Washington telegraph., 1849-01-17
For DE Telegraph.

and soil, and the value and great abun.
dance of its production, In the first place,
il is not contemplated as an object of in,
ternal improvement by, or at the cost OF,
the State. All that Is asked at her hands
ia the grant OF a charter, on just terms
anl.that this charter do not expire by its
avn limitation. so that men at home, aud
abroad may feel confidence, aud put them.
selves ut work TO get up company, with
sufficient means, to put 1t in process of
construction, IN certain sections. that will
not only be valuable to the citizens, in
such sections, Immediately, but atlofl the
means TO the company, in the way OF
freight received aud transportation ol
materials used in its construction, that will
tend greatly TO facilitate and hasten its
oonsummalion. aud completion. II is u
known fact, that such roads are construct.
ed at less cost. in the valley Of the Mlsss.
sppi proper, Than in any other parl Of the
United States. From four To six lhous
and dollars mile, being about general
average OF cost. And this route Is one that
affords Us many facilities for such road to
be made over cheap, as any, perhaps, in
the nation, OF the same extent. The dis.
talee 10y Washington aud Camden, be.
tween these Two points, Is about LOB miles
and from point to point, the nearest
distance, leaving Washington some iii.
teen miles, aud Camden sume SIX miles
north OF the line. i about LA miles. The
country is generally leyeleasy 10 exeaYaJe
no rock To encounter IN doug So, TIM
ber in great plenty, aud of suitable quail.
"; aud few Niaducl bridges would be To
construct. aud those OF no great nagn.
tnde. The greater distance, at the rate
OF $1,000 per mile, would cost for the
completion al the whole line, s765. 600
nt the rate oi $1,000 per mile. Sgl s,OO0,
The shorter distance, at the former rate
would cost S12O,000-and at the latter,
SsGl,0O0.
Isa known fact, that the Railroads.
constructed II the eastern aud northeast.
crn PORTIONS Of United States, have cost
over $4,000 per mile but tins Is uWing
TO the hiohen aud uneven face oil the
country, the immense lodges OF .oil rock,
met with IA graduating. that have To be
removed. by the costly process OF boring.
aud Llewing. with gunpawderi the great
number aud wldth Of lhrlr streaus. land
the oleyaliou Of their cliA,.) over winch
they have IN construct viadusi bridges
with huge. uumefou, and towering pil.
lafs. But the Railroad IN fIoHla, lead.
iug from Tallahassee, the capital, 10 PoH
Leon near Apaiaehee Bay. about 20 miles
IN length. where every material Is scarce
and costly aud hand, aud theil suhsis.
fence very high aud Which Is over
very swampy country, i1rIhe while route.
eol only sl0u0 n mile, making the Ell.
Tire cost auly about Sis 900 lhe paas.
mouth aud Roanoke RaiIroad from the
town oi Weldon. on the Roanoke fiyer.
in Hampton county, y G.. to Portsmouth,.
opposite The cry uf Norfolk, Va. neaf
100 miles "a length an4 partly over
very mountainous aud rocay country
over several considerable streams aud
then. lower down, o frr almost impas-abiy
swamp,--cost in it, construction only
$1,000 mile. making The culIre cosl
about 100000
Theu, Jet lis put our proposed Railroad
mp 10 the very highest pus-ib.e cost, aud
We WIil see what u would amount TO-
Suppose. then. ior The greater distance OF
l9i miles, the cost oi the 90 miles next
the Mississippi. will be S25.0OO u mile.
aud that OF the other 80 miles, be $1,000
hmilo, this would make the entire cosi,
ior this distance, ~ ,l3l ,OOO-and for the
less distance u: IA miles, ut the same
rate, the cnIife cost would ouly he ST.
3ds,OOO.
The money. thus expended, would never
take any thing out of the peoples pock'
cts, but be the mcaus OF putting thousands
aud millions into them, Al the same
time, It would ho the best stock IN the
United States. freight aud passage, from
the immense quantity. could not be other
than very low. Aud freight from Guiues
Landing to New OrIeaus, Is only from %
To so ceuts on bale OF cotton, aud from
auy polnt un this road. 1t would not ex.
coed the higher rate OF 80 cent. To that
Landing Passage would be proportion.
atcly low. This wonld become tie great
thoroughiare for all the products aud fab
rlcs OF south Arkansas aud northeast
Texas: and the great highway OF travel
from all parts OF the Union, iulo south
Arkansas aud Texas, northwest LoUlsiq.
ma, aud finally, New Mexico, And the
States west al Ne, might continue the
hue, at pleasure, which in time, no doubt,
they would do.
The time occupied by the Legislature,
IN granting this charter would cost the
State very little, If any thing. II might
be misspent about nothing, or something
ofno utility TO any one. AT the session Of
1916, it granted charter OF the same
kind, incorporating Q company called the
Arkansas Railroad and Transportation
Company. This WIS contemplated to
run through a section OF country in>lgnih.