The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-15
JACKSON full OF
RAILROAD RUM0RS
That Town Will Soon Be the Railroad
Center of the south--If Reports
Be True.

Jackson, Miss, Feb. 15.-That the
Frico system will have railway line
running into Jackson within the next
twelve months is the latest current
news in railway circles.
A corps of Frisco engineers is now
at work near Union, Miss, establish
ing a survey into Jackson, and the
survey crew is expected to reach this
point within the next ten days.
Coincident with this information
comes a revival of the report that the
Frisco has acquired the New Orleans
Great Northern line from Jackson to
Slidell, La, and will use this road
as route of entry into New Orleans.
Another interesting rumor current,
for which it is impossible to secure
verification, is to the effect that the
Louisville& Nashville line is negotiat-
ing for contorl Of the Gulf & Ship
Island road between jackson & Gulf
port. 1t has been matter Of COM
mon belief for the past year that the
passage of control of this system to
one of the great trunk lines is mat
ter of but few months, owing to the
and principal owner, Capt. ]. T. Jones.
The Illinois Central has a corps Of
twelve engineers working their way
in northeasterly direction and es-
tablishing survey for a new line up
the Pearl river valley from Jackson
to Birmingham. That this road will
be constructed within the next year
can hardly be doubted, judging from
the activity being manifested by Of
ficials of that system in securing ad
ditional terminal facilities in Jackson
1t is in the building of the Frisco
into Jackson, however, that the citi
zens of this community are princi
pally interested. While there may
be some doubts as to the acquire
ment of the Ship Island line by thu
Louisville & Nashville. the intention
of the Frisco to get an entry int
Jackson can hardly be doubted. l
has long been known in railway Gil
cles that that big trunk line desire
new route to the coast, and tn
construction OF road diagonall'
across the state to Jackson, an
thence directly down the Pearl rive
valley to the Louisiana line is RET
! ognized as the most feasible route.
Confirmation is given to these n
ports and rumors by two realty deal
that were closed in Jackson las
}. night. David Durham has transfer
/ ed to the Delta Trust & Banking Con
S pany, Of Vicksburg, his tract OF Ian
y Immediately south of the A. &
II freight depot, for a consideration
II S3.250, and a lot Immediately adjoi
s. ing has been sold by ]. B. Smith an
e wife to the same institution for $3,25
From semi-official sources it
7. learned that the Alabama & Wick
If burg railway, Frisco system, and Gu
p G. Ship Island railroad, intend to bui
e union station on South State stree
ID using the property just acquired al
also the site of the present A. 4
n freight depot, the structure to co
s. not less than $250,000.
Is It is reported this morning that
ot cal realty dealers are at work acqu
'y ing options on lands in the rear
the old state house, through whit
the Frisco system plans its route
entry, and that more than one thot
and acres of land will change han
within the next few days. Local re-
ty dealers who are in a position
know the details of these transactio
decline to either confirm or deny t
m current reports.