Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-07-19

the grounds.
Bnt, Notwithstanding nearly every ono
present determined TO enjoy themselves and
they did 80 10 their hearts content. Some
by bathing others sailing and In various
ways amused themselves. and the excursion
WAS voted by all hands a complete success
McComb City.
CITY HEwN OFT ~ THE wILDEENEss-THE
REMARKABLE UNDERTAKING up col H. =.
McoMn.
There have from time TO time appeared in
the JouRNAp brief reports of the pro-
gress OF McComh city, in Mississippi,
lace which numbers many Wilmingto
mans amongst its residentg, and which
ow's its existence TO the pluck and enter
prise of one Of WilmingtOn's most promi-
neut business men. A correspondent writ
ing from the place to the Philadelphia CnY
Hfm. gives much inirrestiug information
concerning the place. We make extracts
from his letter as follows;
About two years ago the protector of this
city" Col. II. $. McComh, Of Wilmington,
Delaware. made up his mind To build a place
where his employees could be induced to
stay during the summer. Owning or con
thrilling all the railroad from Jackson,
Tenn, to Rev Orleans, nearly five hundred
miles-cOmprising the Mississippi Central
aud the Now Orleans, Jackson and Great
Northern Railroads.&c. was very much
interested to stop the exodus OF employee
Orleans. one of the former sites of the
cumpanN's shops" Having made up his
mind to change the shops, the next thing
was an eligible situation. or course, the
paramount consideration must be the
heal,hfulness of the location. The Colonel
said nothing to ANY one Of his purpose, hut
having his private car attached To the Soy
erAl trnins, he prOspected up and down the
line of the road some fourteen times.
Switching his ear OIL he examined now thus
point and then shat until finally. alter
careful consideration, he selected his site
lie went To work and purchased, through
nnr person and another three thousand hve
hundred acres Of As choice pinc lanhs AS
exists, perhaps, on This great pine belt. II
took NJ little management TO do II. The
| natives" didn't know what il All meant /:
but there must he something in the wind
they thought. Finally, after much higgling
aud dick, ring, aud "backing aud filling
! this large tract was secured, Nermunter
I hy the name of Billings, former Superinten-
| dent al the car shops OF the - W. y Is.
! Railroad ut Wilmington, who IL As keen AS
A lVnN, with a very modest, unassuming
/ way, had played the role Of "atw-
min man" very eteciually in buying
M the several tracts. To him was
entrusted the "big Job" of eliminating the
| CITY out Of this vast pine furcst A little
one STORY "shanty,n about twelve by six
] teen feet WAS quickly built, and WAS head
/ quarters" for awhile. soon large force oi
! eSmen hogan To fell the trees fright and
remote and another one of large capacity
brought from distance, and by prncesse.
| A would weary you 10 relte, me present
| tn,Vn grew A little over a year ago
primitive iOrcst, now place Of twelve Il
| fifteen hundred inhabitants Aud no mush
room growth OF 'shantics" and trail Of tenn
pnrary structuTes. Ten or a dozen larg'
ear shops, larger than you viii mud Rlmos
unywleTe. aud so complete that pig iron
may 30 Ia one place, and a complete loco
motive come uuf at another; mammofl
hotel tn At nntaiug In the state can excel
il equal, aud that FANNY uvrrwhclms yo'
flum iis most happily chosen and com
mauding altitude "a store. that IL consider
cd to be the best in the state, iitty hv on
hundred feet, and two stories in height
many residences, with large force con
stantly building more.
In The Executive Committee Of the Mis-
stagippi Valley Company under whos'
direction this city IL buildiug'l there IL ~
embodiment Of capital, enterprise, prestige
and acquaintance with business, which M
company on this continent, we Judge, pos
aesses. Who constitute it. Col. II. )
McCOmb, of Delaware, tol. Ihos a. Scott
j. Edgar Thomson. men when all know
Gen. a. NJ. West, President of the Missii
sippi Central K. r., one of the most sagf
cious and influential men In Mississippi
and Col. II. =. Edgar, the prompt, cautious
thoroughly efficient Vice President Of tn
combined roads from Cairo to New prlean'
over six hundred miles, make up the IL
I mainder. Now, the very Tact that sue
, gentlemen ~ these have this business /
hand will give II ascend OF with the puhii
aud the confidence therein That viii mfk
. II A cOVetcd place for business AMI residence
lint In addition the company have alread
eNpeudcd over three hundred thousand do
D lars here in buildings, aud that. too, At IN
almost inchleulahle advantage ol hhNlh
bought their timber, so that ~ COSTS thcl
3 only u little over four dollars a thousan'
e with the land thrown In, besides workin
S everything up hv their own maehinerl
| And the company Is going iahead. huildih
/ with such majestic plhctdity,' SUCH sfrrt
muuiNtencr Of improv emcnt, that every on
y knows they have faith ia a magnificent su
s cess. and are too much Interested 10 relh
| their efforts. Then again, this il pet pr
A ! icct of Col. Mct'umh's, and they who kno
+, lis liherality, nay, his nunihcence, haN
- some idea Of what IL means Tor him TO hh'
u his heart in n thing. lie is vastly wealth
Il aud have little doubt II II were neeess'ti
~ ia secure the success of this city-it In no
- "A success--that his own expenditures wOu
, reach millions. II bears his name, ana ]
wishes il to pcrpetuate It. There is such
r. glory and majesty and sweep about u
/. building of city on such = plan aH ha'
a. In part stated, that II captlyates such
-, mind AS Colonel MctOmb's. He delights
. vast exploits, magnificent projects ana i
4 mind must hsyc ample scope for displ'
Is and exercise, Just AS i.eNiAthAn must ma,
10 the vast ocean Ia gamhol in,or the eagle q
rs empyrean Tor its most joyous lights u
y very presence is like An elixir, And q
. hustle aud stir OF his action as eNhileratii
u rs champagne. He has dash about ~
Y, that eniiVens the most aatufnine ana fhlc
Al matte n4iure. Now when YOU consider II
combination of circumstances have me-
: TONED you will see that company mig
- well build houses IN McComh 'it
Dl But certain margin Of m"ht cNi'
ne in one fact; the pricea OF the lois viii
In advanced in six months, aud thea lumt
I, must advance somewhat. considering h'
y II IN consumed, aud eligihle lnralilleA
-. Ia Naal ua
in cl,noroils tor lots. Even New orleans "a
Us ST Louis ARE looking TO this place Tor lt'
ia both for residence ASH tor business, VIII
a, in some places the expectations oi me ~
W ple are almost MISUNDERSTANDING :
81 nllce will he a city Of palaces, numheil'
aud all like AlAdden'H
M Hnd that have said more than l Dug
an for the compass nj one letter. yet ms
IT, augury OF success, anh as An INTEREST,"
nr ineihnt that may not he very wide
Z known, will close with 1t; what dc
Vi Harry think Of the place said the Nenr
nm hir Judge Hall at Wilmington, DelAwa
y, 10 a connection ol his, to whom Colnl
q, Nrt'ouh had given q position in Mrt'O
Nd t1ty. 81 believe, sir, he thinks there
me- money In it, was the reply well" 81
re the Judge, iii Harry thinks there Is mot
~, IN II, there - 20
~ This venerable man taught SUNDAY sem
. for many years in Wilmington. 4 brig
~ CHEEKY boy, with AN oren iarr'. was
mi scholar for many yeats. The Judge TOO
H., the Judge. A. the age oi seventeen
- scholar was ambitious to go into husin,
NJ but he had M money. Mhht should he d
TO lie felt a consciousness Of power,
cv thtobhcd and painted with aspiration.
where could he mud Il tueud2 lie
Young and poor, and seventeen He wan
Two thousand dollars. But 10 lend lat
seventeen two thousand dollars, with M
NJ tn back II but your faith in his compctei
and honesty, Is NOT worldly wise: ~ An
rs Vou should lusr your money --" what &
an could you eXpcctg' How many strugl
me the poor aspiring lad must have hadl liz
'hr ever he must try. and 50, with a tremhl
ted heart, he mounted 10 the study ul
ing Judge. Ia the third story OF his hOusi
.ny wilmington, with note for S2uuO tor
Iud Judges endorsement ! think there was
,Vs hesitation, but a generous, prompt. perh
CH. cOmmeuhatory compliance with the lad
-cH quest. The Judge never had the note to 7
ION lie has always been n model Of can't,
ness aud circumsp"ction, ~ he has be-
~ sagacity and henelicience, hut " he kne
Z his boy. Until this lad was thirty
years OF age he attended the Judges Il
: GLASS. when the venerable man thrO
III falling health was obliged to give IL {
q one Of the most cherished pleasures d
1858 nohly rounded life.
80 "Harry," has made, IL il said, nearl
= a. million u year since the time his note
600 endorsed, at the age Of seventeen So
I. Oh He in now iorty-fOuI years Of age, and
III name IL Henry ). MeNomh lie calls
An the Judge, now ninety seven, aud enli'
! Of him with proud JOY ~ his confidence ia
non hopeful, successful Sunday School sch
I al aaNeufeeu.