The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30
TREND OF RAILWAY
BUILDING IN SOUTH
Roads Extending to Center of the
Great Mineral District Of
Alabama.
MUST ENTER BIRMINGHAM.
No Signs of LeSsening Demand for
Transportation Facilities
TO One or Another
Gulf Ports.

The trend of railroad building in thu
South at present is toward the Gulf Of
Mexico, and also toward Birmingham, tn
center of the great mineral district of Ala
bama Noting this the Manufacturers Rec
ord says:
There are no signs OF a lessening de
mand for transportation facilities to one
or another of the Gulf ports and it has
also become 4 matter Of necessity for the
railroad systems In that section 10 enter
birmingham. A glance over the situation
shows that rapid progress is being made
by those lines which. have already begun
construction. and. IN addition TO these. there
are several new corporations which promise
TO be OF considerable magnitude.
Considering first those railroads which
are seeking a Gulf outlet. the Missouri Pc
cific system is found TO be fact pushing It's
line southwark along the west bank OF Inc
Mississippi TO reach New orleans. Inc
Shreveport and Ped River Valley Railway
is also building toward New Orleans from
the Northwest P0th Of these companies
are doing active work. and the Frisco sys-
reach the Crescent City. the Council having
passed AN ordinance giving an entrance
there.
From Galfport. Miss. We find the Gulf
and Ship Island Railroad building an eX-
tension, and a survey is being made for a
.O0-rrriIe line by the Natchez and Gulf Rail
poses to build from NatcheZ to GuifpoTf.
In addition to these is the Nicksburs and
Guifport. another new company. which
plans TO build from Vicksburg to Gulfport
$50 miles
From Mobile. the Mobile. Jackson and
Kansas City Railroad Is extending north
ward through Mississippi with the reported
object OF reaching Memphis, Tenn, and re-
Gently company called the Pensacola
Meridian and Northwestern has been in
corporated to build from Memphis Tenn.
10 Pensacola. Fla. with branch to Mo-
bile. Farther West-in Texas-both the
is reported. build extensions to Galveston.
the former from Dallas and the latter from
Paris. Tex.
Among the railroads which are pushing
on toward Birninsham, the seaboard is
found in the lead, with the recently pur-
chased East and West Railroad OF Ala
bama in course of construction and to be
connected with the Birmingham and At
lanta by next fall.
Tho Brunswick and Birmingham Rail
road is building west through Georgia, and
the Atlantic and Birmingham is also con-
structing an extension. each wiki the oh
ject OF reaching the great mineral section
OF the South. The Louisville and Nashville
Is improving its facilities IN the coal and
iron region of Northern Alabama by build
ing a couple of extensions
"A new railroad recently incorporated is
the birmingham. Columbus and st. An
drew. whcih proposes to build from Biz
mingham via Columbus. Ga. to 81. An
drews Bay, Fla, and II has just been an
noanced that the Union Springs and North
ern is 10 build from Fort Davis. on the
ty miles to Rockford. which IS in the d.
rection OF birmingham and further extern
sion of about equal lengths would carry
the road to that city. Such an extension
Line q very direct route from Birmingham
10 Savannah