East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1913-03-28

train, on the south side of Main
street, with wide, broad street, a
high road, from the new passenger
depot up along a beautiful part of
the town to the heart of the city,
with a good concrete sidewalk both
on the north and south side of Main
street.
A new passenger depot for the
M. Il o. located as stated, would
also land your passengers, from
each and every train, Immediately
on the good McAdam road extend
ing from the overhead bridge out
to the Mississippi Agricultural &
Mechanical College and with a good
up to date concrete sidewalk ex
tending on the north side of Maia
street from the new passenger de-
pot out to the property of the Mis-.
sissippi Agricultural & Mechanical
College.
1t is contemplated to extend the
McAdam road from the overhead
bridge on up into the heart of the
city and on beyond to the Methodist
church, | signed petition to this
effect to the Honorable Mayor and
Board of Aldermen; at least the
petition contemplated building the
new McAdam road so as to extend
at least, through the business por-
ton of town. In my judgment
there would be no doubt about the
speedy building and keeping in
good repair this McAdam road if
the new passenger depot was located
and built as is sought to be urged
in this communication.
The location of the twodepots as
herein stated, freight and passen-
ger, by the M. & o., would place
them on good high ground suscep-
tible of the very best of drainage.
All the freight then to and from
the new M. & o. freight depot,
could be hauled along Lampkin
street, its present line of travel, or
hauled ON by the new passenger
depot, across the overhead bridge
ON along Main street. The new
freight depot would be nearer the
heart of town and the new passen-
ger depot would be much nearer.
1t is believed from the south side
of the platform of the M. u O.,
near its present depot, to the east
side of the overhead bridge is some
9S8 steps, and counting 3 feet to a
step would make 1864 feet this is
only a general idea, say this dis.
tance is 800 steps, or 2400 feet.
This would give some idea as to
how much nearer to the heart of
the city the new passenger depot
would be than the present freight
and passenger depot; but the City
of Starkville now as Il matter OF
fact extends down to the overhead
bridge, every lot is built upon save
two. from the overhead bridge up
towards the courthouse is beauti-
full part of the city, in going from
the overhead bridge up towards the
courthouse and before you strike
storehouse you pass the late United
Presbyterian church, now being
converted, as | am told, into a
lodging house. then but little way
north from Main street you see the
Episcopal church now in course OF
construction, then you pass the
Presbyterian church, then you pass
the Lander House or Hotel, You
also will have passed three or four
boarding houses and several lodg
ing houses. 1t is considered that
these and all these, taken together
helps to constitute respectable
portion of the city, and deserve full
consideration, certainly hotels,
boarding houses and lodging houses
and other interests should be con-
suited, their convenient accessible
| ity to the passenger depot and along
with private residences this to say
nothing of the churches named.
Of course the new freight depot
house would not be so near the
heart of the city as the new passen-
ger depot, but few hundred feet
is nothing to move when the load
ing is done, the loading and unload
ing is the work, the worry and the
trouble.
1t cannot be denied that the
property of the NJ. & o., its ter
minal facilities as now owned. is a
splendid property, or could be
made SO; could be made beautiful
portion Of town if the proper work
was done, taking off the high
points, leveling, graveling and
drainage. If properly improved,
the necessary not ornamental, 1t
would look equally as well, if not
better than the |. C. depot prop
| artv eifuafad as IL ia the 1 c.