Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1902-01-03
MISSISSIPPI
CAPITAL
Newsy Letter From Our Jackson
Correspondent.
MEMPHIS - MOBILE
Two Hundred Miles of New Road
to be Completed Within the
Next Twelve Months.

Jackson, Miss The Memphis and
Mobile railroad is a certainty The
application for its organization was
recorded Monday in the secretary of
state's office and shows that Chester
II. Pond, of Moorhead; Judge Adam
Byrd, Of Philadelphia; Edward H.
Thomson, of Baltimore; Joseph W.
Stover and William Il. Allen, Of New
York, are the incorporators. Survey
ore begun at Hattiesburg Monday to
locate tho road from that point to
Grenada, Miss, and will be closely
followed by crew clearing the right
OF way, and by the 10th or 10Th In
slant construction will begin and be
rapidly pushed forward by George
Arnold and Co, of Memphis, who
have given guarantee route from
Hattiesburg to Grenada, distance
Of about 200 miles, within twelve
months, The road will traverse a
portion of Marion, Jones, Jasper
Newton, Neshoba, Chootaw Webster
and Grenada counties. 1t will cross
the Alabama and vicksburg some
where in the neighborhood of Lake
and the Aberdeen branch about Weirs
or Fentress and the Southern about
Tom holland thence northwest to
Grenada.
The public is not informed as to
the plan Of reaching Mobile from
Hattiesburg, but it is understood that
the company is amply able to reach
the gulf coast even If it has to con-
struct an independent line and the
same is true Of its purpose In reach
Ing Memphis from Grenada. The line
named In the charter may be deflect-
ed and the termini changed alto
gether by the incorporators with the
consent Of the railroad commission.
Mr.. Chester H. Pond, who has
brought a great deal of capital into
Mississippi foI railroad and manufao-
turing enterprises, is the promoter
and leading spirit in building this
road which is due almost exclusively,
II not entirely SO to his energy and
good Judgment. He built the va
zoo Delta line which now extends
from Moorhead to Tutwiler with d.
rect connections to Memphis and
which will soon be extended south by
Belzonia to Yazoo City. At Moor
head he has one Of the most complete
up-to-date compress oil mills and
cotton factory to be found anywhere
in the state. Judge Byrd who owns
immense quantities OF long leaf pine
and hardwood lands in Neshoba and
adjoining counties is most valuable
member Of the corporation.
The road will be an independent
line not controlled by any other rail-
road company as the incorporators
have ample means to construct and
equip 1t without entangling alliances
with other railroad companies 1t
will be regarded as strictly Missis-
sippi railroad and every endeavor
will be used to develop and enrich
the country through which it passes
and to have all of the people along
its line for its friends and neighbors
Monday was delegation day with
the governor. Two large delegations
from different parts of the state
visited him for the purpose of laying
before him matters of interest to
their sections.
The first delegation to call was
from the coast, the gentlemen being
residents of jackson county. This
delegation wanted the governor to
insert q paragraph In his message al
lowing the legislature to take up the
oyster question. These gentlemen are
against the law which allows dredg-
Ing. This has been bone of oonten-
tion ever since the law was passed.
The coast country is divided on the
question. The people Of Harrison
county. and especially those Of BIZ
loxi, where all the factories which
can oysters are located, are in favor
Of the present law, while the other
counties are opposed to 1t. The gov
ernor promised to look into the mat
| ter.
The next delegation which called
on the governor WAS headed by Rep
resentative Shelby, Of Bolivar; Sena-
tor Dulaney, Of Issaquena, and other
prominent men from that section OF
the state. They came to urge the
governor to appoint DR.. Brooks Of