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RO. JOHN A. GREEN, who you personally.
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I j lias been in the employ of the L. & N. R. R. for over 50 years, was the recipient of the following letter on the occasion of the recent fire that destroyed the railroad depot at this city.
Bay St. Louis, Miss., March 1, 1928.
Mr. Grejjn, Agt.,
L. & N. -R. R. Co.
Dear Mr. Green:
The loss of your and our depot ?by fire last night is an acute and serious loss to this entire community. Especially to you, for you have grown old in that building, having been there for nearly fifty years, putting in at all times your best efforts to develop the business of your road.
I recall when the old N. O. M. & T. R. R. was being built in 1869 and 70, shortly after the erection of the depot and eating house which was with us until the fire last night. Many a good meal have I had there for 75c, such as could not be bought now for $3.00.
I have always, especially since recent improvements, impressed upon those with whom I came in contact, the fact that we had the prettiest and most comfortable depot in the South.
I feel sure that the progressive L. & N. R. R. Co. will live up to its past traditions and will give its patrons and employes a large and suitable building which will be our pride, will increase the business of the road, and at the same time partly alleviate the pang the present loss has caused
With regards,
Til OS. P. IIALE.
Certainly this is a tribute to Bro. Green, for he has faithfully served this road with all that the best years of his life could give.
and this they could say without (jualilicatiuii. We know that the renovated depot was a great sourcc of pride to him, hut now we join Mr. Hale and wish that the new depot w-ill do much more than make up for the loss.
?The Cable, Gulfport, Miss.
West
Tennessee
By W. C. Dillard
Division Freight Agent, Memphis, Tenn.
Gardens
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N THE beginning, man?s first environment consisted of a wonderful garden, and it is not unnatural that, through the ensuing years, while ever striving for succeeding conquests in the realms of commerce, industry, science, chemistry, engineering, art, literature and the like, he has never ceased to manifest his interest in husbandry, aii occupation unexcelled in its nobleness of character and worthwhile productivity; a vocation whose followers have given birth to as many if not more great men and women than any other, in addition to maintaining a bountiful yield of the necessary food for human and animal sustenance.
With due appreciation of the merits of other regions or lands, the patient hand of man hath wrought such picturesque gardens, verdantly adorning the romantic hills and dales of West Tennessee, as that their alluring charms transcend the beauty of fairyland, and all America feasting with delight on the delicious
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and abundant fruits therefrom not only compliments past and present generations who lived or live therein, but also suggests vistas of future development and achievement in which the State of Tennessee may indulge in increasing pride.
The Louisville Railroad Co., one common carriers Tennessee, has played a very important role in assisting in the development and continued growth of such superb gardens, in that it not only actively participated in the initial efforts to encourage raising fruits and vegetables in quantities sufficient for carload movement, but it also spent and is spending great sums of money, as well as having devoted and continues to devote much of the time of its officers and employes in providing transportation facilities second to none with which to properly transport the products to the various markets of the land.
The packing, loading, bracing and shipment of fruits and vegetables in large quantities daily is an intensely fascinating as well as interesting operation. One must witness the action to fully appreciate the trained and co-ordinated effort required continuously at the hands of all concerned, from the time the growers begin to harvest and truck the perishables to the shipping point until the delectable product is on sale at the retail stands in the large marts of trade. Each fruit or vegetable is distinctive in its packing, loading, bracing, shipment and marketing characteristics.
Each feature deserves a separate and complete article for proper description.
The L. 6? N. Employes' Magazine, May, 1928