The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1853-01-29

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Fhi. road appears IN b. attracting con
s'o"f""'e attention. rot only In the r,rjot
" country through which il 10 designed Ia
l'sss. hut ~ THE city and slae where; and
indeed, W. lear" that the utmost en,hus;s : am
prevails al along the line Of the road from,
scksburg. Otshrsveport. IL ibis State. and
thence to Marshall. in Teas. That fertile
r-e'"" OF country is At times Gu. Of from
s,i c"n'ii'an:s with this city, bv III.
ll'hcultIes attending the navigation OF Red
hver-a state o. thin2s to which III, ia.
hrbitants seSn' determined not much Longer
to submit, ." far ~ may 10 judged iron, The
tone 81 the Press OF that section. and tho
public meetings aud conventions which
have been held there. We are gra.iird 10
~'tn~sa the zeal Of our friends in that sec
ton. IN .ueh an enterprise, and sincerely
hope their efforts may he crow ned with sue.
cess; and that they will be succesful, hardly
adm''s of . doubt We are led to this
conclusion from several considerations, viz I;
IirAt-lbs road will pxss through one of
the wealthisst regions IN Louisiana, incIu.
ding ten parishes. with an aggregate prop
s''y of s'1'y five million Of dollars. produ
cling annually o~er one hundred and twr,.
~ thousand bales Of cottou--and il would
seem that no people, possessing that amount
Of wealth. would. for \ long time. bear the
! Inconvenience and iosssa resulting from
their present isolated position. Secondly
X will PASS through one Of N. w.,lhi.s,
por,icns of ve.as The frs. county !,
strikes. raise. about tw,nt, .Gy. ,bo,..,d
h.le. Of co,,on sod IN. wboI. commit, l.,
T..s. through which |, will ,a., /. aid IN
be 4 hea,iuI and f.,,,l, r.,;ou. .rd wb.,
ia agricultural ,,,ourc.. are d.v.loo.J N.
.n,.u,t of prodpc. seeking tr.,.,n,,.,;,,
will bs amazing indeed Ia rons,,ur,lo,
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civ and ~. hone Tim, ,ho,a OH, t,.., ,,
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's' ~" Wv" 'e"s"''"o'' 'nn. '"'""' '"s
R'es. "ap's ""uoro"" e' mat seef'o"'
would submit To n freight OF eight dola3s
bale. IN order 20 reach mn inferior msrke'
In our opinion. ~. construction OF this road
/. not les. impor,,I Ia mi, ci,v than, that
-, H., nn.io,.. 1;,.., VIA, ,,.J
~ ,'' n ~. II, s''I .D"
"'' "'s '' ~
~ sAas"sNr f'e'oh' ~ 'h's S'a's anu Tex
as 'h'sr"ao has already been surveyed
nd lpca'.d from Nichsburg to Montor, aud
also from Shreveport to Mnrshsll. the lin.
;fon >hr.vepor, 10 Monroe not b.,nr vet
,o,uol..i.d ,hou,,h ,h, su,due.r l.. nov "a,
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'nurs' '""re are h"' '""f ,""rs 81 "'e," '"e'
country, requiring truss"l"nik, anu 'he es'i>
"a'cd c"st "l that section of hat road Is
mn. thouaand dollars per mil-. From
>hrvy~pnrtto Nnr-hall. "A disianr. OF some
f,r,y u,il,. III. cost il ,,,lust.J MT nlout
-,
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are u" serious ""s'n''e' 10 NC ."o"u''e'e,'
o" inc route from """'"' 10 o"fe'er"''
- 'h""eh' inc e"s' o NAV see'"" WI "o'
exceed ten THOUSAND dola' per mile.