The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-03-16
Public Gathering at County
Commissioners Meeting
Decided Matters.
ENTHUSIASM is AROUSED
Taxpayers Request a Proposal
OF S425,OOO for Improving
and Extending Roads as Sug-
gested by U. S. Engineer.

S pocpie want tiie ROADS or Glynn
county extended and improved to an
extent of at least $425, 600
They also are going to have the
school system extended and improv
ed $4,000 worth by the county. as
Well as $4,000 worth by the city.
SO much is the result of the spe
cial meeting called yesterday in the
county building by the county com
missioners at which the public had
been invited for an expression of
public opinion. This expression of
public opinion will guide the com.
missioners in adopting the $425, 900
program. although they have at their
disposal an even larger fund for the
purpose.
The county's system will not be
handicapped by poor roads in adioin,
ing counties. Assurance of this is
given in communications from those
counties pledging cooperation to the
fullest extent. A delegation was
present at yesterdays meeting from
Wayne county, and in a talk by the
spokesman of that party, Frank
Breen, OF Waycross, he personally
guaranteed that within 60 days after
taking action by Glynn county
Wayne county would also take action
on her roads and would cooperate
with her neighbors in doing so.
Determining of routes and whether
vitrified brick or concrete, or both
will be used on them, will come up
at another public meeting on the first
Tuesday in April. This will be mass
meeting and taxpayers and affected
property owners will be requested to
advise the commissioners on routing.
giving full reasons. There reasons
will be carefully weighed and decid
1sa upon from the standpoint Of the
greatest public good.
I'VE know" said one commissioner.
that everyone will not be agreed on
the routing of the roads to be either
improved or extended. But we do be-
lieve there will be a concensus of
opinion on the principal routes and
that reasons will be offered to help
US determine the minor matters. We
propose to act 80 fairly and so strict
ly from the standpoint of the taxpay-
;nto hot
offer suggestions that may not be
possible to act upon, will not be able
to remain disgruntled. We expect
suggestions enough to help us not
only in our present program, but in
the future as we'll"
In the immense crowd were the
civil war veterans in a body, the en-
tire membership Of the board Of ed
ucation, each of whom spoke on the
school matter, farmers, merchants. in
fact, the entire community was thor
oughly represented by able speakers.
The issuance for a call for a spe-
cial $4,000 bond issue election for
building another community school
building and improving the present
educational facilities of the county is
expected to come within the next few
days and simultaneously with a SINH
lar call for another bond issue
amounting to $4,000 to be issued by
the city. Then the matter will rest
for perhaps so days or less before
the election takes place to give the
public time for fullest consideration
before casting their ballots. The city's
plan, besides improving the educa-
tionai machinery now in use, calls
for the erection and equipment of
a thoroughly modern and complete
technical school wherein boys will be
taugB trades and in other ways be
come efficient and useful units of the
Industrial world A feature in the