The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-10-30
For the Democrat-Star.
GULF AND SHIP ISLAND
RAILROAD AGAIN.

i
Islaud Railroad, no one seem ID
know just where the SeacoasI ter
minus will be; on that particular
point, from the article written o"
the subject, writer's seem to thlhE
il immaterial to the interests OF tue
owners OF the road, or to the pnpllc
at large, that are to be bentited by
road leading IRON the interior 10
the Seacoast. Now and then you
will hear lrom. some one, suggest
ing the direction the road should
take towards the Seacoast' ohe
| writer suggests route and oilers
as an argument in its favor, eihat II
is a more fiat or leyel route tRaiethe
o,b.r-less hills aud creeks to cross.
Well. that would be a strong afSu'
ment if the road was expected 10
do nothing but transport helsh'
from its starting point to Its terhl
ans on the Seacoast, regardless o.
traffic along the line, and Keep tht
wolf from the back door, ont sue, ;,
is not likely to be the case. nan
road projectors generally seek !
rrute with natural resources ehousl !
along the line TO build up traih'
that will at least, afford pm money
ton their wives or sweetheaits'
l. But unless there could be mar
ket found Tor pollywogs aud sprih'
Z frogs, the surveyors OF the ronle =
tbe Gulf and Snip Island kallroas
would do well to avoid tue ha1 .
level country, so much to oe al
mired by others. The low savah'
i lands O. South Mississippi are 10
well known to need description
they are very thinly timbered, an
utterly unfit for cultivation " y
= a mean man and a contrary mother
in law could not Iaise good ai'
turbance on twenty acres OF SUI
land. But there can be iOuhu
- route for said road, along tue lu
oh of which, there could aud would
ry a very remunerative trade Onllt "
ID and That would be right over u
hills aud across the creek, that a.
thought by some to Oe ooJec'i1 :,
r.. able. 1t is along the streams u
re- hest lands are to be met WIN, an
lay If traversed by railroad, wQu
soon he settled by thrifty farine
producing something to be snlpp'
TO market. Again, i Is on tue "
hills aud ridges adjacent 20 |.
.or. streams, that the fne, large yeiiI
ct ,,inp timber is to be found, OF whl
thousauds of square miles exist %
yL nh the log men have never ulsturut
See memorial to Congress ~ le
'as- tion TO Gulf and Ship Island Ia
nth road Acts of Mississippi Legs
'hs tnre of 1882, page 13l. A roe
from Jackson through the best u
here,l and farming lands leading
No. fine coast, would necessarily Term
day ate the road on the east side oil +
D. caoonla river. From Misslssil
L a a. Cifv 10 Jackson q road would I
e.: verse a more level country 10
Drs. any other direction that might
taten aud would also steer clea
NJ, of wafer courses, aud avoid the p
N, snI,ared and farming lands. Il
WI ther. it would terminate the roatl
s,y tLe most objectionable point on
D. Seaeoast. For certainly the l
- iactors Of the road would wish
,aeh snnroacb the coast at the best ?
W. ,ar' and the nearest harbor to 4
sissippi City for sea going vess
If deem draft is Ship Island, a0
M etteen miles distant, with no I
tectioa ON the north or northeas
and the direction from which all
,s worst storms come. AS before
!, M M ted 4 route can be found from da
lfter son 10 the Seacoast that wo
nroye remuueralive 10 the owl
) a the road and induce the sci
and n,rnt of 4 very good tarmiug ca
and trv. which ut present Is very spa
IL settled on account OF there y
mes no transportation facilities r
'arsS jackson southeast to the west'l
= Buoy river, theDce on a ssfA'