The Brunswick news., 1921-12-13
ATLANTA PAPER
PRINTS AN ITEM
OF INTEREST HERE
Says Master OF Industry to Use
This as One of His
Two Ports.
HAD REPRESENTATIVES
HERE LAST SEPTEMBER
The News, at That Time, Told
of the Coming of Two Engi-
neers Who Made Careful Sur
veys of South-end Terminals
and Also Picric Acid Plant.


Last September The News printed
an item saying representatives of
Henry Ford had been In the city and
had carefully inspected the picric acid
site and the A., r. e A. terminals,
they stating that Mr.. Ford was in
search OF suitable location for the
manufacture OF two certain parts Of
the Ford car but 1t was remarked
at the time thta the representatives
investigated harbor conditions, etc.
now the story comes from the Atlanta
deorgia, written by Ben ]. Cope, Of
the international News Service. a
Hearst news gathering organization,
that Mr.. Ford II desirous OF acquiring
the Atlanta. Birmingham & Atlantic
railroad and using this as his port
The item, printed In the Georgian,
oalised considerable comment I'm the
city yesterday morning and It Ii only
II N. honed that AZ true,
'hh story " seess oslf from slalr.I
ninEham and N part. says
An electrified railroad from shef-
field. Ala. to Port Of Birmingham,
mead OF navigation on the Warrior
river. 81 miles from Birmingham. .
branch into Birmingham and physical
connections with the Atlanta Bir-
mingham and Atlantic railroad so na
10 give an outlet to, the Atlantic sen.
board at Brunswick, Ca. and stream
of outgoing goods for export via tho
Warrior river and Mobile TO Central
and South American and Pacific ports
hy way Of Panama Canal with Euro.
pean shipments goign out OF the port
Of brunswick.
Such iskthe ambitious program nf
Henry Ford as one OF the incidents Of
his acquisition OF the Muscle Shoals
power plants ana license 10 10 ahead
withshls colossal scheme OF develop.
ment there.
For more than two months. tho IN.
formant declares. two of Mr.. Fords
engineers have been making this city
thelr headquarters, investigating cy,
cry question bearing on the above pro
gram and exaeting pledges OF secrecy
from those who knew Of their true re.
iations with Mr.. Ford, Nothing escan.
ed them. They have been al Sver the
ground themselves.
"They were particularly Interested,
Il was stated. In the capabilities of
the terminals OF BlrmlnSport. or Port
Of Birmingham, on the Warrior river,
to handle a heavy volume of tragle
and the possibilities ot installation IL
additional equipment II II became nee.
essary. They gathered data On termi.
nal facilities at Mobile ana ccst of
transfer of freight from tho Warrior
harges 10 ocean.gning ships,
"They went over the entire length
of the A. n. 4 A. railroad and made
minute study Of the brunswick ter,
nlnals the character of construction
ef The Atlanta. RirmlnEham and At
lanslc railroad as Ia durability and
selidtiy and the possible oullay to he
required IN hnirglng the raad "a s~ank
Tine standard, the lnfasmant said,
~Then they struck ont "a IN sir line
from birmingham 10 sheHses.sr thn in
'ormant SAID, and nvaallvasca evnrs
foot of the territory hetween. lookiu.l
- construction AZ road which would
be operated hy eleetr,> locomotive
power kenerwted ~ Muscle shoals
plant and n the A.. n & A, was ae
galFed, II poald result In the partial
or perhaps esslre eiee ahcailon Il
thar road.
The nsTmlnwrovf lefmnsss whnid
~ the diversion point tor freight "a,
south America. Raa, and Wet coasts
shinmrnf ta Australia. tha Philippines
chiaa aaa gapan, and - vassr coast
wise ahron3h she Panama rana' with
a'sirsAntian ID csasFai America ia ths
West eo&st Mexico the raelhS Slops