Complex sentence: The West Point Manufacturing Company began operating the Chattahoochee Valley Railway in 1897 to serve cotton mills along the Chattahoochee River, initially between West Point, GA and Riverview, ALm then extended shortly afterward to Jester, AL.
Split into simpler sentences: The West Point Manufacturing Company began operating the Chattahoochee Valley Railway to serve cotton mills along the Chattahoochee River. It initially opened in 1897 between West Point, GA to Riverview, AL then extended shortly afterward to Jester, AL.