The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1912-07-26
Pascagoula Merchants Show De-
termlnedness In Efforts TO
Got New Traffic.
TRAIN SERVICE TO LAME
BY ELLEN n RAILROAD
Corporation Pleads Heavy Ex-
pense Of Operation, But Local
Business Men Seek TO
Pledge The Money.

The merchants and business men
of Pascagoula are desirous Of having
new train service established be-
tween this city and the plant OF the
Southern Paper Company at Lame.
Several weeks ago committee OF
Local men took the matter up with
! Superintendent Charles Marshall OF
the Louisville and Nashville railroad
and urged that special train ser
vice be inaugurated between the
two points. Mr.. Marshall, it is stat
ed, was pleased with the suggested
idea and appeared to personally favor
| the new service.
A mass meeting Of the citizens
was held in the city hall on Thurs
day afternoon of last week as a re-
suit of letter that had been recelv-
ed from Mr.. Marshall. This letter
stated that the heavy expense OF OPP
eraticn and the increased element OF
danger to all trains as a result be-
| tween Lame and this city appeared
to initiate against the Inauguration
of the proposed service. The letter
appeared, on the face OF it, to pre-
clude all hope OF having the road
put on the new train service.
THE MASS MEETING.
At the mass meeting at the city
hall Frank H. Lewis presided and
read the letter from Mr.. Marshall.
Some general discussion was IN
dulged in, all points in the letter
being taken up for consideration.
The opinion prevailed that the
business men of the city might un-
dertake to guarantee the road against
financial loss in the operating ex-
penses of the proposed train, pro-
vided the sum desired to be guaran-
teed was not excessive. Quick COM
putation from the figures suggested
by Mr.. Marshall as to the probable
expense of operation, indicated a
total cost of some s., 200 for SIN
months. The suggested cost OF op-
Grafton of the service was placed al
not less than S22 per day. P. II.
Rodrigue called attention to a motor
car service operated between New
Orleans and Baton Rouge, and sug.
gested the idea that such a service
between this city and the paper mil
site might be less expensive, pro.
vide a quicker schedule and prove
entirely satisfactory. This sugges'
ton met with instant favor, and ap'
pealed strongly to the business mer
present.
w. IA. Canty thought there woulo
be no difficulty in raising reaSona'
BILE amount as guarantee to the
road against loss. He called atten'
ton to the fact that the entire
S4 POO did not have to be guaran'
teed, but that the difference between
the daily operating expenses, sug'
gested to be S22, and the amount ot
receipts through this service woulc
be the amount local business mer
might expect to be called on to make
good. He stated that a suggestion
had been offered that a straight
ticket rate of twenty-five or thirty.
five cents for the round trip would
be offered to buyers of books.
The sentiment developed at the
meeting favored the guarantee, but
the discussion failed to develop any.
thing like an approximate amount
that would have to be guaranteed
At this stage of the meeting a mo-
ton prevailed that a committee oi
two be appointed to personally cal
on Superintendent Marshall and ex'
plain the sentiment of the people Of
the community. 1t was suggested
that this committee be composed o.
of Messrs. Canty and Lewis, both
having been prominently active ir
the initial movement. Mr.. Lewis,
because of business engagements fol
the balance of the week, found il
impossible to make the trip, and the
committee was named as Mr.. Canty
and Mr.. Young.
THE RIGHT SPIRIT.
During the mass meeting the sug.
lgestion was made that the commit
tee arrange to meet Mr.. Marshall al
Bay St. Louis on Friday evening,
thereby reducing to the minimum the
intervening time. When the mass
meeting adjourned. it was to meet
again on call Of the chairman when
!tbs ronnu,,tt.s If run received some