The Brunswick news., 1922-07-20
STATEMENT MADE
BY DR.. K|TTRELL
J~
RESENTED HERE
Brunswick Makes Reply to His
Interview Published
Yesterday.
BRINGS NEW MATTERS in
STATE PORT CONTROVERSY
Lame Excuses are Made by the
Lowndes Representative and
He Discusses Matters on
Which He is Not Well Posted.
just Mere Propaganda.

Brunswick took exceptions to an
article sent out from Atlanta yester-
day carrying a statement made by
representative Kittrell, chairman of
the state port and harbor, commission
and last night the following reply was
sent to the daily papers of the state:
The newspaper items touching the
port of Brunswick, made by DR.. c. H.
KittrelA appearing in state papers
yesterday have created considerable
resentment on the part of Brunswick
citizens, inasmuch as there is imputed
to Brunswick some conditions in no
way relevent to the present state port
matter. e
Mr.. Kittrell mentions the sinking of
twenty-five million dollars by H. M.
Atkinson and his associates in what
he states to be an effort to make
Brunswick great commercial port.
This statement is erroneous in several
particulars.
In the first place thea A. B. e A.
terminals at Brunswick do not repre-
sent one-eight of that amount of mon
ey On the second place the failure
to maintain the first class condition
of the docks at the Brunswick terminal
was due entirely to the mistakes of a
foreign engineer in location and de-
sign and type of construction of the
terminals, against which error he was
repeatedly advised by those familiar
with local conditions. including even
the United States engineer located in
Brunswick at the time. The discontin-
uance of shipping OF the terminals
Brunswick now was due to a combi,
nation of circumstances in shipping
interests and financial circles over
which Brunswik exercised no COM
troll whatever.
sMr. 4Kittrelly~ will have to go else
where for arguments against locating
state port terminals if this is the type
Of his objections to Brunswick as a
site.
With, respect to the statement ap
pearing in the newspapers that the
commission would make no report un
tils>after the meeting of the Georgia
Press Association, Brunswick knows
nothing whatever about it, butt mum
bers Of Brunswick citizens have heard
members of the port commission state
that for reasons Of diplomacy and tC
assure better support for their pro
ject the naming of any port would
be deferred until after legislative ac
ton on the general proposition. and
the, passage of the bond issue cover
ing it. which action would have been
in the. opinion of Brunswick citizens
preferable to the precipitant choice
and announcement made, last April.
Further referring to Mr.. Kittrell's
statement regarding a daily ship. to
New York and regular sailings to 9th
erl ports simply ajustifies Savannah's
present shippfngis in no sense an ev
idence Of the fact that ships will not
come for cargoes wherever located
if facilities and cargoes are available
Perishable products in less than car
20 lots would necessarily be stored in
the cold storage warehouses Of the
proposed state port unless immediate
ly loaded as part of mixed cargoes
It is presumed that the volume of bus
tness will attract shipping, else the
proposed state port at Savannah
would compete with its present facili
ties instead of augmenting them.
Brunswick feels like there shoult
be a further commission appointed tt
handle this port matter with board
of engineers, importing and exporting
concerns, ship owners and ship opera
tors and all other interests which
might be effected consulted before al
expenditure of fifteen million dollar:
on project affecting the coming gen
gerations is finally brought to consum
NATION.