The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-12-03
Rail, and other Roads. n

paper, in reference to the Port Hud
son road, calls to mind the fact thai
this city is interes ted in road not on
ly projected, but surveyed, bridged
ditched and thrown up, nearly half the
way to that clever little place in the
heart of Feliciana-the town Of Gin.
ton. As we have heard nothing late
" of the movements of the Board Of
Directors, we naturally feel an I'm
easincss about the success of the pro-
ject, which may or may not provoke
an answer to many enquiries. Has
the Board, ever considered the project,
favored by the citizens Of Clinton, to
convert the Plank Road into rail
road and unite it with the Port Hud-
son track at Walkers Station This
is not only feasible undertaking, but
one requiring very little more, if as
much capital, as will be necessary to
carry the planks the whole way on, to
Clinton. Another thing, is, that the
"Rail road" is not an untried expert
ment in this climate, and the Plank
road is. Shall we give up certainty
for an uncertainty? We say "uncer
tainty'' because it is very problemati-
cal indeed whether the plank road
when completed, will ever do more,
than pay sufficient dividend to keep
the tract in order whilst we are Ger
tain that the rail road, will. The wri-
ter in the Clinton paper says 10 refer
cncc to the Port Hudson road:
"No road in the United States, is
better managed or more profitable to
its owners, than the Clinton and Port
Hudson Road"
Then how much more profitable
would road be, to unite Clinton, by
an agreeable hours ride, with the Cap
ital Of the State 1t would enhance
the value of real estate in Clinton fifty
per cent; double the value Of the rich
lands between this and that point; open
a new trade to our merchants, for their
goods; at tho same time furnishing a
market for every article Of produce
that can be raised in the rich Felici-
anas. In another point Of view, this
project is Of paramount Importance to
any other that has ever engaged the
attention Of our citizens: it will serve
rs lateral branch for the Great
Northern road, and place the citizens
Of both Parishes within few hours
travel with New Orleans.
What say the Board Of Directors Of
the Plank Road Company The
stock holders Of the Port Hudson road
we are authorized to say, are ready and
willing to meet the Board half way, to
arrange the matter definitely; that the
work may GO on. There is no use Of
talking any more about it. Let the
two parties meet in amity and friend.
ship, flor they are united by the same
nterest) and set the project to work.
Then the stock in our road will come
Up to par value, and the disatFected
if there be any can sell out, and
,ack out. The wise man will shoot
IN arrow in the self same way, to fnd
he one that's lost"
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SUFFERING IN NEBRAsKA.-A gen.
,lcman in the far West, informs the
New York Mirror that there is already
much suffering among the Nebraska
for the necessities of life !;
ind that the coming winter threatens
% prove fatal to large portion Of the
ettlers. Without houses to live in-'
Without markets (if they had money! I
o supply them with food, and with no
ISL and very little game, the poor EN-.
grants who have gone out there under ,
he lead Of anti-slavery fanatics must ,