The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1911-01-06

Inc ROCK ISLAND
AND FRISCO ROADS
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f1f his son and heir Hence. the
death ~ the g0uag m4n, untimslY
and dsplofable Ia itself. hss brought
about the probable necessity ~ the
transfer ~ the ftilfad properties ~
other hands Tbat the Illinois Gen
tfal viii eventually vet the property
IL believed ~ be- tue, but recent de-
yeiopmcnts Indicate that the Frisco
system NJ the Rock Island people will
have ~ be out bid Tor 10.
Recent adylcca from Birmingham
are ~ the effect that the Rock Island
system, for years closely ldcntlfled
and hyphenated with the Frisco lines,
has entered individually the Alabama
field This report, which lacks ON
clal confirmation only, Is % the effect
that the Rock Island people have
placed themselves behind John T.
C0cbrane and his Alabama railroad
properties, the Tomblgbee Valley
line and the Tennessee aud North
Alabama road, supplying $4,000 In
cash for the furtherance OF work now
under way aud for contemplated i'm.
provements, such as connecting the
two lines. This connection of lines
Will give the Rock Island lines n
north -apd-south line from deep water
at Calvert, Ala, to the Tennessee,
state line, tapping the rich Goa
fields at Warrior and Birmingham
an extension into the latter city
being one Of the new developments
contemplated for 1911.
ROCK ISLAND SYSTEM.
The coming Of the Rock Island a,
an individuality into the southern
Geld has caused old railroad men u
think deeply as to It's meaning. IL II
!, pointed out that the Rock Islant
people have no east.and-west lines II
the south and, apparently, does moi
desire such iines. IL is also men
toned In the same connection tha'
, the Frisco system has devoted III
southern railroad development Il
east-and. west lines, havipg M road
that run north and south, In general
10 this territory, These two facts ar,
taken to mean that the Frisco ant
Rock Island systems have agreed
upon one taking the north-and soutl
lines and the other the east and. .wes
Y roads III the south, thereafter work.
Ing In perfect harmony and accord
with this believed solution OF on,
phase OF the railroad situation, IL Is eX
\ pected that the Rock Island peopl,
\ will contest the purchase OF the Gul
4 and Ship Island road with the Illinoi
K Central, Instead Of the Frisco acti veil
] doing so.
ANOTHER COMBINATION.
Reliable information was also re
| Gently brought to this city that tn,
Southern Pacific and the Illinois Cen
tral railroads have formed n cUmbina
/. tion along similar lines. The Illinois
Central, AS heretofore, will look ate
, only the north and south business
while the Southern Pacific will max,
, a particular play for the east AND
; west business. To further this idea
{. II Is understood that a point O
, mutual exchange OF courtesy has beer
!. agreed upon by these two lines, tina
}, point being Hammond, La, on tn,
J. main liue OF the Baton Rouge, Ham
J. mond and Eastern railroad Th
trains OF the Southern Pacific roa,
! will come eastward over this lin
from Baton Rouge, running It's owl
trains over the Illinois Central frou
Hammond into New Orleans. Th
Baton Rouge, Hammond and Easter,
I, road is to be extended during tho yea
to this port, and the Illinois .Centra
will operate It's trains from Ham
mond, eastward over this extension
TO this city. THIS plau still continue
the long accepted division OF territor,
i among the railroads and gives botl
systems additional outlets to reacl
the Panama canal, One additlona
feature OF this proposed development
is the aboiishing o: the ferry transfe
at Avondale, out OF New Orleans, b,
the Southern Pacific system.
Coming closer to home, persisten
. rumor has II that the Louisville ant
Nashville Railroad has designs upol
the possession Of the Pascagoul,
! Northern road. Birmingham author
ity has II that the Louisville ant
Nashville road Is fathering the new
line from Robinson's Gap, near thai
city, To Demopolis, tapping new 1eld
rather than double track It's own linel
lout Of the Magic City, aod extending