The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-12-11

roads and other enterprises--the spirit
Of progress the march Of improve
rnel,t, and other kindred subjects, that
it devolves upon us to take d hand in
the controversy. It is solemn duty,
involving the whole interest of the un-
dived Southwest, and it should be
treated Of, without levity. The ques-
ton is, awhat would be the effect Of a
railroad from Pompeii to Port Hud-
SOM How would the interest Of the
planters be Effected Would not the
price of land enhance And would
not Port Hudson become an immense
commercial depot for the merchandise
Of all nations? These are some Of the
questions that should be calmly con-
sidered and as we have to refer to
''De Bows Commercial Statistics"
Hunts Merchants" and the "Rail-
road Magazine we must be pardon
ed for occupying more than the allot-
ted space for a Comet LENDER The
text is ''The general effects Of railroads
generally In discussing this sub
jeet, we cannot do better than take
the New Orleans and Jackson, and
Great Northern; as great, If not a
very good example of"What railroads
will do The subject of a great rail-
road to some underlined point in the
Northwest, was a ''happy idea'--a
subject Of vast magnitude subject
that called all the great men in the
State--and few others besides into
Convention--a Convention aoas held,
we don't rccollect when (see De Bow
and that Convention decided (see re-
cord page 7e) that the said railroad
"shall be built'' along the eoast.---
The same Convention appointed-or
rather elected q board of Directors.
who scarcely organized into the Great
northern company before they changed
the location of the route, in order to
bring into market, lands that had been
previously bought for a similar specu-
lation. The result is that the Great
Northern Railroad runs out into the
swanps Of South Eastern Louisiana.
where it will remain monument.
There could be no objection to this,
I the State were not made the prin.
'lpal partner, and the people the sutf-
'rers; and all this to build up the
'sergrown estates Of foreign capital
SITS, and New Orleans money brokers.
suppose for q moment the Great Nor
hern road ever gets as far az the Miss
ssippi line, it can never 20 farther.
Until more honest set Of people in
Iabit that region than tie present race.
he people there will never suffer q
lrect tax for a road, and as to selling
their bonds" it would be a better
pec'l'ation to get up all her ~ shin
lasters and the Union and Brandon
otes, and take Item into market.
Talk Of railroads in Louisiana, with
er great nonopolizing sugar estates
nd the lands that are fit for cultiya-
on, all in the hands Of parties, who
'ond rather see it wilderness as it
, than occupied by an Industrious
the idea Is simply redic,i-
us. Some few roads may BE- droned
1t Of the Great Commercial Empor-
m, but they will never 90 much far
Ter than the Pontcliartrain, the Mexi-
IN Cult, the CarroIton, and the Nash
lie establishments. When it is dis
'vered that any other place in the
ate, than New Orleans Is to be bene-
ed +; the locomotive will come 10 a
lad pause, and blow off steam.
Our neigllbor in Lafayette street
IS lately furnished the world with two
three interesting articles on The
'oast Railroad In Yesterdays pa
r he has a column entitled "Tbe
'ton Rouge and New Orleans Rail-