The Brookhaven leader., 1883-05-31
LErrEwFROu rRANKLrv
COUNTY.
shaaceny Gourt-rhe Wilson
Ratlroad-M., u. az ". Rail-
road, Etc.
FRANKLIN County. Mss, MAY "a, 's3

F0aWs
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Mss, May ~, 's3
The writer was present at Meadville
during part of the term of the Chanecry
Court held last week. IL was the first
term held in this county by our new Chan
cellor, Hon.. l.. McLauTin,. and ain glad
to state that he gave universal satisfaction.
lie is quick, to apprehend,. logical in bis
reasoning and clear in. announcing his con-
clusiops. WltlIal, he is courteous, digni-
fled and conscientious. There is nothing
of the artificial or theatrical about him, he
does nothing Tor effect, but approaches his
work as an earnest, sincere man, deter
mined to perform it, regardless of friend or
foe, or of consequences. predict when
he is once we'll in harness, that the verdict
will be that we have never had better
Chancellor.
The Chancery docket, am told, is never
very large in Franklin, but there was
enough to do to keep the court in session
nearly the entire week.
met many of the residents of the west
ern part of the county, through which
runs the new Wilson's Mississippi Valley
Railroad, as it is popularity called. They
are greatly elated at the prospect of the
early development of their section, which
contains some of the finest uplands and
geek and river bottoms to lie found in the
State. or in the Southwest, for that matter.
understand that large force, including
several hundred convicts, are at work
grading near Hamburg, and that few
miles below and at Hazards Ferry, there
are large camps of those engaged in get
ting out timber for trestle work. Long
before the cotton season of next year opens
the road Will be completed, and the valleys
of old Franklin will reverberate with the
echos of the laundering trains as they hur-
~ across her western border.
Lands are already rapidly approaching
in value, and when the road is completed
and the managers of this great through
line, turn their attention to the develop
AeHt of the magnificent country traverScd
by it from Memphis to New Orleans, there
will be "bOOm' along the VIII ole of the
western border of this State from the Ten
nessee line to Louisiana that will open
wide the eyes of our plodding population.
Think of it for two hundred miles, the
whole length of the Yazoo Delta, the road
traverses the most magnificent body of fer
tile land to be found on the western con-
tinant; and south of that from VicksbBrg
to New Orleans'there is sc arcely an acre of
inferior land. The wonder is that capital
lists did not long ago avail themselves of
this splendid opportunity for investment
which is to bring such rich results to Will
sou, Huntington and there associates.
While at MeadviIle, we also heard the
projected Meridian, Brookhaven g. Natchez
Railroad, and the Natchez & Brunswick
scheme frequently discussed. These roads
or either of them, if built, would benefit
larger portion of Franklin county, than
will the Wilson road, as either will run
through the entire length of the county,
east and west. The people, we notice,
readily grant the right of way to the rep
resentatives of these projected roads on ap-
picdtion.
We understand that few miles of the
first named road (the NJ, b. Il n. X. r.
are already constructed east from Brook
haven. If Col Hamilton (who is, believe,
the President of the ready will, in connec-
ton with his associate in the Pcnitentiary
lease (Capt. Hoskins), extend the line
built few miles further 50 as to at
tract the attention of capitalists, it occurs
to me they would have no difficulty III Ell
fectng such arrangements as would speedl-
" cradle them to complete the road to
Natchez on the west and Pearl river or
even Meridian OH the east. The road thus
extended would penetrate from Brookha-
ven to Meridian as fine belt of yellow
pine timber as is to be found in America.
On the west from Brookhaven to SatcheZ
it passes through for few miles west OF
Brookhaven pine region of good virgin
timber, and thence westward to Natchez
across as good an agricultural region con
sisting of uplands, river and creek bottoms,
as there is to be found in South MisssSip-
pi. Hurry up Col. Hamilton and Capt.
Hoskins (if YOU think men of their energy
need hurrying), with this enterprise.
Natchcz will earnestly and efficiently
cooperate, for she will lose all the Frank
lin county trade by the Wilson road, I'M
less she .etains it by an east and west
road. We hope you will keep us posted as
to the prospects and progress of the NJ, Is.
g. n. Railroad.
GRANGER.