The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1903-01-17
1902.
A Prosperous Year for the
Town of Roseda1e.
A Sketch of the Remarkable Deve1
ment of the Future Metropolis
of the Delta.

a steady, substantial growth that
brought the town to place of consid
cradle Importance in the commercial
world. The population has almost
doubled, the postoffice receipts show q
healthy increase, while the business o.
the railroad and express companies ha.
assumed such proportions that a much
larger force is required to handle it, and q
switch engine is kept ptconstantly at worl
in the yards. Train service has beer
greatly improved, the extension of tn.
kRosedale- Cleveland accommodation tc
Greenville being of great benefit to the
people living along the line.
Enterprises of large magnitude have
been established, number of handsome
brick business houses and some fifty
or more frame building have been erect
ed, while almost every old building in
the town has been extensively repaired
In fact, during the entire year small
army OF brickmasons, carpenters and
O other 1aborers have been constantly EN-
ployed here, thereby affording, our mer
chants good trade the year through
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the spirit of improvement, with the re-
| suit that every street in the town was
graded and put in firstclass condition
the sidewalks were given a thorough
repairing and substantial crossings were
placed on the principal streets. But
these improvements pale into insignif
canoe compared to the establishment
of the
Waterworks System.
That alone will stand as monument
to the progressive spirit of Our city
guardians. In the carly part Of last
year bonds to the amount of SIT SOC
were issued by an almost unanimous
vote of the property owners, and the
contract for the plant awarded to w. c.
Porter, of Birmingham. Work was
begun in June, and the system turned
over to the town in September, complete
in every respect, since which time our
people have been enjoying that greatest
of fblessings-pure water in abundance
The system is one of the best in the
country, and the water, as shown by the
analysis of expert chemists, is almost
absolutely pure. In connection with the
system, the council purchased two reels
and seven hundred feet OF hose for pro,
lection against fire. A fire department
has been organized, under the direction
and composed ofleading citizens, and in
COHoSJuCHN iHsui civ AotS hotS OSSti
greatly reduced. Altogether, the estab-
lished of the waterworks system may be
Justly regarded as the greatest of all inn
provements yet inaugurated in our city.
The plant is in charge of Engineer Rich
ard Christmas, i'll whose capable hands
everything is working smoothly.
Tho Oil Mill.
Beyond doubt the most substantial
evidence of Rosedale's growth is the
Handsome oil mill that has Just been
completed. For several years the Hon.
Charles Scott labored to secure a mill
for Rosedale, and through his efforts the
Southern Cotton Oil Company, one OF
the largest concerns of the kind in the
country WIS induced to locate mill at
this point, and some four or five
months ego contracts for the buildings
were let to Mr.. ]. ]. Harty, of Greenville.
The mill is one of the best in the South,
In fact, it is a model mill in every re
spcct, the contractors being instructed
to spare no expense. The main building
is of brick, two stories in height, 2O5
feet long, so feet wide, with 1S-inch
walls, 5-inch double flooring, and is
handsomely finished and painted
throughout the interior. The machinery
is of the very latest AND most improved
make, and the system of conveyors and
other labor saving devices are absolutely
24Ox6O feet, is a model of it's kind,
equipped with most improved appliances
for handling seed, and built to sustain
the heaviest weight, n quarter Of a mil
lion brick being tsed in the foundations
alone. The hull house is also a strong,
substantial building, 64A15O feet. The
Office is neat frame structure, hand
somely furnished A 3OO-horse power
engine drives the machinery, and four of
the latest improved Callahan presses
crush tbs oil from the seed, having a