The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-12-27
Railroads in GEORGIA,

The cxtention Of railroads through Georgia is
producing a wonderful effect in that State. Land
that was considered almost worthless previous to
the construction of these roads now brings from
five dollars TO fifty dollars per acre New towns
are sprnging up in all directions and everything
is in state OF hustle and activity A correspoI,-
dent, writing TO the New York Express, states
that
There are now finished in Georgia four hundred
and eighty five miles of Misunderstanding from
Savannah to Chattanooga, in Tennessee, where
there is good boating river of four or five hun.
dred miles OF good steamboat navigation running
through fertile cotton and grain-growing coun-
try of the South. There are railroads now bull
ding from Chattanooga, in Tennessee. to Nash
vile, in Tennessee, and from Nashville to Louis.
vile, in Kentucky also a railroad fro Chatanoo.
ga, in Tennessee, to Memphis, ON the Mis.issip-
pi, all under contract and to be finished by Janu.
ary, 1868, which, when completed will make o.
YER five hundred miles additional railroads and in
direct communication with Savannah, and which
will give Savannah n direct line of railroads to
some OF the cities and rivers of the great Western
tern country, Rich beds oiiron ore and coal have
been found near Chattanooga in Tennessee, and
also IN other parts Of the State Of Tennessee.
within half n mile of the railroad These railroads
will bring an immense amount of commerce to
Savannah. There is also another line Of railroads
building and under contract, to be finished some
time during the year lSj3-running from Savan.
nah to ApaIachCola in Florida of some three ltil-
dred and ninety miles running direct from the nor.
then counties of the State Of Georgia to Apala-
chicoa, in Florida through one of the most fertile
cotton growing couutics of the southern country,
and WEIGH will bring an immense amount of cot
ton for shipment to the port Of Savannah. Some
one hundred and ninety miles Of the road will be
completed in time for the present crop Of cotton
to he brought to market The Bar of Savannah
is deeper than that of any other city south of Bal
timore, having a depth Of thirty feet, capable Of
admitting the largest merchant vessels. The
state of Georgia has has increased, bv the last
census nearly one million; manufactures are go
ing up in every part of the Stute, and are doing
a good and prosperous business; there are NV
some thirty cotton manufact r es n full operit
and paying good dividends. Besides the railroads
that l have enumerated, there are other small
railroads building in various portions Of the State,
10 be completed ut the same time with those |
have named. The State Of Georgia va never ia
such prosperous condition as she is ut present,
and Justly deserves the name OF the Empire State
of the South
Our readers will perceive that these roads are
not likely to benefit New Orleans. Their object
ia to withdraw from u.a large part Of our present
trade What railroads have done for Savannah
and Georgia they can do for New Orleans and
Louisiana and il is time our people took hold Of
this matter with some degree Of earneatness, or it
will be bad business for us.-N o. Ds'td.