Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-08-09
To Land Columbus
Brunswick Highway
Columbus Motorists to Inspect DIFF
ferent Routes this Week

Brunswick, Ga.,-Keen competition
is developing along three automobile
routes between Columbus and Bruins
wick by the citidens of cities and
towns along the different routes and
a fight is on to have all three of the
roads officially designated as the Co.
umbus- Brunswick highway So much
interest has been displayed by these
different localities that it has been
decided by the commercial organiza-
tons of Columbus and Brunswick,
who are cooperating in the campaign
for the Columbus-to-t he-sea road, that
it has been decided not to designate
nor name the route at the meeting to
be held in this city Thursday and Fri
day of the coming week, but to leave
the matter open until further meet
ing is held, when all sections at int
crest will be heard. The three routes
now known as the northern, central
and southern routes, are as follows
Northern route-Columbus, Buena
Vista, Ellaville, Oglethorpe, Monte
yuma, Eastman, McRae, Lumber City,
Hazelhurst, Baxley, eJsup, Brunswick.
Central Route-Cyolumbus, Cussetta.
Buena Vista, Ellaville, Americas, Wien
ma, Cordele, Abbeville, Fitzgerald, Oc-
lila, Douglas, Alma, Waycross, Ho-
boken, Brunswick.
Southern route-Columbus Cusetta,
Richland, Dawson, Albany, Sylvester,
Triton, Pearson, Waycross, Hoboken,
Brunswick.
In accepting Brunswick's invitation
for a conference here the Columbus
Motor Club made these stipulations
ut is understood that we are going
| to Brunswick for a conference, which
under no consideration is to choose
name or location for the highway
We are to consider the feasibility OF
such a highway and arrange for the
proper. logging and investigation of all
practical routes. Following this in
spection a meeting or hearing is to be
held at which all interested communi.
ties may be heard, to include pledges
of the county and state road authori
ties with regard to both the construc.
ton and maintenance of the severa
routes under construction. 1t is un
derstood that during the proposed flu
ture hearings any community show
ing Willingness to enter into a plan
to mark, map and advertise the route
may be heard, but more especially any
community in the northern, central OF
southern routes"
At the conference to be held here
this week, all preliminary matters will
be taken up, only representatives Of
Columbus and Brunswick, attending
and it is probable that at this con.
ference date and place will be named
for future general meeting, at which
all localities will be given an oppor-
tunlty TO present their claims.
Though many road projects have
been launched in this section in the
past, never have the people generally
evinced so much interest in highway
as is the case with this new Column
bus-Brunswick. route and it is believ-
ed with the competitor so keen, the
result will insure immediate work on a
few ad stretches on whatever route
is officially designated
The people of Columbus who are
coming to Brunswick this week viii
be delightfully."- entertained by thu
Brunswick Board of Trade and the
Yuong Mems Club, number of pleas
ant social affairs having been arrang.
ed in their honr