The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-01-24
LEAGUE
IMPROVE MfNI NOTES.
Board Directors to n. Elected and
improvements u',der head~sy.


mess League is 50 keen as 70 al
most equal that shown in the
recent senatorial contest.
There are alteady thirty six
candidates in khe race from
which are to bechOsen the board
OF fifteen,
With three tickets in the field
and the city divided into camps
of supporters Of the respective
tickets, this election, which is to
be held on January 2sth, is the
one absorbing topic If a. Hsslon.
The entire management of the
business and affairs of the Bus
mess League is i1 the hands
Of these fifteen meH
This Organi2atiob is FOR the
purpose Of attraEtihg new indus.
tries and industries to the South.
in addition TO promote movements
for river Improvement, tree
planting, establish city parks
and TO secure sanitary better
ment.
For sometime past THE Y. &
NJ, V. X. +. dept at THIS point
has been Oydrcrowdef with
freight and thepassengdr traffic
has been so much greater than
could be comfortably acdmodated
in the present waiting rooms
that the citizens of Greenwood
through their Business League
have been urging upon the rail
road company the necessity fol
larger quarters. AS a result OF
this work the plans for remodel
ing the present depot were ap
proved and sent to Greenwood
recently.
The passenger department VII
be extended forty. eight feet
north to the sidewalk on Car
rollton avenue and will include
the most modern ladies waiting
room, equipped with RockawaJ
settees; q gentleman's smoking
room and colored waiting room
Seventv.fve feet will be added
to the present freight wareroou
with immense platforms upor
which all freight will be received
and delivered.
Between the two departments
an extra story Is to be added fol
the accommodation of the clerica
force.
The construction work is to be
pushed rapidly and when com
, pleted this is to be one of tht
model depots on the line of thu
Y. & M. V. road,
, The y. & NV. Railroad Com
! pany has begun construction OF
: the new spur immediately cas-
of the passenger depot. Tn,
spur is a quarter mile long ant
!, is the second to be laid within
; the past month.
; The Greenwood Business Lea
! que is organizing a commissiol
I to secure the Improvement of tn
Yalobusha, T3llahatchie and va
. 700 rivers. These three river
4 49,
I have their cor tluence but thre
I miles from thd city and their in
I proyement will result in grea
I benefit to the dntire delta. Tn
I plan is entiray feasible, for a
ready there aIf boats on the "a
. 200 and T~allat3Schie. The re
opening of the Yalobusha is
more difficult undertaking., bu
: all the more necessary as it open
Z up an entirely new commercia
field for Greenwood. The Yale
buSha, before the construction q
. railroads, was an important high
. way of trade to this section
: Since 1886 it las fallen into dis
use and gradually by the growtI
of willows AMI 'other plants OF
the banks has become choke,
and narrowedi
An appropriation from con
gress will be as1ed and Congress
L man b. G, Humphreys will TAX
the matter upaIuring the presen
session.
Neighborinafities on the va
200 and Tallal4tchie rivers, ant
n Grenada at NE headwaters o
n the YalobushY, are cooperatin,
i in this movement. Y.
n MIR. ". O'Retlv Fogarty. who is