Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-11-20

tiNH'Cu SOClC'Nj WIN lHOid anu OEuCIiN
population; with schoolhouscs and churches
in every neighborhood; with this great high
way terminating at one extremity on the
Mississippi and at the other on the Missouri.
l can imagine nothing that would be want
ing to render it one Of the most desirable
portions of the earth. Such eminent adyan-
tages as these cannot and will not be over
looked by those in search of homes. The
tide Of population will pour in with ra-
pidity which will astonish the most sanguine
amongst you.
With this increase ofpopulation, will come
a corresponding increase of wealth, of COM
fort, Of social enjoyment, and Of all the arts
and refinements of civilized life. Towns
and villages will spring upas If by magic,
along the line of the road; school houses
and churches will multiply with astonishing
rapidity; new farms will be rapidly opened
and the older ones enlarged; log cabins will
speedily give place to splendid mansions;
extensive manufactures will very soon grow
up, and along the entire route will be heard
the hum ofindustry and the blihcsome song
of happy and thrifty population. Believe
me, my friends, this is 10 delusivc picture
of a morbid Imagination, confused up to
quite your doubts or TO soothc your vanity.
On the contrary, it is but a feeble deinea-
! tod of -.
which will be more than rcalizcd-visiblc
practically realized, should this magnifcen,
enterprise be successfully consummated
Such have been the results of railroad enter.
prize throughout the world; but more espec.
tally in the United States, where our repub
lican institutions allow the widest scope
for the expansion of industry and furnish
the richest rewards TO energy and talent il
all the walks of life. For time the opinion
prevailed that railroads would only answer
on short routes and between large CONNER
cial cities. That opinion, however, is now
completely exploded, and experience ha:
demonstrated that the most profitable road.
are those which traverse rich agricultural re
gions, remote frome other means of transpor
tation.
have already endcavored TO demonstrat,
that this road, will create wealth, attrac
population, foster agriculture, encourage
manufactures, and stimulate industry in al
its multiplied forms. If it shall produc,
these results, it will have conferred incacu
liable benefits on the community, even tho
it should pay very mcagre dividends TO it
stockholders. The occasion does not de
mand, and perhaps would not justify, an!
array OF figures to prove, that the stockhol
ders may anticipate large dividends upol
their investment. But il it were proper t.
do so, think could easily demonstrate
that the stock OF this road will be not only
ay ng, but a profitable investment. Ii
however, it should turn out otherwise, an,
the stakeholder should never receive a dolla
in the shape of dividends, it will by II
/, means follow, that they have made an inju
dicious investment OF their money. On tn
contrary, they will be doubly compensated
by the enhanced value Of real estate, the i'm
= pulse which it will give to trade, the in
t creased value Of agricultural products o
f the line OF the road, and the energy whic
, it will iniuse into every department of buSi
, ness. Those who have not carefully exam
amincd the statistics, and are not practical
" familiar with the results OF railroad cI
f tcrprisc, would scarcely credit the state
= mcnts which the plain, unvarnished trut
would justify, on this branch of the subjec
y But some idea may be formed OF the va.
, changes in the existing order of thing
4 which this road will accomplish, by suppc
sing that divine omnipotcncc, for some pun
pose Of its own, should suddenly stretch ol
from Hannibal TO St. Joseph, magniiicel
q river, such as that before us. Lant
/ which are now comparatively valueless, b,
e cause of their remoteness from marke
). would at once advance, a hundred, two hun
). drcd three hundred and perhaps five huudre
per cent. in value; population would pot
4 in from all directions; towns and citi,
r, would grow up in almost day; and all II
a results which have endeavored to depic
$ would speedily ensue. If then it be conc'
v dcd, that the opening of navigablc rive
n would produce this marvellous change,
o will be easy to demonstrate that the constru
S tion of this road will produce even mo
e extraordinary results. For ii is most sati
= factorily established, that rivers cannot cor
d pete with rail roads as a general thing. r
: vers are only valuable as afiording chez
h and speedy means of transportation.
IT both respects, rail roads are superior
to them. The transportation is cheaper, quic