Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-01-30
ELECTION SATURDAY, MARcH FIRST
Wednesday Morning, January 80, 1856.

MOBILE AND ONO RAlLRoAD.-Gov. MclRae,
of Miss. in his recent message to the Legisla
ture Of that State, speaks as follows of the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad is now com
pleted to tie Lauderdale Springs ststion, near
the north boundary OF Lauderdae county a
distance of one hundred aud ffty-three miles
from Mobile, and the cars are running success
fully 70 that point. The iron rails, before the
the last Of December were laid down seven
miles north of the above station, beyond the
line of the southern boundary OF kenper
county, and are gradually being extended, as
fast as the ability of the company VIII admit
The business and travel upon the road surpass
expectation. and the limited available means
OF tie company exhausted always by their
continued effort for the extension OF the
track. scarcely enables them toturnsh 1t with
machinery and rolling stock, sufficient for the
demands Of the every day increasing TRANSPORT
tation The advantages 10 the country through
which the road passes and II Is reaching, mere
toiore remote FROM the market aud destitute Oh
facilities, have neither been calculated, nor
anticipated. Reality now presents them "tM
establishment egeR 10 those Soto an dntt-tpdtaoh
supposed they had must fully redLlzed Henl.
The road bed is mostly completed and 10 readl-
ness for The iron rails To the Tennessee line,
and in fact mainly TO the northern terminus,
near the mouth of the Ohio river. lhls road
is under good direction. 10 stan s upon a
firm basis and ooiH 90 through; but requires
aid 10 giUe IL that progress iohtch tie Datae 81
time and the great interest Of the country ''o'o
demand
The Governor also speaks encoaraglngly OF
the condition and prospects of "the New Or
leans, Jackson and Great Northern, and of the
Central Railroad; adverts to their value, and
10 the necessity and propriety Of the State
furnishing them aid. As the best method of
doing this effectively, he recommends TO the
Legislature to increase the revenue so as TO
raise a surplus in the treasury Of two hundred
thousand dollars, TO be invested ia stock, IN
cash payments, annually, to the Jackson, No
bile and Ohio, and Central railroads, in pro-
portion to the extent of their lines within the
limits Of the State, to be applied to the pur-
chase of, or payment for iron rails, when the
road beds are in readiness for iron superstruc-
ture. be likewise recommends that all mon
eys loaned at interest to these companies, or
invested in their road, or stock in the State
be exempt from taxation until the several
roads are completed. The appropriations to
be continued for five years This would give
to each road, within that period, contri5u-
ton Of 1888, 1891 9, which would be of sensi-
BILE aid in the prosecutors of their several
works
River began to decline yesterday and at
night had receded few inches There is still
about seven feet water on the Shoals. Wealth
er warm and clear aud the snow meltng the
late rise must have been produced by rain, as
the thaw is not by any means general
The 4 L. Daris left with moderate freight
for up river.
The Eclipse, for below.
The RIVER below is too low for New Orleans
boats.
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