The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-03-28

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and Seward combine in their condemnation of the
American Party, we convinced that it is hostile
to them both, and that fact alone would show that
the American Party are the TRUE friends of the |
country. We shall look to this party to adjust for
ever this dangerous question. They CAN do it. We
know that they WILL 1t is strictly consistent with
their line Of action, and will be carried out.
THE YAZOO PLANK ROAD.
Not day passes but what we hear loud com.
plants about the wretched condition in which the
Yazoo Plank Road now is. All say that if they
must pay toll. they want their moneys worth in
being furnished a good road to travel over 1t
is an old saying, that corporations have no souls,
and we hear that the company have realized large
dividends from their speculation but fearing that
the Canton and Central Railroads would very
materially affect their interests have determined
to let the road go down; but this we cannot think
possible. The interests of Yazoo City, and the
honor and character of her enterprising merchants
and citizens are too much at stake to allow such
reproach to rest upon them. We hope soon to
have the pleasure of chroncling better state of
things in regard to the condition of the pand road
II Kosciusko Chronicle.
We clip the above from the Kosciusko Chroni-
Gle, what we consider very unjust censure upon
the proprietors of he Yazoo and Big Black plank
road COMPANY. The Fresident Of tie Board scf'
Directors of that road has furnished US with
statement of its affairs showing that anything but
fortune is being made out Of it. For the first
three years after the erection Of the Toll gate the
road paid 10 per Ct, the limit fixed by the charter
Since that time every dollar Of its earnings has
and the road has incurred debt of near one
thousand dollars besides. The Company have
bought, and laid down all the plank which the
three millssu our vicinity could furnish. and have
had lab ,rcrs constantly employed, and continue
to have work going on, although tho earnings Of
the road are exhausted.
| tits to be acknowledged that the road has been
bad, and it is now, but how much worse was it
before the plank road was constructed, when eve :
ry winter, dead oxen, broken wagons, and count.
to Benton.
i It will be remembered that this was the pioneer
plank road in Mississippi. 1t was an experiment,
and has proved sore one to the Company who
have expended in its construction $4,000
Has received back for tolls l0,20C
Leaving them minus 23,SOl
with q prospect of having to expend all the toll
for years, and more besides, in rebuilding it.
Somebody has certainly been benefited by thi
loss on the part Of the Company, and il must
have been the community who made use Of If, ant
thereby saved time, besides loss Of teams and wea
e and tear of wagons.
: 1t is road on which few citizens live who hav
large number of slaves sufficient to work it q
roads in our State are usually kept up, and va
al ways noted prior to the building of the planl
road, for its frightfnl quagmires. almost impossi
BILE onhorseback.
4 If teamsters for the sake of the small pittanc
Of 40 cents, (which is the charge for the larges
1 wagon and team,) compel the Company to thro,
this road away our opinion is they will afterward
8 have cause to regret it.
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