St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-12-31

Cottage.
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. KOEPP, Jk.,
Pres. Police Jury.
Midland Railroad
Project Revived.
After a sleep of three years the
project to build the New Orleans
and Mississippi Midland Railroad
is again being agitated, and a
Is now under way 10 in
terest the towns on the proposed
route and complete the survey.
According 10 a statement of Robt
r. Du2can, OF New York, the line
has been surveyed for a distance OF
200 miles, and rights OF way have
been secured through Mississippi
and Louisiana. Mr.. Duncan is the
leading promoter of the enterprise,
and il submitting propositions to
the towns and cities to secure the
necessary funds tor completing the
preliminary work. He has EN-
ployed experts to 60 over the line.
examine the route and make up a
complete statement of the resources
of the territory, estimates of cost
and probable business. When this
information is secured Mr.. Duncan
says, ,f.thc report of the experts is
favorable, OF which he is assured,
New York, capitalists have guaran,
teed 10 finance the line and build
il. This statement is contained in
= letter recently written to q bust
ness firm at Forest, Scott County,
Miss.
For the present the intention is
only to build from New Orleans
north as far as Carthage. in Leake
County. Miss. which is to be the
terminus until the road can be
pushed on to Pontotoc and Mem
phls.
The New Orleans and Missls
sippi Midland Railroad Company
was incorporated three years ago
in the State Of Mississippi, the IN
corporators being a number Of SUBJ
stantial business men in New Or.
leans and Louisiana. The line was
to enter Mississippi on the south.
ern boundary of Pike County. at .
point between the Bogue Chit,o
river on the west and Pearl river
on the east, and was to run thence
northwardly through the counties
of Pike, Marion, Lawrence, Simp-
son, Rankin, Scott, Leake, Attala,
Choctaw, Winston, Webster,
Chickasaw to Pontotoc, with a
branch from a point in Calhoun or
Cbickasaw to Memphis, and a
branch from a point IN Lawrence
County TO Jackson.
At the time the project was in
rumcr had 1t that over
lures were being made to the Frisco
to build the road, and there was
reason to believe that the Frisco
was looking into the scheme; but
for some reason the negotiations
were suddenly broken of, and the
scheme was apparently abandoned
for good and all. A glance at Il e
scheme is sufficient to convince
an zone that the road will never
materialize unless 1t is built by
some powerful system as tidewa.
ter outlet. 1t would practically
parallel the Illinois Central through
The State of Mississippi and North
ern Louisiana. on one side. and
parallel the Mobile, Jackson and
Kansas City road on the other.
The company was organized ON
Dec 90, 1901, at New Orleans,
with a capital Of $50, 900, and the
following board of directors: Per
cy L. Mckay. H. NJ. Preston. W
K. Stau1er, Gus Lehman, Jr.. w.
7. Martinez. j. &. Lyons, q. s. E.
Darlington, q s. Ferguson, r. +.
Duncan, A. NJ. Nelson and NJ.
Green. The two last named are
citizens of Jackson, and vi. Green
Is leading attorney.
Gen. L. Marshal Miller. of New
Orleans. is referred to by Mr.. Dun.
eau as having charge of the present
negotiation between the company
and the towns aud cities interested.
This re-ag,tat'on of the project will
doubtless revive the suggestion
that the FRISCO is behind the move
ment; or if not, tina, the promoters
are hopeful of interesting the Frisco
in 1t.
CURED PARALYSIS
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