Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-19
SOUTHERN SCHEMES.

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Proiscts Of Gould and Gordon !
| the South Atlantic States.
In it's "Wide-week Echoes
theNew York SIM Of says:
jay Gould has returned fror
his Southern trip, IS his coul
tiers say, greatly improved i
health and spirits His recen
trip South was not q mere plea
sure trip,hs reported. 1t wa
the initial step of great schem
the connection of his South
western system with the South
ern ports of the Atlantic. Tn,
building of his yacht seems :,
have developed nautical dispo
sitions in him. He wants Il
take hold of New Orleans
Brunswick, Savannah and Nor
folk as seaboard outlets fol
his Southwestern system. The
Virginia, Tennessee & Georgia
railroad, which runs to these
ports, connects at Memphis
with a branch road of GOuld's
known as the Memphis & Little
Rock railroad, which is part OF
the Iron Mountain, and cOnse-
quently Of the Missouri Pacific
system. The Virginia, Tennes-
see & Georgia line is controlled
by the George Seney syndicate,
and a combination between it
and Jay Go 1ldis to be the great
card in the development Of the
South.
"There is plenty of work to
be done yet in order to complete
the scheme, and there are sew.
eral short connecting roads to
be built. In these details he
does not intend to take any ac-
tlve,interest, leaving the con-
struction part of the scheme,
in the hands ofthe Seney syndi-
cate, which proved SO. success
full In building the Nickel-plate
road and saddling 1t upon Van.
derbilt. BY the time he re
turns from his trip abroad the
construction will be completed
and he will set, fresh and in
vigorated, to the working out 0
his Southern scheme. Will
the constantly increasing com
petition of the great roads ter
minating in Boston, Philadel
phia and Baltimore, with tn,
developments of the Mississip
pi freight traffic, and with thi,
new schemr Of a great South
western highway to the ocean
saems to have his eye 10 tne
Southeastward. "Gath,' the y
correspondent, recites the io' =,
Iow,ng from a recent interview,
aGeneraf, how are your RAJ. !,
road matters doing in Georgia
aPerfectly well. i left tn' I
senate of the United States :,
carry out two enterprises whlcl
I had ON my mind. The mrs
was a railroad from Atlanta 7
the Alabama coalfield and D.
vond it, otherwise the ATTAIN,
, 4 Pacific railroad. That wor
is going on vigorously, an
dnring this year will strike u
l coalfield and give Atlanta che'
0 fuel, and assist herin the care :,
o. Providence seems to have
4 tended for her. The other 9
n terprise l designed was :, :
@ FLORIDA Southern railroad, frt
+. Jacksonville straight down 7
5, neninsula to the nearest po
i. to Havana. The American p'
ID nle will never feel near to !
20 yana as long as they have to
in to it by steamships from n
se York city, philadelphia, ~, ia
40 more and other ports. WI
in they can step on board a YES
nd and in one nights trip arrive
id Cuba, they will feel as II II :,
he NO great venture. ] as I,
re Contemplated co that railroad "
in T left the Senate as the Alta
he & Pacific. l went to Flor
hit and the Legislature treated
very handsomely, giving
large donations OF land,
which money has been rais'
New York e'ad in Europ'
! 9. build the road. We are at
9 q already. We can build W
'hat aud simmer. The distan
way from 400 to 800 miles
n MP aIt Jacksonville to the end Q
!a.., neninsula. The country Is
.nes mes level, and supplies eno9g
roao ties. | have no doubt tina
SUI SUI railroad will now go 81
are along. Perhaps by next
New the ,si Sp;I : lid will he able to
,cola 10 r riot,u aortb Of that pen
Mr.. W Suo 80 Crha in. Flori
ldent anu '"mu oo,.;ance is rec
that my ;p,,n;gration and {
blna iiiolo nna1v mart of the
eople Sions J. una una" of the liveliest
come. ~ 10 o IIn;onr
living III INC