The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-03-17
PEOPLE OF JACKSON ASKED TO
SUBSCRIBE TO BUILD ROAD
FROM MIDDLETON.
COMING TO OHIO RIVER
Believed to be Link Between Burning.
ton or Some Other Trunk Line
From Ncrth--May Come
to Cairo.

railroad development at Jackson
Tenn, in the extension of the Mobile
!, Jackson 4 Kansas City railroad to
that city from Middleton, Tenn. for
,ty miles away This is tae road
Il WHICH mas been associated with the
Burlington as southern trunk line;
IL being believed tat it would in due
time extended to some point on the
Ohio river. A recent report ilad Il
4 that II would be extended 10 Evans
vile, or to Metropolis. Paducah or
| Cairo; but so far nothing Ceiniie mas
developed this side Of Jackson, Tenn.
AT that point the road viii strike the
illinois Central and Mobile & Ohio
The movement to extend the roar
from Middleton 10 JACKSON IS SPOKEN
OF in part as follows in the Jackson
sun OF yesterday:
To lay before tie people OF Jackson
a proposition for the extension OF The
| Mobile, New Orleans AMI Chicago rail
road from Middleton, Tenn, to tlis
city. giving Jackson another direct
route TO the Gulf of Mexico and MAJ
ing this city the northern terminal
of a big railroad system, John T.
Schley of the firm Of Marcartney and
schley, bankers and brokers of Mo-
bile, Ala, arrived in Jackson this
morning and spent the day in consul
tation with local business men.
He proposes that Mobile and Jack.
son build the road that will connect
these two cities. Mobile has shown
her attitude by subscribing $250,oG0|
at the outset and the Mobile capital
lists interested are now putting the
proposition up to Jackson to ascertain
what the people of this city will do.
Mr.. schley came up rom Mobile
this morning. He was much impress
I'd with Jackson, beius considerably
surprised at the ey'-~' Of the city,
this being his first Wis, 20 y 81
talk with a representative Of the Sun
few hours after his arrival, he had
the following % say with respect to-
his visit 10 Jacl son and its objects;
II am here to get the city of jack
son to coopc with the city of Mo
bile in extend ng the New Orleans,
Mobile and Chicago railroad company
from Middleton to Jackson, a distance
Of approximately forty miles. The
cost of this extension would aggre-
gate about 100000, and a syndicate
composed of Mobile business men
who are anxious to link the city OF
Jackson and Mobile together have
within the past ten days subscribed
for this purpose quarter or a mil
ion dollars, and it is the purpose Of
my visit lere to meet the business
nen of Jackson and to ascertain to
what extent they would Ioin IN rails
ing the flount of money necessary
10 carry tie proposed plan to conclu-
sion.
THE ension of this road if made
to Jacks would be OF incalculable
value to this city, as it would give
Jackson another main line to the Gulf
of Mexico, and thence to the ports of
the world
Another very important feature
which would necessarily appeal to the
| citizens OF Jackson is the fact that
420 miles of the New Orleans, Mo-
| bile and Chicago road has been COM
pleted, fully equipped and Is in profit
able operation.
This road is can be unquestion-
ably stated, Is the owner OF the most
valuable gulf terminals in the coun-
| try, and by reason of its enormous
acreage of 1900 acres can provide
the most magnificent ship and ware
house facilities for import and ex-
port purposes in the south. This
| land is Of enormous value, its worth
having been appraised by railroad
experts at a figure which would equal
almost onefourth Of the eat;re bond
ed debt of the New Orleans, Mobile
ard Chicago railroad. The company
has through its engineers, prepared
plans and is now negotiating to begin
| the work OF very extensive improve
ments upon this wharf property
The New Orleans, Mobile and Chi
cago railroad company has recently
absorbed the property of the Mobile
Jackson and Kansas City and the Chi
cago and Gulf railroads and these two
roads from the present 420 miles OF
the company's trackage.
In the past few months the com
pany has purchased in Mobile, Ala,
a large number OF blocks of the most
valuable property on South ROYAL
street which will be used FOR depot
purposes, The plans for the station
have been drawn and the contract
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