Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-05-12
ST. LOUIS AND NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD.


The st. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad /,
no longer matter Of sreculation-it is thlre
accomplished. Short as the road is, al Of uf
are impressed with the belief that II is going
TO be productive Of great results to st. Louis.
We lock 10 II as bringing the vast ores Of the
Iron Mountain, the Pilot Knob and shepherds
Mountain, directly to Our dOoTs-here, with
the aia of our coal aud our capital, to be con-
verted into iron, in all lis shapes, and 10 be
sent abroad at prices defying competition. Un-
less all our calculations mislead US, the build
ing Of this road, aud the bringing OF this mine
OF wealth within our grasp, is to make 81.
Louis the great iron producing city Of the
Unio1. So thinking, we may well felicitate
ourselves upon the completion Of the road to
the most remote n these remarkable deposits of
iron oFe-the Pilot Knob.
But we look upon this as only a temporary
triumph for our city Having gone 30 far
having secured so much wealth for st. Louis
We must look to that which is beyond, and
which is OF vast Importance to us. The idea
that we can stop this enterprise at the Pilot
Knob, only seventy miles from our Southern
boundary line, wnen we can, BY little more
effort, connect ourselves with Memphis and
New Orleans, and Charleston and Alexandra,
is not 10 be entertained We must 90 on with
this road-nOt after q while, but now.
Our Southern friends, who are said 10 be even
kind than We are, bave already a continuous
line Of railroad from New Orleans to Jackson,
in Mississippi. Other parts Of the road from
Jackson to Memphis are completed. and year
more VIII see a complete line Of railway con-
between New Orleans and Mem
phis. SO thoroughly are the southern people
mbued with the Importance OF railway com
between St. Louis AMI New Orleans, |
md s.. Louis and Charleston via Memphis, |
hat 2 has aNFaafIr heer -harfpraN htf D
he Arkansas legislature, styled the Memphis /
md st. Louis Railroad Company, the direct |
,bJeet Of which is to build road from opposite |
be city Of Memphis, throught the Northeast
10 portion Of Arkansas, to the State line d. 4
iding Arkansas and Missouri, there to connect 4
With road leading from the 81. Louis and Ilon /
Mountain road, as at present constructed.
Tue entire distance from the Pilot Knob 70
be Southern line Of Missouri is seventy miles.
nd thence to Memphis one hundred miles. OF /
be seventy miles to be built in Missouri, there
re only 20 to % miles through billy country,
be remainder being almost a perfect level,
own the St Francis to the line and which
lsy be built az a very small cost per mile, as
ompared with the cost from ST. Louis 70 the
ilot Knob.
This is what we have to do. The people Of
iemphis propose TO construct the hundred
lilies Of road through Arkansas, aud for this
uTp0se company has already been formed
lere. Indeeds the President of the company,
ol. E. H. Porter, is now here, proposing 10
le President and Directors Of our company to
tier into an arrangement to fix point, aud TO
gree upon time at which the two cOmpanies /.
lail meet with their roads at our Southern
ate line. If Memphis, with less population,
IS wealth, less general resources, can feel
cure in Der ability to construct her part Of
is road, certainly we ought not to shrink from
e construction Of only set enty miles Of a road
nich is to give us almost an airline road to
s~ Orleans ane at the same time give Us free
mmunication to Charleston, and all the
utheTn States. So long as the terminus Of
e road remains at the Pilot Knob, it is wholly
complete. Il does not give US all the bene- e.
5 which we ought to have from this means ]
communication. And for this reason, We
pc the President and Directors Of the St
'uis and Iron Mountain Company will meet
i. Porter in the best spirit, and, If possible.
range with him for the early prosecution OF
e road from the Pilot Kuob to Memphis
louis ksPEbliean.