New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-11-24
VIEW ORLE.d.NS, JACKSON IND
GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD

As the early completion of this road is of vast
interest to the citizens Of New Orleans, we pro.
pose to lay before our readers such information
as is at hand relative to the resources of the
company, the progress ofthe work and the prob
able time in which it will be put in operation,
wholly or in part.
The resources of the road by private subscrip-
ton and by State and City stock, amount to
"a, $40, 125. 1t is expected that independently
of any loan, this amount will beincreased from
two to three millions mere The surveys have
been completed, and the entire line is under
contract, with the exception of l54 miles The
spiling and grading from the city to the State
line, distance of S7t miles, with the exception
of some very inconsiderable parts, has been fin
shed and the work of laying the rails on this por-
ton of the road has been commenced Locomo-
tives( three in number have been provided and are
now in the city, ready to convey the immense
quantities of rail iron now lying on the basin, to
parts of the road where it will be needed Hands
are busily engaged laying down the track beyond
the North Pass, and but little is wanting to
complete the connection between the highlands
and the city.
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lance oftwo hundred and six miles, it is estima-
ted that the road will be completed and in
operation in the course of the coming year From
the city to the State line, distance of eighty
seven and half miles, the cars will be running
in few months From Aberdeen, South fifty
miles are under contract, to be graded as fast
as the stock is paid in, and the two remaining
divisions will be put under contract as soon as
possible, So that the whole road will shortly be
An agent has been employed to
solicit subscriptions, and to secure the right of
way. These subscriptions will be employed in
grading the road along the line where sub
scribed, and the whole line being put under
contract, every dollar will be employed as fast
as paid in. The completion of the road dis
lance of one hundred miles, which will be in a
few months, will enable the company to draw
the loan of three millions secured by Messrs
Robb and Slidell, and with this amount on hand
the work may be expected to go on with rapid
ity unsurpassed in the history of railroad enter
prises. On the payment of this loan into the
hanls of the company, the amount of their
available funds will be 81 1915, l25. With such
means, there can be no impediment in the way
of forwarding the work towards an early com
pletion.
more favorable route for road of the same
length could not have been found on the CONT
nent The country is generally fiat or gently
rolling and neither mountains, rayines nor for
midable hills intervene to make necessary deep
cuts or high entertainments There will be but
few eurvatures, the object being rather to con-
struct road ON direct line at little addi-
tional expense, than to save outlay by an in
crease of distance. The highest grades will not
exceed thirty feet to the mile These lig hit
grades and slight curvatures have been adopted
by the chiefengineer mir Grant, as permanent
saving of time and wear of machinery, involv-
ing only slight additional outlay. The Pres-
dent and Directors of the road, with wise fore
cast, have determined not to make the cheapest
road, but the best and eventually most econom
ical, IN the least possible time. They have con-
sequently instructed the Engineer to make it
straight and of the lowest grade, even at a
slight additional expense The wisdom of this
policy may be seen in the saving of distance
and of speed which will be thereby effected.
The work will be vigorously pressed, and it is
expected that in two or three years
it will be in operation along the entire line.
The completion of this great enterprise opensu
a bright prospect for the commercial interests
of New Orleans. Together with another great
work which is rapidly progressing and which We
will advert to hereafter New Orleans will be
awakened FROM her long inertness, and will offer
advantages to the enterprising which will place
her above competition in the great struggle for
supremacy.