Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-08-17
Men Supporting
Brunswick, Vote
Against Measure
Fight for State Owned Terminal To
BE Carried Into Fall Elections


ATLANTA, Ga. Aug. dedicated
debate opened "Wednesday morning
on the port terminals bill, which orig
lnally provided for a constitutional
amendment to be voted on bv the
people, to authorize a future 1episla-
ture to issue not more than. 81 :. 600 OOO
OF bonds for the purpose OF building
port terminal and warehouse facilities
at Savannah, similar to port terminal
at Montreal, New Orleans. New York
and otherscities. :;
The burden of the contest at first
apparently fell ON the division Of pref
erence between Savannah and Bruins
wick as sites for the proposed termin-
ais. 1T became apparent during the
morning session. that any effore to
pass bill designating Savannah was
doomed to failure.
| FOR that reason an amendment Of
tered hycLangford of Toombs, striking
OF the words at Savannah1 from the
| Dlli was accepted without protest by
the Savannah delegation and other
supporters Of the port terminals plan.
Even as amended, however, friends of
brunsWicks port aspirations voted to
| defeat the bill.
| WILL Enter Elections
he light tor state-owned terminals
VIII be carried into the fall elections
1t was asserted by supporters of the
4proJect. Wherever possible it will be
made an issue in the regular primaries
and similar bill will be introduced at
the next session of the assembly.
Representative Atkinson, of Chat
nam, stated when the roll call had
reached a point where defeat of the
Dill was certain that he had not ex-
pccted it to be passed on the first at
tempt but felt sure that it would sue
coed at the next session of the assem-
bly,. Representative Kittrel, of Laur-
ems, member OF the port commission.
and one of the chamFions Of the bill
on the floor, asserted d belief that it
will be one: Off the main issues in all
state campaigns until it is passed.
Before the roll call was taken Rep
resentative Atkinson of Chatham spoke
ten minutes in favor of the bill, de-
clar1ng that III was not a proposal of
the Chatham delegation but of the ag-
ricultural committees of the assembly
In behalf of the farmers of Georgia
in order to give them a marker FOR
their products *
! Williams Position
. Representative Williams of Walton
an advocate of Brunswick as the port
} site. declared that the state could buv
the A B & A. railroad and build the
necessary port facilities at Brunswick
+ for the, same money that it would cost
to build terminals at Savannah. He
: secuted the idea that the terminals
= should be placed where the COM
merce is" asserting that the argument
in favor of Savannah would hold equal
~ true for Augusta, or any other large
: river city of Georgia. -
: 'Langford of Toombs, autherl of the
f compromise amendment, asserted that
E ne was willing to strike at Savannah
from the bill to insure its passage and
kittrell of Laurens, vice chairman of
) the port commission which1~ arecom-
mended Savannah as the site, declared
that he was willing to accept the am
endment striking at Savannah from
the bill as a compromise. to give it a
better chance for passage.
Discussion of the measure among
representatives after adjournment Of
the house indicated that the state faces
warm and long-drawn-out campaign
in the interests. of the state port pro-
ject.