East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1913-04-18
FOR A NEW M. & 0. DEPOT
AT THE OVERHEAD BRIDGE

The East Mississippi Times with
pleasure presents to it's readers
another, of series of letters,
written by Hon. Wiley N. Nash,
bearing upon the above subject.
General Nash says these letters are
published in order that the people
may have all the information he
can give. as he is desirous that all
may be as fully posted as possible.
With this explanation the letter is
published following this statement.
StTkville, Miss, March 4th, 1913.
In the matter of the New Depot question
in Starkville, Miss.
Col. X. V. Taylor,
yice-Pres, and Gen. Mgr. MAO. r. r.
Mobile. Ala,
DEAR SIR: AS expressing the
views of the writer and it it be-
lieved expressing the sentiments of
vast number of the people of
Starkville, Mississippi, your special
attention is called to my letters of
recent date written to Maj. C. a.
Pigford, Division Supt.,, NJ, & @.
R. r. Co., Meridian. Miss, in re-
gard to the depot question in this
place. 1t is presumed that you are
frequently in Meridian and it is
hoped you will do us the favor of
reading the letters to which we
have alluded. this especially in view
of your recent visit here, you, and
other officials of the M. & o. DUR
ing which visit, it is stated, the
proposition was made by the M. &
o. to build in Starkville, first
class, up to date, $4,000 Or $12-
600 new freight and passenger de-
pot, just beyond the overhead
bridge, under which the l. G. r.
r. runs and Immediately south of
Main Street, and fronting on the
up to date Rock Road practically
new leading from Starkyille out
to the Mississippi Agricultural &
Mechanical College and U. s. Ex-
perimental Station. 1t is truly and
sincerely believed that majority,
a good majority, of our people
favor the above and foregoing
proposition. In fact in a conver-
sation, this evening. with Mr..
Owen your Agent here, as | remem-
her, he said in so many words that
9O per cent of our people, he
believed, favored the above and
foregoing proposition MADE bv the
M. 4 o. R. R. Co. In passing up
the street, since you were here, l
was stopped in a crowd of four or
five men and every man was in
favor of your proposition save one
and he was non-committal. The
writer with many. many others,
believes it is the true solution of
the depot question so far as the M
u 0. is concerned and if carried
out promptly will greatly rebound
to the immediate and permanent
interest and general welfare OF this
place as well as that of the NJ. &
0. R. r.
1t may not be amiss here to state
that Muldrow & Nash for years
were counsel for the NJ. 20. branch
and this relation was only severed
when Col. MuldrOw became our
Chancellor and when the writer
became Attorney General of Miss
issippi. Col. Muldrow's relations
with the NJ. & O, were most pleas
ant up to the day of his death, mine
has, also and always, been most
pleasant.
Am told you were n Confederate
Soldier, Veteran. so am /. We
can certainly shake hands on this
proposition. When some one told
me this no longer hesitated to
write to you this letter. There is
no telling what an Old Confederate
is bold enough to do, especially as
he grows older and older.
Yours yer, truly.
WILEY n. NASH.