The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-11-25
as OTHERS SEE Us.
Brookhnven and Bogue Chitto as
Seen by O Special Correspon-
dent of tine N. o. Ploayune.

Lesseps words tt, has evidently come to
Brookhaven, and from indications seems
TO be well contented TO stay. There is a
spirit Of enterprise and thrift among the
! BrOOkhaven people that betOkens good.
| The knowledge that the best way to
bring out the resources of a country is to
work, is good companion and is here
such companionship, am sorry to say,
has not prospered to any considerable
extent in some of our Southern communi-
ties. But new spirit seems to have been
infused into all of the towns along the /.
e. Railroad; in fact, into nearly every
town in the State. BrOokhaven has many
advantages over some of her sister towns
She has solid merchants, beautiful resi-
dences, fine schools, and prosperous far
mers surrounding her.
BRooKHAvEN,
the only town besides Bogue Chi,to, in
Lincoln county, is the county site, and
ID situated So miles from Jackson, the
State capital, aud 1919 miles from New Or.
in 1857. The first train was freight, aud
the freight bill for the first shipment was
S1400. For long time this was the ter
minus, and during that period the place
grew rapidly, and was not long in cstab-
fishing herself a beautiful and prosperous
town. The first year the railroad was
here BroOkhaven shipped 1900 bales of
cotton, but soon Beauregard and Halle
hurst were esta blished and the receipts
were considerably diminished. But other
industries have sprung into existence that
more than compensate for the loss in her
cotton shipments. The truth is. this coun-
try around here is not paying SO much at
tention to cotton anyway.
THE POPULATION
is increasing rapidly, aud now contains
about 2200 people, the whites largely
predOminating. Next to WessOn, ten
miles mort h of here, il is the largest place
bet wcen jackson and New Orleans. The
majority of the merchants are Jews, and
ii IL really pleasant to see jew and Gen
tile working shoulder to shoulder III the
effort to make BroOkhaven city. There
are about fifty merchants and all carry
good stocks and report, notwithstanding
the bad crop year, trade splendid and col
lections good. They arc not dependent Oh
cotton.
LUMBER BUSINESS.
There are twenty seven sawmill1 in the
the comfy, with capacity OF half mil
lion feet of lumber per day. The mills
III as E.,,
continually. The long leaf pine, post
oak, white oak, hickory, and all varties
ana sizes The long Leaf pine frequently
reaching as high AS 100 feet and siilS are
40 to 60 feet long. The demand for all
lumber here is from the Northwest, and
with all of her mills and lllimitable for
es;s cannot supply half the demand.
More mills are needed. Here are the
trees, the water. the railroad, the demand
and IL clear profit of $50 per car. can
not see why some wooden manufactory
wouldn't pros or hele. Why is it that IL
good deal of lumber is shipped to Cincin
natl, manufactured into material AMI
shipped huck Ia our merchants for sale
When every facility is offered III this
country for wooden manufacturers why
doesn't some one start onri Til" material
il here at your door, labor is cheaper then
here cheaper. They are bound to come, |
think. Ibis tx a country which has been
vel-d to Northern capitalists. The PEG
pie here have not the money to do as they
wish, else you would See It n veritablo
MANUFACTURERS COUNTRY.
Mr.. j. b. Nalty, "A prosperous young
merchant of BrOOkhaven, has IL saw-mill
four miles east ot here, which has been III
successful operation since the 10Th of
July. HIS mill is located in the heart of
u great pine forest, aud has as much to do
az he can. The demand for his lumber
comes almost entirely from points north
of the Ohio River. 1t is especially used
in car shops for railroad purposes and is
used on box cars for its durability and
strength. There is bnt very little sap III
the pine. Mr.. Nalty employs about thirty
hands and has a capacity of about 25,OOO
feet per day.
MESSRS. NORWOOD & BUTTERFIELD,
Chicago men, have recently come here
and engaged in the lumber business.
They own about 1000 acres of the finest
timbered lands in the county and are
making money in the business. Their
mill is located three miles from Brook
haven, employ about fifty men and have
a capacity of abOut 10000 feet per day.
They have recently taken contract 10
supply the Marshalltied building in ST.
Louis with 1000, 600 feet of lumber.
CAPT. HoSKINs
has a finely equipped little standard
gnage railroad running from here ont
miles into the lumber, and which at no
distant day it is expected will form part
of a line from Br0okhaven To Meridian.
On this lin" he has three sawmills, which
are kept busy continually. Capt. Hos
kins owns the prettiest home IN the coun-
~, and is one of the most progressive
men IN the State. He has done much for
the county's good, and thinks that Brook
haven's advantages will attract good
| class of cnigrants tn her rich fields.
MEssRs. PFEIFER 4 DREYFUs
own n large planning mill that throws ont
beautiful work and is the largest planning
mill in the state. In the grand cathrH!rals
of nature the pine predominates, and the
body alone unlimLed reaches the height
of a hundred feet. 1t makes fine, clear
lumber, we'll adapted for building pur-
poses or any 9th er requiring strength,
and lasts qnarter..of Il century. Reduced
| to acres there e.at least 5000, 900 in the
timber belt and estimating forty trees to
the acre we have total of abont lao, 900,
U0O, 900 feet OF lumber in this belt alone
as
A FARMING COUNTRY
we'll can exclaim Eureka ~ Absolute
" everything grown in tropical country
cla be raised here with profit. The WIN
tiers are very mid aud the sun shines
with brightness $40 days in tie year
| Tba snrfacp uf the country is generally