The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-04-04

seoins tis great advantages Of q railroad to ruI
from jackson, Miss. to New Orleans, have beef
ana are now putting forth strong exertions to
hS construction, and though they have sent dele
gaaeS TO New Orleans to commune and devise witt
delegates from this city and hereabouts upon tina
subject, yet no great interest has manifested itsel
TO coo perate with them in so laudable and practi
cable an enterprise. The advantages of such
0dd are not only Of great importance to that sec
'ton of Mississippi through which it would run, bu
of incalculable importance to New Oreans--n
matter at what point it might enter this CITY,
whether the railroad itself should have its terinu
here, or should connect with the city by steamboa
across some of our lakes.
1t is q principle, which does not need argument
that increased facility for transportation afforde,
by railroads eheapens the product sent for sale
not only because the expense Of reaching market
diminished, but because Of the convenience of sucI
facility; for thousands, and indeed millions of acre,
of land, which would richly repay the expense o
cultivation, would not repay the additional expens,
OF long and tedious wagon transportation of thei
products to market; but with a cheap, convenient
and faclle means of transportation, they would mol
only repay the labor and expense of their culiva
ton, but afford an additional supply to the market
II would not be out of place to speak of the ad.
vantages of railroads generally to those places a,
which they have their termni, as well as to sec.
tons OF country contiguous and neghboring thereto
The advantages of the Raleigh and Castor rail
road to that section of country through which j,
passes, are felt sensibIy by all who live in the coun.
ties adjacent to its line-not only by those who have
agricultural products to sell, but also by those who
have an interest in purchasing such products In
article nhe0l air hal a. tof; -.
creasing the product by an enormous per cent per
year; and in nine years from the time of its COM
pleilon, the wheat crop-to say nothing of any
other aricle-increased full five hundred per cent
on its original yield indeed, by the statistical re.
ports of that State, it appears that there was more
wheat seeded in l649 than was saved in 1640 The
increase of other products was in similar degree
to that of wheatthe facility for transportation at.
iorded by the railroad being the primary and prin
clpal cause. The State of North Carolina took
stock in this road to a large amount, and so i'm.
pressed was the Legislature with the incalcuable
advantages of railroads, that they have sppropri-
ated two millions Of dollars more towards extending
the railroad to the interior of the State. Though
the soil of North Carolina be not FERTILE parlicu.
larly in s mountain regions still her resources are
great, and forcibly manifest themselves in the guam.
tity of various products which yearly reach Peters
burg, in Virginia, and the eastern towns in the
State, by wagon, coming distance Of from 200 TO
400 miles.
The advantages OF railroads, ever since their
practicability has been demonstrated, have been
appreciated and they have been favored by all the
States of the Union. Tennessee is pushing her
railroads eastward to meet the Georgia, Virginia and
South Carolina railroad Improvements. North
Carolina is extending hers to meet these, and when
they are completed there will be a continuous and
direct line of railroad from the Atlantic coast TO the
Mississippi river, commencing at Norfolk, in Viz
ginia, and terminating at Memphis, Tennessee
New York wished to secure the trade of the
lakes and northwest country. How did she effect
this! BY spending millions in the construction OF
railroads and canals and profitably as the results
have shown, Pennsylvania has incurred debt Of
forty millions to secure the same object Philadel
phia has recently voted half million towards build.
ing railroad thence to Pitisburg The State Of
Maryland, the cities of Baltimore and Wheeling
have subscribed largely towards the same. ST.
Louis and Cincinnati have voted, the first a half
million and the latter Million to a railroad con.
Meeting those two places. The town of Lynchburg
has voted half million towards building rail.
road TO run through that place. Nashville, though
situated near the Mississippi river, perceives the
advantages of railroad by which it shall comrnu.
nicate with the Atlantic coast, and has contributed
half a million towards constructing such a one
The States of South Carolina, Georgia and Ala.
bama and their principal towns are all seeking to
secure the western trade by means of railroads.
Massachusetts,, as State, has advanced more than
five millions in aid of the Western railroad from
Albany TO Boston, and the rich results to the city
Of Boston and to the State generally prove the wis
dom of the expenditure. The city of Boston, par.
ticularly, has felt most sensibly the advantages Of
this railroad-of the railroad enterprises of Massa
chusetts-as the city of New Orleans must feel
the advantages Of all railroads having terminus
here JEFFERSON.