Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-08-14
: o.r,s.-Ws would propose

Il sE RIE&SpQEtAit 4 EILpAtfl@iGI kiHl th# viz o0a1ASt
district Or the Old Dominion called fhe
ltaf6 Lfgio,s, Who doubted the bsnef1t#o
I railroads, and opposesi his coantrJ,s sabscri.
hing any aid TO the Alexandra, LouIoun5 anc
/ Hampshire Company, to take the annexed
paragraph from. 1 Virginia paper Tito serious
consideration BE- fore thesagetlt Of the f~aifroaa
company next comes around TO get stbscrjp.
tsaas: S%.& $
stThe Virgtl,ia and Tennessee Railroad is
2U4 miles In length, and. it cost about $1,000,
eco. In $50 the t1xabie value OF the land
in the counties through which 1t passes, as
taken from tia census was 2s.eA2,5 SAT ana
| IN 1856 the State assessment makes it S53.-
9i7.229, or an increase In six yeaEsof&525,-
365,55S. This Sudden increase ~ alone the
| result Of an internal improvement which has
cost only $1,000 coo. "--lSatsoaal IMtezAgen'
cer.
The planters in the section Of country
which thr Baton Rouge and Crosse Te1e
Railroad Wilt traverse, should recoIlect the
facts above given, and act accordzngly.-NO
Dulletin. ~.
Our contemporary doubtless allades to the
planters in the sections Of country through
which the Crosse I'ete, 0neIousas and Alex
andria railroad will traverse. The thanksgiving
between the Mississippi river and Crosse
Tete, have ad vanceds from one dollar and a
quarter per acre, to prices varying from If
teen dollars to Twenty-Five dollars per acre.
So much for the first section Of the Road
What will be the value Of the lands beyond
Goose Tette, Through which the ie%onteu1pEa-
ted extensions will run, is iuposst bie to say.
Not alone the the lands iyingiS along the
Road will lie enhanced in valued bot all the
lands lying upon the navigabie ba youa which
empty into The Atrhafaiaya will be brought
into market 1t greatly advanced rates. What
tends so much to depreeiate* the yalue Of cur
inland plantations, and The Hardness Of open
ing new ones, is their isolation from a reiia-
bic shipping point. Some Of the finest lands
in our sState--lands which would rival in
richness any Other in the whole Southern
c~ouitHy-iIe3 q png the route Of the Opelousas
and Alexandria extensions, but are compare
lively worthless from the etthat access to
q shipping point is extremely difficult, and
attended with much labor and fatigue But
when relieved ofthat ohjectionby our Roads.
they will con1niandtheir full value. Although
our Road OF siSteen miles in length may he
eonside iinsi gnifeaiIt, when compared with
the Great Northern and Western Roads, we
donbtif they traverse a richer country, are
,aore profitable to stockholders. in prosaugt;on.
or will be of mole service and utility than
the Baton Rouge, Crosse Tete 4 Alexandria
Railroad Company. Oar New Orleans CO.
temporary hasjour' thanks, and We might ADD,
the thanks Of everY one interested i'll OR
Road. for its kind notice Of the same in its
issue Of 9Th inst. The Bulletin is the only one
Of our city contemporaries thai has taken the
trouble TO give our Road i kind notice, al
its importance 70 New Orleans ner-
particularly those doing business with
Red River country, is as YET incaicula-
bic. That We can reach the Atchafalaya,
Dpeloasas, and Alexandria,tiera is not the
shadow Of adcnbt.@ We may work
slow, bat our work is sure. We have that IN
our favor--whieh any other might be proud
70 com raana--pnhsic confidence, aud as We
have, So far acted *l,pon the aJase Of look 'sbe-
you leap We can command assistance
We &desire it. It will not be many
months before we are 10 dali communication
Dpelousas and Alexandria.
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