The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

Louisville and Nashville is not officially
 known in the new undertaking, but
 soon as completed, that system will take
 over the management of the new prop
 critics While this condition is not of
 feially admitted by the local gentlemen
 who are mentioned as the promoters of
 the scheme. none of them will under
 take to deny the truthfulness of the
 statements.
 The new road has been christened the
 Meridian and Tombigbee river railroad,
 and will run in an easterly direction,
 slightly to the south, from this city to
 Neheoa, Choctaw county Alabama, a.
 distance of over forty-five miles. Neheola
 Is on the banks of the Tombigbee river.
 but few miles distant from Myrtle
 wood. Marengo county the terminus of
 the Louisville and Nashville line at pres
 ent When the two are joined. it will
 give the "Ellen N the shortest direct l line to Selma, other Alabama points
 and points to the east and southeast.
 The local incorporators are well known business men and incorporators. includ-
 ing J. M McBeath. attorney at law, capitalist and financial representative of considerable outside capital; Frank Heiss,
 a young merchant land owner and capi-
 talist; C. F. Woods, real estate dealer
 and investor; A D. McRaven. real es-
 tate dealer and investor; A. Poitevant.
 lumberman, capitalist and investor. all of l this city, and Dr. J. H. Phillips, a cap italist of Yantley, Ala.
 i F. D. Harvey. formerly d chief sur veyor for the Frisco system. is out on l the proposed route marking the lines of 1 the tracks, and the grading forces will
 shortly follow in his wake. These gen
 tlemen started from the new union depot l in this city, during the past week. and
 are driving stakes all along the line to l guide the forces that will follow short l ly The route in fact two of them, have
 been surveyed for many months. The
 deeds for the property rights of way are
 in the safe of c. F.. Woods. in this city. l The incorporators claim the reserva- ton to build the line to the northwest ! from this city to Philadelphia, Neshoba county, q distance of some forty-two
 miles. This will give the new road l total mileage of practically 90 miles. opening entirely virgin territory rich
 with long leaf yellow pine lumber, vine | y first construction. however. will be the 1 line from this city to Neheola. Ala, l touching Bonita. Vimville and Whynot, l Miss and Yantley. DeSotovile, Robjohn 1 and Alpha, Ala.
 Between this city and the Tombigbee
 river is wealth of virgin timber prop
 critics practically all of which will now t, be fully developed along with the new 1 railroad. Much of this timber is syndicate
 lQ- i gently obtained by Mir Poitevant, one of i the incorporators, an experienced tim | Der man. who will erect numerous large ! saw mills The governor will issue the
 necessary legal papers during the conl- 1 ing week, and the permanent organiza- i ton of the corporation will be under- l taken immediately.
 Saturdays Storm.
 | Saturday, an ideally beautiful day, 1 ended as one of terror for the residents | of Meridian, and many expected to see | a repetition of the disastrous tornado of | March 2 last Every condition prevailed 1 exactly as 1t did on that memorable occasion. but the welcome rain came with the advance guard of the winds. 1 A black cloud appeared in the north i and west in what was otherwise. 1 clear sky. and quickly overspread the
 lower horizon, assembling. with remark | able rapidity to the southwest. From 1 every direction, clouds skurried to that | common center, the air being almost ab- | solutely still, a heavy oppressiveness set 1 tlng down over the city, and the heat ! increasing perceptiby.
 ] At 5:2O o'clock, without other warning. | the swift whrling clouds appeared as I in a charge for the city. the wind filling the air with flying particles and dense 1 dust and dirt. The low-hanging clouds 1 to the southwest. surcharged with cleo 1 tricity, played necessarily in a brilliant l display free from the detonations of ing rapidly. was inky black. the tail | seeming to disappear behind the horizon. | Suddenly the entire heavens were | ablaze with electricity, reinforced winds swept the main thoroughfares. making i travel impossible, and a deafening roar | of thunder shook the very walls of the ] buildings Then came the welcome rain. l fl yeritabe deluge. and experienced men : who remembered the peculiarities of the i breaking tornado, breathed sigh of re- 1 lief As a tornado visitation, the danger ! was over. but the rain fell in torrents l for nearly an hour, flooding the thor i oughfares. and over-chargIng the storm 1 sewers in every vicinity
 l Vivid flashes of lurd lightning con | tin,,ouslv lighted up the inky- -blackness | of the clouds and peal after peal of thunder grated on the nerves of the timid. The switch boards in the telegraph and feleuhone offices weee a continual flame of | dancing flashes and none dared venture | out of doors. No physical damage has i been reported in the city proper, but fear has been expressed that some of