The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1920-11-23
Location Of Proposed Highway
Viii Not Be Determined Until
Several Surveys are Made
NEAREST POSSIBLE ROUTE
TO CITY WILL BE SELECTED
Big Development Project is in the
Hands Of Brunswick Citizens
Who May be Depended on to
Look Out For the interests of
the City.

The location for the proposed high
way from Brunswick to st. Simon
Island will not be decided finally until
after surveys of all possible routes
have been made and the cost OF the va
rious crossings determined by the best
engineering skill obtainable, according
to information that The News has re-
ceived. 1t is stated on good authori-
ty that the officers of the st. Simon
Development company are now plan
ming to secure the services Of expert
engineers to make preliminary sur
yeys and estimates OF cost for each
of the several possible routes with the
view of selecting the most practical
route for the highway.
As the officers and majority of the
directors OF the st. Simon Develop
ment company, as reOrganized, are
Brunswick business men of the high
est standing, who can be depended
upon to look out for the interests OF
Brunswick as well as those of thf
stockholders in the company, there
is aow no doubt that the road will bf.
lAiilt by the most direct route posi-
BILE and will probably be brought mucl
closed to Brunswick than originally
lganned. and shortened a great deal
sthus assuring Brunswick the greatest
6aS7ibie benefits in. trade from thf
NAiisands OF visitors who win flock t.
s. Simon in summer and winter wher
they can go direct to the island in
their automobiles, and run back and
forth to Brunswick on business OF
pleasure whenever the notion strikes
them, with the least loss of time and
tecting the stockholders in their in
yestments by securing the maximum
travel from both people from other
sections and local travel by the people
OF Brunswick and permanent residents
of st. Simon.
A prominent citizen stated to The
News yesterday that the value of
short route into Brunswick to the
trucking industry which will develop
on st. Simon as soon as quick and
cheap transportation is possible.
through the building of the highway
would run into the thousands of dol
lars each year in saving in the dam
age to perishaBles. some of which will
not stand more than few miles of
truck travel What this will mean for
the developme mt of the trucking indus
try and in increased values of lands on
st. Simons will be hard to estimate.
The News understands that Presi-
dent w. ]. Butts, Secretary Twitty.
and the other Brunswick officers and
directors, keenly appreciate the fact
that the road must be built by the
shortest possible route from Bruins.
wick to ST. Simon to be of the great
est benefit to this city, to the island it.
self and to the stockholders of the
company from increased travel over it,
which naturally will be in greatefp pro
portion to the. ease and economy with
which the trip can be made. 1t is un-
derstood that they are arranging to
secure the services of experienced and
impartial engineers of the highest
standing to make preliminary surveys
and estimates of cost of each of the
possible routes. and that every effort
Will be made. TO select as nearly as
yaciicable direct route from Bruins
wick