The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-08-19
HELENA, sARDIs, PoNToToc
d BIRMINGHAM II. r.

At thc last session OF the Lcgis
laturc an act was passed incorpor
ating the Helena, Sardis. pontoto,
4 Birmingham Railroad Company
The act Of Incorporation IL full ant
very favorable 10 the enterprise
and the design Of The projectors q
this road Is 10 build II from a point
IN Coahomaconnty, opposite Hclc,
ma, Arkansas, on a route PASSING
through Sardis, Oxford, and Ponto,
toc, and thence east 10 Birmingham,
Alabama II our readers will con.
suit the map they will see that the
route indicated IL almost an airline
from one terminal pointtothe other.
We do not believe that the impor.
lance Of this road 30 the people
contiguous 10 II can be ovcrcsti.
mated. The bottom lands through
which II will run In this State ara
rich almost beyond comparison.
and destined to be the greatest of
all agricultural sections ; tho table
and hill lands along the route are
the best in Mississippi, and the
entire section through which Il
VIII run Is Is yet untouched in
almost its entire length in our
State by any railroad or navipable
w~ater-course, and without any
convenient method Of transporta-
tion for It's marketable products.
The few points that are touched BY
railroads are at the mercy OF cor
porations fixing rates Of transpor.
tation enormously high, in that
security which comes from want oil
competition. Especially are the
people Of this immediate locality
made TO appreciate the iniquity oil
M exorbitant local tariff, and oil
the high prices which come from
being practically confined 20 a
line and single market.
should the proposed rad be built.
a direct route, aifording chcap rates
because OF competition, will be-
opened to the Mississippi river.
and thence to st. Louis and New
Orleans. Besides the water high.
way thus open TO us, the roads
irom Helena offer a means ofl
transportation and travel 10 81
and connect with railway
systems which extend throughout
J 'e entire West To the East the
would bring Us In conjunction
With the shortest and best routes
o all points Narth and East. and
would open tous markets In that
Erection: We should thus have
" the adyantages-and they are
many and grcat-whieh flow from
'ompcting lines and competing
markets. But even this N not all
Ihe Immense resources Of Alabama +,
n coai and iron are attracting the i
'ttcntion Of capitalists cyerywhere. {
md already millions ofdollars have !
'cen invested there. Al no dis I
ant day Birmingham Is destined i
0 be 70 tho South morc than Pitts-ll
'urg IS to The North. Our pconle.
iced the benefit Of the m~;n.ral 4
ichcs found there In such endless !
'ro'us'cn. They need coal and
Tnn, and all that is made by anal
them, and they need them all :
poap rates. The agricultural In. !
dement's and the machinery. whirh =
'rmcrs and manufacturer mnsit
ave, will be chaapencd insnitely v
hcn those vast fields Of coal ppd a
are developed fully (as Is rapsIe.
" being dpne) and when lcon,. 7
,t'ny timcs pierca that section. =
have thus briefly Indicated =
u The advantages u tho !!
uro>es route AMI nay refer fo !
rem swuro fully hereafter. We
y glad 70 learn that M Hel.,. ;
"a e'inc other prints the cnter-
slre mentioned b exciting inter. b
aud that stops will soon bclp
ken " organize The COMPANY andli
'cpsre ~ ruph ACTION ne wiulu
sccstro the building n tLclH
ID. But railroads arr luilt only 4
! enterprise and indomitable n
'erRy, and va urge our rcoplo tol I.