The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-02-14
GOOD ADVICE TO US.

the Atlanta Constitution Of Monday
contained an editorial in which it was
very forcibly pointed out that Bruns-
9ick with her ideal location, her great
harbor, and her numberless advan-
tages, should rapidly 60 TO the fore
| front as one Of the greatest shipbuild-
ing ports of the world. The big At
lanta daily has evidently studied the
situation, and, like hundreds OF 9th
ers who have made an investigation,
has reached the conclusion that Bruins.
wick is the logical port for great ship.
building plants. 1t has already Deen
demonstrated that vessels can be coli
structed here cheaper than at any
other port on the entire coast. We
are nearer to the unlimited supply or
timber, we are in close range to the
Alabama coal and steel mines, with
perfect railroad facilities Why, then,
with all of these advantages, should
not this port rapidly becc-l nc the s.e4t-
est shipbullding port of the South?
Here IL the excellent editorial which
the Constitution contained on this i'm
ortant subject:
Never was there a time in the his
tory of the world when shipbuilding
promised better returns than now.
Day by day. too, this condition is
being accumulated Sixty ships have
been sent to the bottom OF the sea
during the last week; millions OF
occan tonnage have been lost since
the world war began approximately
thirty months ago And the terrible
destruction Of craft iB still goinE on
with fury that is staggering in its
intensity
"Of course, 1t cannot go or always.
Tho war must cease some day; 1t
might end a week or month from
now, or it might last a year or years.
But it Is certain that the present rate
of maine destruction cannot last very
much longer because of the sheer eX-
haustion of the supply of ships to sink.
To-day the demand for ships is I'M
precedented; and it is certain that for
few years following the inevitable
declaration OF peace ocean craft viii
be selling at fabulous prices. The en-
tire world will be clamoring for bot.
toms.
What an opportunity now is open
ing up to the industry of shipbuilding!
at Brunswick Ga, two schooners
have just been completed
Brunswick is ideally situated to
leap into the forefront of the ship
building centors of the world Every.
thing is in its favor and to It's advan
tage. 1t is situated midway of the
treat pine belt, with an abundance OF
timber within easy access ready to be
4 ..,A., To Il
touch. by several rail limos, with the
steel district OF which Birmingham is
he center; il has one of the finest
harbors on the Atlantic coast. II ough;
to have miles of it's contiguous deep.
water frontage full of shipbuildins
work II is blessed with q climate en-
ablng work to proceed without hin.
ORANGE all the year round. Everything,
in fact in connection with the port
E0es to make It ideally adapted to the
industry of building ships
What is true of Brunswick, too, ap
plies to Savannah St Marys. Pensa
cola. Jacksonville. Mobile, New Or
leans and other southern ports
There is no logical reason why tao
zoutheast in the years to como should
not develop into the greatest ship
huilding district in the world; and in
"a the restoration of the worlds com
morce after the great war"
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Mayor Gambler. of Atlanta, is dem
onstratiug to the city council that he
knows just what to do with the veto