperate with the Glynn
county board in an effort to have the
remaining counties between Jesup and
Macon build a hard-surfaced road be-
tween the two cities giving fast
serviceable highway from Macon to
the sea.
The Merchants association is await.
ing reply to the letter directed to
the Wayne county board of commits.
sioners before naming a definite date
for the general mass meeting of the
citizens of this county to take up the
general subject of building a system
of highways that will in fact bring
business to Brunswick
Their is undoubtedly strong senti
ment for more good roads in Glynn
county and that in the future the i'm
nroved highways of this county should
be built with a view 10 bringing bust
ness to the merchants and business
men of the community. The mass
meeting is expected to crystalize this
sentiment and give an expression ot
the wishes of the people of this county
m tho commissioners