The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1920-10-01
AND MISSISSIPPI RAIL.
ROAD COMPANIES

ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI RAIL
ROAD COMPANIES
hereby give notice that on the 7thl da
Of September, 1920, they filed wit
the Interstate Commerce commi.
sion at Washington an appIieatio
for a certificate Of public cor
venience and necessity to abandon
their line Of railroad in Washington
County, Alabama, and in Greene
George and jackson Counties, Mis-
sissippi.
Pursuant to the requirements Of tn,
Commission said application is nov
published as follows:
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COM
MISSION.
Application for
Certificate That Public Convenience
and Necessity Permit Abandon
ment of Railroad
Alabama and Mississippi Railroad
Company, an Alabama Corporation
and Alabama and Mississippi Railroad
Company, Mississippi Corporation
To Hon. Commissioners of Inter
state Commerce Commission:
Come the Alabama and Mississippi
Railroad Company, an Alabama Cor
poration, and the Alabama and Missis-
sippi Rilroad Company, a Mississippi
Corporation, and show to this Hon
orable Commission the following facts:
FIRST.
The full name of the applicants are
identical and are Alabama and Missis
sippi Railroad Company, one being
an Alabama Corporation and one
Mississippi Corporation. and their
post office address is Vinegar Bend,
Washington County, Alabama; that
the name OF the President of both com.
panies is Noel E. Turner, whose post
office address is Vinegar Bend, Ala
bama; the name of the Secretary of
post office address is Vinegar Bend,
Alabama; and the name of the at
torney Of both companies is Robert
H. Smith, whose post office address
is City Bank Building, Mobile. Ala.
SECOND.
Said Alabama and Mississippi Rail-
road Company, an Alabama Corpora
lion, was organized under the laws of |
the State of Alabama, and the said |
Alabama and Mississippi Railroad
Company a Mississippi Corporation,
was organized under the laws of the
State of Mississippi
THIRD.
The making and filing of this appli-
cation by Noel E. Turner, on behalf
of the applicant companies, was duly
and approved at meetings
OF the directors of the respective cor
porations, held on the goth day of
August, 1920. The meeting of the di.
rectors of the Alabama Corporation
was held at the office of said corpora
ton at Vinegar Bend, Alabama, and
The meeting of the directors of the
Mississippi corporation was held at
he office of j. w. Backstrom at
Leaksville, Mississippi
FOURTH.
All Of the railroad of the Alabama
corporation on which it is proposed
o abandon lies in Washington County.
State of Alabama, and all of the rail.
Dad of the Mississippi corporation
which it is proposed to abandon, lies
n Greene, George and Jackson
Mississippi.
FIFTH.
The railroad which it is proposed
hall be abandoned has it's northern
erminus at Vinegar Bend, Alabama.
nd from thence runs in a generally :
enthusiastically direction to Leaks. ;
lille, Mississippi, and thence in a +
direction via Evanston and {
Moss Point, to Pascagoula, Missis. t
|
ippi. t
SIXTH.
The petitioning companies are com.
non carriers of passengers and prop :
rty by rail, engaged in transporta. =,
ion of passengers and property from
alabama and Mississippi to other
tates OF the United States and from
Their States of the United States to
he States of Alabama and Missis-
lppi. The railroad of hese com. .
anies connect at the line betweenl .
tates of Alabama and Mississippi.
The railroads of the petitioning
ompanies are and have from their
iception been operated and used as
ne continuous line railroad, and the
counts of both companies have been :,
ept jointly and have been so com. :,
ingled that it is impossible to sepa.
tie them ''
The principal points of traffic along
i'd route are Vinegar Bend, Wash. :.
gton County, Alabama, Leaksville, -
reene County. Mississippi, Evanston, .,
Gorge County, Mississippi, Moss =,
oint, Jackson County, Mississippi, :,
I'd Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mis- .,
ssippi ~
vinegar Bend is served by the Mo-
lie and Ohio Railroad, Evanston is
rived by the Gulf, Mobile and Chica. =
Railroad. and Moss Point and Pas
goula are served by the Louisville
d Nashville Railroad, and Leaks.
lie lies upOn the Chicta 90 uh,,,I