The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1858-05-19
Publisher and Proprietor.
Nunlbe, 90.

"ht INV puDIlC treasury would be
n well oil as 1t is-tor varlou, schern,
Ia OF folly and extravaganza would nev,
le have been entered into, and the puI
N lie monies would have been apple
le to this work, by which means the con
n merce OF the worlt would have bee
2 brought to our doors.
Senator GWin has acted wisely i
81 reporting hi, bill, and we hope it ma
l. become law At the present session
v The Pacific Railroad h, bill looks ia
7, Is one Of eight hundred miles in length
= connecting with the South Paclii
c Railroad at III Paso, on the Ri,
+ Grande, and leading on via the Gil;
= river and Los Angeles, to the Bay o
San Francisco This il tle route sur
, veyed by Mr., Albert c. Campbell, al
! experienced nentenglneeraud
lawyer, In 1884, '55. Mr.. Campbell
accompanied the United States To
biographical Engineers, under Lieut.
}. q. parke, from San Francisco Bay
to FL Paso, as stated, via Los Ange-
los, and thence by the Gila river, ter
mlnatlng their labors at I'll Paso The
whole country adjacent to their route
was examined by him, under the di
recllon Of these officers, with sole re
terence TO the pracilcabllrty Of con
slruclinS a great national railroad
And Mr.. Campbell, who had previ-
Gus y accompanied the United States
Typographical Engineers under the
command of Colonel A. w. Whipplr
from Fort Smith to San Pedro and on
to California, the Northern route,
makes the Southern route decidedly
preferable, and the shortest by 1876
miles. He sets down the distance
from New York to the Eastern ter
minus Of the Southern Pacific Rail
road, say to Fulton via East Tennes,
see and Memphis, 1888 mile., with
the great advantage of Fulton over
st. Louis, ss starting PoiAt, while
he shows that the Orange and Alex.
andria, and Cleveland and Chatta-
nooga roads will reduce the distance
l3o miles. This is in recent pam.
phlct Of lG pages, drawn forth from
Mr.. Campbell by letter published
over the signature Of Hon. J. l.
Phel ps, member Of Congress from Mis-
sour, who is advocating the Northern
route.
AS it regards climate, snow and ice,
Mr.. Campbell shows that the South
ern route is free from such obstruc
tlons-whlle it is SO perfectly level Us
to require only oLe halt the outlay TO
open 1t! And the opinions Of "A gov
ernnent surveyor, with such advanta
ge6 to aid him, arc worth more than
all the theoretical speculatlons Of all
lhe interested Cong essinen ant poll
tlclans in the District OF Columbia
And these opinions, founded upon
these actual surveys, had much to do !
with our Postmaster General in de
lermlnng him to adopt the southern
route lor carrying the great overland
mails to and from California to w ash
lngton.
We cannot expect always to remain
in peace, and IN case OF war our Pa
cinc possessions would be lett 10 their
own defense, Wllnout tnIs railroad.
What would be their condition nov
II the powerful nations Of Eng land,
France or Spain were TO send IN upon
Them large military iorcef How could .
we reach them IN Tune TO give them
the necessary aidI With this road,
troops and munitions OF war could be
transported 50 rs 10 afford eliectlal
protection. In this view alone the
road would compensate our govern
ment Tor It's construction. See what
charges are now made for transport
ing necessary articles to our little ar
my in Utah. Millions will yet be
spent on that service. But what
would be the cost OF supplying an ar
my sent to the relief OF California and
Oregon? Ii would be ten times the
sum required II u railroad existed ID
cross the continent, to say nothing OF
the saving Of time. We say, then,
let oil be passed, aud let Congress
commence the work. The President
has recommended SUCH road, and
therefore no veto upon the measure
need be apprehended.
We are not asking Congress to un
dertake the Sou.hera PacWc Rqil,oa
leading through Texas. This charter,
with all its grants OF land and money,
are owned by company who would
not begin to surrender their contract
to the Government This company
has 800 miles Of road to build anu
equip, and to do this they have a do.
nation from Texas of more than eight
millions Of acres Of the finest land on
the face of the green earth, and be-
sides this, they have from the same
source, in actual cash, $4,000 per
mile for the $40 miles. This will enable
the company TO complete their road,
and to have surplus oI THY millions
left to divide among the stockholders
II is not the interest OF the stockhold,
ers Of this Texas company, to issue
any more stock than the limited a.
mount they have in market, and they
have resolved to issue no more. The
smaller the amount of stock out. the
larger the dividends; and the policy
adopted is to raise the necessary
means by the issue of the bonds OF
the company, secured by mortgage
upon the lands, the iaads 10 be sold only
tor the bands, thus keeping them out
Of the hands specula,ors.-Kaorriiie
lTena) Whg.
0P"Ont West the law gives