The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-07-07
THE RUMORS REVIVED
Reported Again the N. c Il st d.
L.. viii Move General Offices
Arrangements Reported Name TO Erecs
a s25,0 900 Building at
Memphis.
SUPT. HILLS NOT NOTJFLRT

offices OF the Nashville, Chattanooga
and st LOUIS road are to be moved
from Paducsh to Memphis, and today
it is telegraphed that the company has
arranged to erect s2b,o building
at Memphis ami move the Offices now
located at Paducah there.
Supt. W. j. Hills OF the city when
asked about the report this afternoon
said that there was nothing in II so
far rs he knew, and that the Memphis
papers seemed 10 bo busy publishing
the report from time to time. In fact,
nearly every time he goe- to Memphis
on business the report is republished
about moving the offices there. Supt.
Hills has received no information that
here will he removal and does not
believe It
Today's Memphis Commercially
peal says;
There is no longer any doubt that
the Nashville, Chattanooga and St
Louis RAILWAY will soon begin the exc
cution Of improvement plans in Mem
phis involving the expenditure OF $685.
600 or more. The prime feature of
| tn ese plans contemplates the erection
of large brick building TO be used
/ Jointly as freight mouse and for the
accommodation OF the gent raj officers
of the Memphis and Paducah division
The drawings for this building. which
will be as convenient and commodious
Is the company has on any of its lines,
are in the hands of Chief Engineer
| Hunter Mcdonald Of Nashville and
contractors are daily expecting their
submission for bids. Ii was stated in
Memphis today that the award of the
contract already had been made and
that Memphis firm would do the
work, but this statement was not veyi-
fed by several local contractors, who
are known to he in the competition.
THE new building will be erected
At Webster and Clay streets, the iocs.
ton OF the present freight depot, and
the entire structure will be OF brick
and stone. The Office portion will be
three stories high and thefreight room
will be constructed for the storage Of
double the amount of freight afforded
! by the building now in use. The
/ original plans contemplated the cree.
tion Of two buildings one TO supersede
the old freight depot and the other to
be built at Main and Georgia streets
| for occupancy by Supt. ". j. Hills
and his force, hut the separate build
ings idea, it is understood, was subse-
quently dismi ,sed and plans for
/ joint structure adopted.
"The determination of the Nash.
VILE, Chattanooga and St, Louis Rail
way 90 to erect a s25, 900 freight de-
pot in this city not only emphasizes
the growth Of business handled by that
road, but attests the constantly enlsrg-
ing importance of Memphis as a
freight producing center.
ION or about September next the
general offices of the Nashville Chatta-
nooga and ST. Louis railway, now
located in Paducah, KY, will be re-
moved to Memphis. That this change
would take place was denied by high
officials of the road of Nashville some
time since, but that the removal will
eventuate before the end Of the sum.
mer is no longer doubted. The con-
templated change will affect twenty
five or thirty employees ana will em.
brace all the officers OF the operating
department of the Memphis and Padu-
cab division, also the engineering
corps Of this division. Memphis was
the home Of the general officers of the
old Tennessee Midland railroad, but
when that property passed into the
hands Of the Nashville, Chattanooga
and st. Louis railway Paducah wss
made the point of official concentra
tion. The greater Importance of
Memphis as a. terminal point, the
greater development OF business and
the extension of the company's in
terests here are the causes whic h