The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-04-25
Working Faithfully for the Interests Of
the City,
Building Up Its Commerce by Fur
nishing Fine Facilities.
Constantly Attracting New Lines Of
Trade This Way,
Besides Affording Excellent Passen'
ger Service to the Valley
and the West.

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gone forward with giant strides. Thli
does not apply to any one particular
branch OF industry. but to all industries
that can DE utilized in this section Of the
| country.
During this development the Illinois
| Central Railroad has secured Its share
| of the factories of a diversified nature.
Since Jan. /. 1899, up to the present
date, there have been located upon the
llues of the Illinois Central Railroad
sixty FIVE manufacturing plants. These
included manufactures of brick and tile,
| bicycles, packing house products, con
densed milk and creamery. saw mills.
tow mill, cannery, knitting mill, starch
factory, beet sugar plant, cotton mills,
brewery, butter.keg slaves, wagon stock,
plows, spokes, match splints, hand farm
ing tools, banana packages, butchers
skewers, cotton bagging. wooden dishes.
broom handles, clothespins, iron furnace,
paper mill. planning mill. buggy factory
and coiled hoops. or these 65 Industries
46 were located In the south. Mississippi
taking the lead with 30. Kentucky s.,
Tennessee 6 and Louisiana 2. The bal
ance were distributed as follows: Illinois
-, Iowa 4, South Dakota l, Minnesota
1 and Wisconsin l. During the time
mentioned there were located in the state
of Mississippi Is saw mills, 1 tile plant,
cotton mills. l mandatory Of match
sprnts, / spoke plant and l planning mill;
In Louisiana, ! cotton mill and l manu-
factory OF banana packages; In Tennes-
sec. cotton mills, coiled hoop fac
tories and spoke plant: in Kentucky,
1 saw mill, staye plants, l manufac-
tory OF farming tools. 1 brewery, l
knitting mill, nuorspar plant and 1
iron furnace.
As showing the possibility for future
development In cotton milling alone there
are to-day projects, more or less ad-
vanced, for the location Of local cotton
mills in twenty three towns on the lines
of the Illinois Central Railroad, and a
large number of these will undoubtedly
go through. The appropriation OF $40
900 by the legislature Of tho state of
Mississippi for the installation of a tex
tile school at the Agricultural and Me
chanical College at Starkv1lle will prove
Of very great advantage in the develop
ment Of this industry, as 1t will give
the practical means Of education to the
Young men Of the state in familia rizing
themselves In the manufacture Of cotton
products.
It has been the source Of comment
amongst New England manufacturers
with all It's advantages, has not come
more to the front IN cotton milling. The
action of the different communities IN
that state during the past year, and the
prospective action in the communities
which have now under consideration the
question Of loca ting local cotton mills, will
not only produce ma terial wealth TO the
state, but will at the same time direct
the attention of eastern cotton mill men
to the advantag es of the state for the
location of larger plants. This was done
in North and South Carolina originally
by the location Of small local cotton
mills, and as soon as they were shown
TO be a success, eastern millers, who
were forced by the changed condition Of
trade in cotton factory products to look
for new locations, had their attention
directed to that section OF the south
where cotton milling had been demon
tad 70 ha ~
With the opening up Of new roads
through the timber sections in the state
Of Mississippi there should be consider
able influx in the development of indus
tries for utilizing the timber Of the state.
The Illinois Central Railroad has taken
an advanced position in helping to devel-
Cd the natural resources of the states
along Its line and viii continue to do 30
and viii be glad to furnish Information
concerning the different locations on Its
lines to all inqulrera
In other matters the Illinois Central has
for years been taking the most advanced
position, and in none moro than In Its
facilities for safely and expeditlously
handling trafic. Particularly noticeable
In this connection Is Its passenger service
| from the south to the north Two fast
| trains, carrying through equipment, leave
| New Orleans daily for Louisville and for
Cincinnati; also for St. Louis and fol-
| Chicago. The equipment consists Of the
latest pattern of Pullman sleeping cars
free reclining chair cars and coaches, also
dinlng-cars and a recent innovation II
the way of passenger equipment. namely
a buffetllibrary-smoking car. This last Il
the only thing Of the kind In the soutl
and has proved very popular during tn
!, last season. This service makes tho bes
and most direct connections At the north
ern lermini for all points in the north
east and west, including Buffalo, Pitts
burg, Cleveland. Boston, New York. Phi
adelphia, Baltimore. Richmond. St Pau
Minneapolis, Omaha, Kansas City, He
! Springs, Ark, Denver and Colorado t0ul
( list points.
4 The Central's latest enterprise Of magn
i tude has been tho opening of a ne
$ through line over its own tracks betwee
/, Chicago and Omaha, on which moder
a and efficient service is given in successf
l. competition with the old established lin,
= between the same points. Taken as
70 whole, owing to hts well ballasted ros
,e bed and heavy steel rails, its modern al
Y powerful locomotives its substantial M