The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-03-26

1890
We stated yesterday that meeting held on |
Monday evening, in the Commercial Exchange for /
the purpose Of discussing the claims of the above
line of road to the support of the inhabitants of this
city, aud promised to give in this mornings publ-
cation full report of the interesting speeches delv
cred upon the occasion, which we lay before our
readers with pleasure, they contain matter OF
much importance to every interested in the
prosperity OF the South:
Mr. M w. Hoffman. who requested to take the chair,
said he had been called preside meeting. which
was perhaps destined have influence the pros
perty county, and stimulate its citizens to improve
great work ia which they in He
had kept much aoof from public meetings lately that he
untitled for the situation in which he found himself
placed and he should be obliged to the indulgence of
the meeng and ask those present to aid him In conducting
s proceedings 1t long since he nterfered in
of that kind for he Of those that had been, and he
grown rusty and almost unfit for service His task
he knew difficult one, and he would call upon the
first gentleman to address the meeting
Mr. rerham of the principal in the railroad
scheme then presented himself and observed that he
peared before them the advocate of great work in
which they all interested. He had claims, other
than the subject he about lay before the meeting for
support and there novelty about his theme for its
which talked Of daily, and with which they
all familiar As the outline and details of the subject
about place before them of interest, he
hoped have the Of anot because he had
claim for his preensons 10 orato Tor he had but be-
cause he was abou to make plain statement OF such things
as were OF interest 10 Inc soutn anu e "s. mere were
already ralrosd projects operation, all of which coll
tehpia'eu 'hs uiain'hs vi Ne" oi'ea' anu VIC " ~ ~ -
th.n traoe; ne n, commencea a. noon anu was - ,s 81
the trade which formerly down the river and far
was eoe u, ~, ~ So VI % nc 10 ~ ~ .. ~ W ~ H. ~ a. p @
.a.. a. m .e a.e. ",,t,naa a ana ons.,sd li
to the Lakes, terminating Buffalo, and these lines
at given point more than one hundred miles
| p,r I'D H. ,la ILL., H. ;., , hioh aad
.'d " "Ia . San,n 20 no, d nd ,t hi; S.v Nav O
Nv I..s aa w. a.s =. &C. e.. 49, p,;ns = ,ha , ., =, b,
| , j.; ,L U; E, l;, ,vo,o ,Irs.dv oon.,,nc,od n, in
. .S ~ u,e 80 Ao,. ,,;n - h;h 80 80 ,S d; F ,h
ss, tn ,bs c;,e, of the Atlantic and thev all take nor
lion of that trade which was formerly done with New
| Orleans
To, thor, only t,ts vIanca at this and then think If il
ya moi necessary IN mise counteraotnp innence which
would tend to the of the trade of the South
Charleston was pushing her railroad on for she saw thu
importance of it, and she hit continue to Tennessee
even to the Cumberland Valley. All these lines
ing to the West, and what was more arming, they al
appear to strike nearer home; and each one was tapping
the resources OF the rivers and preventing the trade Iron
flowing down the streams to New Orleans The line OF roat
which he advocated, was intended 10 counteac Inc ihu
Of all these, which (and was alarming fac all ru
from the northwest to the southeast and thus nterfere
with the interests of the South Our line of road proposes
from north east, and will traverse the whole OF tn
!, country between Selma, in Alabama, and Gun,er's Land
ing, the Tennessee River Thus 1t Will connect the tw
great bends OF the Alabama and Tennessee Rivers by run
| ming in direct line one hundred and ninety miles,
There are no natural obstacles from Rouen to Jackson
ye and the citizens of Winchester are building the road
to Gunters Landing When all these works are complete
shall have entire road Nashville and by these
shall be pu, in connection with the Great Valley Road
al this route Washington City could be made from New
leans in two and half days or at most three days
going by either of the other lines the journey would have
be performed upon eips vergng either the east
but by this route it would be formed upon the axis
this elpsis and would be nearer saving two hundred an
~ | eighty miles between New Orleans and New York. Fro
h. Huntsville to New Orleans, the distance which is now ra
eed 1858 miles and by our line would only be 6a mile
which would be saving OF 1876 miles in favor of lin
while the distance saved by their route between Nashv