The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-03-07

that this or that proposed railroad will in
jure this or that city or town through which
it will pass. AS a general rule, no argu.
ment is more fallacIous. The following
extract from the very able report OF F. M.
Garne't. Esq. chief engineer upon the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad, is to
The point. and will be read with interest:
! II has been but short time since Buf.
falo was village. and but IS years ago i,
ha'' only 5000 inhabitants; it is now a ci.
~ numbering 10000 people. And A,ucs.
Esoche.Ier. Auburn, Syracuse, Utica and
&. Schenectady are hut the creations of yes.
'e'day, 'he result of the developing mower
OF railroads and canals. 10 fact the first
effect OF these improvements is 10 create
new towns and enlarge old ones. As oopu.
lat'dn increases. certain proportion of
them must lnhabir cities, and the general
prosperity OF the country will show itself
IN the Incrpaseoi towns. On some of rho
roads OF Massachusetts, you ar. seldom on,
OF the sight of a village. Let rs take The
Boston and Worcester railroad for an ex,
ample. Worcester is ID miles from Bos.
ton, and some had predicted that the place
would be injured by making a road to Bos.
ton, but the road was made and the town
was increased. II was mex, proposed ,o
extend the road through Worcester. and
many predicted most confidently, that the
town would be destroyed; but the road was
extended and the town continued 10 grow.
Worcester now has $1,000 inhab,lan,s.
and, besides The read from Boston, has
railroads dIvergng, on the west to Sprng-
neln ana Albany; IN southeast direction
to Providence. Il. J.; on the south TO Nor.
w'ch, Ci and in northeast direction 10
Nashua, N. II. IL was a country village
before the road was made TO Boston. Be.
tween Boston and Worcester are no less
than seven flourishine towns. Brieh.
ton, Newton. Needham. Na,,ck, Framing.
ham. HopkIntou and Wesl5oro.' So that
instead Of destroying. the Railroad has
built up town for almost every Ave miles
Of ITS length.
There may be something in the iusti,u.
hons oil the south less favorable TO the
rapid growth of towns. but sill we find
that these improvements produce conse-
qu'nces similar in kind, if not in degree.
10 the State OF Georgia, the same effect has
been witnessed. There is scarcely a town
or village on or near anv railroad which
has rot been benefited, and new ones have
grown up. ln six years Atlanta has in.
creased from two or three houses 10 5000
inhabitants; and during the same period,
property in Marietta, only 90 miles distant.
mas advanced IN many cases 400 per cent.
and village properly in that Stale, has been
generally doubled m value At least.
Lands are increased in value by dimin.
'shlns the transit charges in every,b,no
thing that is produced. II you dimnisS
the cost OF Transporting the annual product
OF one acre to market by three dollars, it 10
certainly PRACTICAL addition to the value
OF that acre, OF the capital which would
produce an annual interest of three dollars.
/ II follows, therefore, that the value of land
rs invariably increased by railroads. And
ms ELECT IS much more apt to take place
wnh rich land than with that which is un-
produc'lv". The lands of Cass, Murray
and Walker, in Georgia. will now COM
mand i1ur times the pr'ce which could be
ob'ained Tor them in lS42, before the rail-
road was completed
Railroads not only increase the value or
promote the growth of population. but thew
secure the prosperity of every industrial
pursuit There is more water DO wer near
the line OF this road, than can be found in
the mos' favored paris Of New England
This water power will become valua bic an
soon as the railtoad connects il with all the
markets Of The world. Manufactures will
grow up and assis, 10 creating ,ha, DIVISION
Of abOr which IS so necessary TO a dense
population.
MIR Buster is an opponent Of Tree schools,
from 'pr'ncIpe. He goes "sgin edica.
ton." mo, because Of il. unconsrilu,ionality,
hut because MS unnatural. Ign"rance is
"NaIur." he says. We are born ignorant.
and ought 10 be kept so. We should not
wonder if our men Of wealth nominated
Buster for the Senate at the next election,
How can man. who has no wings, b.
said 10 be "winged" in an "affair OF hon.
orr" Because, in going TO fight a duel. he
makes goose o! himself.
A .Gung man and female once upon .
time. stopped at n country tavern. Their
awkward appearance excited the attention
"f one "f the members Of tho family, who
a conversation with the female
by inquIrIng how far she had travelled that
dSy.
"Travelled!" exclaimed the s,rsnoe,
Indignantly y. 1--WE didn't travel. We
rid!'
A exchange paper remarks that in tbess
lays-"A good mans earnings, broueh,
nome day by day. are carried out of the
house on the backs Of his daushiers."-
Wonder If that's ,rue7
A caild is beautifully said to be Gods
,rooem. waiting msn's solution.
A hsndssw is good thing-but not to
hare with.
A loving heart incloses within itself an
,nfsdins and eternal Eden.
II is supposed that the Lord made woman
smaller Than men to enable the latter IN III,
he I'm over The vu,teYs vhen 4, v.;,.J