Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-27
RAILROAD PROJECTS
I'm Which Memphis is Particularly In
tercsted-The Selma and the Oxford
(Niss.) Roads.
The New Orleans Road and Arkansas
City, and n New Connection with
the Kansas Road.

A friend OF the Chickasaw Messenger
writing from Jackson, Miss, says: "a day
or two siace | met Mr. w. III. III. Green,
of Green, Hamilton & Co., and feeling
! enough interest in the matter of the Mem
phis, Selma and Brunswick road, inter.
viewed him on its present status. He re-
piled that negotiations were about COM
pleted in Memphis by which he would be
| fully authorized by all parties in interest
to sell out the road as it now stood; and
that he had that morning received two
! letters-one from the Kansas City road
containing an offer to buy, and one from
another party. He did not say, but | am
satisfied the other party referred to is the
Illinois Central. The Kansas City made
! an offer OF $4,000 cash and inco ne bonds,
the other made no special offer"
The Selma Times says that "the declara-
ton for the incorporation of the Selma
and Tennessee River Coal and Iron .Rail-
way Company was filed in the office of
the Secretary of State Monday by Messrs.
A. ii. Fowlkes, H. A. Haralson, A. S.
Woolley, w. III. Johnston, +. w. Siddons,
f. d. Bowles, L. G. Gregory, II. III. r.
Dawson, H. S. d. Malony and John Har-
Alison. The terminal points of the pro-
posed road are Selma and some point on
the southern boundary line of the State of
Tennessee, in the county of Lauderdale,
in this State. The road will pass through
the counties of Dallas, Perry, Bibb, Tus-
caioosa, Jefferson, Walker, Winston, Fay
ette, Lamar, Franklin, Colbert and Lau-
derdale, crossing the Tennessee river at
or near Florence"
Aberdeen Eramiller: Aberdeen can
afford to rest very comfortably while her
neighbors agitete the building of rail-
road from Memphis ria Oxford, Houston
and West Point to Columbus, for if this
scheme should eventuate in anything
more than a survey, and the Memphis,
Selma and Brunswick road be abandoned
two unlikely contingencies-we have
consciousness of the fact that the grade
from this city to Okolona is completed and
ready for the cross-t'es, while the old
grade of the Tucker road from Okolona to
Houston is in almost as fair condition,
and it will be easy to obtain connection
with the Oxford scheme at or near Hous-
'.ton, at little greater cost than is involved
in the purchase of the iron. And if we
are not mistaken the franchises of the
Tucker road are owned in great measure,
or controlled by, citizens of Aberdeen and
Memphis"
Arkansas City (Ark) Journal: eve
have been informed that so soon as the
u
road built from some point on the Mem
phis and New Orleans railroad, now under
construction from Memphis down the
Mississippi river to Vicksburg and from
there to New Orleans to some point on the
Mississippi river opposite this place, and
: there will be transfer boat in the river
at Arkansas City. The distance is only
about sixteen miles, and should this road
be completed it will facilitate travel and
the transmission of freight"
Mr.. E. R. Stahlman, prominent official
OF the Louisville and Nashville system,
writes letter to the American, arguing
against the proposed Cincinnati, Green
River aud Nashville road. He advises
Nashville TO put her money into local
lines, and, among others, recommends the
building of local road through Dickson,
Perry, Lewis and Lawrence counties to
Tennessee river, and the completion of
the partially constructed line from Hunt
ingdon to Jackson.
Jonesboro (Ark.l Times. "Wittsburg is
elated over the prospect of railroad, to
be built by the Gould system, from Beebe,
, White county, to Memphis Should this
road be built Wittsburg will no doubt be
able, not only to hold its own, but regain
some OF its lost prestige, as we'll as retain
the county seat.
Springfield NO. Leader. ''The railroad
from Doniphan, Ripley county, to Nam
moth Springs, Fulton county, Ark, it is
said has been surveyed and win be built
Nby st. Louis parties to secure the North
Arkansas trade. The distance is forty.
eight miles, which will tap the Kansas
City. Springfield and Memphis road at the
! Springs"