The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-03-23
RAIL ROADS.

The following article from the Hunts
+ vile Advocate, is one that we alluded 4
some weeks since, in an editorial, ant
is we'll suited to our county in is pres
, ent situation.
"a No srATE.-Tn Georgia, the farmer
understand matters now. As the GeorgiI
roads advanced into the country, lands rose
towns sPrung up, traces increased, populalfon
ceased to flow OUT but the tide TUNED in -
The farmers began to take stock in the roads
they began to build them. They found their
lands increased in value more thar the cost OF
the road. They have built many miles Of road
taking the stOss and working their subserip-
tons cut with their hands, and alter the read
was dene have found themselves richer than
at first, and the stock thrown in-the rise in
their lands more than equalhng their work on
the road. They are still building other roads,
running into and connecting other places with
their main road. The farmers construct most
OF them too-a cOpHty builds a road through
its limits, the next does the same, and SO on.
We r~ecOllect seeing a statement not many
months ago from an engineer Of one Of the
Georgia rOOds-the Muscogse one we think
that the farmers in the region OF Columbus
were making $500 to the hand by subscribing
for the Railroad stock and than working out
their subscriptions, 10 it any wonder that
Georgia is PrOsperOus-that her lands are rising
that factories, FOuDdries, &C., are &otting
the State over-that her citizens are not hunt.
ing homes in new TegiOns-thOt her citizens are
growing in wealth, trade, and popUlation-her
towns and villages multiplying and fourishing?
Look at Savannah, how she is spen ding mil
lions Tor roads, canals, lines Ofsteam ships, &c.
drG'o'"g wealth from all quarters by freely Pip
ING Il GU. at first! Look at Augusta, with her
canal for manufacturing purposes! And Co.
Iumbus the Lowell Of the South! A noble
for good-foE they lasting welfare of
he ~State-exists between the country and the
farmers and traders-the are mutu>
enriching, are braciOg and sustainineeuc
'ther. 0
"Fennessee has commenced following the
audable examDle Of the "model State Of the
'outh'" She is building RalIroads-hsr cities
her farmers have united together-have
'ut their shoulders to the wheel, and two preat 4
works ore under Roadway, In Tennessee. os Z
lSewhere, wherever the Railroad touches, land {
as risen very greatly in value. Along the O
mole line from Nashville 10 Chattanooga. real {
STATE mas gone up--even while the Railroad v
IN process Of construction, the difference in o
le value OF land on the route nov and vha, il Al
as OetO1e IS lar more than the entire. cost OfNe 81
'Gd! ME. Stephenson estimates the rise in Al
'e value OF real estate OIL the route and in the 81
WINS on the line at about eleven millions.wbi a
e cost Of the road is put down at three mil. Ii
ons' In the North, the Middle States. the nj
'est and the South, experience has ever ii
results OF similar nature flowing from W
allroads' They creare and impart wealth. Al
icy are iertilizing Streams, rivalinp the woD- p
srs OF the Nile. Truly, most truly, NAV !, b.
said, that the farmers are more interested in m
I'd more benefited by Railroads than all Of
lrerS besides. While others are incidentally
%nehtted, the farmer IS at once benu6cialIy &C. 10
d upon by them"