The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1911-09-01

PROPOSITION IS TAKEN UP
BY PROMINENT MOO|lIANs


y II
ieetfle line betsess this fity snd
doblle hes been dfssmed by msny
,eOple, and occasionally mofe NJ less
eflou4 consldefsti0n bss been kiyen
b the snbject sVme yesfa sgy cDh
Iidefsble Interest sas maslfe@tfh W
luch a proposition, but the matter
sss allowed " drop without ssythins
iehnite ever telling brought about
Nov, h0seyef, the same geDefsl idea
bas again been suggested and pfyml
nept Mobile citizens, fBen who have
have been accustomed ~ doing things,
are behind the movement.
According ~ The Mobile Register
NJ last sunday morning, the plans ~
the promoters have reached that
stsge where work may be expected 70
on or about October !,
next. IL Ia stated that the line n
assured from Mobile through Ala
hama Port, Codeo, bayou lc Batfe
and, possibly, Pascag0ula. should
such a line be constructed the pro.
potefs could not afford tO overlook
this city, and the people. no doubt
Will respond ~ the proper spirit 0f
eucouragenenL ~ have the Iinc
extended Into this city. Between
Bayou lc Iiatrc and this city there Is
an immense territory well settled
that would prove 10 be "A very desifa'
BILE feeder for such a line.
COMPANY'S PLANS.
The Mobile Register OF last Suo'
day says: ,v
Shore Traction Company are carried
out, Mobile will, within less Than a
| year, be connected by an electric line
with Alabama Port, COdeD, Bayou IL
Batre aud, possibly, Pascagoula.
| The management Of the traction
company, winch was Incorporated
with nominal stock on July 20, pro
poses TO begin work within a few
months, possibly by October ] and
not later than Christmas, on the con
struction OF the 500, 900 electric line
TO Alabama Port, and II residents oil
Pascagoula and other towns along
the Mississippi Sound are favorable
to the project, the line will be ex
tended that far, a distance OF fifty
miles. The line TO Alabama POr
alone will be twenty-five miles II
length, the longest in Alabama, th'
next longest being the interurban lin
between Birmingham and Bessemer
q distance OF less than twenty miles
Il WILL ESTABLISH PARKS.
II 1t Is proposed to provide accommt
. dations for the many people who ar
: not owners of automobiles, and tn
fares to be charged will be as low a
: IL is possible to make them. Sewers
/ marks will be established along th
/. coast, and holiday travel will be e
pecially encouraged.
The most modern type OF Intern
8 ban electric cars will be used on th
/ line, each OF which will have u sea
. ing capacity of flfty or sixty peOpl
They will probably be operated .
q intervals Of one hour on week da!
9 aud more frequently on Sundays an
e holidays. =.
nj The cOmpany's power house will
built at a convenient location alOr
D the line, In order TO do away, as far
Q pOssible, with the unnecessary e
/. peuse OF wiring. The roadbed will
OF the highest class and the servi
" will be efficient 10 every way.
y FREIGHT AND EXPRESS.
= In addition to the passenger cars
be put 10 use, a freight and EXPIRE
]. service will be put In operation on
n regular schedule. The chief col
. m0dities to be hauled will be fish al
70 oysters, and II Is pointed out that Il
n advantage over the present system
n. getting sea foods to Mobile will
Ia great. Fish and oysters will
: brought to the city on the same d.
u they are caught, instead OF by 81
p, slow method of conveyance by bOs
Ie 1t will be possible by means OF Il
n electric system to get these prOduC
- to Mobile In such time that they m
~ reach Birmingham, Montgomery, M
rs ridian and other interior points
the day after they ure caught.
The line will pass over the fire.
=. water streams, Dog river and Fo'
u river, In addition to furnishing co
b. nections with the chief soul ces of %
y. and hunting expeditions will thus
!. placed within the reach OF the ma
u who cannot afford the attendant e
70 peDses under present conditions.
rs WORK BEGINS SOON.
y. Work OF constructing the line
u Alabama Port will begin without U
!, necessary delay, that being the Q
y jective point for the present. Sever
q. of the well known business men WI
~ are stockholders In the Mobile We
Shore Traction Company are also
Y Y terested In the development Of AL
y, u bama PORT which Is being CARR
~ along by the South Mobile Termin
Company.
oI The officers OF the traction compa
~ are: Judge II. Austill, president;
=. N. McAleer, vice-president; 4.
- Posey, secretary and treasure
~ Among the present Stockholders a
- the following: Erwin 4 McAleer,
u L. Locke, John r. Peavy, Jr., Charl
G. Ollinger, Jerry Austill, w. r. d,
champs, II. w. Hamill Of Chicago,
u J, Meyer and M. J. McDermott. The
y y are a number OF other subscribers
!" ~ the stock who have not yet actual
!! acquired their shares, aud amol
:. them are represented men from ,
~ over the country. IL Is probable th
:, !, the company will open It's subscrl
~ =. tion books within short time,
. order that Others who so desire m
- subscribe.
=. The project to be undertaken
=. y the company was conceived by Jud
!. II. Austill, president 0f the c0mpau
y who has had Il Ia mind for sever
u years.