The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1941-02-28
MISSISSIPPI EXPORT r. r.
EXPANDING FACILITIES
AS BUSINESS INCREASES
Annual Report To Directors Reveals Huge Volume OF Bust
ness Taken Care OF BY Local Road
During Past Year.

} All Officers Of shs NEiSxlSkpp III
Port Railroad Company we're re
elrcaeo az the annual meeting o.
the aockhoidsrx held THURSDAY.
FEBRUARY =. S~sockholdeu attend
ing we're ! X FSaend Noeile: J
n Luce. LuoedNle J n Powers.
Mohile: X W. Durham. n d
Spann. and T L DeLAShmet Moss
Point. W B Herring. 4 b Martin
and II p oautieF. Pascagouia. and
W. NJ Dutton- Moss Poant
The railroad had one al It's best
yes IN the history OF rs opera
tfoss Il vzx reported By Mr.. Dut-
ton 4 his annual report Revenues
fof 1870 were $l4y06s than Ia
1888 and the operating expenses
we're s4sTs less All taxes on ue
road showed q decided increase
Il was reported that the road Is
nos handling 54% more loaded cars
than were handed q year ago which
makes for increase maintenance and
operating costs. This additional
traffic IS due 70 large government
projects N PasczgoulA- II has
built two spur tracks and a ware
house for this business The South
ern KRAFT C~orpoEation's traffic has
also been more than usual.
The Daesel-Eectrtc locomotive,
purchased In October. Ip40, has
proven It's worth by taking care Of
al traffic Recently It has been
necessary TO use the standby steam
locomotive for switching. Two Of
the worn out steam locomotive we're
sold
A considerable amount OF changes
IN physical property was made dur-
ing the past year. These included
installing l<.1z7 creosoted crosx ties:
installing e. - re plates. laying
- tous o. ran In replacement; 1900
cubic yards Of dirt and sand put on
road bed, reloadtng wye track at
Evanston. removal of the steel
overhead bridge on Luce Farms
branch. abandonment Of water sta
tSons at Hurley and Evanston. and
coal docks At Moss Point.
Track extensions included building
q track 70 serve the Merchants
Grocery In Pascaeoula. . second
track built 70 serve jackson County
Mills and lowering the first track
serving that plant. building a ware
house and spur track On Market
street in Pascagoala; building .
spur track at Pascagoula 70 serve
the Navy Housing project and =
spur for the Smell Oh Company.
Automobile platforms were cum
sfructed 1t both the Moss Point
and Pascaeoula stations. Other inn
provements included the construc-
ton Of q passing track at Vaughn.
and repairs 70 the section houses
II Agricola-
Among the improvements nov TN
derwsy under the direction of CHIEF
Engineer Exley Of the Gulf. Mobile
& Ohio Railroad Co. are replacing
WOOD with steel beams on 24e foot
treSt1e a. Moss Point; and raising
main line track two feet through
marsh near Moss Point
The Misxtssippi Export Railroad
recently obtained q franchise for
operation Of buses and tracks be-
tween Pascagoula and Lucedale.
Officers reelected for the year
are. r. J Cullen. Bastrop. Ia.
president: J. h. Luce. Lncecale.
xce-president. L 3 Martin, Pas
cag0ulas vice-pFesident. A. r.
Dantzier. Biloxi, vice-presldenf. T.
L DeLashmet. Moss Point, seere-
tary-treasurer; ". "a Dutton. Moss
Point general manager. traffic
manager and auditor: II. p. Heidei-
berg. Paseaeoula. attorney; c. A
blanchard. Moss Point. assistant to
gene 4 manager. r. Z Feehan.
master mechanic. II T. Young, Moss
Point. roadmaSt<r.
The directors are; r J. Cullen.
Bastrop. La J. n. Flowers, Mobile;
". b. Herring, PassagouIa; !. Il
Luce, Llcedaie. 4. r Gautier. Pas
cag0ula. Z b. Martin. Pascagoula:
3. d. Spann, Moss Point. J. 4.
Friend. Mobile, and H. " Bunham,
Moss Point