The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-22

We have been furnished With Tx annual r.
.a,t Sfthe president and directors 81 the limos
ceutrai Railroad Company for last rear ahd
recur to il merely for The purpose OF demon
s,ratIas The benefit that the road has been -
the region Of country through WHICH = passes
Tie road extends fretn Cairo ID Chieago. sec
ton oil Illinois bat spar~tlg settled PfeF'eAS -
The building of the railway. and its total earn
mrs during 1856 amounted 10 Sc z1o,'1'o : =
! If Which sf,112. 4oI 81 vas received tof pas
sengers. and - .15s.4 AZ % for freight. Inc
ernepses during The same lime, for running
repairing, building, ETC, were y. 444' 54o ~;
making the net earnings. er profits. % The foaa
during 1856, enc million tiilriy thousand iour
hundred and eighty dollars aud eight cents
| The number Of passengers carried south was
3oa, 6s4; passengers carried north. ao0 o. l.
Total number of passengers carried one rilit@'
s.. 1e7.4fe. Total number Of local passen-
gers carried. 47D. 82I; number IF foreign pas
sengers, I8z, ESQ. The amount received IRON
passengers at tie three terrnIni ofthe raad were,
Dunleith. se52, 100 rs; Cairo, s128,e86 TO-
Chicago, 500, o6s 10. The number q naen
employed GA the road during the nearest ff'"h''
Of The wear. (exelusreofase land dfpafaFoeni'
;nc1udieg the constructing force, was 55sl; and
tie average rate Of the laborers wages exciu-
sire Or naeIinists) was from one dollar p one
dollar ten cents per day, according p season
location and occupation. In addition 70 the
receipts for freight and passengers, the comp
nv disposed Of 336, SAT acres Of land, for which
they received in cash and notes, s5,075, e. =.
Tie aggregated Of al sales up 70 The Close Of
1856 amounts 10 365,2l1 acres, Tor WINCH. TIE
company has received ten millions seFenhun-
dred and thirteen thousand two hundred and
tweatg eight dollars and forty~o cents Ihefe
remained unsoId, Oh the ist Of January last
/ / 7sa 78e acres Of land The lands sold inI855
averaged SO 78 per acre Those sold III 1896
average sI3 50 per acre Estimating the lands
ret held by the company at the average pflce
received for those disposed Of last year, they
will Weld the sum Of twenty three millions Three
hundred and eightT-six thousand seven hun
dred and forty-six dollars, every cent Of which
will prove bonus to the stockholders; and It's
generally believed By the bestlnfoHned persons
in the western States that the lands Will yield
evcn greater amount Of money. The rapid
increase Of population, the Development Of the
resources Of the country, and tie growth OF
towDs along the line of the road are daily add
ing TO Abe value oflands. Ten years ago IT was
almost impossible for the general government
TO find any purchasers for these very lands at
| 81 Is per acre, and, more than probable, they
would never have commanded that price if the
railroad had not been built What the Cen
trail road accomplished for Illinois, tie Yicks-
burg, Shreveport and Texas railroad will most
assuredly do for northern Louisiana. It's com
pletion would speedily add twenty fold to our
population towns and villages would spring up
along the entire line, and land be enhanced
in value from the State-line TO the Mississippi.
For these reasons, ifno other, our citizens ought
to do every thing in their power to aid the en-
terpFise. ~