New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-12-10
Ne(u ORLEANS Dailv Cresftnt.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1856
ALABAMA AND FLORIDA RAILROAD
GAHIPANN.

WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1856
ALABAMA AND FLORIDA RAILROAD
COMPANY.
It is with much pleasure that we chronicle, as op-
portunty and occasion Offer every enterprise that has
for its object the development Of the rich resources Of
the South, and the furtherance of its prosperity.
It is manifest to any and every one who has given
the subject the slightest reflection or examination,
that the great prcponderance in point of population
of wealth, of influence, social, commercial and politi
ca of the Northern cities their sister cities of
the South is in at least great measure due to that
spirit of enterprise, Of sug-
gestive Americanisn-w has urged them constant
y onward in the prosecution of every we'll devised
scheme tending to advancement in the several spheres
referred to. True il is that in many instances this
spirit has urged them beyond the limits marked out
by prudence and practcability. For this we.do not
excuse them but it is patent that they have, in the
MAN, succeeded in carrying out the fundamental idea
that of the attainment Of commercial greatness
In marked contrast with this has been the general
Bupincness of the South. Relying upon the great ad
vantages of soil, Of climate, of production and de-
pending upon the many streams and rivers that irr
gate this, the farest portion Of common country
for our inland communications we have until within
the last few years, permitted ourselves to be blinded
to the great revolutions that were constantly over
turning old customs and habits and installing in their
stead new manners and new IDEAS The scow and
the fatboat, the stage and the mail wagon, have
given place to the steamboat and railroad car and as
the signs of the times now read, the latter will ere
long be the great agent by means Of which the
social and commercial intercourse of the various
portions Of this wide extended contederacy will be
| carried on.
1t is then certainly with reason that we hail with
much qualification the advent of new spirit in the
South in regard to enterprises tending to develope her
innate wealth. One evidence of this newly awakened
interest is lying before in the Report Of the
President and Directors of the Alabama and Florida
Railroad Company
The report, which is signed by the President Of the
Company, W. H. Chase, Esq, Of Pensacola, Fa after
giving resume of the inception of the road in 1853
and the efforts made to carry it on to completion con
| tinues
In February 1856, made with Mssrs Minor
wo Were 'hrn engaged on t AaGn" and
under the provisions of the proceeded
Abana ne and 10 the location moi Of tie ,e same same ''''"
T5 nse M or If ss in the
at the Site Of the main depot in Taragonn the 2h
ten miles Of Continuous rrounn @ oyng een copeed on tn
th Of jung last and the opern'i9ns stretched from the 10Th Il
cutting down trees rifnE and .a,n has been done In
'sfaeery lie coa,FasoFs svHg aiht"y Complied viii al
their Obligations aordif= assurances OF their earnes1ness
NIL The d whos 5 sSh S,n G tfSm M the @ srysy w j. ryaD M
,,s d ,hn1 am, c"n, , h ] M j.; M , iai tset oS '
other the United and, conreco
with the roads proposed ant, already commenced
rnrest advantages in Europe or America,
The report, at considerable length goes into an eS
animation of the advantages to be derived from raj
road connection with the various roads now in cours
of construction in tha States of Alabama and Geo,
io ond bance connocti,,r with tbo crroot rortas tbo
now cbeauer the Northern and Western States,
further ives statistical statement of the cost Of ca;
obtained from the mines of Alabama, and SAYS;
h, ,, ,;-.,,. er,, ,,,o oircs m pa,saco1a ,ro,,
be dumped wharve elevated feet above the ley
Ielivere at - E or even at s Per ton won have the ett
to f M ] % NJ Ts;ssS s ;G '9 M str' m @ AM ropesGs @ @ eo" Of r.
Me1eo, the Havana the Gsnnen! and islands bordering Il
to PtS@cos rhe ponctions Of all tnose c9nntreS among
which me rse ct soirs ] M % st. o pnca[ @ EN-
siderable portion OF the section OF country before e'one
Wien he ice o,d likes a can u.s. rivers aud ralways ins
ug5sn r com & ,icnslpn ; ] YIN IN M hew ] aorK Ear , limo from Pans
cola would he the drece, and easiest They would be in
Of Of this Commerce were tnishs from New York But it wo
2E DE- lJ s1tt f i .t % Sth @ ANU W.T. Monu d M os' @ H. M II
proportions of its future growth would be untoled
no rivary Win the most prosperous nnd powerful cities Of Ii
tn',en saieS. , co+,io oy.,,, f roo,,t, r.,.,oo,
travellers ron of the rniIed States will arrive the
Caitornia for panmn on the way to South America f
h"7"''' '"'"'''' BRAZIL etc.
The finances OF the road are represented 10 De IN
most favorable condition. ana under the contract IN
road Will be completed by the -2th OF becempe
1858, though an earlier completion Will De mao. say
the lst OF June, looS provided tAe necessary lFol
etc. can be procured.
Ihe report concludes With words OF conlidence an
direct interest IN the successful carrying out OF u
road, and predicts that the result will be IN tlne
make Pensacola tlc second ctv on the continent
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