Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-12-24
TUE
UNIVERSITY
LANDS.
To be Looked After and
Disposed OF by Chan
celior X. IL. Fulton and
Judge j. a Orr.

cations as To ssle ar lease a
tney s2w proper. have recently
returned from a ten days trip
20 Jackson and Harrison eoun-
ties The tract consists of
1000 acres Of Ioug-leaf yellow
Pine- which WIS reserved many
years ago for naval purposes
ard which has never been pIae-
81 on the market.
Through the energy and in
tei!l-enee of { hanccllor Fulton
II was discovered: First. that
the University Of Mississippi
vas entitled to another towr-
>hIp Of land to make il equal
with many of the north western
states, thew having received two
toS n>hIps and Mississippi bat
0nc- The interest on the money
from that single township being
the support of the University
at tie present time And sec
O2d. IL prosecuting his inqui-
TIes he discovered that there
we're 3I.9I2 acres lying in a
body IN Harrison and Jackson
counties which had never been
placed On the market. having
been reserved Is stated before.
for naval purposes
Chancellor Fulton interested
the Mississippi delegation IN
Congress and with TIE consent
nj the secretary of the navy.
congress passed bi!I about Is
mouths agO. canceling the res
ervatIoH of those lands and
. opening them 10 location. " hich
trOv- Stone and Chancellor Full
tor proceeded AZ once 20 Secure
for the university. Last SUN
mer resolution vas adopted
by the eXeeCt-re committee OF
the trustees of the university
agreeing to a sale Of the timber
On the lands at s9-i0 per acre
Immediately after the adoption
of this resolution and befoIe tie
contract could ne prepared.
JUICE Orr induced the commit
tee To reconsider It's action and
adopt the plan 81 >endin. a sub
committee 10 obtain more def
ate and accurate information
a. - the value of this great
boon fo tie Js5verS5ty. This
committee induced Nr. y. p.
Presley. of this SOuaty-a timber
and lumber man of forty years
experience. to 90 With them to
thu lands and make I thorough
ana accurate estimate Gf the
value Of the lumber trees stand
ing "a tie land. Tie result OF
the ex2minztiOn Vas. after
counting the number of trees
and measuring them ON a NUM-
Der at average acres agrees
EIth Sir Presley that there are
At Least 1T, ls'0. eeo feet of lum-
Der OF TIE lads TIE eusto-
mary price BOW through tat
section : Il per I010 feet and
the estimate gives to the uui-
veTSIty SI26.0o0 fer the saw
logs nov standing on the lands
retaining the title 10 the lands.
In - years tie young pine trees
lett standing after thinning out
the lumber trees. az the present
time, viii give a New growth of
trees Amos. equal II value to
the trees now standing on the
lands
Since locating the lands. the
Gulf < Ship Island railroad has
been completed from Gulf Port
To HattEesburg and II passes
within SIX miles Of the lands
and a tTamway or spur OF The
railroad can be run into the
lands through the level country
az small expense The owners
of the university timber will
have the leverage on the rail
road men 10 compel them not
only 10 give low rates IN ship
ping the lumber. bat in Undue
ing the railroad company To-
run tie spur into the lands. be-
cause Red river and Black NV
er are fine logging streams
which unite and empty into the
Paseag0u.a river "A few miles
above Mess Point. the great
milling centre of Mississippi
In other words. tie lumber men
having this university timber
will have water navigation 10
compete with the railroad
Judge Orr informs Us that
there are many trees standing
On the Lands which Will measure
81 feet To the first limb. straight
a. an Indian arrow aud measur-
ing two feet in diameter so feet
above the ground.
Mr. Presley SAYS the lowest
estimate will give 6.Oo9 feet Of
lumber per acre and that the
calculation might be safely
made. in estimating the quanti-
". at considerably more than
that
The lands of our Industrial
Institute and College. the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College
aud Tire AieOrR college have
also been recently located. but
they have not Yet been divided
and set of to each institution
The three townships located 10
them contains much Tasasble
timber. bat unfortunately they
are not in a body Ike the naval
lands which Chancellor Fulton
secured If Chancellor Fulton
does nothing else for the young
men OF Mississippi. he will de
serve a monument for having
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