Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-09-02
RAILROAD EXTENSION
Great Improvement Is Being Made
Throughout the South.
WHAT RAILROADS DO
They Have Placed Mississippi on the
High Road to Prosperity
rious Extension In Texas aud
Other States South.

baltimore, Sept i-Typical Of the
beneficial effects of railroad extension In
the south are few facts set forth In
correspondence of the Manuiacturers'
Record from jackson, Miss. Il has not
been long since the Gulf and Ship L.
land railroad was completed from deep
water on the coast at Gulfport % Jack
son, the capital. and already IL Is having
~ much business A. Il can handle. The
road runs through rich section cnpa-
ble Of development on several profitable
lines. particularly In lumber. and It's
completion 10 jackson has brought two
large planning mills 70 that city. saw
mill j. preparing 10 begin operations.
aud other woodworking plants are In
contemplation. while considerable activ.
ity has been given general business OPP
erations. II is stated on good authority
that the Illinois Centml railroad con-
templates putting in four or five banch
roads this winter 10 touch several por.
tions Of Mississippi rich in natural
resources and only waiting the touch Of
the rails 10 develop
An interesting phase Of Mississippi
prosperity appears in the financing con-
nccted with the building Of the state
capitol. Provision was made for an is
sue of Al, 900. .OO0 worth of bonds and no.
tice was given that $4,000 Of the lot
would be offered in September, the
bonds running 30 years and bearing 4
per cent interest. Since the notice was
issued the reports of assessments from
nll over the state have come In and the
governor and the suditoF figure that the
state viii not only have more than s20O.-
900 available 20 meet all demands for
the first year Of the capitol construction,
but a surplus, thus saving the state In.
tercst on the proposed $4,000 issue.
This surplus IL above al appropriations
whatever. and Is on a Q mills levy The
levy was reduced from 81, mills by the
last legislature II allowed % remain
at q mills for four years It Is estimated
that the state capitol viii bo built with.
ont bond being issued, In addition
there viii De- enough 90 retire ssme Of
the sl00,O0O poF cont bonds outstand'
ing.
This gratifying exhibit is rich prom
ise that Mississippi with additional rail
road facilities and steamboat oonnec
iions, like that which is 90 ply on Pear
river. ljl miles through a territory ful
Of cotton. can and other products, is Il
play no important part in southern de
: velopment.
Railroad projects are also under wa,
In Louisiana, Arkansas aud Texas
Among those reported during the weel
are a connection Of the Kansas Cit,
Southern railroad with the shrevepor
and Rcd River Valley railroad which
% be- extended from Alexandria 10 POI
Chalmet1e.
The beginning of construction With
sixty miles Of Baton Rouge, Harmon
aud Eastern railroad from Baton Roug
20 Carriere. distant of G3 miles.
The completion of the 81. Louis an
Arkansas railroad 20 Harrison. Ark. b
next April
The making of surveys for 2ii mile
of the Arkansas and Missouri railroa
IN Arkansas.
The entension in Texas of the Gul
Colorado and Santa Fe railroad for
miles 20 = connection with the Gul
Beaumont and Kansas City railroad.
/, The extension the Missouri. KanS
and Texns railroad to New Braunfel
y Tex.
The extension Of division Of d
same road from Mckinney 10 Bridg
port. Tex.
Negntintiass for the building ~ q
Gulf Coast Electric railroad IN Miss
= hpi. between Biloxi and Pass Christia
The construction of the Spartanbu
D and Clinton railroad for 80 miles
South Carolina.
4 The extension Of the Chesapeake al
. Nashville railroad from Gallatin
4 Nashville, Tenn. aud from Scottvill
! Ky, 70 Bloomfield 10 make connectio
with the Southern system.