Southport Chamber of Commerce Asking State for $10 Bond for Port, Sept. 11, 1923

Ask for a Deepwater Tide Port at Southport. . . Presentation of Brief Before Commission in Raleigh Today

By the Associated Press

Raleigh, N.C., Sept. 11—In a brief presented today, representatives of the Southport Chamber of Commerce made the recommendation that the state ship and water transportation commission ask for an issue of $10,000,000 in bonds to construct a “deepwater tide port with adequate modern terminal facilities.” Presentation of the brief opened the adjourned meeting of the commission.

The brief asks the commission to recommend to the Governor and Council of state for consideration of the General Assembly that a deepwater tide port be established at Southport and that the control of this port be vested in the state commission. The brief outlined in detail plans for the construction of the terminal facilities.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 1923