Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-07-17
MCCONB CrTr, Miss, N. o, J.. q q. N. R.R. ,
Editor AELDay Ctr nem '''-' A''0

y t ~ : ii ,1une 3Dth '1s79 I
Editor AHDay city ITEM - 4''-' -''O rs
II is an exhllarating sight, 4hls young and Wig.
orous place? You may ride from the MisslssiO- |
pi, south, five huLdred miles or more, and see |
nothlng that promises SO much for the South
ltls a sign OF neville and better times. 1t Is |
worth very much as an incentive. Itkindles the |
prldc OF southern men and they catch the conta. |
gion OF NOrthsrR, enterprise. IL Is worth great
deaI lor the money .dlsbursed here. For miles |
.spd miles In every direction the golden stream |
lows aud igTeenbaeks are very plentiful and--1
very popular Wliat does it'al meanP can't |
tell you all - know" Of this place In one lester,
Ous since may Write TO you again of this inters
estlng clty, \ hadsbetter begin at the beginning
About two Years ego, the. protector of this
city Col, II, " MeCOmb, ofWllmington, Delas
ware, made up hls mind to build O spIaco where
his employees conld, be induced to stay during
road from Jackson, Tenn, to New Orleans, near
| " hve hundred miles-cempFi the Mississip-
Central and the New Orleans, jackson and Great
| Northern Railroadsz-he was very. much inter-
ested 70 stop the exodus otsemployees that oc-
CURED every summer from New Orleans, one of
the former sites Of the compafy's Hsiops." : Hny-
Ing made up his mind to change the shops, the
next thing was an eligible Situation. OF course
the paramount consideration must be the health
fnlness of tho location. lsThe Col. said nothing
to any one ofhis purpose. bheIhayihg his private
car attached to THE Several frnitIs f tjrosbected
up and down the'lIng OF the road some fourteen
times. Switching his car of, he examined, now
this point and then that until finally after care
full conSIdeTation, he selected his site He went
TO work and purchased, through one person and
another, three thousand.h five hundred Sacres of as
choice pine lands as exists perhaps on this great
pine Peit ~ took no little infringement to do it.
Tho Atpatiyese dldn Y know. what it all meant
but mast be s8In ething in The; wind, they
thought, Finally, after much hipg Ing and dick.
erng, and ssllaaklpg and hllihgN this large tract
was secured. tb4 - Si-i ~, g. - f1s.i.I ."
a AYetlAphtsF by the name. Of Billings, former
SupeEinteh9en OF the car shops Of the 7. w q
b. II. RhilrD I'd at Wimngt IWhoial as keen as
q lynx, with a verya modest; unaeCumlng ? way,
had played the foiO Of "sa mill man very effect
ually in buying rP tha several tracts, 70 him
was entrusted the 'ibig job" Of eliminating the
Cily out Of this vast pine forest. a little one
story ..shanty sahous twelve BY sixteen feet, was
quietly baiIk aE,d6was sthoadqnartegBp tor aWhile
Soon large fote3 Of axnem beganA to fell the
!. tyees right and left" One saw mill was bought
not very remote, apdanother onsipf large capacity
brought from distance, and BY processes II
s would weary you - rdate, the present town
4 grew. little overa year ago, apnmitive forest
now PLACE frQWtWelget "a flfbeen' hundred inhab.
and fraii q Temporary etraStar FEN Or dozer
! large car shepss larger thanly6p vii tfnd almos
# anywhere and 90 complete that pig iron may goir
!, one place, and complets l9cQmAttye come out a
State can excel, II equal, and that fairly over
r Whelms you from It's, most, happily chosen anC
Z commanding attituda q store shat is considered
to be the best in the State, ffty by one hundrel
feet, andtwo stories in hOight many reaidencee
J.. with q large force constantly building more
u send you acopY Of the tlOt, that gives
Il with Considerable circumstantiafity, much o
> what the town contains But TIM description
!. was written two months ago, and p description
u OF this lively" town after that lapse of time
n Wherever the idea was broached TO the occu
- pants of those 6l6eant bala6a visited by the Ser
3. retary, 1t met Wlthfhe .moak enthusiastic apprt
a clatlon. May wsEse9 esptsye,ed that ne e1Pee
lo more accessible than FLORIDA, and parallel wit
n its northeFn part aud tis FpatdllSI with Centri
% Texas. Here vou eau have luxuriant grasse
= which you can't in Florida, and you are not bur
ne up and chooked with dust Is in California, but
o must preserve the climate for another occasion
Us have spoken Of the noveh feature OF havn
s every honse differ ia its archltectOFe. This s on
~ Of the many exceptional features OF this paS
ts with its picturesque strahgneAs and noyely. ~
pc lots are sold only TO- those who build, and u
er mouse must be built In 3 year. Speculation az
t its repFessive, cTppling ehects, ere thus avolde
The only Waysfo Ppeoplate Y by building eth
ag for rent or sale on advance; and to our mind th
lrt Oaerp Ra certain scheme, ,fors money, making
Est can b dslred tForsln the Hrstl place, there
be pledged to the progress OF thia city, combnatio
ic II auspieious circumstances such s no pace ev'
a started with before.
In the executive committee Of the MiSsissipl
ais Valley Company uhder whose direction thlsicl
Ias ls bnildig) thsrs Il an erabOdimsnt Of capita
on enterprises prestigei and Aequalntance wlth q
he ouAness, WHICH no eompapyiOn this oontInent
on Judge, possess. llWh0,neousutute sitr Col ~.
lat McComb Of Delaware, Col. Thos A. Scott y. y
ear Thomson, men whom all knoW; Gen. A
os. West, President of the Mississippi Ceptrx II
IN rue or the most sagaciou5 aud influential men
)n- Msaissippi, and Col. u. g.. EigaE, the prom
u th0rOugh eient Xee President Of
DIV combined roads from Cairo to Nav Orleans, .ov
siK hundred miles, make mp the Remainder. IN o
ma Il he very fact that such eentlemenias these ha,
m this business In hand will give It "send ofPWl
the pubic and confidence therein that Will ma
It q coveted place for business and residence, y
lin addition the company have already expend
VA over three hundred thousand dollars here In bu
InSs and that too, at the almost incalculable
OF vantage Of having boneht their timber, so that
ted coats them only little oYet tqur dollars the
the sand with the land throen 10, heaides work.
ine everything up by their own machinery And
oil company as going aheAdg hpiiding WITH suen "a
and iestic placidity, such munincen o. I
lc1s IN magnificent success and ore too much Int
ol ested TO relax their efforts. Then again, tins
J, OF net project OF Col McComb's, and they who KIN
and hs ilberaty nay, his nlphih have some 9
H. Of what Il Enehns for him 20 have his he
IA. In SING. He Is .WeRl end I have III
vaed dorhk Il 1t vera TO secure the success
IN ais citv--it ID ,aOa0 his own
penditIires would reach millions.I " bears
Inamp, and he WISHES is 10 per Az 4her,
llsn6hAa glory and majesty, ard sweep apoa 4
Gin building Of city or plan ~ nave N
'unt stated, that II capt aueh mann - :
ana, NcComh'ssi He zdaRhts IN vast exploits, mag
athS aoentl pIoiects, and his mind mast have am
d In scea for disbIa and exercises, Just as Iss1at
aped l,,-t havo tle vaaks onaau 10 Qauabol IN, QE