The lynx. (Panola, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1845-1845, 1845-11-29


intervene between the points,-and fur
nishing the requisite iron From W hat
have seen Of the costsof similar works
ia the north, believe 60 TO the utmost
latitude in placing il. at eight thousand
dollars per mile.
( At this rate The costs of the Rail road,
regarding it forty miles long, will be.
three hundred and twenty thousand
dollars; which divided olo shares of
fifty dollars each, will constitute six
four hundred shares. The &c
are at least fifty. citizens of Pamela
county, who can well afford to take one
hundred shares each; the balance Of the
stock can easily be distributed among
the citiznes of this county. | mention
this to show that we ourselves are able
to build this road, independent of Goa
bona, and many other adjacent coun-
lies, almost equally interested with
ourselves.
Ifindividual enterprise could not ac-
complish this work, we could with good
reason expect the aid of the Stale
This read would run directly through
the 100000 acres of land grant ed 10
this State by General Coy ernment-.
that land is yet unsold and unapproorl-
aled,- and surely the enhancement Of
value in these lands, caused by This
work, would be sufficient indictment
10 the S ate Government, If not TO con-
strnct The entlro road itself, at leastto
literally aid by taking stock. the cili,
Gems who engage their energies and re-
sources in it.
It is, The. policy Of SONG of.the North
ern States, to take stock in such works
as. this, as soon as certain part of pri-
'vate Subscription is Pasd up, and the
work under way. If Other STATES at
ford this aid TO the enterprise of their
-cluZens in public, WORKS in which they
are not Immediately interested, cannot,
viii not Mississippi contribute some
thing TO an enterprise that promises so
much IN advancing her. interest by al
vanGing the worth Of her lands? "
-N<Suppose we get no aid from the
State, we might then look to-the Boards
Of follce of our respective counties.-
Subscription to works Of this kind is
certainly within their jurisdiction, and
it is and has been the common practice
Of the Northern States.
|>$50,Qoo stock would hardly be felt
in Pamela County, as the stock would be.
paid. in small ihstallmen;s. Taxation
would be but little more grevious than
it is now; and its-results wopld-not be
wasted, but would deter mine TO our adj
vantage. for generations TO come.
Suppose this help would -fait as, we
might then have recourse 10 The capi-
talis,s oil the Eastern States. This rail
road would be Patroaized in greater
less degree by no less Tran nine
counties, and would convey nearly the
whole cotton produced wfthin1ilty miles
Of this point. in every direction except
the North. At the smallest estimate
100000 bales of,ceton would be annual
ly conveyed by The road this at the
rates Of l2A cents per bale, would real
ize per cent annual dividends on the
capital iuvested-and surely the road
could be kept in repair by the profits of
the transportation of passengers and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS could aot but
regard this as happy and safe in
vestment of their capital.
Suppose the work accomplished, what
would be It's effects on our community?
On, and not the smallest of It's effects
would be placing at the disposition of
The planter the earliest and the latest
markets of the season foF his staple
1t would lessen the costs Of getting that
staple 10 market nearly one half
The rate of Rail Road charges are 1.
cents per ton each mile. At this rate
bale Of Cotton of 400 lbs weight would
be carried from Pamela to Delta for 12A
oaptc ond crop, noIta m Nayu n riaaDe
for 81 cents: costing one dollar only
from Pamela to New Orleans. We now
pay from S. 30 TO $500 per bale, by
the way Of the Tallahatchie river
How much could the planter save in
this one article each year, by this mode
of conveyance? The savings of the
planters of. this county alone, would in
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