Washington telegraph., 1852-04-28
Memphis and Fulton Railroad-No. q.
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and most enterprsing citizens will leave, and seek
home where their labos will be better reward.
ed, II the people and the next Legislature should
do nothing,
hmy last, stated That llemsiead county would
better give away s21t000 every year than not To
have a Railroad ! will now proceed 10 pycye H.
10 the satisfaction Of the eommuniy-mdeed this
sum would not make one eighth of our losses an.
nually, for the want OF a sure and uninterrupted
mode Of transportation. We not only pay higher
irelghis- but We pay 10 per cent. more for every
article we buy than We would have 10 pay II We
had Railroad. Let us see how it Is with Us in
the way Of lreighis, Insurance. Ne. on Red RYef
aud how 1t Would be with Us II We had a conf
mnneation with Memphiz by RailToad,
will take or example the year lsi9 ! look
At our situation Us it Is now aud as II will be be.
fore Red River geas dfB again We will send Oft
Tor rather, We wanld like 10 do ~ aloul s000
bale ul cotton iTum llemstead county, the present
year II Is worth Wo viii say, 80 per hale--but
i,maiiers not about ia value further than the qnes-
ton nofinsumnee senneemed II will bring IN mar.
ket S3a0,600, Out OF this sum we pay ubaut one.
sixth 10 get II TO New Orleans aud have IT sold /
heavy dram truly We will now institute a
comparison between Red River aud RAilfnad
10 Memphis, and see how the accounts would
stand l.rt Il be remembered that We send down
s0a0 bales. and that farmers and merchants bring
back about 2i0O0 haues Of freight These bar.
rrls of freight, Ne will say, afe worth s4101oO
II is fact, thai this county does bring irum New
Orleans every ycaE lioto barrels Of height, and
the value Is not less than what have stated
Average freight on sOaO bales Ia New Orleans by
Red RiteE Al - - Ter balc. ...,.4., ~ 900
Insurance Oh samei lgauc helns sls0un1
Hi . PET ennt,. ,sssts,. .,s4.aa.s# O,1OO
Freight on 0au barrels iofmenhauis Ac
Of Hampstead county, at 81 % per bar.
fHl,,tsstts .ss ..ss .,s.srs. s=s,ssts 5l,a5O
Insurance On 2auNH baIWls. lEalue s4Hn-
uoOl al per cent, Hi,,.ss..s.s...t..s... h,00n
Total for Insurance aal freight On Red
River for ls5s,,ss., ..s,.ss,ss..ss. s6>.s so
Let Us see what tie ifeishis and insurance
would he hY Ramal IA Memphis and hy sifam.
ef, lIom ihal place lu Aew Orleans
frighlau sluQ halss Of cotton IIum Fulton
"a Memrhl, al sl Per iale.zs..#s. s..... ss.0n0
Freight on same lrsni Memphis 10 New
Orleans. at - cents pef iala, 4s..z., l,9nO
luzlauHc on value nl snua laies llleiHg
sa2oaOl ifam Memphis 10 New Or.
leans AZ per ..sz.sss.ss..zs. Loco
Freight on 2iaap haftels lfpm New el.
leaus la Memphis at 80 eis pr barrel, s,zi9
ih.ufaHse va samr halae szO1nO1I lfam
NtIiH Ia uiHin al l#f ftAlHfsss sssHHes iHHN
Freight on 25nnu bauH.s lIom Memphis
Ia Washington, Ark at 50 cents per
harreil ss'.s,s..'ss 80. ..ss'ss.s#s' sIs,a'o
Total Of up and down freight. aud iasn.
rance by kailtaad. 80. ....ss,.s.... sljsa
RHaruylsuaa.
Total Of ifzilhfs and insurance by Red
Ntof-unaH down, $500, .#...z= sHN,sHh
Total oi iIelHlts and Insurance by Aem-
phis ~ and down. wn,.ss+t4#..ss,ss $3.50, a5s#p
Showing difference in iayer Of Railroad
10 Memphis Of ss..s..#4 ..#=s-+. ~lloaD
This l. NO halucination-it is ycniabo Truth,
ilai We do pay every year slaolo mon, ~ The
shlT" ri ifrisht anl insurance, ou Rcd River,
than We would have 10 pay f Wc hada RAILROAD
10 Memphis i this not enough io impuFrH-h
any community nu EARTH have pW lfclchi uu
Red River al - I5 PER bale. The planters are
nov offering 60 90 and are NOT likely 10 gr' their
cotton od ut all Ii Rcd River would wcrdc and
rri down 10 low water marx, and stay down ilf
ten yrar. Il would BE- thr lest thing thai ever
hapreurd tor South Arkansas ! have not told
onc fourth of ouF Losses. Our -four our pork, lard.
bacon Irish potatoes sc, all iiayel 300 miles
further 90 get 10 ~ than they would If We could
stop them at Memphis, a' they aTr descending The
Mississippi and bring them here on a RaiIruad.
We Use 1000 barrels oi flour lu tins county year
AMI wr pay two dollars mor a hafrrl for 4 before
Il gets in us by New Orleans and then up Red
River than 1t would cot us ID i, came 90 Nlom-
phis. and then were sent across By Railroad
Thus YOU zee. that on the simple item Of bis1m
anI heM oli5 las fo0f eaten. world sayl We pay
every year $1,000 more than We ought 10 pay
We pay $500 . year loo much ioT seed lnsh pbla-
toes We pay 1900 TOO much for pork. bacon anl
lami Thcse sums would be saved 10 us II We had
= Railroad Put all these items together, and Ne
lind that We lose, on the less items have mci-
toned. annually. the sum nl -inOOn-iu say noih-
ing ol hauling from Fulton % different points IN
the county
b. It known that | have made no mention Of
lhgging. rope aud hSincl Where do they come
irumi In getting 10 Us Nc pay for 500 miles
more II transportation and insurance than we
ought 10 pay. They come from Kentucky and
elsewhere. aud ought tn stop at Memphis. and be
brought aero,s the State in Railold ears, The
saving would be- immense. And then the planters
could get those articles whenever they want them.
Asit 4. they have Ia bus them in the Spring,
and Keen them on hand about seven months before
they want 10 use thcml As we are situated now
we have Ia buy all we Use IN the Spring, when
Red River is al ~ daoi We cannot like other
communities, take ddraai1gcof ihr mnrlds, and buy
when things are cheap 4 few bales of cotton
and Red River regulate every thing among rs,
A nice state Of thing. tulyl
The truth is, we must 20 10 work and do somc-
thing, or be ground into an impalpablc powder The
process has been going on for some time. Every
year we lose little. The hardest working man
In the county does bui little more than live. Red
River has actually kept our noses 10 the gindsione
for 20 years Our condition gets worse and worse
every year Go 10 the Clerks office, and look at
the Record of D,ois aui Mofgagei That book
would tell you tale that would siarlc You.
Men who have worked hard for years-who have
made good crops and cultivate and own good
land-are worse of to-day than they were ten
wears agol They can sell nothing they have in
Inc shape Of Real Estate, Some OF the best farms
in lIempstead county-and not few Of that-are
groanins under mortgages and deeds Of trust from
one 10 hye docp'l What can men do when thus
bound hand and foot Hampstead county, aud all
il contains, if sold under the hammer, would not
pay its home aud foreign doiil This Is a sad pic,
ufc-but true, as II is sad The best farms could
not he sold for 80 per acre, even ntme-yet they
are mtrinsically worth five times that amount
Ma wonder il il M lnr il takes all we make 10