New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-01-18
NUMBER S37.
Mesgage q the aovernor i Mlaai asIppl

i
Legislature of Mississippi. Itis ssraightfor-
ward, practical paper, and some portions strike
us as Of peculiar general interest
After alluding briefly 20 the prosperous con-
diton Of the domestic interests of the State, and
the recent revision and codifeation Of its laws,
Che Governor states that the report Of the Tres-
surer presents highly satisfactory condition Of
the finances, and shows that the revenue law |.
Of the lest session has fully met the demands
upon the Treasury. The excess Of receipts
over expenditures during the yeax is stated at
S170,473 33a. 5
Passing over minor topics, we come to that
portion Of the message which refers to the lines
Of railroad in course of construction in and
through the State. He states that an extension
had been granted 10 the Southern RaiIroad l
Company to the 9th Of March, 1858, to complete I
their road to the Alabama line, but that tho |
work had mot progressed in accordance with the
expectations Of the Company, and it was nm
certain whether it would reach that point by
the time specified.
The work Of surveying and locating the line
of the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad, making
out the maps, profles, etc., had been satisfac-
torily performed. @ NJ II. @5. 5s yt#s5
The sum Of 800, 900 had been paid to the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company; $$;143 900 to
the New Orleans, y Jackson and Great Northern
Railroad Company, and to the Mississippi Gem
tral Railroad Company the sum Of S62,500, for
/ which sums, severally, each company had de- !
/ posted its certificates Of stock to the propor-
tionate amount in the State Treasury.
| Some differences Of opinion had existed be-
tween these three companies as to theirrespect-
i've rights under the act Of March 2, 1854, to:
aid in the construction Of their roads, ETC., but
they we're adjusted by mutual agreement, and
the balance Of the proceeds Of the internal im-i
provement lands, as it is realized, now goes To-
the New Orleans, jackson and Great Northern,
and Mississippi Central Roads, in the propor
! tions specified in the act. g
q In regard to the present condition and pros.
I poets Of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, the Gov
, ernor says 4E 4 = n ,s5
I It has now bssa completed to the Lsuderdale
Springs station, near the north boundary Of
3 Lauderdale county, o distance of one hundred
| and fifty three miles from Mobile, and the cars
: are running successfully to that point. :
! The business and travel upon the road surpass
; expectation *ssssa -ss*
9 The advantages to the country through which
: the road passes, and which il is reaching
t heretofore remote from market, and desti-
/ ktute Of facilities, have neither been calculated
t nor anticipated. eality nov presents them with
8 astonishment, even TO those who in anticipatior
l. supposed they had most fully realized them.
e The message proceeds with the following in
' teresting information:
The New Orleans, Jackson and Great North
e ern Railroad is completed, and in successful
* running operation to osyka, on our State line
a q distance Of eighty eight miles from New Or
j, leans. It reached this points, to which it ha
is been brought, almost exclusively if not entirely
Id by means furnished By the State and citizens
rs Louisiana and city Of New Orleans. about L
ne 4th Of July 1854. Since that time, the iro
le- rails have been laid six miles north of 0syk,
it Upon this portion Of She line the cars are rul
M ming, but it is not open yet for general trad
. The grading of the road is completed to Broo
Dg, haven, Lawrence county, o distance Of shirt
~, eight miles from Osyke. The means of the col
loh pany have not besn available to purchase t
iron for this part Of the road. The distan
of from Osyka to Jackson by the line of the roa
70. is ninty five miles, (air line 912 miles. If &
rss iron rails were laid to Brookhayen it would
red in running operation within ffty-sev miles
,ld the Capital. Fifteen miles of the road is COZ
sy, pleted, and in running operation from Jacks'
G north towards Canton, and the whole line vi
ere be completed to Canton by the middle or last
y February next. The road graded twenty mil
by or more in Monroe county, north and south
th- Aberdeen, but the company has not been sb
se- to reach that section with the iron rails. &a
ity This road forms one Of the most importal
lines throughout our State, and in its Connection
sre with other roads, one of the most importaI
lid lines in the United States. It's means are suf
ere cent, if they were available to construct POI
In tions Of it, if not the whole line, gradually
ta. but slowly 1t requires additional aid to, giy
Al 4. -,Ls,
the great interests and necessities OF the coul
ar- try so imperiously demand. Aa5
sre Twenty-four miles Of the Mississippi ,Centr
ay railroad are completed, and now in runnir
nd operation from the Memphis and Charlestt
SO road to Holly Springs. The business upon
ips equals and exceeds the expectations of the COZ
,le, pany.i One hundred and twenty miles of a.
pie ditional road bed from Holly Springs south, 81
at Canton north together, will be in readiness Fl
out the iron rails by July next-a considerab
nat portion of this distance being now in readine
4 . for the cross ties. But thirty miles of Il
earth work on the whole line are not let to CO
ne. tract. A recent purchase of iron rails h
.pi- been made by the company, sufficient to Il
yer down fifty miles, commencing at Canton o.
IN. Holly Springs by the first day Of April ne2
me And had the company the necessary mea
on, vigorously to prosecute the work, the who
The line could be put in operation within two yea
vas from this time
era He then proceeds to state that the oompRl
Its Of the latter road has received from all sourc
the sum of 1929 900, has expended for constru
the ton, equipment, etc., about 4o,000 inclu
:th, ing what has been expended, the aveilat
Of means Of the company amount to abo
'aa $4,000 900, and thus it may be seen that b
.n 81 900 900 are required to complete the worl
ul- These roads, when completed, will form
gether line of 800 miles within the limits
ich the State
ret After alluding to the great advantages viii
wv may be expected to accrue to the State fr
lies these extended facilities of trade and tray
,a- he proceeds: ..-.---.
The State has already over three hund,
lost thousand dollars invested in stock in tn
roads, and when the proceeds of the sale Of I
Internal Improvement lands are realized, v
have over half o million. This fund, howev
:. has been derived from the General Governme
oh. and the State herself has done nothing for
ss'' roads. . ...
I, therefore, recommend to the Legislature
'eW consider the propriety Of so increasing the
Two venue as to raise surplus in the Treasury
two hundred thousand dollars to be invested
ler- stock, by cash payments annually, to these S
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