Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-10


new railroad station and what is moy
it is to be placed where it will best
serve the interests of the business
community.
The matter is as good as settled for
it is now up to the railroad commits
sion of Mississippi and the New Or
leans and Northeastern Railroad Com
pany.
All that Hattiesburg has to do now
is to sit steady in the boat.
Chairman s. D. McNair, of the rail-
road commission spent yesterday in
the city and before his presence was
known to many, he had been out alone
and looked over the grounds so that
he could form his own unbiased opin-
ion of the locations cussion.
Mr.. McNair came with the hope that
there would be some way to get the
citizens of Hattiesburg, as represent
ed by the council. and the officials of
the railroad together and have them
come to some sort of an agreement
or reach a compromise.
At the same time he came clothed
with plenary powers to act in the
matter for the commission, for the
question has been freely discussed by
the members of that body in their
meetings since the last visit of Mr..
MoNafr in onpport;o,, uy;tb tho ,s,o++o.,
The whole situation has been gone
over thoroughly by the commission
and it was decided by it that when
there was no longer any hope of an
agreement between the railroad and
the people of Hattiesburg, it would act
in the case.
Mr.. McNair was here and took part
in the conference which was had be-
tween the council and the citizens on
one hand and the railroad as repre-
scented by Mr.. Curran, on the other
and he was and is as well informed of
the whole matter as any one. Besides
he has been in correspondence with
the officials of the road and has told
them plainly what would ultimately
be done If some agreement was not
reached.
Under these circumstances Mr.. Nc
Nair came to Hattiesburg.
As already stated he spent the fore
noon in looking over the actual
grounds under consideration and alone
and unattended he went carefully over
the sites under discussion.
In the afternoon Mr.. >McNaifn met
several members of the council by ap-
pointment, at DR.. Mitchelrs office ana
there the matter was threshed out
calmly and dispassionately and the
commissioner was clearly shown that
from all present Indications there was
no hope that the city and the railroa!
company would ever come to any
agreement
1t was then that the Railroad Com
mission of the State of Mississippi
took hand in the game-and the sta
ton became 2 fact.
When Mr.. McNair was convinced
that there could nothing be done in
the matter any other way he stated
that the commission would take it up
and bring the contest to close as
soon as the city's authorized officer
referred the matter to the commission
Upon this being made known the
following was prepared in duplicate:
"Hattiesburg, Miss. August 9, 1867:
s. d. McNair, chairman Mississippi
Railroad Commission: rhe City of
Hattiesburg, herein represented aud
authorized by J.. ID. Donald, mayor,
hereby request and demand that 70
order the New orleans and Northeast
em Railroad Company to locate and
build its new passenger depot on the
west side Of the main line OF the said
railroad, near the intersection OF
Evans street; or on the same location
as is described in the petition Of the
citizens Of nattseshurg NOW on file
In your office
Witness my rixnature this the 9th