The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1905-11-04
INTERURBAN SERVICE
NOW AN ASSURED FACT
Nine Trains Day Each Way VIII
Run Between Bay ST. Louis and
Ocean Springs = VIII Start About
the 18th, instant - Shedule of the
Service Given Below.

Louisville C Nashville Company is not
myth, but an actuality. Col. Mar
shall, who denied the rumor to N. 0.
Picayune reporter some time ago, now
confirms the story and authorizes the
statement to be made that the service
between Bay st. Louis and Ocean
Springs will be inaugurated about the
18th inst.
The fact that Bay st, Louis will be
one of the terminal points Of this service
means a great deal more for this city
in way than for the immediate points
which the road will touch. The reasons
are obvious to the average mind and
will bear no dwelling upon here, but
suffice to say that both the enterprise of
the L. & N. and the splendid service
promised give rise to much congratula-
ton.
The New Orleans States, which first
printed the announcement (and as pub
lished in The Echo at the time) on
Wednesday printed the following, Civ
ing better and more definite details, as
follows:
AS previously announced exclusively
in The States the Louisville and N ash
vile railroad will, on Nov. Is, commence
the operation of an interurban service
between the cities of Bay st. Louis and
Scranton, Miss. For the present the
service will extend only from Bay St.
Louis to Ocean Springs, but the chances
are that by the time that the summer
traffic opens next spring the service will
be run eastward to Scranton, on much
shorter schedule than is right now in
tended.
In the minds of those we'll informed
on the situation there was never any
doubt as to the possibility Of the L. &
n. starting this interurban service. It's
practicability was at all times admitted
and the activity of the company at both
terminal points indicated beyond a
doubt that the road was determined up
on the immediate opening up of the new
service. Col. Charles Marshall, uper-
intendent of the division, although not
disposed to discuss the proposition, was
at no time automatically on record as
either denying or affirming the project.
The schedule determined upon for the
service for the present means the inau-
guration Of trains at intervals Of one
and a half hours from either term inal
points. Light steam engines and com =
partment cars will be used and min e
stopping points have been announced
between Bay st. Louis ana Ocean
Springs. The schedule will be as fol-
lows:
Leave Bay ST. Louis as follows: 1870
a. M, 9 a. M, 1880 a. M, 1901 p. M,
2:3O p. m, 4:02 p. M, 5:25 p. M, and
7:15 p, m. Returning to Bay ST. Louis,
the trains will leave Ocean Spring as
follows: 7 p. M, 5:25 p. M, A p. M,
2:25 p. NJ, l2:0l p. M, 1926 a. M, 9:05
a. M, 1880 a. M, and 5:45 a. m.
The regular stops which will be made
by the new trains will be at Ocean
Springs, Oak street, Biloxi, Beauvoir,
Mississippi City, Gulfport, Longbe ach,
White Harbor, Pass Christian, Hender-
sons Point and Bay st. Louis.
All arrangements for the opening UP
of the service have been completed, and
except for the installation of the block
signal system, which is to be used in the
operation of the trains, the way is paved
for the institution of the service. The
block signals are being installed along
the line Of the interurban service. This
system is the most modern invention fol
the safe and speedy operation Of rail
way trains, and it means much, not only
for the operation of the interurban, but
also for the facilitation of the service
with reference to the regular through
north and south trains on the L. &; N.
The block signal Will make it possible
| for the road to operate its interurbar
trains with freedom and speed thai
could not otherwise be attained. A
block signal tower at each station with
day and night operator, who will be
! in constant communication with the
station next him on both the north and
south ends of the line, will keep the
track clear and at all times prevent the
meeting of trains between signal points
! The system is in successful operation
on all the big railway systems of the
north where high speed is maintained
! on the road.
The block system is being put in at
the stations mentioned in the schedule
now and will, it is believed, be in active
operation on Nov. Is, or thereabouts.
Just as soon as this is accomplished the
trains will be put in operation.
The one and a half hour schedule is
probably only the running time to be
maintained during the idle winter sea-
son on the coast. 1t Is considered a
good enough schedule for the winter,
when traffic on the coast is rather light,
but during the summer months, when
thousands of people are spmmering
along the gulf shore, schedule of
something like thirty minute trains will
probably be inaugurated. The fare will
be nominal and will place a ride from