The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-26
RAILROAD WILL GO
THROUGH JACKSON
New Orleans Great Northern
Secures Right of Way
BUSINESS MEN ARE GLAD
Prominent Farmer of Kinds County
snys Damage to Cotton Crop In
Serious Not Only in His
County But Others

| Jackson, Miss, April 25,-(Special. AN
| nounccment that the New Orleans Great
Northern Railroad company has at last
succeeded in securing the right of way
through the city of Jackson is good news
to all business interests and the com
munity generally.
About one year ago this road was com
pleted into the city suburbs, but came
Into the depot over the tracks OF the Illi-
nois Central. rhe company had no trou-
Bile In securing rights of way until in the
vicinity OF Jackson, buying them at rea-
sonaEle prices, but here they struck a
snag, and declared they would not pay the
were firm in their conviction that their
holdings were worth little i>;rtunes, and
they demanded every penny. The road
appealed to the board of trade for help
and business men of the city named COM
mittees to see the owners of the property
in an effort to get them down from theii
high AMI conflsaating prices. but they
failed. Eminent domain proceedings were
instituted prior to this appeal to the city,
but the juries took sides with the prop
erty owners In the majority of cases ano
the railroad kicked over the traces, re-
fusing to pay what had been awarded.
For several months the matter has beer.
worked on the quiet. and one after an
other pieces of land needed were secured
on option till all that was necessary for
the right of way through the southern
part of the city had been acquired, ano
this virtually means another railroad fol-
the city Of jackson.
The line will run Immediately in the
rear of the old capitol, within a block of
the old business center of the city, and /,
is hoped and believed that 1t will restor,
1t to its one-time prestige as a busy sec
ton. The depots and the offices of the
company will be located here. and once
into town the proposition Is that the line
shall be extended on up the fertile valley
of the Pearl, through Madison, Rankin,
Leake, Neshoba, and others to the Ala
bama coal fields, or to the north, thus
becoming a great trunk line instead of
local proposition between New Orleana
and Jackson.
This railroad is owned by the Good
years of New York and Pennsylvania
who are perhaps the largest owners
imber lands and milling interests in tbs
south. Their plant at Bogalusa. La, Is
said to be the geratest saw-mill enter
prise in the land, and a great and pros
porous city has been built up around T.
II two or three years.
The extension OF the road into ano
b,.o,,c-i,- tuolroop p,aaDa ,raot daaI n
he state, especially to the north of this
city.
D. J Morrison, member of the firm OF
Morrison Bros, one of the biggest con
:erns in Jackson Is thoroughly convinced
hat the cotton crop has been seriously
lamaged over this section of the country
Mr. Morrison is engaged to some exten
farming in the lower edge of this
Hinds) county. and has Just returned
rom a visit to his plantations very muci
discouraged After riding over and in
pectng about 200 acres OF land he give
I as his opinion that the bulk of his col
on will have to be replanted and tn
forst of 1t Is that he planted nothing blu
no finest and latest improved varietie
# seed for which he paid at the rate
rs pei bushel
He found that the very heavy rains an
round very hard. Cotton was just com
ng UP, and where it had managed T.
freak through the crust II encountered
old weather, turned red. withered an,
led The stand is ruined, and he must
eplani, as is the case with his neighbors
lie is convinced that cotton PLANTED al
ais late date will simply furnish food fol-
he bell weevil and may determine to put
is lands in corn, peas and other fooo
,rops.
The state democratic executive commit
ee, of which C. L. Lomax of Greenwood
; chairman, having been called to meet
n the city of Jackson at IL O'Clock Fri
lay. MAY 6. the voters of Mississippi vii
;oon know whether or not there Is to b'
| primary election to settle the sena-
orial controversy next November.
The chances are that the election vii
,e ordered in spite of the fact that
leans and counts for nothing.
II is true that both houses of the legis.
allure passed a resolution a.king that
primary be called. It Is also true tina
senator Percy and Ex-Governor Varda-
nan have both written Chairman LomaS
-euuesting that a primary election be he
in November but there are few who be-
l.eye that Governor Noel would appoint
yardaman to the senatorship even In the
event he should defeat Mr.. Percy at the
polls.
II la possible that there will be other
candidates in the field in the event OF a
senatorial primary, but the chances are
that other asprants who were before the
legislature this winter will stand aside
and let Percy and Vardaman fight 1t out.