Oxford eagle., 1909-04-29
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lrterurbsn Trarsportatiou.

the States in the North and East have
proven wonderful developers along all
lines. and particularly % a. 10 agrieui-
turc and horticulture. Thc-e lines have
BEEN built to portions Of the country
where there wer. no steam railroad. and
have gwen TO the people quick and cheap
,oanection With all important centers OF
commerce The farmer has been giveu
facilities for bringing his VEGETABLES.
milk. butter ami other products 20 the
people who wanted ther in an hour OF
50. ami Il BE- desired could - aiorg ami
iook after the delivery AMI bs hack homo
in time to spend th- greater Portioa of
the day az his work Il = needless 10
state that the sections of country
traverssd BY these el~etrie iu,srurtau
lines have developed at Wenslsrful rate
and that the people have grown pru~psr-
Gus on aecount II the quick and esanom-
iral m~an> of dtsF"sirg u their Prosiucts-
Mississippi J. in ne~d Of such iin~s.
many communities already having b%yun
the agitation Tor their construction
They Woui prove great builders for sny
section. more especially those without
regular railruad communication With tho
outer world With them farm life wuuit
b. more attractive and the remuneration
GREATER. They would stimulate diversif.-
cation o. nothing cl.e would Had tho
farmer . cuu, ,eHi.ut market for his veEs
iabl->. fruits. milk. batter. str-. ;h-rr
would - an in.tue.m~nt ssF him TO pro-
dur T.. With an interueban line run
ming near by. IL would b. a small lah
to gather these things IN the maTning
early. ~ to town anil tispss-e Il them.
reaching home lorg before the noon hour
10 take mp the regular routine of duties
But the eiectrie line = an expensive
proposition to b-g,n With Il co-ts con
siderable money 10 lsy th- track veil
as for grading ant tIe-. Thssf comes an
other enormous expenditure for the great
power stations that are 10 furnish the
-1rs with elsctricity. The pole hue> arr
expansive to install and c,sss uSsrry -
keep up. The copper wire = high Pr1es-i
and wears fast bv contact vith the froi-
lev. The communities in cur state that
are in the greatest nsr,i of thr~e lines
have MT thu population to varraf. their
ising huiit ami although u J. a fact
that their op-ration would ss-ou d~vsinp
tn country ahiac~ut o. then. rapitsi .
show q invs>, umier sisch cunsiitusus-
Th~re i q nov csr h~trE buiit far IN
;erurtaa -<rvirr that attracted the at
tenticu of the writer some wears asp- 10
i propelled hy gasoline AMI has proven
a sucv~s. after several wears of trial Ths
ars; called 70 his attention we're lar-~
AMI extra h.svx and oP%-satsd oa steam
linrs for short runs The-s ears ueFe
built hy the nion Pacific Company. and
IN svufs instanr,-s i-s~sri 70 uthrr rsssds.
They cost $1,000 70 se0.0oo ~srA aai
vers from 20 10 % feet IN l~nxth. \
speed Of % miles pr heaF and msre Va
easily obtained aBd after Eve wears trial
have proxen To - a. reliahIe the<ss
operated b. steam cr elsrtrctty. tn
of then ruus out of fiou<ton. Tex. esery
day in the year ami b. perfectly safe AMI
relishle
Within the past three YEARS saEne of
the leading manufari urers 81 sas7liHs rH-
gins~ ansl ears have hsg1sz hui'dius >u1Aii-
sr cars for >ervirs on hnss IN srar~eiv
settled eois. unitrs-. AMI tkey are pruv-
ing a surrv=s TIE initial o.st II an
iutertIrIan rad of thi- character : silEa'
when eompar~.i 10 that Of an eisefric
rad There are No exTsru~5te uuwer 49,
tions - build and maintain. NJ pc lisss
and copper wire to put Hp arsi kr~p ar-
y =
iu- = 70 grade the raaailssi. hv thu ties
AMI steel auI start the ears running
The ear eo-t frum 5000 20 5000 A.
cordius- 10 eanaeifv Exrsrisnrs has
proven them to i.e a. safe and reliable
as the steam ~ elsrtrir. sad IL i - =,
hoped that Mf>-issippi wiH investigate
this proposition AM cumpaai~s b.. foTHa-l
20 furnish a means II transportation Tor
, ha r.s.srsl.s in rssr74H a,srr-rsa tlrFffat
The writer hss before him The r~rrwa
for six months on one # thsse ears that
runs ont of >earev. trk-- Glowing that
from April 70 SEPTEMBER 1877. thi< car
carried 3n-54i pa>s ser~. msd~ 6.a5e
miles and the gro-s rsvsHus was 81
443-2-- The actual ec=t Il operating tor
the IN mouth~. iEelnsiiHg operators sti-
ary. Wa sGss.6S. lraviug a net revenue
of 81 .st7.s0- Of osurse the ocst of rnain-
tanning track. interest on rrsr of Ens,
ste- must also - de,luetesl. bat there
were other ears helpiHg to ray thi-- Il
ran every day. -. ard the rss-f pr
mile va only nins cents b wan vhn
ran = wSs nos uachini-f ami bad hal
LITTLE pr~viou. training h~ Hisyiruna
speed Vas = mii~~ PER kaur- The ear
have tkrrs sp@sd~ ami ran h. slowed
down 10 climb gradss that the steam
trains woaif nat 20 over. TrailsFs ran
- cArri~yl fer freight wasa the slow
speeds are uset The errs have . IL
partmeut for freight ant express a ~.
a. rom for - or 30 rassengSr<-
One of the-e ears ha. Frcentiv hs~n
installed on a line runElng out q N~x
ORLEANS 70 CovinEtou. AMI a gentleman
from Holmes count =. this state. writes
that Il = doing spieEdi,iy AMI urssS the
department. of agriculture 10 eurcurrge
their adepthon and u-e in Mississippi
With the buiiding II SSs-k lines and the
bringing of a market for CTR Vroigssts to
the dasr Of our psople. th~rr viii -
wit7ss-ssi a great development during ti.
nsxr few years Information conevFuirg
the proposition win - ciesrfuIiy fur
nisked on application 70 tins offrr.
Henry A. Minor. r.. has rsceutly con-
piled and Published a pamphlet giving
valuable information eoncrrning Noxut~e
county. 1t i for general distribution
and will No doubt result in great good to
that section II tke state Noxuhee -
in on- Of the leading alfalfa eounties
Of the State. leads in the bee indus
/ try, and i near the top fer both eost"u
and corn production II Is one of the
best in Mississippi and has a large nur1-
her OF enthusiastic citixens who are stTiV-
ing to make It better The result Of the
good work they are doing will BE- felt in
a substantial Hzn-er.
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