The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1905-04-19
INDUS RIAL SITE
OFFERED FIRE
LOCATED on THE RAILROAD IN THE
NORTHERN SUBURBS OF
BROOKnAVEN.
Where lhe mississippi Central Rail.
read Surrey Crosses tie !. c.

1tOE ~ Aue Lcdu6fs III company
with Mr. Guy e. BrignaIl, drove
out Co the Northern suburbs of
the city and went over pretty
thoroughly The locality where the
survey III the Mississippi Central
Railroad enters Brookhaven and
its main line westward crosses the
|I. &.
The survey of the Mississippi
Central's i main line crosses the /.
C. tracks about one and a quarter
miles north Of the Brookhaven
passenger depot. One-quartel Of
q mile east Of this crossing q spur
has been surveyed ID south
westerly direction f1om the main
line Of the Mississippi Central
down through the old st. Charles
planning mill lands now owned By
Capt. Moreton and w. H. Seavey'
striking the main track Of the
j. G. Railroad d little above the
BrookhaYen corporation line.
From this point, it is learned the
Mississippi Central, when COM
pleted, will use the tracks Of the
Illinois Central down to the /. C.
depot; ii being contemplated that
the |. G., the Mississippi Central
and the Pearl River Railroads will
establish union passenger depot,
at or near where the present depot
stands.
From the point on the Missis-
sippi Central's main line where
the spur leaves it to reach the
Brookhaven depot, on to where
this main line crosses the /. G., !,
going westWardly, the lands to The
south of this line are the old st.
Charles Mill lands owned BY
Messrs Moreton and Seavey, and
that bordering on and lying just
north Of this main line to where
1t crosses the /. O., is owned by
dEsS BrignalI. In this body Mr..
l~informed us he has 23I
cres, which alsse bound by the.
lain line of the /. c. on the west
nd, as already stated shy the
lain line Of tie Mississippi Cenas
raj on the South. The topogra-
'hy of this tract is admirable, and
here Is not al acre of it that is
ct vsll adapted to building puI'-
roses.
On the west side Of the ]. CT,
be survey Of the Mississippi Cen
RAILS main line is bounded for
bout an eighth of a mile on the
lorth by lands belonging to MIR.
3rignaIl, and on the South by
ands owned by the C0Itharp
leirs, which include the old Col
harp homestead. ID this tract,
which is level and fine for build
ng purposes, Mr.. BrignaII owns
bout 20 acres, and it IS bounded
id the south, as we have seen by
be main line of the Mississippi
central, while its eastern hounda-
y is the main line of the /. G.
We have been some what spe-
sific Id describing the location uf
,hese lands of Mr.. BringalI, with
reference to the Railroads, be-
.ause of the statement which is
o follow. It is this: Mr.. Brig
lall offers to donate outright 40
acres Of either one Of these tracts
if lands, fronting On the main
line Of the Illinois Central and the
main line of the Mississippi Cen
5ral to any Industrial corporation
which will establish d large facto-
ry or permanent manufacturing |
enterprise Oh it. IA site On either |
side Of the i. G. would command |
the most convenient freight hand |
ling facilities over both lines that /
could be desired. Or if the Mis- /
sissippi Central can be induced To
establish its machine shops here
Mir. BrignaH says he will donate |
40 acres of land for this purpose.
on either side Of the junction.
This land will easily bring 500 |
per acre today.
Mr. BrignaIl has already freely |
rendered to the Mississippi Cen |
traI I'll Of his land that may be
needed for rights Of way, but, as
will be seen from tbs above, he Is |
willing I'd 10 good deal further
than this, i'm order to secure per-
manent Industrial Improvements
for Brookhaven. In this Mr..
Brignall is not only displaying s
liberal and praise worthy public
spiFits but a wise foresight as
well, Tor il is to Industrial devel
opment the establishment Of FAC.
tories and various manufacturing
plants that Brookhaven must
look for d large measure Of her
future growth and permanent
prosperity With railroad com
petition. such as the Mississi ppi
Central promises. these are sure to-
comes especially f substantial ID.
dueenents such as Mr. Bfi9nail IS
Offering. are held ont by those
who afe ia d position 81 d0 sQ
we InaY add incidentally that
Mr. BrienalI has shown his faith
in Breokharen's future rs erect
|fn0 aoEi0o tie last few months.