Washington telegraph., 1854-03-08
IFeosi he ea,alsn Hraill
REPORT
Of the CHIEF Engineer of the u. q.
ARR. IsnIIroad Company.

We had the pleasure Of listening, Oh
Wednesday last, 10 the very able and inter,
osiihg report Of Cap Lloyd TIlahnan.
Chief Engineer ol tn Mississippi. 0aarhiIa
and Red River failfeal, submitted 70 The
Directory. aud red before a hraa meeting
Of the stockholders q The road We are
unable ai this time n lay before our read.
ea anything but brief synopsis Of the
Report, in anticipation Of its publication in
full
The results Of The surcy mus prove ex.
eeeaingy gratifying 10 every friend and
well.wisher Of the enterprise. The entire
length Of located line from Fcreus1n's point
ON the Mississippi, ta Camden, is ~ miles
and some hundred feot-ls milrs shuiter
than the travelled ruad. and VARYING in ils
direction but slightly from nn all line. aud
the distance from Camden to Red liver is
80 81 miles, making a total Of Ii 81
miles The estimated cost Of completing
the road ready for travel, engines. 1arais.
&e. is sl27I3 ~ Ter milc--or taJal cost
Of road sl9S62Gg % For ehearaess Of
construction and capacity for basines The
road when built mill ehallngc comparison
with any road in tie United State.
Passing over the calculations and eli.
males Of detail al ea=t. equipments. 6c..
which the limit If anr paper will MT Ter.
mt Us to give al ihi= Time wa viii gaa.e
from the Report IaN nut Of the abundance
Of arguments advanced hy Capt Tilshman,
tn shoR what mu#i inevitably be The fesall
Of the completion ef this ro7l. and tie
amanni Of busine= il nut commaH1
II Is Acknowledged by an tia. Rhai is
pehefally known Is lha Rcd Ritef region
confirms the finest cotton land, in the l'niied
Siales FiNesR millions Of acIos IL un.
touched Cor a distance of 200 miles mp
that river. on either side are found lauds
unsurpassed Ly any n lie world Eastern
Texas. hitherto lossel NJ. might say. pr.
senIs glorious Geld Of labor to lie emf
afanl. Cotton grim. stock. &c. will lie
found pouring from her laud In eauuilsss
quantities 20 soon as m opening is mad1 hy
which they can he salslY, economically. and
with certainty. carried 10 market. Tie
counties Of Atlunas TINT mut be iIiiuia.
" 10 your road. jus "a long ls thai axiam
IN commcrc, exists tina, the shorir. pracii.
cable line Of communication between TIE
producer aud DE consumer will always be
tho one urgu which The commerce Of thc
country will l1w, are thus enumerated ,--
Chicoi, Drew, Bradley. pa''as. Jgleron,
Union. OGacata, Columbia La.ayc',e, Cal
houu. Clark. Hampstead, Say'er Pike and
De,ha. Thess counties possessed taxable
property 20 the value of s2n,Iss.s .sle DO
1851. Since then an immense iHmigJa.
tion 10 thcs, cgun les las been going ON
Not only have the numbers been great. but
the character Of the ewigrau, g. superior 90
the mass of those who Gr.t settled your
State.
These counties, contend, are bound to
find the outlet for iour-iihs of their pro-
ductions over your rond the more remote
par,s Of the counties north and ,nu'h will
easily aud promptly end ihe means TO build
good plank road, leading into The main
stem Of your ruad ai yarion. points branch
Railroad. to iockpori via Princeton, and to
Washington. will speedily follow the open.
ing of your road Little River and Red
River afford. above your terminus, good
NAVIGATION for suitable steamboats, nearly
all the ycar round thus giving every lacili-
" for reaching the western terminus at all
times
ALLOWING the NJ. o. d r r. Railroad
10 stand ON is merits, with no support from
our Government grant, Jet us now proceed
10 show what the probable business Of your
road will be, SOY in 1851 by which time,
under any Circumstances, it will be finished
nnd by is own earnings have added to its
equipments sufficiently 10 work single
track to its maximum capacity.
Il claim for the road lour-fihs Of the
cotton now raiso6 in the counties enumerated
above and all raised on Red River from the
Raft TO the highest point on ihisriycr whcro
cotton is now planted BY summing up
the products in The various counties ! find
tbat il the increase from 1854 to 1851, with.
ont ihe influence Of o Railroad, equals that
from 1850 to 1854 there will DO equal to
100000 bales for transportation over the
whole road. This is very small estimate
takinp into consideration the impulse that
this branch Of agriculture will receive from
iho building Of your road ] have been as
snred by intelligent planters from the Caro-
linas, Goorgia, Alabama aud Mississippi, that
there is a population in those States, ready
for immigration to the region opened ont by
your road, that win bring the labor suif-
cient 10 produce in less than five years after
lis compietion, 100000 bales Of cotton
at may seem unreasonable to some that
sbonid cloim that your rold should receive
the whole cotton trade above the Raft if l
can demonstrate that the most economical
mode of getting this cotton to New Orleans
is by way Of your road 10 the Mi.sissipPi
and thence BY steamboat to market, surely
any one acquainted with the character Of
your people and their love for the almighty