The true Democrat., 1856-04-15

oOi 'liOuS III Dbtu SOOoOOO WHICH may readily be increased on and in vicinity of the line, whenever suitably invited, after the land grants are adjusted, and titles perfected besides large stock subscriptions, may be obtained abroad if applied for at the proper time, not deemed ad- vlsablc to solicit until a judicions plan can be presented to the public, upon the foregoing ba- sis, unquestlonabe n all it's details.
 RECAPITULATIoN.
 Congressional grant, Arkansas Divi
 sion, 1l55, $40 Congressional grant, Missouri Divi-
 sion, 138, 24O Granted by counties in Missouri, 35O,O0O To be granted in Missouri, 25O,OOO
 1894 O8O At $5 per acre, S947O,4OO Private subscriptions in Arkansas
 and Missouri, which may be greatly
 increased 35OOOO Missouri State bonds authorized 10
 be issued, if wanted, 25O,OOO Basis upon which to raise means to
 build the road without including
 contemplated additionalStock sub
 scripton, 1O,O7O, 100 Estimated cost of road fully equip
 ped for business, as per Chief En-
 gineers report, 7,558, ,24l Excess of means to meet contingent
 cies, and increased cost of road, 2,512. .O59
 The advance upon the lands will be very great when the road is built, or in successful progress, sufficient to meet any additional cost that can possibly arise from unforeseen events, that might come upon company having the work in hand; the average quantity of land will be upwards of 5000 acres to each mile of road, fact of great s 5nhcarce, which beg you to bear in mind.
 The doubts you express, as to the probability of the congressional grant not being applied in good faith to the construction of the road are ideal; there is 10 good reason can be assigned for any such doubt The great mass ot our citizens are right upon this subject Ii your oin- ion Is formed from letter. writers and newspaper statements, unlavorable to the road, as 1 sup. pose it is, beg to say, it is not worthy of a moments consideration, nor Is there any rivalry between this road and the branch to the Mis,is- sipp as you seem to apprehend If they are both built, as they ought to be, they will be- come auxiliaries, neither rival nor competing lines.
 This road will connect on the line dividing Arkansas and Texas. near Fulton. with the Galveston ond Rel RiUcr raillcaH" which eros the proposed Pacific road, on or near the 32d parallel of north latitude, now in process of construction, from Houston on the navigable waters of the bay of Galveston, having l6 sec tions or 1O, 24O acres ofland, granted by Texas, to each mile of road completed. The work is in the hands of good company, of practical business men, and may, with the start tn Y now have (23 miles graded, upon which the company are now laying down the iron rails, locomotive, and cars on the ground), under good management be completed in a few years The reports of the company, with charter, etc, 1 transmit, which with the papers previously referred to, will give you much valuable infol : nation.
 Another important consideration in favor of the Cairo and Fulton road, is that the lands av contiguous to 1t on both sides and that as the work progresses, the rails and other materials may be delivered at five different points Cairo and where it crosses White, Arkansas, Ouachita, and Red rivers, so that the track laying can be commenced and carried forward each way from these four river points, besides from Caro an item of no minor importance, as far-seeing rail- road men will tell you-after work of this mag nitude is fairly under successful headway, on various divisions at the same time, with availa- be means in hand to complete it in one or two years thereafter. The reverse, 1 am sorry to Say iS Iuc CdSc w lbu tlc IlbpOStN hNOu(ueIt d. ciic road. They can only receive their rails and other materials at the eastern terminus and lay track progressively, until after the Gal weston road is built up to 1t, delay and in- creased cost of construction, which but few seem to properly estimate.
 The Iron Mountoin railroad, represented to be mostly graded, from St. Louis to the Iron mountain-the rails purchased and the means provided to finish it to that point, will doubt less be early extended to the Cairo and Fulton road, near the line dividing the two States, as you will perceive by reference to the map here with, thus giving St. Louis an outlet by that road into Arkansas and Texas, and to the mouth of the Ohio river, by the cheapest and best route the country will admit of, where it will connect with the Illinois Central and Mobile and Ohio railroads, the former in operation and the latter rapidly approaching com pletion
 The New Orleans and Opelousas railroad, now nearly finished, from New Orleans to B Ber- wick's bay, may, when extended by their sur veys from the latter point, unite with the Ga- weston road, affordng another outlet to New Orleans and Berwick's bay, a valuable shipping port on the Gulf of Mexico By this and by reference to the map sent, you will see that the most populous portions of Texas, and the whole Red river valley above the raft, will be brought within few hours of the Gulf markets, at all seasons of the year, increasing the value of the Whole territory accommodated by these roads.
 Thus forming an indispensable link in a great national thoroughfare of inter- communication, connecting valuable sections of country, uniting on its northern end with the system of rail- roads which lead to the far west, the northern lakes, the Canadas, and the Atlantic seaboard, and on its southern end with the natural route to the Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico, presenting to intelligent railroad men, pre- eminent line of railroad 725 miles, without break of gauge, change of cars, or transhipment, whilst the gauge of all the roads with which it will connect, west of the Mississippi river, is uniformly of the same width, 51a feet.
 The whole route is perfectly practicable, with easy grades and curves, free from inclined plains and tunnels; every stream can be cheaply brdg- ed, besides being free from snow and ice, the