The Brunswick news., 1919-01-19
PERMANENT PAVING IS
GENERALLY FAVORED
Board Will Cooperate in Everv
Way, Says the Secretary, and
He Hears Many Citizens Ex
press Their Views of the
Subjuct.

OF the city for extensive paving OF
the principal streets with absolutely
. permanent materials will meet with
Tc..e hearty approval OF the voters is
already evidenced by the universal
favorable comment.
NO more popular movement has
ever been initiated in Brunswick, iii
the expressions heard on every side
from the business men and proper
ty owners of the city are an indication
of the feeling" said Albert NJ. Smith
secretary OF the board of trade yes
terday
Ever since the reorganization OF
TIE board of trade began last fall
. IAters and verbal expressions have
been coming in to us urging that the
board of trade start movements to
bond both the city and county fol
permanent paving OF streets and main
highways. The expressions were SC
strong and so universal, that, in for
mulating program of work, the com
mittees and board Of directors gave
these two planks most prominent
places in the programs adopted. Il
is evident that the demand of thc
people for permanent paving is be
ing heard | have no doubt that.
with such excellent leaders as Judge
Joseph W. Bennett, who has been ap.
pointed chairman of the board c.
n hond1o tho matter
with the county commissioners, and
] B. Abrams, chairman Of the boarG
Of tra:de committee to handle the
proposition for city paving, there viii
be no delay in putting the question
of bonding both the city and county
before the people for decision.
1.-THE editorial in the Brunswick
News of this morning is certainl:
along the right line, and we'll eA
presses the desires, might better say
the demand, of the people of Bruins
wick and Glynn county, for perman
ent paving and the stopping of waste
Of money in maintenance of Shell
roads, the most expensive of all pay
7g materials, if shells can properly
Id called paving materials in these
days of truck traffic and heavy ira
vel,
GAS evidence of the unanimity OF
the demand Of the people for perma
nent paving on large scale, without
quoting any OF the letters couched
in most forceful and expressive terms
that the board of trade has received
let me say that the first move o.
the campaign to reorganize the boarS
of trade, early last October, was te
send out questionaires to leading bus
mess men and property owners ask
ing them to list the things they con
sidered Of the most importance foi
the welfare of Brunswick and GlynT
county OF 107 who took the trou
BILE to write and send in the cues
tionaires, ninety-nine named pavins
OF the city streets with permanen
materials, and most c. lem expires
sed themselves as heartily in favo
of heavy bond issue for that pur
pose, while eighty-o2c speciflcall!
stated, III duulIlOIl W i'iiHS lic pay
ing of city streets with permanen
materials, that they most earnest!
desired that the county be bonded
and all of the main highways of thu
county paved with lasting materials
In addition, every one Of about do2
en- group meetings of the member
ship, each of which was attended b.
from ten to twenty-five prominent bus
mess men, in November and Decem
ber discussed the two matters ant
unanimously approved the movement
to bond both the city and county TO
permanent paving on the largest seal
possible. The need of paving i
brought forcefully to the notice o
everv man woman and child VIII
rides on either city streets or countr
roads. How anyone can doubt tha
the *Entimhnt is practically unan'
nous for bonds for paving. is bevon
CIV comprehension. md I have vet t
sd anyone who has such doubt