The leader., 1905-08-02
THE GOODYEAR RAILROAD.
Il VIM Connect With the Mississippi
Central Above Monticello.

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Central Above Monticello.
There is q well-grounded report
that when the Goodyear Railroad
management complete their rail-
road from Slidell, La, to Moticel-
10, they will then take immediate
steps to extend the line On north
ward until it taps the line of the
Mississippi Central, and will there
probably end its construction
northward for good while to
come
This statement is horne out by
Isome.very important facts, bearing
directly on the interests of the
Goodyear road as we'll as the in
lterests Of Brookhaven and Month
lcello. 1t is quite wen known that
1.-THE Illinois Central owns the Pearl
River Railroad, extending from
BrookhaVen to Monticello, and
| that the special franchises resery-
Ted by the Pearl River Lumber
Co. in this road expire in few
years. The Goodyear people are
Therefore smart enough to see that
they will soon need some northern
coDnections for their immense
lumber interests other than over
1.-THE lines Of the Illinois Central,
land will govern themselves ac-
lcordingly. 1t is not yet definitely
decided, whether The connection
with the Mississippi Central will
be made on this side of Pearl Riv-
Ter, at Smiths Ferry, where the
Mississippi Central's bridge
across the Pearl will be built, or
whether the Goodyears will build
their own bridge across the Pearl
lat Monticello and connect with
1.-The Mississippi Central at Silver
Greek, the present junction of the
Mississippi Central and Columbia
Hoop of the Gulf & Ship Island
Railroad. 1t is about four miles
from Monticello to Smiths S Ferry,
on this side Of the Pearl, and eight
miles from Monticello to Silver
Creek. The distance from Smiths
Ferry to Silver Greek is seven
miles. The distance from Smith s
Ferry to Brookhaven over the
Mississippi Central is 81 miles
labout the same as from Monticello
Ito Brookhayen over the Pearl
River Railroad. As stated, it is
Therefore as yet undecided which
lof these routes the Goodyear peo-
| pie will adopt to- reach Silver
Creek.
Once connected with the Mis-
sissippi Central, the Goodyears
will have northern outlet to
jackson over the Gulf & Ship Is
Hand Railroad, and direct railroad
lconnection on the Mississippi Gulf
Coast over both the Mississippi
Central and G.. & IS. f., entirely
independent Of the Illinois Cen
Etral. Being connected at the same
thine with the main line of the IL
illinois Central by the Pearl River
branch, and with it at Fernwood
lby its own branch, the Goodyear
management will be in position
Ito demand the best transportation
rates of all other lines.
1 The Mississippi Central Rail
road will be completed from Sill.
lver Creek to BroOkhaven next
winter about the time the Good.
year road is completed to Month
IceIIo.
i All this, therefore, means that
| Brookhaven, Monticello and Sill.
lYer Greek will in the early fu-
Iture have extraordinary and very
advantageous railroad connections
land competition not hitherto en-
lioyed. Brookhayen will have
i connections with. jackson, the
railroad centre Of the State, BY
way of the Mississippi Central
land G.. e. S. J., as we'll as by the
Illinois Central, and it will ther
have two railroad connections
with New Orleans and two to Che
Mississippi seacoast; while Mon.
lticello and Silver Creek will be
likewise favored. Later, wher
/ the Mississippi Central is extend,
Led westward, they viii have The
additional advantage of direct
connection with the Mississippi
river and western railroad lines.
1 The prospect is an exceedingly
lgratifying one to contemplate.