East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1913-03-28
FOR A NEW M. & O. DEPOT
AT THE OVERHEAD BRIDGE.
Letter From Hon. Wiley N. Nash to
Major Pigford, Superintendent Of
M. & 0, Railroad Company

The Times takes pleasure in
publishing the letter that follows
with this explanation:
General Nash says this letter
presents his first ideas in regard to
the Mobile ,& Ohio building it's
proposed new depot, ana some,
among the many reasons, therefor;
but when the Mobile & Ohio Ry.
Company presented the proposition
to build a new combination pas
senger and freight depot upon its
own depot grounds just beyond
the overhead bridge fronting on
the moadam road leading from
Starkville to the College, and doing
all the necessary grading of it's
grounds and terminals, he thought
it wise to accept the proposition as
the best thing to be done, all things
considered, and therefore he signed
the petition that is being circulated
to that effect. The following is
General Nash's letter to which we
invite the careful attention OF our
readers:
Starkville, Miss, Feb. 3, 1913.
Major q. A. Pigford, Division Supt.,
M. & o, r. r., Meridian, Miss
DEAR SIR:-As a citizen of
StarkvilIe, Mississippi. as a friend
of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, and
to be true to myself and family,
the writer desires, to present for
the consideration of all proper
officials and employees Of the Com
pany, certain views as to the proper
place for the location of q new
| freight and new passenger depot
at Starkville, Mississippi, your
western terminal.
1t is sincerely and truly believed,
looking to the present and to the
future, that the interest of Stark
vile and of the M. & O. Railroad
Company, will be best promoted
and subserved, by building your
freight depot fronting Lampkin
street, about where the tracks now
run, (and placing the tracks to run
east of the depot the idea in brack-
cts not pressed or insisted upon.
The idea is to so place the M. & o.
freight depot that it will be proper
ending of Lampkin street going
east, and let us hope that such a
depot building will be constructed
as to always show up well in trav-
cling east along Lampkin street.
Let the depot building be such as
to always present a splendid ap-
pearance as far as it could be seen
from any point on Lampkin street.
The freight depot building thus
located would be, for all time to
come, an ornament to Starkville
and standing advertisement of
the M. & o. R. R., and as the place
grows this advertisement becomes
more aud more valuable to the
railroad and the city.
You, or any Of you acquainted
with the situation, the lay of the
land, it is believed will see the pro-
priety, yes the Importance, Of 10.
eating the freight depot of the M
& o. r. r. as stated and those who
are not acquainted with the situa.
ton, the lay OF the land, it is be-
lieved, will be at once convinced by
going on the ground and making
an examination.
AS to the location of the contem.
plated new passenger depot for the
M. & O. Railroad Company at
Starkville, Mississippi, it is
sincerely and truly believed,
looking to the present and to the
future. that, the best interest of
Starkville and Of the M. & o. R.
h. will be best promoted and sub
| served by building the new passen.
| ger depot just beyond the overhead
bridge, under which the trains Of
the illinois Central road run, that
| it be located on the south side of
Main street fronting on the new
| up to date McAdam road built un.
der the direct supervision OF the
United States Government extend
ing from the above overhead bridge
OUT east to the Mississippi Agricul.
tural & Mechanical College and the
! United States Experiment Station, |,
the college supported mainly by
the State, aided to some extent by
the United States Government. the
experiment station being supported