The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-03-19
|INERURBAN
RAILWAY
An Enterprise That May Soon
be Realized
FROM GREENvILLE TO LELAND
The Delta Electric Light. Power & Msnulsctur.
Ing Company Proposes to RIM an Electric
Railway to Leland II $35.OOO is Forthcoming
The Proposition is up to the People

For several years there has been
strong sentiment among our count
dnancierS for tho building of an cleo
trio railroad between Greenville ant
Leland. 1t is the opinion of the ma
jority OF the business men that il thil
road Is built it will prove a paying
investment to its owners.
At one time the matter had gone &c
far that blue print was made show.
ing the lands the road would traverse,
the distance between the two cities.
and an estimate made of the cost OF
construction. Capitalists of the East
were appealed to to take part Of the
stock and ona or two of them came
down, looked over the situation, and
pronounced the investment . good
one. These capitalists world no doubt
have taken considerable stock in the
road bad not its promoter, Mr.. ]. B..
Hebron, whose other business matters
consumed his entire time, dropped
the matter.
Since that time until last week the
project has remained In = oomatose
state, and only complimentary re-
marks concerning the enterprise and
it's paying properties would be heard.
but on last week the Delta Electric
Light, Power 8 Manufacturing CON-
pany took the matter under considera-
tion and at the meeting Of Its stock
holders held Saturday night decided
to build the line provided the oity
and its business interests raise $50, 600
of the $3.50, 900, the amount Of money
estimated BY experts it will take to
connect the cities with first class
car service.
This puts the question Of having
electric car line connection with Le-
land up to the enterprise of the two
cities and the planters, through whose
lands the road will pass. The build
ing of such an int ,rurban line mea 1s
mole to Greenville, Leland aud our
county, than can be realized at a
single glance. In our opiuion the line
will almost double the population of
the two cities within the next five
years, and there would be attracted
to the cities enterprises that we Dever
dreamed Of Such line will thickly
settle the county districts, increase the
value of property and IN every way
be a benefit to the business interests
aud is an actual necessity to the
people living in the country.
Let this grand opportunity pass,
like the knock of Fortune which is
said to come to every ones door but
once, aud the chance is gone. To
trun deaf ear to the appeal of the
car company to help construct this
road that will bring car loads of
wealth and prosperity into the land,
would be to turI traitor to the best
of the county and the towns
Of Greenvllle and Leland.
To enumerate just few of the ad-
vantages of such road 1t would
oring into closer union the two great
,enters Of population in the county,
increase their volume of business
t would be the means of making q
greater success of truck farming and
larry interests; the small farmer
v )uld find the road indispensable |
when once patronized by him; the |
of the country would be |
brought nearer good city public |
c 4ools and the families could attend |
Sunday services every Sabbath day |
With no inconvenience; to the large |
planter the road would mean all |
hese benefits and more. The above |
includes only the benefits to our peo-
,le without taking into consideration |
he enterprises that would build their |
,actories along the line of this road |
md in the towns.
The question Is now mp to the peo-
,le and we believe the people can and |
will meet the question, but who will
70 the Moses to take the matter in |
land and carry the proposed project |
% successful completion?