The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-03-06
R. R. MASS MEETING.
WAS HELD AT COURT HOUSE LAST
FRIDAY NIGHT.
Rousing Speeches, Large Attendance
and Great Enthusiasm is Shown.

Is W De erected DV tue ILLINOIS
; Central Railroad Company was
} held Friday night, March 1st, al
the court house and was called to
order by Mr.. w. f. Parsons.
DR.. |. w. Cooper was chosen
chairman and II. G. Greenwood
secretary.
By request Mr.. W. +. Parsons
explained the proceedings of the
pieVlous meeting.
Messrs. Jones, McNair, Par
sons, Cassidy and Newton made
speeches of interest on the depot
question"
The committee appointed at the
EpIevious meeting to draft an ap-
propriate resolution, prese nted
the following:
| Your committee, appointed to
draft an appropriate resolution to
be presented at the meeting to be
held Friday night, March 1st, re-
port the following:
Whereas, at 8 recent mass meet
ing of the citizens of Brookhaven,
a resolution was adopted express
ing the sense of the meeting that
the new depot station should be
located at the present site;
And whereas, such action was
taken on the idea that the Illinois
Central Railroad Company desir-.
ed the people to select a definite
site, and that 1t preferred the
present site;
And whereas, Mr.. j. I. Harra-
han, president of the Illinois Cen
tral Railroad Company, has ex-
pressed a preference for the Ioca-
tion of said depot at a point
between Cherokee street and
Chickasaw street. if arrangements
can be made by which a brick de-
pot can be erected; or frame
depot at Court street if no such
arrangement can be made;
Ny therefore, be it resolved,
That the said previous resolution
of the mass meeting heretofore
held, designating the present site,
be rescinded.
Be it further resolved, That it
is the sense of this meeting that
said depot be located at any point
between Court street and Chicka-
saw street most convenient and
most desirable to the Illinois Cen
tral Railroad Company on the
west side of the railroad.
Be it further resolved, That the
location of such depot, between
Chickasaw and Cherokee streets,
will be acceptable to the people of
Brookhaven.
Be it further resolved, That a
copy of these resolutions be trans
mitted to Mr.. j. I. Harrahan.
H. CASSIDY,
O. NEWTON, JR.,
B. I. HOBBS.
Hon. p. Z. Jones offered as
substitute for the above resolu-
tions the following:
Whereas, At recent mass
meeting of the citizens of Brook
haven, resolution was adopted
expressing the sense of the meet
ing that the new depot station
should be located at the present
site.
And whereas, The present site
is near the center of the business
and population of the city, and at
the geographical center of the
corporate limits, and reasonably
convenient and accessible to the
Brookhayen public.
And whereas, In our opinion, a
site more reasonable, convenient
and accessible to the public than
the present site cannot be select
ed.
And whereas, The present site
has been selected and long in use
by the railroad company and no
demand for removal has ever been
made, either by the railroad COM
pany or the people prior to the
agitation of the question for the
building of a new depot; and it
therefore appearing that the said
site must be reasonably conven-
lent and satisfactory to the said
failroad company and the public
in their management and opera
tion of trains and the transaction
Of its business;
And whereas, The proposed
change of location of the passen-
ger depot will not in any way
promote the public convenience
or safety, or the interests of the
railroad company;
Now therefore be it resolved,
That we adhere to the said pre-
Vious resoIution-of the mass meet
ing heretofore held on Feb. Is,
1907, designating the present site,
land the same is hereby re-adopted
and re-affirmed.
Be it further resolved, That the
Illinois Central Railroad Compa-
ny be and the same is hereby re-
spectfully requested and urged to|
proceed with the erection and con-
struction of the new building on
the present site of the old depot
Resolved further, That a change
LOT location Of the passenger depot
will not be acceptable to the peo
pie Of BroolShayen, and that a.
copy of these resolutions be trans
mitted to Mr.. j. i. Harahan,
president of the Illinois Central
Railroad Company.
Which was carried BY very