The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1921-08-12
CROSSING BRIDGES.

wick, as esteemed now as then, in
which he pledged his best endeavors
in aiding bond issue for a bridge
connecting ST. Simon Island with the
mainland provided the structure
| made its, initial start in the city linn
| it's, concluding, however, with the un-
qualified statement that he would
fight tooth and nail any move that
might be made to vote bonds for a
causeway to. be constructed at any
other point.
With no remote thought. of engag-
ing in premature discussion with
Mr. Spears concerning a hope that
hardly has reached the first stage of
incubation, though all our faith is
pinned in its full naturalization, this
paper concurred yesterday in every
thing that was said by him except
that portion relating to the absolute
rejection of any site approved by the
state highway engineers that did not
have its starting place in Brunswick.
We believed then and We believe now
that half loaf is better than no
bread and cited the case Of Savannah,
which city for more than hundred
years has internally fought over the
question Of bridging the river at that
point. some demanding that it be plac-,
ed in the. corporate limits while 9th
ers held a contrary view. The strug-
gle between citizens has cost Savan-
nah hundreds of millions of dollars.
and the bridge is as much in the offing
today, or nearly so, as it was ten de
cades ago.
But Mr.. Spears declares the half
loaf suggested in certain eventual
ties Is heavily seasoned with dead
" poison" and in proof of this con
tentton submits the following:
You say that Brunswick would
he infinitely better off even with
bridge ten miles away than
with mo bridge at ALL In other
words half loaf is better than
no bread This would be true
provided the half loaf were not
too heavily seasoned with a dead
ly poison, which would be the
case in this Instance. You also
say that ''in this last eventuality
the hurt would be more to our
pride than to our purse because
Brunswick is now too big city
10 be idly passed by as not worth
the time of the tourist
In 1918, when the roads to the
picric acid plant were i'm bad
condition. the tourists found i
short route from Evelyn To Stor-
cling over rough country road.
Later on when the reads were
put in better condition and up to
the time that thq G. C. & p. was
iunked, they cdtigued to pull
seven miles through heavy sand.
humping over roots. rather than
the twenty-five miles over a fair
iy rood road through Brunswick.
whose size and attractions are
rov so great they cannot be ig-
noE-d.
The News cannot see that the 1918
parallel drawn by Mr.. spears Is even
remotely analogous 10 the current SIT
uation II face We respectfully sub.
mt that II is net, though we have
no sort of intention Of arguing the
point except TO say; Then the travel
was almost entirely local, whereas
a eauseway TO st. Simon Island would
be In the nature of national strue
tnre attracting It's thousands and tens
of thousands from every quarter of
thu union. We believe that an appre
oiahle majority, II not all. Of these
visitors would come to Brunswick
and that an immensely benefcisl
number would conclude to remaia
here.
yesterday The News went part of
the way with Mr. Spears over an
imaginary bridge. heartily approving
all he said except on at least one de
hatable point We do not think the
half loaf" approved by us is load.
ed with any sort OF poison much less
tie deadly" kind. and we certainly
do not think the ST. Simon project h
comparable 20 an alleged diverslng
country road Of 1919. But most of alla
90 We believe that crossing bridges
before even foundation is laid can.
net be anything but harmful. ANY.
way. let's wait for 81 least the foot.
hold that will be af6,rded hy the pre-
urinary report OF the state highway
engineers. Il Is better for Bruins.
wick. and thar means all. Or
SHOULD HE WIDE OPEN