Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05


That the city council has from the
start done its best to serve the inter
ests Of the people by insisting that
the depot be placed where it would
be of the most benefit, in their judg-
ment, goes without saying" said Fat
ty land there is not am an In the
council, to my notion, who has not
been honest in his stand as to the To-
cation OF the station. But the people
changed their minds to a great ex-
tent-or they made up their minds
that they would take what they could
get for fear of getting nothing"
The members of the city council
do not owe an apology to any one for
their work in the matter of the de-
pot said the Man from the East
every man of them has done his duty
as he saw it, no matter whether he
was for the east or the west side. and
II they change their minds as to the
best location, they have the same right
TO reverse their opinions as any one
else. And ] glory in the .spunk Of a
man who changes his mind when con-
WINGED that he was wrong, for you
can't convince fool"
Well. the council is all right--no-
body is kicking about them. said
Badly, emphatically. "the thing is
this: When will we see something
done? II you recollect, Tuesday night
City Attorney Ellis asked Mr.. Curran
when work would begin on the depot
If the matter were settled at once
and Mr.. Curran's reply was more of
an explanation than anything else.
he said that IF everything went
smoothly, and If there were no labor
conditions to bring trouble, and IF
the railroad could get ready in time,
and lF-a whole lot OF other things.
that work MIGHT begin in forty-fiye
days from the time everything was
finally settled. and further that IF
nothing went wrong the trains would
be running into the depot in about
ten months
THE principal thing is to get the
depot, no matter where they build it,.
said Fatty, the people have been ex-
pecting some sort of show on this
proposition SO long that they viii be
indignant this time II something isn't
d9AeO1f the csunDil changes SO as to
Agreed with Mr.. Curran's idea, ii will
all be up to the railroad, and what
I'm very much afraid Of is that delays
Of every kind will happen and that
when the railroad has everything it's
own way, we'll never see a thing done
until It suits the pleasure OF the COM
pany."
When the railroad company's Of
ficers laid their plans to build the
station, they knew just what course
to pursue with the people of Hatties-
burg" said the Man from the East
~and they have followed out that
course. They knew that there would
be objections. but that all they had to
do was to sit still and things would
come around their way when the peo.
pie got tired waiting
But think of all that pretty talk
about pleasing the people," said
Badly, that was the whole song At
the beginning. but inch by inch was |
gained on the people and as they be.
came convinced and the railroad side
grew stronger, the, voice that was SO |
soft and pleasant has changed to the
rausous tones Of command. There |
you are"
Well, there isn't any use crying |
over split milk" said Fatty. ssfor II |
the council agrees on the east side
location next Monday night. Il viii be
all over but the waiting for the de.
pot, and I'm very much afraid that III
will be another case Of the letter that
never came. However; ali we can do
T. 70 50 rtght along with our knitting
and sometime when there's nothing
elee along the line that needs 6tten.
tio1. the depot here VIM becoms
~ topic again.