Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-05-30


10 Crosse Tele, the business and travel ha
increased 70 such a degree as to msseIial
interfere With thu laying O. the balance G
the track. A very few days more and hi
enterprise 80 ~praiseworthy and 40 cTeditabl'
in all interested ~ !ts building, will be finish
ed, and the frs railroad built almost ex
Iranagement-wiii be completed. 1t ha'
developed a new era IN Southern ~raiIroat
building that it would De well Tor those VII.
may hereafter sngaee in these enterprises .c
give their most seE,ous attrntion to. Sc
Thorough has 6sen the drilling Of these ne
grp..s. SO admirable the management. tha'
viii, the execution Of any portion Of ths
work, SO satisfied are they Of their ab!iit.
and skill.
The subject Of Introducing slave labor
opoa the read met. ar drst, with considerable
| opposition in the Board Of Directors, and fer
d while the opponent seemed likely to
carry out their objections. when fortunately
for alt interested, they failed. The opposi-
ton was made with the same spirit TIA.
characterized the other side, and it required
hut q short period to witness The negroes
| progression before they were fully Convinced
of their error. The company at once pur-
chased thirty ah!e-bodied mer-connon
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held.hands it is trsfe-at an average OF abou:
nine hundred dollars each and they have been
steadily employed ever since upon The road
at no -thcr expense than their food and
clothing.and tie pay oil the oYsTseers. During
this time-a period Of about t.o Y@ars-thcY
comparatively speaking, 10 he old system Of
~raiIroat Building under coa' 1acts !. must
strike the most tastidious opponent o. negro
labor at a glance. But one negro was lost
in This time. and he by sun-stTcke!
Under the contract system Of building raj
roads-it IS for the interest Of tue coutract tor
. make eveIy dollar out Of lis contract he
csn. and 40 long as he can &c: MS
"crH to pass INSPECTION and receive his
a company or individual may suffer
1ite. marts, it is none Of has business, A. a
general thing they employ white labor ex-
,!nsiF- :! land as such white Iat6f i~s-ragely Of
order The difficulty ernsrienced
n keeping tnecn At work IS anything b,t a
stoI OF love What with ST. Patrick DAYS
for higher wages-gettins drunk .
nd working only when II suits their con- !
ia an annoyance u all connerned--
with the negro he case IL entirely
~lferen.. They daily M work at
n early hour and continue with the inter
nlss.on Tor tinner--tli: dusk. Steadily and
uietiy they pursue their !abors and when
Eaer shca management "a We have seen OF
ne Crosse Tete road. they are infinitely
70 the white labor, We generally see !
n pioyea ca roads aud certainly Tar more
satisfactory.
Our negroes have been kept in the best
osslble co EDITION, sleek, fat and hralthv. and
.Iing them altogether, 3 more cheerful. and
better behs Ved body Of men ee have never
They have increased In value over !
first COS. at:eas. at an average of from {
'ur 10 i've hundred doIiar4 each. Take the a
ipsnse Of i=e.iiDg, clothing and management c
them ioF tie two yeats, and the an1ouat o. /
'eiE labor In that time, and what IS tee sx. !
snse of our road per mile Figure it out, E
ME OF you who are advocates O. the old
system. And bear in mind that
csc negroes are still On hand at the comple. 4
on Of the rcad, worth more than tlev were T
e day they were bought. Our railroad t
Teen pronounced 4 superior track by all d
tnfetens Judges OF such "ors and though. Z
present, somewhat rough from its settling. b
sef II ass Deer once more gone over aud p
oTiafty ieve!!ed. II will be the best track in :"
4 gentleaan from ona of the y
PEI parishes and connected with the F!eks-i
re and Shreveport RalIroad-and whose !,
II railroad building stands me- =
''Heh~ PFohoahces It /. snpeTloi track and
isa his o~n wcrda. too much labor Ia, S
en- expended upon it~-a less solid and SUBJ q
initial road would have answered every !
fpose and Of equal durability" We feel >,
'nd Of such praise and. we know il il fill, b,
BY those having The road il u
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while Our Baton Rouge friends are "
tating the connection Of New OrE-au, and HI
nso" with their city by railroads, would e.
'os be as well fer them 10 give the subject
labor their fullest attention il al q
afiHE the probahis cost Of she,e ea.sy.
'ss An hundred staousard doIiars midi
'sy expended in the purchase Of slaves .
'id materially diminish the expenses Of up
'oins, and could always bs turned into an
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