The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-15
SHIPBUILDING IN SOUTH
Ky HOLLAND

at Baltimore, at Philadelphia and at New York. But none of them has a true ter minal upon the ocean front He deemed it inevitable, therefore, that in the course of time railroad running from the northwest to the southeast between Washington and Newport News would be constructed with great commercial ad- vantages to both cities. News comes from Washington that the railroad which Mir Huntington foresaw is likely to be undertaken in short time. There are strategic as well as economical adVan- tages in the construction and operation or a line of this kind.
 AWAK EWING OF BRUNSWICK
 The city of Brunswick Ga, began to feel after long stagnation the effect or the industrial development of the south before the war began. The men of wealth in the north who purchased Jekyl lsland which lies in the deep water estuary off Brunswick, solely for the purpose of mak- ing that a winter and early spring resort, did not fail to be impressed with the com mercial possibilities of Brunswick. Theo- dore N. Vail, who has been for some years a soiourner in the early spring at Jekyl Island, was keenly interested III Brunswick, sometimes stopping over there 
 Jekyl Island, ,Aso that he might gain good information respecting the industrial and commercial possibilities of the little clty. He learned as others did, that there mad been ups and downs in the industrial and commercial life of the city. There was disappointment when the railroad was ex- tended from Birmingham and Atlanta to Brunswick, since the traffic which was looked for did not come. But year or two before the war there began industrial deyelopments at Brunswick and consld- erable commerce, part of it with Pofto Rico and the railroad gained much traffic
 The men of science had revealed con fidentialy, a process by means of which there could be extracted from the stumps which remained after the pine forests had been cut down, at low cost, large amounts of resin and other products. This has developed into a large lndus- try New York capital was persuaded that at Brunswick there was exceilenl opportunity for profitable investment Tn shipbuilding plant and the original ln- vestment has been within year doubled Now, the report comes from BrunsWlck , to leaders in the financial district when shows that it has already become an lnl- portant shipbuilding center. Within the | past eight months there have been con structed or completed at Brunswick shlp yards 48 vessels all or them laNse eHouSH for ocean service and probably before the end of the year contracts with the United States shipping board will be executed | calling for 25 additional vessels.
 | One of the phenomenal achievements reported from Brunswick was the build ing of schooner christened the Glynn
 which was able to receive cargo of resir l which was manufactured by the secre' l Brunswick process and whose destination
 was the war zone in Europe. So conven- 1 tent was the ship yard that the 5Ooo par | rels of resin were taken aboard the yes
 sci as she lay in deep water only rev | feet distant from the ways from Whlcf | she was launched. This schooner made | the trip successfully and recently de | livered at a port in Italy the 5OO0 oarreis
 of resin, a commodity of which Italy l stood greatly in need.
 | Other cities upon the Atlantic and Gull l coasts of the south are certain to nave l abundant prosperity and some of then i greatly to increase in population, nu' 1 Newport News, Va, and Brunswick, Ga' l will be able to write a story of develop
 ment which contains narration of facts
 stranger and more interesting than any
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