The St. Louis Republic., 1905-09-18
PLANS AND CONSTRUCTION
IN STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
REftHi.Ic SPECIAL.

REFt Et.lS SfES1AIA
jackson. Miss. Sept !..-Al.ho,,sh IN.
| rev railroad construction in Miss,.in,,,
s.inc" the first nf the year has been p.,-
formed chiefly by tn. Illinois Central. th.
and Ohio. The Mobile. Jackson and Kansas
city. the Mississippi Central and the
Brookhaven and Pearl River reads quite
that Will doubtless he ultimately con-
strucfed as soon 80 the financial arrange
fnentS can he .onsummafcd and working
plans perfected
The Illinois Central and the Mobile.
Jackson and Kansas City System hav.
Jointly added over 30 miles of new mile
sSe az: In this state during ;he past year
The Illinois Centya! has been building its
rev branches "a the delta under old char
f.fs'. aud some Of the work has been car
RED on 70 quietly and m"s'.nts,iousiy
that III" public was not aware coaStruc-
tion WAS In progress
The records at the ofi,r" ~ the Score
tary of State show that the following new
lines have been Incorporated I'm Missis-
~ppi sine" the isi "f January:
Coast Railroad Company. so build inter
urban line between Biloxi and Suifpor'.
Captain ". X. Penny and others ware the
tnccrpora'orp and the project has been
practically abandoned.
GUlfpo-t aud Mississippi Coast Traction
Company. capitalized at 81 .iss an. TO build
an electric line. connecting coast towns
captain, J. 7. Jones and others wer. the
incoFrora'ors. Work has been commenced.
Shubu;a and Southwestern Railway to
run from Shubu,a TO EucU;fa. a distance
OF ten miles.
Canton and Yazoo city trolley line. 10
connect the two towns named Financial
ARA nS-Tsn's are being made.
Pensacola. Alasama and Western. from
Memphis Ia Pensacola. j. f. S,i!man. J.
! sullivan and others. incorpora;ors.
Plans indefinite.
Mississippi Central Railway. increase Of
capital stock 90 81 SSsH in order 10 .x-
tend line from silver Creek to Natchsz
Work now in progress
New Orleans and Great Northern. orcar-
iz.'i by THE Goodyear syndicate and CAPT
falixed at E.5"sa "a cnnsfruc, line
from New Orleans ;o Memphis Al least
a portion 81 this plan will be- carried out
within III. neat year.
Hsf'iephurg Traction Company. capital
lied a; Se.D..'s' 70 build a stree. railway
In ra,'iesburs. Contracts ar. being
Percy. Lake Providenr. and Yazoo Raj
road Company. 20 build a line through
Washington. Issaauena and Sharkey coun-
ties a distance ~ about seventy five miles
w!lm"t and Western Railway. a logging
lire In Washington County. about six
miI~s IN length.
! Mississippi and A,shsma Railway. rc-
Gently incorporated. AMI In reality the pla u
nf the Illinois Central. 60 reach the Ala
hsma coal Hel:e
North MiSssssippi and Rar Spring. roai L.
twenty i'ys-r,iil. lin. 20 i. hliit in
Ti-h"utngo and I'tsvsnha counties
Amendment IT, 'he charter NJ the I .b-
erty Whit. Railroad authorizing an extsn-
sion from McCoE'h TO I.unlher;on.
The t;ulf AND ship Island has prac-
:icaiIy completed i's new line from Men
dsnhaii 10 Columbia
The Southern Railway ia preparing 20
build a branch from ,,.l E.ua ro Eclzor'
Tn. Ya.oo srs Mississippi road has
about i.5 miles % rc~ liu.. planned for
the delta.
Their. IL s:ill much talk of a line from
Memphis 30 Pensacola t'i, neither Of III.
FIVE ii-.s incorporated show any !ndics-
iion - actual work.