The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-03-26
TEE GREENVILLE TINES
SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1898.
DELTA RAILWAY EXTENSION,


road, or rather two extensions,
which will add thirty-seyen miles
of tracts to its mileage. One eN-
tension will run North from Rule
vile, the present Northern termi-
nus of the road, to Tutwiler, a dis
lance of twenty-five miles, and the
other will go South from More
head, its Southern terminus, dis
lance of fifteen miles This will
give the Yazoo-Delta Railway
Company a total mileage Of fifty
eight miles, The importance Of
this extension to Memphis is in
the fact that at Tutwiler the lazoo
Delta's tracks connect with the
Phillips branch of the Iazoo x
Mississippi Valley, and opens up
a new territory to Memphis, The
new tracks will traverse some of
the most fertile lands Of the Delta,
and the commerce from the little
towns which will line ITS tracks
amounts to many thousands Of dol
lars annually.
With the extensions built the
road will run South from IutWller
to Lake Dawson, which is fifteen
miles below Morehead, the june
ton of the Yazoo Railway and the
SouthernRailway's GreenyiIleline.
At present the route into Mem
phis is a roundabout one, and OF
little commercial advantage to this
city. With the building Of the
new road, or rather the extensions,
Memphis will be in direct com
munication with Morehead and
other towns on the Yazoo line.
When the extensions are oomplet-
ed, which will be by July 1, ac-
cording to the contracts, it Is pro-
posed to effect a traffic arrange
ment with the Yazoo & Mississip-
pi Valley road by which a fast
service will be put on to Tutwiler
and Morehead, so as to give the |
planters along the route a quick
route into Memphis, where they |
much prefer to transact their
business,
The extensions of the Yazoo
Railways lines means an invest
ment of over $500, 900, A survey
for this extension was made some
time ago, and the matter has been
under consideration for several
months. The owners Of the
Yazoo-Delta Railway then decided
to call meeting in Memphis to
finally dispose Of the proposition
to extend the lines. Accordingly |
President E. A. Shedd, of Chica-
90, and Vice-President and Gener-
al Manager Pond, Of Morehead,
Miss, along with others interes-
ted in the property, came to this
city They mot at the Peabody |
Hotel yesterday morning. 1t did
not take them long to pass on the
proposition to extend the road,
and let the contract for clearing
and grading the right OF way.
w. A. Shippey & Co., of this city,
got the contract for clearing and
grading the right of way, The
construction contracts were not
awarded yesterday, but will be
given next week The contracts
stil uIate that the extensions are
to be completed by July l. Work
will start within two weeks.
Mr., Pond stated last night that
the present twenty-one miles of
road from Morehead to RuleyiIle
was doing d big business, running
two trains daily, and the prosper
Gus condition of this small amount
Of property caused them to decide
on the extension. Mr.. Pond up
to a short time ago, owned all the
Yazoo-Delta Railway Company's
He is a wealthy lum-
Der man and some years ago, IN
order to facilitate his business,
built some tracks out from More d
head to his milling interests. From l
line to time he extended these un-
il they became a railway, though .
: small one. It's business increas S
ID from year to year and it is now {
,arning as much As some of the v
Jig systems on the amount inyes- =
ed. There are four towns and al +,
ogether eleven stations on the /
wenty-one miles of track between |
forehead and Ruleville. Mr.. 81
'ond says besides the large lum- 7
er interests, some of the largest
otton plantations in the Delta will
e traversed, and it is estimated