The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-01-30

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ARlsarxley General Eme and Assist
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81 8 mrefine n jackson TneNday.
u Is knewn tire highway Depart
mezst which hio has been ctit-
rsznd for uae PaseaEousa hrt6ge. r.
enrsed "a rlse nssly lan span On rs
9xeaf &lon0o0N0e system - pre-
pared 10 Faaeet legal bicW for legal
kuw. e necessary T1ae Highway
Commission contends that Tire tc4i
hEs1ges over the MlszaUsup river
IRE not . par4 ct the state hishway
kFztesn BIT we're bultt By private
cexporauuaA and have not been paid
fw ~ tlse mosox1ng pukAte - the
RaxzEealn bridEe has been PAID
Ter
T1ae span on which The toll Is
caEAexted Is cut 3 small part OF the
entkrc uru1ect which the hEtdge IN
Uiudex Jncksun County Officials hare
repeatedly pointed cut II psesenting
Facts ~cuncerning TIE controversial
toI The span across nne Pascal
rpala river proper l. onl. une Of
kexen bridges which make NJ the
Pz&aeoula river CROSSING Nx only
doe< Il include bridges but there are
several miles q causeHay and total
% 30 miles ~ fpaGway cunncrted
nth Tire britee. whkh had GO be
Ehnanced hy IRE eouniy.
Attorneys for sfle highway depart
n1eFz observed Raofftrlafiy = Jack
81 carrier IN IRE Eexk that n1r
jacobson County board Of SUPERVISORS
ia not have = IeeaI leg 70 stand
or slanuld they decide 20 fight
ne action However. jackson Coun-
IS attorneys are 6 different upin-
On
Tae Mlssiskipp highway eommis-
san order, declaring free tf1n bridge
pointing out that the bridge has
ykeEaed more than S1sIDDeo was
mace On motion q Commissioners 7.
J. Lowry Of Houston ard acoaded
b. Commissions Eidneg T. RoeDsck
Of Newton
County officials maintain that
the PascaRoUia hrIdee. which cost
tf7zDoo, wheFe the tolls are col
lersed. r. mot the only toll point on
United states Highway % between
s. Augustine and san Diego, Cal
They point out THAT the e4.n0g900
Bankhead tznDei under the Mobile
river h q &-cent toll tunnel II Is
pointed IN ansxer. however. that
ire tunnel which Is 70 Be freed
shen the bonds aro setsred-which
VII Be about 1891 Is optional with
the notorist As fhe old route across
The Cochr2ne bridge : free. There
also Is q toll bridge between Mobile
and Pensacola.
Tine Jackson County Beard 81 NJ
rumors elr0ueh tEner owr snltis-
I've and enterprise butt the bridge
after state highway engineers and
federal engineers said taat TIE road
eoulan1 BE- built.
The highway department. Is nov
constituted. said u1e span and road
bed was buit before their aaininiS-
Eats0n, and they mad no record Of
nnT such assorted opan1ona b. hies3-
Has engineers Al the same tlnse. Il
sAs pointed out that the L Al ~
Railroad roadbe6 lbs been carrying
hessy trains across the same area
for many years before the Pzsca-
eoula bridge was bniIE.
Tfs< fight on Tie Paseaeoala ton
bridge was Launched D Governor
pau p johnson early n MS na-
fnlnAtrafion. In ma message 70 a
inzut assembly o. ire MlsAlaappa
Legislature on January !. Governor
johnson declares nla1 TINS wrong
= TIE travelling pubise- mad been
szecated long enough and Il the
szns time appealed 70 fhe Lexisls-
TIRE e take setiau . 1T ne tolls
IL Declaration ksaF1ea ; eerles a
arfkAa usat rezulEa1 Il fHe atsornev
e~enerale gpininn. and the inamedi-
aEe subsequent acttau s. &c higb-
sag Department.
TIE ppinton ~ ATTORNEY General
RICE and the Subsequent aefiou A.
MFFed uD0n the Bead & sar~r-
uoFH Wednesday afternoon 4 A
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