The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-12-09
Total in operation,
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Total in operation, 3l5 /"
There are about 100 miles from Wes
Point, Miss, to Jackson, Tennessee, al
graded and ready for the rails, which
when finished, will complete the road
and open up to Mobile an almost unlimi-
ted facility of Railroad connection with
the East, West and North.
A contract for all the rails and fasten.
Ing required to complete the road, say
$4,000 tons, was negotiated by judge
Brown, during his recent mission to Lon
don, on terms as advantageous as those
granted to any American road, and the
result OF that negotiation (under very dis.
advantageous circumgtances) and The
concurrent settlement, by payment in
per cent, sterling bonds, valued as high
as the s per cent. income bonds have
averaged here) of the Company sfoating
debt Ut about 100000, shows signal
ability on the part of the negotiator, and
entities the President to the gratitude Of
the stockholders and all interested in the
ROAD, ana more especially the citizens of
Mobile 1t has opened up new era of
confidence and hope for the future by
overcoming difficulty in the way Of
progress which seemed at the time he
embarked In it to be almost insurmounta.
bic.
Since the Mobile aud Ohio Railroad
was begun numerous railroads in yarious
parts OF the country have been comple-
ed, or nearly completed. These roads
Ire connecting links of travel and com.
nerce with all parts OF the country. For
ull efficiency they are awaiting the com,
'letlon OF CUR road. That once accom-.
llshed, and our road stands as a central ,
runk road, ramifying all parts of the ma
Ion. In the outset of the road. these
esults were not taken into consideration >
ct they actually secure to it more ad. !:
antages than all the imaginary lines !,
hich it was said would add 50 nuch to
S value-and which We're used to make d
popular. To-day, in other words bv '
ar connexions with great roads then not =;
'mpleted, or only talked of, the Mobile II u
I'd Ohio road, just as soon as a certain =. ~
Up IN 1t is filled, will more than Justify " VI
g sangulne expectations of those san. "
llne men who gave it its start. Or. in y
III other words, the roads CONNECTING
tn the Mobile and Ohio road built and
oJected isnce it was started, would -,
We suggested our road without refer pa
&c TO the advantages which were pro- ~
sed from it in its origin And to Sc nc nc
re all the first advantages and those &c
Ilch now so strongly invite to its com ~
'tloh' the comparatively small sum of ,o
Oo'ooO Is all that is necessary. To ~
we this, it is only necessary for the s'
der TO put one of the last maps before We
!. That will show the truth of the s 81
ertion. tel
ne iron being purchased, it mua be ~,
q. for, and laid down on the Track .h
do this requires an outlay of about VIZ VI"
10000. The company has enough of " ,h
ing . per cent. mortgage bonds ON ~ w.
d to pay for the iron and all expenses; h no
now all that it asks, to be able to VIC
n the road to completion at once. is. p'e
Its bonds, which afford as good Sc a.
ty as IN any where offered, should be s re-
IN at fair rates by the friends of the e"e
.rprise. ana ana
he company has always paid its in. -, 80
st promptly, and, beyond doubt, will ''2
avs do SO; whilst its earning capaci. aoa :
nd iand-assets give ample assurance co f"
> capacity, also, to cancel its bonds ue
Indebtedness. 10
fe VIII venture to state that no road 90, co.
le United States can show better o %
g OF earnings, and few give more ~ u
Mise OF future profits. nis
he Increase, there is scarcely donbt nho'
ID have been much greater, but for uuce
elIects OF the past epidemic, which s 'liI''
oif nearly all the passengers income, Seu W.
'h' at the lowest calculation, would ;"
reached ten per cent. on the total pm
NE OF these months, which, if added suis'
g income this year. would be-, saw puoi
und numbers, 100000. oeha
- ally
The True Southern. on tba a., Woul
" OF respectable gentleman in LIN Line
SDtrg, says that the elepbant- .