The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-17
CROSSING MATTER
HAS been SETTLED
Car Sheds Almost Completed and But
Little Remains to Be Done Before
Everything Will Be Ready to Turn
on the Current

A News representative in company
with Mr.. ]. H. Clark, Of the contract
ing firm of NJ Hughes, of Chicago
who is in charge of the Traction Com
Dany's work here, went over the big
new plant of this concern today, and
was agreeably surprised to see the
rapid progress which has been made
in the past few days.
The walls of the main building are
almost completed, only about eight
feet of brick being necessary to COM
plete this work, and Mr.. Clark says
that before another week closes the
building will be ready to receive the
roof. A large force Of hands is at
work on the foundations for the two
big engines which have already been
shipped, and which will probably
reach here and be put in position next
week.
These engines are the finest that
can be had. and one of them is prob
ably the largest ever used in Hatties-
burg. being five hundred horsepower
capacity, while the smaller one Will
have a capacity of three houndred
and fifty horsepower.
The boilers have already arrived
and will be set in position as soon as
the foundation for them is ready,
which will probably be next week.
Both engines and boilers will be plac-
ed on solid concrete foundations six
feet thick, and Mr.. Clark is seeing that
the work is done in such manner as
tc, avoid any difficulty when they are
placed in position.
The car shed is almost completed
while the big artesian we'll which is to
furnish water for the plant has been
sunk to a depth Of 450 feet, and it is
expected that a satisfactory flow can
he had by going twenty-five feet
deeper, as water has alrady arisen
to the surface.
4 The foundation. for the big smoke
stack has been completed, and this
will be set in position as soon as the
boilers are reay. This stack is l0'
feet high and five feet in diameter
nrobably the largest smoke-stack IL
the city.
-, 4+o, ~ tho crossings a
Main street and Second avenue ma
-hoen settled satisfactorily, the rail
road and Traction company official
having reached satisfactory agree
mont so that this work will probabl
be undertaken next week, as the ma
tor;o1 for the crossings has alread
baen ordered. Mr.. Clark will hav
oboroe of this work for both compan1e
and stated that it would be only
ouestion of few days after the wor
had commenced before all the cross
ings we're ready for use. There ar
si,.o crossings to be made at Mai
street two at Second avenue and fou
of Mobile street. There has neVe
boen any difficulty about the Gulf an
Shin Island crossings, and the col
+roversy with the Northeastern havir
: beer amicably settled there appear
now to be nothing in the way of II
early completion of all the TractiC
couDany's lines.
Mr. Clark stated today that allowii
for possible delays, which were\ n
at all likely to occur, there was ]
reason why the cars should not
in operation not later than August !
Four cars will be put in operation
the start, and if these are not suffi'
emf to handle the traffic, others W
he added as soon as necessary. II
cars will meet at Main and Phi
streets, which will be the 'transf
point for all lines, the Main and B'
street cars meeting at point betwe'