Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-11-06

tTTIrsasI HHbsss hateYer
We tdsni iinIosr exchanges touching upon tins
great entfsprise, we cheeTfallY transfer 70
our e<anu{{ns The. extracs below is from
o,,k Dbl esr1pporaryo The Point 5Conpee Echo,
Of the II 3Dlh a1k its with much pleasure
90 note ttA4e interest manifestedjn behalf af
this ,esHdetffaking, " nearly aItasghonl il il
~tetes,s, anti II bat continuea in#the proper
s%nssnrser. success will our efforts:
Bsia ~e Of this parish, have more than a
| general interest in Our system OF railroads.
| TIE patou Rouge and Crosse Tete +. R. will
| do much tb benefit The planting interests on
| The TIA you4 in the rear OF oalr parish. and We
| would ursts upon our planters the necessity OF
! siding IN the extension of the Crosse Te5e
! road BY rel. ne y and stock subscriptions. and
| not Gully III this way but by putting their
hands 10 tlie plough themselves, by grading
portions lf the road. The plan pursued IL
| Eeorsia did allowed to be the cheaper.
| methoi of bui!diag railroads. is 10 lei. ts.e
planters d 4ong the iisae Of the road@work oat
tlsa:t subscriptions taking stock4in fetnrn--
That ppl.dy has made Georgia what she is,
the grost III ssperous State in the South, lii
stead nf p4Fing enor1aans prices ~tolarge all
road eontnctors, and sinking CAPITAL for which
nc return Gould be had for years, eact, planter
who had Subscribed and taken stock, took his
hands IN Iion as t~he4efap%Was LAID ~. and at
nc more c4st to: hItrtsei { than il his hands had
been CT hit farm, worked out his stock Sub
sc;irtip7s hind made His crop too. We grant
that The G ttoti and sugar planter has less
time tE.an HE Georgia farmer, but still he has
enough, I'd proftatiy employ it, especially In
81 simple, and requiring 10 mere
than The pr,liuary plantation tools. as is the
er1banErl4nt Of the Crosse Tete r.. R. 1t
averages hut one and q half feet in height and
can be entirely built from the bitches on
either sida It will be the cheapest railroad
in the United States Let Us, take hold Of
the. proiedt in the right spirit, help it with
Subscriptions and work, push it through until
we have oIInnectson with Alexandria and our
worE "a ;d#we shall. reap the benefits by hav-
ing the waa,thiest ard most prosperous parish
in ths STATE. The benefit il the increased
velue OF HE land through which a railroad
passe II is nowhere better $exenapIiied than in
the lands Ia the pine nil of M~ississi ppi along
the line of the New Orleans and jackson
Railroad Three years ago. those lands could
BE- ps1rchasaa in tracts Of any size at from 128
to s per acre, at this moment they are
ssprtia ffrorIn S. to SIS per acre, and thriving
aEe springlng VI, shipping points tor
he surrounding region, l.
In another column we publish some re-
marks oil our dpelonsas e~otemporary, upon ]
subject, and if we can judge from the
which is being manifested in behaif
If this ROAD, we doubt not Of its conpiete
SUCCESS, " are pleased to see Gen. Barrow
u OFT parish, taking such active measures in
Of THE enterprise, and we trust he VIII!
meet with that success which the cause he
Idv.scaies, SO enaineEtly merits. With the
Of q lew more such men, we will
OOH hearsEhe s%nortiug Of the iron horse as he
thifough our present forests and see
ne now pesert wastes, BY the magic touch
Il the hfnd Of civiIizatt4n, changed into
towns, villages AMI valuable pFanta-
ions.
~ SONG future time we shall again refer 10
his most important aud very interesting sub
and hope then to be able to note its cou-
prpgfess. until its eventual success
sill he placed beyond all conjecture. {