The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-05-11
Make II Worth While.

ID ct MARY o1u AALu 4SaSS ~ ~
himself and associates is not NEE
ing with the enthusiasm which 81
Henderson probably thought 1t wouli
The trouble with Mr. Henderson
plan is that he wants 70 start at
definite pOint-Atlanta-a end at
very indefinite points,. MaTy's. Tn
latter place, which the proposed pla
would make the terminus of the road
Is a nice little village by the sea, an
an ideal place for a picnic. But TO
and big business at that
we must laugh. The Macon TELEGRAPH
sees 1t this way:
"Fhe proposition of J. A. J. Hen
derson and associates on the Della
Southern to build the state road to
the sea for the state and lease
the whole thing when completed
from Chattanooga to the st. Mary's
river is so attractive on the face
of II at first glance as TO be a won
derful opportunity-except for two
or three things. Its too good to be
true In the first place it will be
noticed that the Ocilla Southern,
now a small but fairly promis-
ing little road, will suddenly leap
into a great Translate system
without putting up a dollar, by the
simple experiment OF the state put
ting up the money for the Ocilla
Southern to extend 10 the sea and
to Atlanta so that the state might
after the work is done lease the
whole thing to the suddenly gar
gantuanized Ocilla Southern, and
thus get its money back. A rare
privilege for Georgia!
I'm the next place what assur-
ances can the hackers OF this
bright plan give that they can pay
the moderate rental they propose to
pay on q property to be specially
created for them? Ii Is wei. known
that the roads which are carrying
freight to the sea now~-to Jack
sonville, Brunswick and Savannah
cannot keep their moderate
enough rolling stock busy hauling
all the freight that skilled organi
cations can drum up to go that
way. so that the question may well
be asked as TO what the Oci!la
Southern, Gloriiled into q state rail.
read. proposes TO haul from At
lantn to the sea, or from, Chat.
tanooga, to the sea. as the case
may be? 1t wouldn't haul enough
to pay cne.quartor Of the small rcn.
tai contemplated~-~nny diginterest-
cd raiioad man will substantiatc
that statement. Default on rem.
tai then what? A railroad from
Chattanooga to ST Mary's, owned
by the state of Georgia, a railroad
"all dressed up and nowhere to
go" because nobody would want
any road that hadn't any business
or any hope of getting one.
Just the same, however. 1t is
wonderful scheme. We must
hand it to the boys behind it,
they're around hore" when 1t
comes TO coming to bat with a
gloriously smooth, infinitely sweet
little proposition proposition
that is only open TO suspicion on
first glance because il proposes to
be SO immensely profitable to both
parties to the deal without costing
either side anything.
"A great deal of money used to
be made that way. but hardly in
this day and time. The world do
move"
Tho Telegrarh's irony is wen plat
I'd in view of Mr., Henderson's pla
10 terminate the road at st. Mary
but il must be remembered that S
would perhaps never hay
been thought of by anyone else as III
terminus, In fact ST. Mary's, itsel
Is no doubt taken by surprise at sue
4 suggestion. 1t would take million
Of dollars TO put that towns harbo
in proper shape to accommodate IN
heavy shipping which would com
from the state road Residae thar, ;