Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-11-04


of farms and negroes alone on this line to Grand
Junction a point opposite Memphis, and about the
same distance from ST. Louis as Memphis, and direct
ly ON the way to New Orleans from St Louis, or say
800 miles from ST. Louis which is the distance from
st Louis to Memphis
There are tnen the road from Hickman to Padu-
cab, KY. about eighty miles long, with wealth On
this route nearly equal to th 10 Grand Junction
above given. Then take the road to Nashville and
all points on the Memphis Ohio Road, each side of
| the crossing of the two roads, and on both roads,
| within three hundred miles of St Louis, and
embrace a country reaching to the Tennessee River
on each road, with amount of property and trade
in value equal to that on the line, as above given
! from Hickman Ky., to Grand Junction Taking all
on the different lines of railways in Tennessee and
| Kentucky, from Hickman back within 800 miles of
ST Louis the distance as to Memphis, and you
| have an aggregate of one hundred and twenty mil
lions in value of land and negroes aOne at the value
of lands in 1850, to which add other articles Of val
ne and YOU would have at least $500 s0OOOO of pro-
perty on the several lines connecting at Hickman,
and on that line from the Iron mountain to Hickman
| all within 800 miles of st. Louis.
| Thus showing the total value of farms and ne
/ groes within three hundred miles of St. Louis, be-
| yond the Pilot Knob on all the lines connecting to-
wards Memphis, is four millions three hundred and
| forty-six Thousand three hundred and twenty-six
dollars and all this country opened by this line
cessible by water from St Louis While on the
| Hickman route, within three hundred miles of St.
Louis taking the Paducah the Nashville and North
western. the Mobile and Ohio the Mississippi Cen
trail and the Memphis and Ohio Roads, all open or
| amply provided with the means for their compile
ton and you have an aggregate of value of land or
farms and negroes of over one hundred and twenty
| million dollars, against four millions three
hundred and forty-six thousand three hundred and
twenty-six dollars worth of the description of
| property the Memphis line.
| The next question to be considered is as to which
route leads most directly to the largest markets be-
yond the three hundred miles above valued.
As there is no market to be reached from Mem
phis westwardly except by water, we will leave
that direction out of the question.
Then we take up the populated and rich country
living east of the Mississippi river.
By the Hickman route you meet the Missississppi
Central road at Hickman, Kentucky, and by it reach
New Orleans by as short a line as by Memphis, and
| have one less transhipment than by Memphis With
out this disadvantage the Memphis route would be
equal ft not for the great disparity in wealth
and ability to buy and trade with your State as
| shown above.
To all points east of the Mississippi Central road
say the Mobile and Ohio road, the roads all connect
ing at Nashville and all roads crossing and meeting
with the eastwardly tending lines. the Hickman
route brings ST. Louis and Missouri 100 miles near
er, with few transhipments, no drayages and con
sequently no delays in transit; while at Memphis
the depots of the several roads placed back rOH
the river, and at points remote from each other
make the cost of transit through that city abOG
equal to the carriage from New Orleans or ST. LOui
to Memphis. At Hickman. the railroad is laid to tn
waters edge and in Nashville ali roads requireC
to run into common track, to save storage
drayage, hackage and delays. The same at Chatta
nsoga and all points in this direction.
The value of property in Tennessee (Which is &C
cessble in all directions, by reaching Hickman b.
railroad directly Is S40O0O0,0O0 that of Georgi
$500 900, 900; South Carolina 0,000 600; Ala
, bama, $500 100000; eastern half of Mssissiipp
opened by the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, s2O0, 900
OO0 making in all Sl,66000O, 900 of property, an
annual productions in cotton and rice of SlO0
600 900. Te reach these great States. the Hickman
lii Q is one hundred miles nearer, and fewer tran
shipments than by Memphis. To reach the sout
part of Mississippi, st. Louis and Missouri now hay
the Mississippi river as they have always had an
the Railroad route by Memphis, by Hickman
equally distant by either with the disadvantage i
going by Memphis of double drayage, storage, &c
. &c equal to 100 miles Railroad transit which place
Hickman with the Railroad running to the water
edge, at great advantage, and makes this route 10
miles cheaper even TO reach south Mississippi fror
y Missouri or St. Louis.
If the Memphis route should be adopted, the Who'll
e of Tennessee Georgia. South Chrona, Alabama Flt
rida and East Mississippi in short all the South an
" Southeastern trade and all reached by any Soutl
e. ern road, would be reached at such dsadvantag
TO when compared with Louisville and Cincinnati til
trade having to pass by and then return into TIL
vast country, that St. Louis with all her mineral az