The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1920-01-28
G[YNN WILL Do
PART TOWARD
BUYING BRIDGE
Enthusiastic Meeting Held Yes
terday Looking To Perpeua
ton of Project.
SENATOR AKIN LEADS
SUBSCRIPTION LIST

STOCK TO BE SOLD TO AMOUNT
THAT WILL INSURE PURCHASE
PRICE AND THEN PROPERTY
WILL BE TURNEs OVER TO
COMMITTEE WHO WILL SEE
THE PROJECT THROUGH ON
TERMS AGREED UPON.
At ii meet ng of a special committee
held yesterday afternoon in the county
commissioners office a; the court
'lhcuse concrete plans were laid for the
Purchase OF the Altamaha bridge as a
connecting link of the Savannah
BIunswick-Jacksonville highway.
Present at the meeting were Con
slant Miller, chairman: L. r. Akin.
+. l.. Stevens. j. L. Andrews, r. l..
Phillips and j. B. Abrams. Also pres.
ent was Marshal. B. Smith. represent.
ing the bondhoders Of the late G. c.
& P railroad, and J. II. Reynolds. rep
resenting the Deem interests. purcilas.
ers of the road at receivers sale.
After a le"sthy conference. in
which every phase of the situation
was discussed proposition was sub
United by Messrs Smith and Reynolds
to the committee in which given
sum was named as the price for which
the bridge could be bought. 1t is said
that the sum named was cons. dered
exhorbitant by the committee and
they requested that the representa-
tives retire while the matter was dis
cussed in executive session.
The committee deliberated for some
time and ally agreed to submit
counter proposition to Messrs. Smith
and Reynolds, naming the maximum
price which they cons dared the prom
erty worth and which they felt assured
was fair and equitable The price
named was $4,000 for the structl,re
as it stands, minus the rails. which. of
course are not an accessory, as far as
the bridge is concerned.
Although no definite reply was made
10 ;he committee as To the acceptance
or rejection of the prefer by the rep
resentatiyes Of the owners of the
bridge, it was intijmated that the sum
named wcu.d be sat sfactory-il. fact
that the trade was tentatively closed
pending confirmation by the owners.
Akin Starts List.
The committee concluded that the
solution of the matter was through
the medium of selling stock to the
citizens of the three counties most in.
terested i'll the project Camden. Me.
lntosk and Glynn. No sooner had this
suggestion been made than Hon. l.. II.
Akin started the list with subscrip.
ton of $1,000 worth Of stock in the
enterprise. Senator Aiken believes
firmly that the maintenance of TIE AIT
amaha bridge will prove. for years to
come, the best investment that could
not only financially. but patriotical:y.
Interested in the premier county OF
Southeast Georgia.
There is not, perhaps. citizen of
! Glynn, Camden and Mcintosh conn.
ties. who are not familiar with the
tragic story of the G. C. &. p. railroad
and that institution included the
Altamaha bridge an essential part
OF both the railroad and the costal
highway. When the road was sold to
the Deem interests the bridge passed
along with it.
/ And there is where the Savannah
Notwithstanding highway be
gan after starting under most pro
pitous auspices to realize that 4 link
in the chain had been broken. Each
jof the towns and cities realized its i'm
portanee and felt materially the de-
tour Of autoists by other routes.