The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-22


Mr.. HEWLETT would not lie in |
Mississippi
At this point, Mr.. Bowers, evidently |
seeing the trend of thought OF that |
committee, and seeing that Mr. Ne
vile was not helping the cause of the |
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad, inter-
fered by trying to divert the attention |
of the committee from the real gist of |
the question to that of something else.
but Mr.. Bishop and others of the COM
mittee, would not allow Mr. Bowers
to divert the argument from the main
question at issue, and THAI was, as
to the owner of the land or water front
in which this channel and basin should
be built, for Mr.. Bishop again speaks
up as follows:
Mr.. Bishop have wondered whe.h-
er 1t might not be possible for Mr.
Jones to release to the Secretary of
War at least portion of that weston
arm that is not yet occupied as
wharf, but which Is being built up by
the dirt taken from the anchorage
basin, to be by him CONTROLLED for The
use Of the public on such terms as The
Secretary of War Nigh. see fit to cs-
tablish.
At this point, does rot Mr.. Bowers
show his real inclination and intention
to serve the Gulf and Snip Island
Dailroad, when he says:
Mr.. Bowers-Would not thar put the
government into the attitude of going
into the wharfage business, and would
not the clause just read by Mr.. Alexsn.
der cover all that is ne ,dei?
Mr. Bishop-We have had cases of
! great difficulty to approach harbors
that have been improved by the gov
eminent, and some times the public
have been tied up by iniunctions and
proceedings for years when they want
ed to use the harbor | understand
that Mr.. Jones has requested or de-
sired that other roads should be built,
and that they should have terminal ia
cilities In so far as Mr.. Jones IS con-
cerned, it would be all right, | have
no question and tho terms would be
reasonable; but, as said before we
must provide for the future. and it
occurred to me that that western arm
might be used for that purpose. Ier-
haps, in the bill, or Il might be accom-
plished by some release on the part of
Mr.. Jones, so that might be fixed, and
, absolutely fixed, in the law, 50 that
there might be no trouble hereafter.
: Mr.. hewlett seems TO me that
the provisions read by Mr.. Alexander
would at least dispose of that obiec-
. ton.
Mr.. Bishop-That would only touch
! wharfage charges and not terminals.
Mr.. hewlett Sc ems TO me that
that is the only way n which it could
be done The proposition of impr ov.ng
private property has never entered
into the discussion at all, and never
has been thought of, Inc prcpositicn
being that this improvement was alb.
solutely necessary, as d9mrnstrated
by the figures, for the cor merce tha.
was seeking that place, and. as MI.
: Bowers has suggested, some one must
r own the soil on either side of it.
: Mr. Lester-Does Mr.. Jones own
t all the land about there?
! Mr.. Neville-Not AL the land.
Mr.. Lester-I mean al touching the
4 water.
Mr.. Neville-Yes, sir.
Mr.. Bishop-And he claims TO own
the ground which has heen built up
e on the western arm by the dir taken
out of the anchorage BASIN?
ri, Mr.. Neville-By act CT Legislature
Il under the charter, which gives this
s. corporation the right to own all re
claimed soil at point half mile
on each side of whers the RAILROAD
% touches the Mississippi Sound.
Mr.. Lester-You mean the railroad
[ corporation?
III Mr.. NeVllle-f eS, FIT, Tue Guh III
Ship Island Railroad.
Hi Here, it appears that Mr. fsowe~
saw that Mr.. Lester was getting In
best of Mr.. Neville in the presentaticl
of this matter, and he inSerferes agai
in behalf of the Gulf and Ship Islam
Railroad, by introducing Mr.. Edwar
Hines as witness in behalf of tn
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad. an
to the corporation. i would have 20
pay special attention to Mr.. Hines
Testimony.
Mr.. Hines-Mr Chairman and Gen
tlemen:. Our company, after CAREFUL
going over the timber SITUATION nf u,