The Brunswick news., 1921-12-03
A VITAL MATTER TO BRUNSWICK

of the Young Mems Club yesterday on
the state port to be designated by
the state of Georgia, under a commits
sion created by the last legislature Of
which Secretary of state S. G. McLen-
don is the chairman.
The plan briefly stats@eis TO select
at one of the ports of GeofgiaSa state
port on which large sum Of money
variously estimated at from six to
ten millions of dollars is to be ex-
pended in the work of building termi-
mails, etc.
The money to be expended in the
construction of these terminals and
in otherwise making this designated
port the largest and best equipped one
south of Norfolk, is to be produced
by state bond issue, the necessary
legislation looking to that end to be
passed at the next session 0; the
legislature, which will be in the latter
portion Of the month of June, 1922,
so that the port SO selected has no
concern with the financing of the
proposition, once it has been chosen
and the site selected.
The site to be designated, we firm
ly believe must depend on the merit
that is advantages, location, harbor
conditions and a hundred and one 9th
err things go into the making of an
accessible and commodious port and
harbor. We do not think propaganda
and political activity will count fer
anything in the matter of naming this
port and we are sure that the mem
bers of the commission having the
matter in charge are broad and big
enough to do exact justice to all OF
the ports of the state,
A few days ago, Chairman MeLen-
don, writing to another port of the
state, who is contending for this des-
ignation, said:
4 II Georgia should establish, and
have many reasons for believ-
ing that it viii establish, state
owned harbor on the coast of Geor
gia, the harbor commission will
select not only the best point,
whether that be Savannah, Bruins
wick, Darien or st. Marys, and
will also select the last ground
at that point for such harbor.
0f course, we cannot tell now
r what the cost would be, but |
roughly estimate that it will be
approximately $6.000,OOO. This
large investment is not going tc 4
be made on haphazard opinion, II
not going TO be made to carry out
anybody's preconceiyed notioni
and Is not going to be made to
please any particular interest.
Nothing Is going to be considered
except the general welfare of the
state.
There has been much stated in
official reports about Brunswick,
Cumberland Sound and Savan-
nah, but there has never been
made survey OF any Of tt seS
ports by competent authorities to
determine what could be done in
the way of development of har-
-. 4hn4 x..tYt a aay4,,,,, -, cIata fha
worlds shipping, The idea of the
harbor commission Is that we
want to build up port which
win be entered by certainly more
than 1000 ships per annum. Last
year 2046 sea-going vessels clear
ed from the port Of New orleans.
AS president of the Georgia har-
bor commission. give the same
advice to all OF our port cities,
and that Is that each shall employ
competent engineers who are ia
miliar with harbor construction
under modern conditions and
have such engineer person abso-
lutely disinterested and coupe
tent who can see all there Is 70
be seen In any given situation.
You remember years ago, Mr.
plant thought the harbor facili
ties Of Tampa were finished when
he developed Port Tampa. Later
on Hillshoro river was deepened
and Tampa itself became a more
important shipping point than
Port Tampa and changed still lat.
or on by the ybor canal Up 10
ten years ago no one ever dream
ed Of eniarging the port facilities
OF Tampa by building this canal
from the Hlllsboro river clear
around the city OF Ybor.
/ think f. A. Meyers q ATTAIN
IA. could make competent pre-
nmnary survey, when 4 comes
to permanent location and con,
ssruotion. think the harh2r COM
mission win employ the 6eF har'
hor engineers in the Unite3 states
and these come pretty high, but
thpV ,~., s,,,gsRh thA money