The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-01-12

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zoo City, made their report Dc follow, 70 wiz
The committee appointed BY 8 meeting o.
the citizens. Of YaEoO county held on the 18th
day Of December 1913, 10 inquire into and re-
port the prae,icabilily Of constructing q Rail
Road iron Benton to YazOt city, have had
the subject under consideration, and beg lsavf
10 report as rOllOwS:
They conceive that the Practicabili.y Of ,hs
proposed enterprise may be best determined
BY considering,
4. Whether the work would be one Of
public utility.
2 Whether il would when completed, yield
d fair profit on the capital rsquiEedso construct
il,
3. Whether when q charter shall be OBJ
tanned, the necessary subscriptions for stock
can be procured.
The committee, after having given 10 the
subject much attention, aud after having OBJ
tanned all the information bearing upon i
Mhich was within thsir reach, are Of opinion,
tina, each Of these inquiries may be safely
and emphaticaIly answered in the affirmative .
/. The road now used between these points
u we'll known 10 DO or the worst description
Of dirt or mud roads. During a large part OF
the hawking season il is impossible for loaded
Wagons, and yet over il there passes annual
y about 10000 bales Of cotton, and all the gro
csriss, plantation supplies, merchandise &C
consumed BY the producers Of this cotton.
The annual loss sustained upon this road BY
those who use il, injury suffered BY their
wagons, trains. teamsters and cotton, is snor-
nous, amounting as the committee believes,
to several thousand dollars. But great nSis this
loss, it is far less that sustained by the plan
tiers, from being unable in consequences OF the
badness Of this road, to put their cotton in the
as soon as prepared, and thus take ad-
vantage Of the best price obtainable during
the season. The loss sustained in this man
may Be 4 asily illustrated. II, when cotton
is selling at $50 per bale, the planters have
Eve thousand bales prepared for market, but
are obliged by the impOsSibility Of hauling It
over this road, 10 keep il at home until the
price has declined to $40 per bale, they must
sustain acIear loss Of fifty thousand dollars,
d sum mora thRn half sufficient 70 construct
the contemplated road. Every Planter will
remember when he has sustained a heavy loss
in this manner, and the committee believe
that the aggregate losses Of Planters from this
cause, during a single season, have been some
lines nearly or quite equal to the above mem
sum. tlAt }s
The proposed Rail Road BY bringing the
place and shipping point to Benton, a
accessible At oil times BY 3 number Of
comparatively good roads, would remedy these
wills, and prevent further loss from either Of
hese causes.
The utility Of the road however to the pub
ie would not meTsly consist in its removing
hsse crying evils and closing up those
truthful sources Of losBs but the committee
are anfiHhsd that IL would Immediately cause
gruut appreciation 10 value Of all the lands
IN the pUpatry from which cotton and other
are now hauled through Benton to
EusoO city. This enhancement in value
would not Be less than fifty cents or dollar
acre, on all such lands, and would make
IN aggregate gain 10 the owners moro than
,qual to the whole cost of the road. his b.
IL addition to these advantages the road
result in another Of most striking im-
The Interior Of our country is known
% produce great quantities Of corn, oats and
other agricultural commodities, for which
is at present no marker. The distance
10 Yazoo city 10 too great to hAul there. But
with a Rail Road to Benton, they could be
readily and ~prOi,ably shipped to New 0rleans;
the quantity now produced would be greatly
increased, and new and luerstive fields Of en-
and industry opened 70 the agTeultu-
raj laboTOf the country. (
The committee think these considerations
sufficient TO show that the work would Be one
Of public utility.
2. The committee believe, that very bfieI
estimate will show, that the profits Of thG
road will pay a fair and indeed high per cen
sum on the capital invested.
The committee are satiSied that the cos
Of completing the road and putting il in ope
ration will moi exceed S8OyOOO,,
The amount Of cotton which would pas
over il annually when completed the commit
tee are Of opinion would bs fully 10000 bales
A charge Of 20 cenls per bale freight on thiI
would yield $1,000. The other eommoditis
that will be sent from the interior over il, tn
back freighis, and passenger money, will q
least produce an equal sum, making an aggre
gate Of $4,000. Il is believed that $500
will cover the annual expenses Of the ToaI
leaving the sum Of $4,000 % be divided b
tho stockholders, il being twelve and-a-haI
per cent on 100000, should the cost Of th
road BY any possibility equal that sum.
Although the freight on cotton iS set dow
al 80 cents per bale, this would BY no mean
fall, asa new OF additional charge upon III
planteY, Il would include the whole eharp