The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-31
RAILROAD LINES
IN THE SOUTH I 4
New Road in Mississippi Has All Bus
mess il Can Handle.
NEW STATE CAPITOL BUILDING.
By Small Levy All Necessary Funds
Were Raised without The Issue OF
Any Bonds Wha,socver-Rail-
road Extension Contemplated
Especial Dlsn.tcn - Tno ,r;nc,, .

Especial Dispatch TO The Timcs.)
BALTIMORE, August 2a.-Typical of the
beneficial effects OF railroad extension In
the South are few facts set forth in cor
respondence of the Manufacturers Record
from jackson, Miss 1t has not been long
since the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
VAS completed from deep water on the
coast. al Guifport, TO Jackson, the capital,
ana already l. Is having as much business
as 1t can possibly handle. The road runs
through rich section capable of develop
ment on several profitable lines, Parucu-
larry an lumber, and Its completion 10
jackson has brought two large planning
mills 10 that city, a saw-1nill is preparing
I. 10 begin operations. and other woodwork
ing plants are in contemplation, Whiie
considerable activity has been given gene
raj building operations. 1t IS staied Oh
Good authority that the Illinois tehlfa
Railroad contemplates putting in 1ouf OF
five branch roads this winter to fouch
several portions Of mississippi rich In nat
nral resources and only waiting the touch
OF the rails TO develop.
NEW STATE CAPITOL.
An interesting phase of Mississippi pros
perity appears in the financing connecteo
with The building of the State capitol.
Provision was made for an issue of Sl10to-
600 worth of bonds. and notice was given
that S250.eJ0 Of the lot would be offered IN
September, the bonds running thirty years
and bearing per cent interest Since me
notice was ISSUED the report of assess
ments from all over the State have come
In. and the governor and the auditor figure
that the State will not only have more than
100000 available TO meet all demands ior
the nrst year of the capitol construction,
but surplus, thus saving the State IN
.erest on the proposed S2,0oo0 issue. 1hls
surplus is above all appropriations what
ever, and is on a six-mill levy. The levy
was reduced from six and a half mills by
the last Legislature. If allowed to remain
at six mills for four years, 1t is estimated
that the State capitol will be built without
bond being issued. and in addition there
will be enough 10 retire some of the $780,
600 five per cent. bonds outstanding.
This gratifying exhibit is a rich promise
thai Mississippi, with additional railroad
facilities and steamboat connections. like
thai which is 10 ply on Pearl River one
hundred and tifty-four miles through
territory full Of cotton, corn and otaer
products. is 10 play no un:mportant paTt
In Southern development.
OTHER RAILWAY PROJECTS
: Railroad projects are also under way III
Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas Among
those reported during the week are con-
nection of the Kansas City Southern Rail
road with the Shreveport and Red River
Valley Railroad. which is TO be extenEeo
from Alexandria to Port Chaimette: the
becauu;g of construction within sixty
DAYS of the Baton Rouge. Hammond ana
Eastern Railroad, from Baton Rouge 10
Carriere. distance of ninety-three miles
the completion of the ST. Louis and AT
kansas Railroad TO Harrison, Ark, by next
April; the taking of surveys FOR Two nun,
dred and eleven miles of the Arkansas and
Missouri Railroad IN Arkansas; the extern
sion in Texas of the Gulf. Colorado ano
Santa Fe Railroad for fifty miles 10 con
neciion with the Gulf. Beaumont and Kan
sas City Railroad; the extension OF the
Missouri Kansas and Texas Railroad &c
New Braunfels, Texas: the extension Oh
division of the same road from McklnneS
TO Bridgeport. Texas; negotiations Tor Inc
building of the Gulf Coast Electric KAT
road in Mississippi. between Biloxi ano
Pass Christian: the construction OF tne
spartanburg and Clinton Railroad for forty
miles in South Carolina, and the extension
of the Chesapeake and Nashville iron
Gallatin to Nashville. Tenn, and IRON
scottsyille. Ky, TO Bloomfield, TO MAKE
connection with the Southern system