The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-07-01
THE BRANDON NEWS BRANDON MISS THURSDAY July l. 1920
THE JACKSON AND EASTERN
RAILWAY COMPANY

THE JACKSON AND EASTERN
RAILWAY COMPANY
hereby gives notice that on the
tenth day Of June, 1920, it filed
with the Interstate Commerce
Commission at Washington, D. c.,
an application for permission to
extend its line Of railroad from
Sebastopol, Scott County, through
the counties Of Scott, Leake and
Rankin into the city of Jackson,
Kinds County, all in the State of
Mississippi. Pursuant to the re-
quirements of the Commission,
the said application is now pub
lished a follows:
APPLICATION
JACKSON & EASTERN RAIL
WAY COMPANY
For permission to extend its
railroad from SebastOpOl,
Scott County, through Scott,
Leake and Rankin Counties
into the City of Jackson,
Kinds County, Mississippi, as
required by Paragraph Is,
Section One of the Interstate
Commerce Act as. Amended
by the Transportation Act OF
1920.
Cd The full name and post Of
fee address of the applicant, car
rier, it's president, it's secretary
and it's attorney.
Jackson and Eastern Railway
Company, Meridian, Miss; S. A.
Neville, President; Catherine Sui
livan, Secretary; Neville and
Stone, attorneys.
~ Under the laws of what
Government, State or Territory
applicant was organized.
Under the laws of the State
of Mississippi.
(3) That the making and filing
of the application has been ap-
proved at a meeting of the stock
holders or directors of applicant
carrier, and when and where such
action was taken.
Approved at meeting of the
stockholders and directors held
in the general Office at Meridian,
Miss, on the 7th day of June,
1920.
(4) The name of each State and
of each County or Parish therein
in which such additional or ex-
tended line of railroad is proposed
to be constructed or operated, or
in which all or any portion of a
line of railroad, or the operation
thereof, is proposed to be aban-
doned.
Beginning at the end of the
present completed construction,
Sebastopol, Scott County, Miss
issippi, traversing in a westernly
direction through Scott, Leake
and Rankin Counties into Jackson
Kinds County, all in the State OF
Mississippi.
60 The location, route or routes
and termini of the line proposed
to be constructed, operated or a.
bandoned.
To construct a main line Of
railroad beginning at the present
terminus, Sebastopol, Scott Coun.
ty, Mississippi, through the Coun.
ties of Scott, Leake and Rankin
into Jackson, Kinds County, Miss.
issippi.
CO. A brief statement of the rea,
sons relied upon to show that the
present or future pubic conven
fence and necessity require or will,
require the construction or opera
ton, or construction and opera
tom of such additional or extend
ed line of railroad or permit OF
such abandonment.
In the year 1911, S. A. Neville
President of this Company, begun
the construction of a. railroad
from Meridian, Mississippi, in q
Northwesternly direction to In.
tersect the Illinois Central Rail.
road at some point. BY reference
to the map you will notice this is
an undeveloped country with
splendid natural resources, CON
sisting of timber and farms unac.
cessible, nor served at present by
a common carrier railroad.
The writer constructed dur
ing 1911-12 the Meridian and
Memphis Railway from Meridian
to Union, Mississippi, later selling
the same to the Gulf, Mobile &
Northern Railroad Company; in
the year 1914-15 l continued the
construction Westwardly from I'm
ion and built fourteen (14) miles