The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1912-07-19
RIG RAILROAD men
VISIT PAsCAG0ULA
CLOSE INSPECTION MADE or
THE PORT TERMINALS.
New Orleans & Great Northern
Officials Evidenced Much In
terest, But We're Retlcent
As To Their Decision.

ger Howard and Traffic Manager Da-
Wis Of tile New Orleans and Great
Northern railroad spent last Friday
in this CITY and vicinity lOpking over
In. mort terminals. These gentlemen
admilter., visited Pasc.gouIa for the
purp 4 comparing " To other gull
norts in the state as a terminal Tor
their proposed line to catch the In
creased traffic from the opening of
the Panama canal
The outside papers, none too friendly
10 PascagOllla for some reason, nave
been carrying recently items OF al.
lered news that these gentlemen have
ipspected their ports with view "f
locatiug their proposed line at the
various places. 1t developed during
the visit Of the railroad officials that
a, least pne nf these rosy stories from
pnln,s outside of Pascag"ulaswas pure
" and simply Il day-dreani, pipe dream
or other mistake ~ the correspnnd-
ent, as buih gentlemen lett here 10
Investigate the port indicated in the
alleged news item quoted.
Whlle In this city the visitors were
very free IN asking questions and tell.
ing exactly what they demanded AS a
tetminal. Whether they found what
they were lonking for they did not
hnu of DuSputgT,tllA fnr
Biloxi On Friday evening at 5:23
o'clock. hut their interested attention
a, varluus pointS and concerning 'he
prrulanency Ut depth attained indl'
Gated that they were deeply impressed
with the neglected opportunities ~
fered iy The Port Ut Pa>cagoula.
VISITORS PLEASED
When Mr.. Howard and Mr. Davis
reached this city they were taken In
cna,ge by Frank II. Lewis. } l..
Dautzler and Capt. S. II Bugge, These
pctiilpmen escorted the visitors over
the city water front, showing them
the vast extent Of the available 'front.'
age. and then 4 tug was secured and a
trip made from "A point above tue Pas
casuula. Moss Point Northern railroad
draw bridge above Mnss Point to Horn
Island The extent uf this available
water front appeared to prove a reve'
lation To the visitors, especially when
they were shown hOth the East river
and the West river, and the various
depths were explained and shown to
them.
The visitors were particularly inter
ested In the twenty-oDe feet depth
over the bar and the nineteen feet
available far above the particular
point that appeared to interest them
lust above the Louisville and Nash
vile railroad draw bridge. The de-
ductions are drawn entirely from the
various questions they asked rather
than from any comments they made.
Following their comprehensive inves'
tigat0n Of the water front and avail
able terminals, the visiting railroad
of1cials left Pascagoula at 5:23 O'Clock
on Friday afternoon for Biloxi where
they stated, they expected to make
their first Investigation OF that port.
Neither OF the gentlemen, it appeared
from their statements, had yet been
over the ground at that point
MERELY GOSSIP.
The visit of the railroad officials
brought forth all kinds OF gossip con
cerning what they proposed to do etc
much of which on the face OF It, dio
not interest the closer students OF thf
railroad situation. Some OF the things
banded about, however, appeared Sc
plausible that some credence has nee'
given the reports.
The New Orleans and Great North
ern railroad line joins the New or
leans and North Eastern railroad a.
Slidel, La where branch runs TO
ward the northwest and the mali
line continues toward jackson be
cause Of this fact. gossip had 1t tina
probable line would be from Slidel
to Bund, Miss, to connect with TN
lumber railroad Ia operation IRON
that point tn Vsncleave. and tne'
construction continued TO Gantie'
frnm which point the road w"uId 0
extended across the marsh TO TN
west bank OF the Pascagonla or Eas
river This suggestion, while IN
starting point Of the suggested con
struction may be altered, appeared
be so plausible that credence wa
attached to it Immediately.
The New Orleans and Great Norti
ern railroad was originally a 'umot
road. like many other lines that eve'
tually developed into large system
III fact. at the tine the Goodyea'
built the line, there was well foun'
ed report that it WAS Frisco prdpe
ty. and every IDove OF the Frisco pc
pie was lo,ked upon a. an effort
eytpud these lines When the sho
lines were connected up and the roi
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