The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-10-17
NUMBER 30.
Ripley Ship Island and K6ntucky !
Railroads


The Ripley Sentinel strongly ar
CUES the building of the Ripley
Ship Island and Kentucky railroad
by State aid or amy Ctker way il
can be built. 1t argues that line
against the Tennessee river termi-
nus on the ground that the Ripley
railroad already bnilt wGnld form
u part Of it. Now; we confess that
we are not well versed in railroad
matters, but think it. entirely i'm
! practicable to yuild u rc'd Of such
length on the narrow gauge unit:
If it is designed to rug through
Kentucky to connection with
Chicago, it should of course be o1
the same width OF the other roads
i'll order that through trieghts may
be carried without breaking its
bulk. We shall watch this ques-
tion with some interest, and will
most likely tind something more to
say before the meeting Of the legis-
lature.-COrinth Hearld.
Our friend of tho Herald is mis-.
taken when he says that we urge
tue building OF tho "Ship Island
Ripley aud Kentucky railroad
against the Tennessee river term
nus on the ground that tile Ripley
railroad, already built, would form
part of it," Willie this is d strong
ARGUMENT hi it's favor, We urge it
not solely upon that gtoutd; but
because we are convinced that it
Is the cheapest; tile most practical.
Die dnu at the same time would
prove the most profitable. 1t is
tile cheapest and most practicable
beCause it is the shortest and most
direct line of intersection With tho
Memphis and Charleston railroad,
and beCause the Country
tlirottgh wnich it would pass
is of II cbarpcter best calcula-
ted to feed and support railroad.
If the line proposed by the Herald
and others who feel persOual in
terest in Cdrinth shdhld be adopt
ed it would, instead of being q great
central thorOughfare piercing and
opening up the vast territory
lying between the Mobile aud Ohio
and New Orleans; st. Louis and
Chicago railr6ads, emerge; so
nearly to the line Of the Mobile
and Ohio through several
counties in the northern part
OF the State as to practically
defeat, in great measure, the OBJ
ject OF its projectors, SO far as the
northern counties are concerned.
Middleton, the present northern
terminus of the road, is nearly equj
distant between the two great high
ways rtihning through the State
and is certainly the most available
objective point On the Memphis
and Charleston railroad leav.
ing ont Of consideration the fact
that twenty y-tive miles of road
is already built, stocked and in
splendid raining order from Middle
ton south on "a direct line to the
gulf. But the Herald objects to G
narrow gauge road as "entirely
impracticable." He adults that
he is 10 Railroad imam, sd do we;
but we have paid SOME attention
to railroad satisfies during the last
few years, and we are prepared to
PROVE by ihdlsputable figures, that
,aking into consideration the cost
,f construction and rolling stock;
lud the carrying capacity narrow
gauge roads are much cheaper, AMI
some OF our most througtly posted
abroad men say that they will
answer every purpose of the board
,auge roads, no matter how long
he line and low great the demand
lpon the carrying capacity. At
ome future time we may present y
tatement of comparative cost and
Utility of broad and narrow gauge
The twenty five miles of
DAD already in operation here was
he first ever built IN the Suuti
'ut now they are being adopted
II over the country, for obvious
easons! We are not urging the
of this road upon tue
me already commenced because it
MI be an advantage to Ripley it
7ill injure lis l6r it to be extended
urther, perhaps, but We doso upon
iuch higher ground. We have 40
hought that any but narrow
.auge rbad will ever again be built
Il this state.--Ripley Sentinel.