Washington telegraph., 1852-06-02
For tAf Telegraph,
Memphis and Fulton Railroad,
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can, and hope will do Justice TO this subject, and
hence shall give up the space that YOU have thus
far given my poor articles in the hope TINT I, will
be filled with matter, that Is more readable,
am sorry to know. that we have among Us.
some who advocate q Plank Road, from Fulton TO
Gaines Landing \ few words and figures will
however give que,us to that project. ltis 100
miles from Red river to Gaines Landing, 1t
would take team 10 aays 10 make the tfip. A
team, driver expenses &c, would be at least s.
per day. Say that yon could take 90 bales at a
load-and that the team would be out, 10 days in
accomplishing the trln we would then dnl that
II would cast sll 10 make the trip or So 80 per
bale to Gaines Landing and 50 cents from that
point to Orleans besides insurance and storage
Well We see that it would cost the planters of
Henns,ead and other counties about 81 so pet
bale 10 get their cotton 10 market Tins is but
little better, so far as the cost Of transportation Is
concerned than Red river and Is much wore
mode. when We consider the lnar aud ioiroi rag.
goas harHess lossof time Of Driaa aud muiel Give
Us Red river all the time in preference to plank
road 10 the Mississippi. Who ever heard of
plank road i6O miia ioagl VINO woud ever think
of hauling his emp ol cotton LOO miles when there
was any sort OF river near A plank road will
do very well iof mere ueighharhon1 purposes, or
TO run from some inland town 10 a riveT lew
miles Oft OF to a Railfnal denai that is uear; but
10 talk about one ifnm Fulton 10 Gaines Landing
loo miles IS wone than ally. planter who
raises 800 bales Of cotton, as Is frequently the ease
on Red river, would look nice, Undertaking To
haul that number oi bales lG1 miles over any KIND
Of a fnad Il would take a team 20 daYs 10 do
II or aairlg nHs m1l'ts N he poirl !, will nat
help the matter 70 say that the planter conll s,afi
fur or iiye teams-ihe a1a would be the same.
though the cotton might get "a Gaines Landing
little saonct Bot viii leave the snhieel plank
fnads==ii Is not wafih mnmeHia rejection. It's
a lgmeni Of the brains OF tame wise men OF a
certain town not thousand miles from here aud
with them | leave If,
A RaiinaI would have diilrnut effect upon
Us as people and as q sliic. Il would hfing our
lands iu'n nailcc aal gisa them rsiltf They are
comparatively worthless nov, ioT land Is worth in
proportion n ibe eHeapuss and certainly Of selling
what II pfhIasrs beside ibis bsinr,s Is quiH.
tupled IN aaF country, Rlfuai NAY paaelnie
Such has been the eIael Of the Nashvie and
Chattanooga RaiIfaad. II passes through same
four OF five counties and tho aHl af al least one
ihiTi ol 'he wav. Is 'efg paaf and unprtlas,iye.
hH' iHai amH 4uHs tHa' eal 'l have ben haush' In
isi7 af . per acre aHI iu many easrs IN les
Is now falHIk selling Hf iBm sIn "a so pr faefsi
n ISIS 'hs anes#el sHIHe ai property IN f11r
saHa'a iagerol By tins RallIoad. wrs as iol.
lnws-
Assessed yalas Of property iai
counties IN iSis Was s27sfiOia
1913 slG4IsCsa
Iarra.s in sae yesf s26ssl9a
So much ha= Rallmai done iar ioaf eoaaiie, IN
TfrrH#sHe.
What has If l1ae l1f SsR Yais. Massachusetts.
Georgia ard aibof slalest Lsi "a, iaf a msmeai
look a. The iaHfs
When the EHe Canal va commenced ihn val
ua n rnprfIY in lie cif Of wv YaIk Ras hHi
litilc asri szsnaHHhn. In % iHH SHafs property
N consequence OF IhHi GaHal sHi other waHks #
lH'rrual Improvement inrfcasad ia value $40 II
reached s'sz1nI Ha4-zHl Of. il.s IN t6a shlIi
I#ginl ai ii KsarI
Tie property Rsal AM personal. in the eaIm,irz
Of Nep York. ihfaash winch tine Ire Railroad
rassss $40 saiuell Is uI'aw--
Asesssi value OF Rod aal person.
al E.n'r IN ,Ii, was sl1tSi.fSs
ln 1870 ihr value ui 'amr was S>i0lnlr0
SLOWING 'he iHsrsaso in DO yssfsar smsls7r1
IN ,h- rr'i On Rav Slate .Maalshu.e,tl
where ihry have great ntu aa rlu.a'ci ls,rua.
la'iun-'hc cfn'H perfect system of comm11 srhoos
where there arc Ral'fsals ard every thing ,lsr.
that an enlightened State a'rsrs irN lau. the ri.
f.a'H NJ Railroads afa most HHkire'y ii.paye1
lnlsi1 ihr value ri Ns1I Estate along ihe ,auoIs
line. Of Ri.lnals, n Massachusetts
~, sloas7s1,9
ln 1851 ista'ne was s1f0af4esl
Increase bon "a wears orsr-slG1O 160l 50
much lof RlI'r1sl. IN that Sa'ri
The nsl'i iu Georgia and SOUTH Carolina has
ifaM thing brrn s..'l more striking lu Georgia
The inrfca.s ip population. wealth aHl rruiueiHn
is almost ineIeI.h'r T. BE- 40 De- ailrhuiri .o'4iy
~ Railuais H. 1876 the land ll G,1tsa alon-
whrfeihr Ch1'nnaon fo1d alir runs could have
been t1n.iiai imm 90 10 7i esu'. r-r acre, hu'
thee same lanls cHnmbrl-l in lsll when ihg
mad was ini,bei Boz many ir.'anscs a, mush di
$50 tfr ard Ia tHr CbemAeecauu'u 90 Georgia.
lands " ycars aFn, Were almost worthless in,m
q The ia-' th,' there were so means NJ innsporia-
Zion The Sair hlwrgrr hil Rsi'rIal through
that region. ,Hl lanl, there arr now worth m
'manv instances 2011 per- nrl' Hf7, than they
could have har1 sli 'Ht when there were n1
facilities fnf m,fsrn Tiai country. where once
fnafncd that Singular l-c oi beings that we call
Indians b naw ircmIng with an iniutinous-in.
ieirent thriving p1pl'siior and instead of bound.
le,, forests ali iefoeiofs, un'u'nrri population
W. may now lchnh b-lutFl and productive
hinsi So mlch fnf Railroads In Gcofsihi
Bot what have l,ailroai- dome IUf South Caro-
linn, that Land 81 fire anl hnmfonr, Mobilization
nni Trrlnnll There D. a Railroad from Ham.
bug 90 Charleston. u paars through as plor
country as can b. found any whore short of the
great Saham Desert II ia ,'olf sandy. dcsnlaic
region covered with Pine trees and the soil Is too
poor for culiigh'ian hii since the Rlilmai has
been completed Lands that could n'i have been
snll ior more thana SiiiHs nH a-r, are now SELF
ing readily a. from e. 20 sln' Thee land are
selling high simply ON gr-nmt ol iho Pinf fr0f
that rram on hrI Ought we not 10 feel rciuiccd
that Railroads eau inpar yalnr 20 Plas irot'
remember 10 have read some ycars aeo tho
celebrated speech Of Robert Y llaync Of South
Carolina. In The o. s Senate IN reply 10 Mf Clay
on tho Tariff H. spoke ullhc signs of prfsiliHrs
decay In and about Charleston. that The planters
worked hard and utci worse. that the people
would have ts break up aud leave the State &C.
Was the rani the cause ol d. a. Mr. lllync cup.
posed II be- was right how happened H. that
Georgia and Alabama did not also complain, the
heavy burden and the bliehtnr effects of the Tar.
iifi Since they have had Railroads running
through that Stale and into Charleston. we have
heard but little ahnut The tanil from the people OF
the Palmetto Slate. While on the subject OF South
Carolina. may a. well say, that she j. hound 10
hHgc fomtihing 10 make q lilss about 1--WE bed
no TdriB at all or no NIBo. she would pick
quarrel with the government about flnaiing and