The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1910-11-11
New Railroad Development.

with the passing Of the general
elections on last Tuesday there has
been made evident revival Of bust.
ness confidence The defeat of Roosc.
welt and Roosevcltism has given en-.
enlargement To the captains OF In.
dustry and the interrupted era OF re.
sumption OF business activity may be
expected TO continue indefinitely.
Roosevelt played the general public
a. an aggregation Of fools once too
often, and the fate OF all demagogues
has been his. Safety and sanity Will
be continued In control OF the national
government, and the shouts OF the
mad mob will no longer be mistaken
for the acclaim OF the real people.
These conditions being again es.
tablished, industrial development will
take on an unwonted activity, the
most prominent and persistent being
along new railroad construction. The
great South Is 60 be the theatre Of
this development, and Pascagoula is
the logical point for It's gulf coast
terminus.
In well Informed circles elsewhere
II Is accepted as an apparent fact that
the Burlington system, or some other
equally important corporation, has OBJ
tanned control Of New Orleans, Mobile
and Chicago railroad, the old Mobile,
Jackson and Kansas City line. The
development OF this property Is pro-
cecding at noticeable pace. The same
system behind this new development
Is credited with being DESTROYS OF
obtaining the Pascagoula Northern
railroad, BE that as II may, 1t Is
generally conceded that this promis.
Ing and valuable piece OF railroad
property Is on the verge OF being
transferred to some OF the big In
terests Improvement and general
development is predicted to i'm.
medately follow and this port placed
In n position TO come into It's rightful
heritage with the opening OF the
Panama canal. The rich territory
adjacent 60 the liue Of road OF the
Pascagoula Northern company Is
rapidly becoming magnet for north.
ern and western farmers who have
grown tired OF living from hand To
mouth In land where each crop Is a
continual gamble with the weather
man, a gamble In which the farmers
get all the worse Of the play. The
agricultural development OF this rich
territory means much for this port
aud It's imports aud exports.
Besides this particular railroad de.
velopment, indications are noticeable
OF the suterestedness OF the Goulds 10
this territory, and the former Harri.
man properties, represented In the
South by the Illinois Central corpora.
tion is understood to also be diligently
prospecting throughout this territory.
The Frisco Is known to have long
cherished a hope and desire to secure
foothold on the gulf In this vicinity,
and foreign capitalists are said to be
deeply involved 10 well maturcd plans
for the railroad and Industrial de.
velopment OF wide area Of territory
In this section.
All together, the indications for the
future are decidedly promising, and
active work on at least one new line
is confidently promised by the pro-
moters OF the proposed Birmingham,
Demopolis and Pascagoula railroad
not later than January l, next. Pas
cagoula should get her house in order
and maintain IL In that condition in
order To be ready to lend an encourag.
Ing hand To these desirable developers
and builders.