St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1905-05-13
New Orleans
To Memphis
The Goodyear Syndicate
Steadily Pushing Its
Plans.

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clusively forecasted in these COL
umns several weeks since, and re.
ceived with some degree of incredu-
lity in many quarters, the Good
year syndicate, which is now ope-
rating quite extensively in this
State, backed by capital stock of
1925, 100000, will build a railroad
direct from New Orleans to Mem
phis, coming up the Pearl River
vally to Jackson, and thence on a
direct northerly line from this city
to the Tennessee metropolis.
Official confirmation of the plans
of the. Goodyear syndicate was re-
vealed at the governors Office last
night when request was received
for the issuance of a proclamation
incorporating the New Orleans and
Great Northern Railroad Co., with
New Orleans and Memphis stated
as the terminal points.
The request for incorporation, of
course, does not fully reveal the
plnns of the syndicate, but it
throws great deal of valuable
confrmatory light on the plans as
heretofore published.
The incorporates set forth in
the petition for charter are as fol.
lows: Frank H. Goodyear and z.
H. Goodyear, of Buffalo, N. Y;
Martin E. Olmstead, of Harris.
burg, Pa; Chas. l. James, of Bal
tlmore; l. G. Enochs, of Jackson,
Miss, N. G. Pearsall and G. X.
Mulllngs, of Covington, Louisiana.
AS has been heretofore stated,
the New Orleans and Great North
ern road, incorporated some time
ago under the laws of LOUISIANA,
has awarded a contract to Mr..
Seely Dunn, son of Superintendent
o. M. Dunn, of the Illinois Cen
trail, for the construction of sixty
miles standard guage, trunk-llne
road, from Slidell, La, to China
Grove, Miss.
An examination of the Missis-
sippi railroad map at once shows
the future plans of the company.
China Grove is small town in the
eastern part of Pike County, near
the terminal of The logging railroad
running out from Fernwood, and
owned and incorporated by the
Enochs Lumber and Manufacturing
Company, one of the largest con-
Germs in the State. The New Or
leans and Great Northern will
push Its system directly northward
from China Grove to Jackson, con-
Meeting en- route with no less than
half dozen logging roads, nearly
all of which, according to the most
authentic sources of information,
have formed a federation of inter-
ests with the Goodyear syndicate.
1t was strenuously denied only
three weeks ago that the Enochs
interests han formed deal of any
kind with the Goodyear syndicate,
yet the name of Mr.. l. G. Enochs
of this city, leading member of
the firm, which appears as one of
the incorporators of the New Or
lerns and Great Northern Railroad
Company, is an absolute contra
dictlon of this denial. The Enochs
plants have undoubtedly been affil-
lated with the Goodyear syndicote,
and every thing that has been said
in these columns concerning the
Goodyear plans is wholly confirmed
The New Orleans and Great
Northern Railroad will reach the
Pearl River valley at point at or
near the town cf> MONTICELLO, and
will run directly up the valley to
Jackson. 1t Is understood from
an authentic source that the con-
tracts will be awarded as soon as
a survey can be made and the ne.
cessary specifications prepared.
Major Shimose's smokeless pow
der is Japanese invention, and is
acknowledged to be far more power
ful than the English lyddite or the
French melinite. Indeed, this pow
der is by actual test five times as
strong as the European powder.