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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
MiTCaELL & BRYSON,
Dealers iu Furniture, Carpets and
UphOIsterF.

An excellent and reliable place to
pumha,e furniture is that of Mitchell
& Bvyson, 30S Main street, opposite
the Peabody Hotel. They keep an i'm
meme ct ca of goods in store, furniture
of every description to suit the purses
OF patron. They invite special atten-
ton 10 their attrsc i've sets OF parior,
bed and dining room furniture, oil
which thy hive almost On endless
verecy and at various prices. Their
carpet st ok includes a9sortments OF
imported and domestic goods OF tle
latest and bsst known styles A large
line of upholstery goods is also k: pit
in stock. Baby carrisge5 are sold al
cos,, while mo, quito bar goods and
frame are offered at wonderfully low
Fl Juras
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
wSION DEPOT AND BEAT LINE.

A number of meetings have been
held in the past lev months by the
,epres natives OF the various railroads
ceotering berA Looking to the con-
struction OF Union depot and, Will.
nothing has been defoitely settled, it
is safe to predict that in toe next
Twelve mo'.ths the work of eonstruc-
ton will 'ba commenced. II is cor
coded thst belt lima will go hand in
band with Union dspot. Two I'M
psnies have recently been chartered
with that end in view.
The Memphis aud Lakeview Motor
Company was chartered by N. For
tame, w. H. Moore, H. NJ. Hill, q. M.
Wald'an, w. II. Seward add W. P.
Dunavant. The Union Rsilway Com
psny was chartered afterwards by
Luke L Wright, Sam Tate, Cotton
CIR enc, T, B. Turley, H. l.. B inkley
end j. A. Taylor. Both have OBJ aimed
the necessary right OF way.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
Indiana, Alabama and Texas.

The people Of OlarksviIle, Tenn
have been wild with excitement and
indignation within the last week or
twn over the announcement that the
Indiana, Alabama aud Texas railroad a
little narrow puage road which had
been completed from GAINESVILLE
notthessterly about thirty milea, had
been sold to the Louisville and Nash
vile Railroad Company. The enter
prise was intended TO form an ,nde.
pendent line from Olarksville, Tenn.
70 Princeton, KY, where c,Dpec ion
would be made with the chesapeake
and Ohio system, and q considerable
amount of the stock had been taken
at OLerksville.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
THE LOUIsVILLE AND NASH.
WILLIE

The iepo ted scoop of various South
ern lines by this company makes 1t at
this time peculiarly interesting to
Memphis Its policy is conservative,
and 1t holds q strong position, which
It has been impo sible to break. I'm
provemenis in the rolliog stock and
track are STEADILY made as the public
convenience requires. The folio wing
statement will give some idea OF the
condition Of the road:
Miles OF new steel rail laid in past
year, 80; miles OF rock aud gravel bal
last Ia past wear, ~; new ties put in
track, 1000; number OF men en-
ployed in the mechanical department
vt Memphis, 1875; monthly pay roll
5000 transportation and road at Mem
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01

about $4,000 having been spent by
the reorRaniEed company In better
ment. The gross earnings OF this
forty. five miles Of road for the twelve
months from September ], leSo, 10
September l, 1885, were about $l IL
0OU; operating expenses about *!S,OOO'
leaving about $4,000 net earning
which has been expended in better
ment, Improvement and equipment.
The sixty mile extension from Hol'
ly Springs to Tupelo, being built by
the Virginia CONSTRUCTION Company,
will be first c'ass in every Jespect.
The road bad is we'll graded with
wide cut, AMI broa emban kments,
and with substsnt al pie and bent
trestles. The rails sre first quaility
Beseemer steel, sixty pounds TO the
ward, with double angle plates thirty
ak pounds TO the JOINT, fastened with
the Harvey patent grip track bolt: The
| track Is we'll laid with supported joints
properly aligned and surfaced. The
eouipmeot Of the read IL uoiiorm, all
the locomotives having been built by
the vel known Pitteburg Locomotive
Works, and all the passenger and
freight cars built at the works OF Pull
mans Palace Car Company.
This road brought into Memphis
last season about $4,000 bales OF cotton
and carried out about 10000 bales
mostly for export through Ne"
Orleans. The opening up OF this line
TO Tupelo will give Memphis this sea
sjn 10000 or 10000 bales OF cottor
which has heretofore gone to Moollt
and New Orleans.
The officers OF the Birmingham ant
Atlantic Railroad Company here ar,
T.. @. Leake, jr., vice president; j. +
Meredith, superintendent; Ben VII
eon, general freight and passei &C.
agent; w. q. Watts, secretary ant
treasurer, and ]. w. Daniel, auditor.
The Virginia Construction COMPANY
to whom the credit il due for the eI
tension Of this road from Hoi,
Springs, has its general office here u
the Cotton Exchange Building. j. i
Pace, OF Rlchm ,nd, Va Is the preel
dent. The officers here are i. [
T Leake, IT,, vice president; X. II lem
pie, chief engineer; r. l.. Tray or
secre airy and treasurer, and i. liza
lev. auditor. go
} Ever since 1t became known that
WAS the purpose Of the Gulf Route
extend it's iine to Birmingham ther
d have been various ard contic'in
t rumors about the Gala or cons)idalo
q OF the Memphis, Birmingham and A
:, lantic with that company, but 1t 10 no
u settled beyond doubt that an OF
: and out sale has been consummste
!. within the last fifteen days, ald tbs
the transfer to the Kansas City, Men
. phis and Birmingham Company
i that potion of the Menph 8, Biim'nI
i ham md Atlantic railroad betwet
Memphis aud Holly Springs will tab
o place in the next few days. The Q;
o tension from Holly Springs to Tupe
o wi | be finished by the Virginia Co
4 struction Company and delivere
over to the Kaneas City Company /
& them when 1t lie completed, alb lut o
}, tober let. 1t will be pushed on
Y Birmingham at onte by lfs ne
owpers, and opened for traffic ne
- gHmmer,
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON.

During the year the condition OF
the track has been greatly improved,
enabling the company to make much
faster schedules. They have laid
twenty-five miles new ttee', aud are
receiylnp new etesl now which will
soon give an all steel rail line. They
have pat in the track 10000 new
cross.ts, aud added nearly Jour miles
of new siding. The bridging and
resting of the rood is in first class
condition, a large amouot OF work
having been done in that direction
during the year. The motive power
and car equipment has been increased.
The shop fatiitie at Memphis have
been enlarged end improved. The
company employs nearly 200 hands
in the chops at Memphis, aud average
about 1900 men on the entire hn'.
The monthly pay rolls run from $4O,-
600 to $4,000. The sroes earnings
for the wear were 81 1923, 500 "a; total
operating expenses were $S95,3SO u;
leaving net earnings $42S, lao %. On
the lst day Of June the gauge oil the
entire line was changed from I'VE
feat TO the standard, four feet nine
inches. The company has recently
established line Of elegant buiie'
Pullman sleepers which run from LIT
tie Rock to Washington without
change, and Superintendent Pesran
thinks he hes decidedly the best lint
out of Memphis FIR The East.
Just now the East Tennessee, Viz
g;nia and (ieorpia railroad, OF whict
the Memphis aud Charleston ~ q part
Ia attracting the attention OF the South
ern raj road word. There are iumC r
sfloat which, II true, mean that com
bination, already large and powerful
ia shout I, become gigantic.
Major II. Fink, who is recognized a
tho head and front of the East Tonnes
see, Virgins and Georgia system. ha
an ambition TO make his line tn
greatest in tho South. To do this n
proposes to have direct communities
ton with all the important seapoIts il
the South Atlantic States, aud witt
Mobile and New Orleans. To reacI
Por. Royal, it is said, line will b
> constructed either from Knoxville o
Atlanta. To reach Savannah negotis
tions are now pending to purchase, {
lease Indefinitely, the Savannah. Dut
r lin and Western. To reach New Oi
. leans line will be constructed frot
+, Mobile. TIE railroad map OF th
r South Atlantic and Gulf States Wi
q undergo important changes il thea
/. rumored plans of Msj. Fink are ca
ried out. 10 admitted upon all side
that changes in that map must tax
a place within the near future becaus
d OF the changed aspec: of affairs pr,
+ duced by thu construction of railroad
Q already partially completed.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01

II ID said that the officials consider the
YaEoo route more favorable than they
do that OF the Sardis, but the former
has an obstacle in the way OF the Mo-
bile and Northwestern. which now ex-
tends to Clarksdale, Mss, and which
bias the right Of way from Jonet town 10
Yazoo City. Overtures for the put
chase OF the Mobile and North western
have been made, but there seems to
be hitch about it somewhere, aud it
is feared that the Sardis route will be
selected. The citiz ns Of Helena are
very anxious that it should be the
Yazoo route, for this will then open
one of the finest agricultural districts
in the world, in direct rail communi-
cation with ST.. Louis, where's the Sar-
dis route would not be cf any great
consequence, save in making Helena
thu southwestern outlet for the lii
nois Central system.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
ExtenAion 10 RteYansOu.

An effort Is being made to induce
the Memphis and Charleston railroad
to build their contemplated exters on
from Stevenson, Ala to Chat 40 oogs,
by way of Jasper. 1t will be remem-
bsred that at their last meeting here
the stockholders Of the Memphis and
Charleston railroad, in view of tue ap-
preaching expiration of the leaee un-
der which they use the Nashville,
Chattanooga aud S.. Louis track be-
tween Stevenson aud Chattanooga,
took action looking to the early con-
struction of their own track between
these points.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
LEROY az MichOt, jewelers..

This firm is prepared to d, oil kinds
OF repairing on watches, clocks and
iewery in the best wolkmanlike man
ner. They keep full stock of watches,
clocks, jewelry, and superior aisort-
ment OF spectaclss on hard, which
they will sell very low. All work wa,-
rauIed for one yesr. Messrs. Leroy q
Michot will treat you right. and those
desiring anything in their line can
find Just the thing at No. 2993 Main
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
Mobile and West Alabama.

The city authorities OF Mobile, Ala +,
have granted the RICH. of way through
that CITY to this company. successor TO
the Alabama Grand Trunk, and the
work of improving and extending the
road will begin at once. 1t is to ba
completed to Jackson, Ala, fify-s x
miles from Mobile, in six months, add
to ZONE northern connection IN one
year and half. From Jsckeon the
road will run to the coal fields az Bir-
mipgham.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
R, Richmond.

Real estate and rental agent, at No.
20 Madison street, is prepared 10 at
tend to any business entrusted to his
care. He will attend to the paying Of
back taxes for property owners. snd
makes this a specially. Mr.. Rich
mond's long residence in Memphisi
and his well known financial standing,
places him prominently before the
public a. q most suitable person to dc
husinesa With.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
MEMPHIS, BIRMINGHAM AND AT
LANTIC

This important line, which is about
to he merged into the Kansas City,
Memphis aad Birmingham, was origi-
nally char eted as tho Selma, Marion
and Memphis Railrosd Company, No
vembsr 90, 1869, but no read was built.
1t was sold undtr foreclosure, and the
Memphis, Selma and Brunswick Rail
road Company was organized April IL.
1881, with an authorized capital OF
$3,O00,00O. First p'ortgags per cent.
40-year bonds in the sum Of S3,60o,0OO
and $1,000 900 income bonds were alec
author d. OF the first mortgage tonds
81, 100000 were istued. The read was
offered for sale August IL, 1884, to
satisfy a Judgment OF $9l1 900 due con-
tractors, etc, There were no bidders:
August 18th a receiver WAS appointed
on application of the creditors.
On the l6 b OF July, 1885, 1t was
completed and opened for business
from Memphi3 to Ho ly Springs, a dis.
lance Of forty -five mi e'. II continued
to be operated under the receiver
uuiil November %, 1885, when, under
foreclosure proceedings ]. b. Pace,
T. O. Peake, it,, X. IL. Tenn
pie aud other Richmond, Va
gentlemen, with Dunavant, Kelly
aud Piper, OF Memphie, became
tue purchasers ci the property rights,
franchises, &C., OF the Memphis,
Sc ma and Brunswick Company and
organized under the laws of missile
sippi under the corporate name of the
Memphis, Birmingham aud Atlant c
Railroad Company. This incorpora.
ton wss duly ratified and confirmed
by tie Legislature Of the State Of Mis-
ssippi in January, 1856, snd the
charter OF the company was so amend
ed as to allow the extension OF the
main line Though Mics ssippi directly
in the direction of Birmingham, Ala
As soon as this n co sary Legislation
was obtained the Richmond gentle
men organic d the Virginia Construc
ton Company for the purpose Of build
ing and equipping the extension o
the road from Holly Spiiups to Birm
ingham. Under their direction thu
surveys for the extension were imme
d ately inaugurated, and on the l5tl
day OF February the Virginia Con
bTuCLluH NOnpollf icbNO SVh aSN STA .
miles Il the extension, from Holly
Springs TO a connection with the Mo
bile and OHIO railroal at Tupelo, Miss
This work was at once entered upoI
by the contractors and has bsen vigor
ously protecuted The graduation Il
now alb ut completed, tacklsying wa
commenced at Tnpelo July l4'h, anC
ahout tWalva miles have bsen laid 4
date. Trfcklaying was commenced a
the Holly Springs end AuRuit l2tl
and alb nc fourteen miles have bel
laid 10 date. The tracklaying is beinI
rushed from both ends, \and II is ex
pectsd that the sixty mile extension
viii be completed aud the scheduleI
extended 70 Tup slo about QctobeT Isl
The road from MemphAs to HollI
6pEings bis been UeaIly Improved
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
MiddINon 90 Hickman.

A. W. Brook water has been elected
president of the Middleton, Bolivar,
Brownsville and Hickman Railroad
Company, Jesse Norment, vice pres'-
dent, G.orge T. Ineraham sec etary
and I. B. King ,reaeurer. The other
directors present were: p. B. Winston,
j. R. Head, ]. E. w. Moore and Sam
uel Kohn. The capital stock is fixed
at 81 0C0 900, to be divided into shares
OF $25 each. Col. Upshaw, The civ
engineer. hes been in the field some
time with full fore making surve ys.
There is good ground for hope that The
work will 60 on at ono, and be rapidly
puehed to completion.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
BRIDsINo THE RIVER.

Within the p ,st year two companies
have been chartered for the purpose
of building bridge across ths river
at this poiDt. TIE first was obtained
by W. u. Ford, P. B. Edmondson,,
Edward Jordan, w. b. Sherrett and
w. G. Ford, jr The second c 1mpaTny
was incorporated by ]. 0. Nicely, >. Il
Dunscom6, l.. B. McFarlsnd, w. F.
Taylor, John overton. j., Herman
CLARK. Henry j. Dsmoot, Q. q. BSld'
win, Watson n. Brown, Alex b. Pot
ter. About three months ago II be-
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01

phir, rs men; monthly pay roll, $500;
average monthly pay roll for
division $4,000. There is yet q
gap OF about sixty.fve miles
of iron on the division, which
is being replaced with new steel rap
idly. The work Of full bsllseting the
track is being pushed also, and it is
expected that by July LIST next the en-,
tire Memphis line will be steel rail and
n allasted
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
NJ, I.ouis, Arkansas ana Texas.

The contract has been let +, r the
grading OF the branch from Mount
Pleasant 10 Sulphur SPRING, Ark, the
work to be flashed by December 10Th.
The company proposes to lay the
track as fast IS the grade is COM
pleted.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
CuEsAPEAKE. OHIO AND SOUTH
WEST rRN.

During the past year the roadoed
end track have been greatly improved
and it is now nearly all OF sIeel rail-,
very smooth and suited for fast time.
Az a part of the great Huntingdon sys-
tenn, it is one of the most import AMI
lines in the United States. Its busi-
Z ess has incrsase about 10 per cent
thia year.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
Other Lines.

The Memphis, Kausas aud Western
is rapidly being put into shape.
Construction on the Denver, Mem
phis and Atlantic railway is progress
ing rapidly. Twenty-Five miles Of
grading are completed in Labette
county from Ohetops west to the line
of Mon'g omery county, near Coffey-
ville, and fourteen miles of track had
been laid in Labette county up TO
June 18th, End forces are at work
grading in Montgomery and Ohau'su-
qua counties. Three lDCatiDg parties
Of engineers ire ia the field and new
grading contracts are being let rs fast
as location is made and righs OF way
ACQUIRED. An Office has bsen opened
and force is being Organized to lay
track in both directions from Conway
Springs in Sumner county on the
sixly-0ne miles OF grade which was
made last yesr betS cen the Arkansas
river CROSSING in Sumner county and
the city OF Kipgmen. Material bias
been arriving ct Conway for come
time past and track laying will com
mence there very soon. Bridge end
depot tracks ara let over consider.
able portion of the line. The com
pauy expects to lay from 200 to 250
miles of track during 1886 and to tba'
end is using every exertiou.
THE Pensacola and Memphis project
is under good Roadway, and there il
every reason to believe it Will b.
built at an early date.
AT lest a dozen oher lines are pro
| nnaed
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
INDTRECTLY INTER GATE =,

Railroad building in the entire
South is just now exceedingly active,
and crest many projects fr the
building OF other roads in this neigh
borhoo1, and in which Memphis is
Indirect interested, are being eeri-
ou,ly discussed. Soma OF the most
important are given b .low.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
PROPOSED LINES.

A number OF char ers have been
granted and the air is full OF rumors
about the building OF other lines mo
Memphis, but mention is made oil only
those now being built in this direction
or likely to be constructed.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
STNRWS or STEEL.
MEMPHIS AND HER THROBBING
ARTERIES OF COMMERCE.
Wonderful Story Of the Growth Of
the City as a Railroad
Center.
IT'S STARTLING SEQUEL YET TO
BE RELATED.
The Watchfal Eyes OF the Magnates
Of the East on the BLUM
City.

1t is not extravaganza 10 say tnhV
the eyes Of the railroad magnates OF
the country are at present directed
toward Memphis; not so much by
virtue Of her population or her
wealth as on account Of the natural
advantage of location she enjoys as
being the key of communication be-
tween the great Northwest and the
Southwest. Backed up by splendid
country, the head Of navigation in
winter and her arms always invitingly
open for the commerce of the great
valley, it is no wonder that Memphis
should now, when the South is about
to enter upon new career OF pros
perity, be the first of her cities to
feel the effect OF foreign capital
which first manifests itself in the ex-
penditure eff vast sums for the con-
struction of railroads, in order
that the fruits of industry and
enterprise may be made
available, So rapidly have events OF
which it is the purpose OF this artl-
Gle to treat followed upon the heels
of each other, and SO promising is
the outlook for the immediate future
that cold facts will carry with them
all of the conviction Of the finest
rhetoric, telling their own story more
wildly and with more power anC
effect than the most elaborate Hour
ishes Of the pencil could possibly do
Content for so many years with thu
Memphis and Charleston. the Louis
Vile and Nashville, the Mississippi
and Tennessee, and the Memphi
Little Rock, the development OF thu
insignificant line to Covington int
the great Chesapeake, Ohio an'
South western system, extending
irom the Mississippi to the Atlantic
was regarded as enough to sstisf.
the widest hopes Of the generation
Hardly was that done, however
when the great system was ex
tended. almost in sinsl
night" TO New Orleans; an
hardly had the ocho of the whist
Of the locomotive of one line die
away before tho below of another
steaming from the great Yves
through the swamps of Arkansas
awoke the oldest inhabitant. Begin
ming to feel resigned to and prepare
for anything then which might iol
low, there were still those to b
found who looked incredulous whe
the announcement Of the completio
of the line to Holly Springs wa
made, and there may be some VIII
imagine that the completion of thu
important route to Birmingham wi
close the railroad career Of Memphi
There are few, however, who we
unprepared for the business lii
effort to obtain charter for bridt
over the river, and fewer still who
not believe that the next five yea
will witness the construction OF
grand Union depot, the building OF
belt line and the entrance unto Il
city Of atleast three new roads.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
GuIrnud shin IsIand,

President W. H. Hardy says that it
is expected to complete this year the
portion of the road from Ripley, Miss,
south to Pontotoc. The distance is
about thirty.fve milee.
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The uI,noi. Central.

The YsEoo and Mississippi Valley,
branch OF the Illinois Central, 10
being rapidly pushed forward toward
Memphis, the ultimate intention being
to put it through to Jackson, Tenn.
1t has just been completed to Green
wood, Miss on the Yszoo river. A
portion OF the new line, which is run
in connection with the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad Company has been cum
pie ed for a year or more between
jackson, Miss, and Yazoo City, Mise.
The ex ension to Green wood will open
a new Il I'D fer operation, and enable
the cotton crop to be moved more
promptly the coming season than ever
before. The extension win be push, d
from Greenwood sb ut twenty miles
further without delay. This line will
be OF great advantage to Memphis on
account OF close connection with
points on the Yazoo and Tallshatchie
rivers, making through ali rail route
The line hes also es ablished emgranl
freight and passenger rates from al
stations in Illinois and Iowa to Jack
con, Tenn. Alb srdeen, Miss; Jackson
Miss. Hammond, La, and many Other
points along the roue.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-01
Fort smith, Wellington and North.
western.

Contracts have been signed by the
officers of the Fort Smith, Wei ington
and Northwestern raj road for the i'm
mediate construction Of line OF road
from Arkansas City, northwest
through the counties Of kumper, Sedg-
wick and Reno, to poiut near She
center OF ths State. The road is to be
the Kansas connection of the Kansa'
aud Ark lntas Valley railway, the r ght
OF way for which through the Indian
Territory was recently granted by Con-
gress. Is route is to be- from Fort
Smith, Ark, up the Valley Of the Ar
kansas river, entering the State nee'
Arkansas City, correcting there with
the Fo,tSmith, Wellington and North.
western. The latter will traverte the
rich commits of the lower Arkareas
Valley, aud furnishes short and d.
rect outlet for ,hsir grain and live
stock by way of Fo Smith 10 tht
Southern seaocard. Bosom capitalists
arc backing the enterprise, and th'
G, nstrntt'oJ Of both lines IS 10 bt
pushed with all posib'e speed.