Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1860-03-17

beautifully prevented.
As We lave before pointed out, thets is Z
disposition among some 81 DIR citizens to pa.
their hands in theif pockets and say, awe hav,
done enough: we have railroads built and other.
building, and Mem his has now gone SO fal
nothing can stop Der; we will sit BY and sei
her roll along to prosperity, con6ning ourselves
for the future to the task Of securing for our
selves individually, a large share Of tue good
things that are sure to come without further
caring for" That this mode Of viewing the
case-ss eternai effort is The price % stsfnal
Progress-Nill not DO, is evident, from cir
eunstances that have lately occurred. For in
stance, travelsrsvisiting Grand Junction, Holly
Springs, or the country beyond must, a short
time ago, have passed through Memphis, ba.
now they can reach those places fr3n the
North, and we see hothIng r them. They get
on the Mobile ana Ohio road al Columbus IN
Kentucky and proceed doVn to New Orleans
By the Mississippi Central railroad, giving
Memphis the go-by. II this-"we're dous
enough7-spirit had not been IN eSat5hce, the
Mississippi & Tennessee road would have bad
the loan for which they applied to council
last swimmer, and their road would have tapped
the Mississippi Central at Granada, and pas
ssugers coming from The North could have had
Che opportunity, when they were at Csltmsbs.
Of coming to this city BY .tbs Mobile q Ohio,
and Memphis & Ohio Hsilgoads, then going by
the Mississippi < Tennessee road to Granada
where they would reach the Mississippi Cen
trsl, being ali the time on the direct route &c
New Orleans Who can tell hcw nurh Mem
. Phis has lost by failing 70 nsks the lean asked
for By the Mississippi aid Tennsssss compsy?
Herr Is a plain Instance Of one Of the adyants-
yes OF position possessed BY Memphis being
neutralized BY a a Of proper energy on the
part Ct our citizens.
This matter Of Tie Central railroad taking
trade AID travel BY our city, without coming
into q, i1 an unpleasant subiect, which neither
we nor any Of chr Citizens love to dwell on;
We only bring it up that past "reminiscences
may be a future warning; and that for the fu-
ture ws nav lose nothing fer want o. active
and Efficient exertions on our part there is
an evil threatens our position and our com
meree at this moment, Of a most formidable
character, and it is for the purpose Of point
ing out the absolute and imperative necessity
Of providing against it, that we have recalled
The incidents above mentioned. Owing II cir
eumstaness which II is unnecessary now 10
enter into, It is in contemplation to make a
change II TIE New Orleans packet company.
by which the management, and the possession
Of the charter, are likely to pass into other
hands twill be difficult at first for aeitfFenEt
Memphis TO see how this ran effect the welfare
OF the city, FER q an the advantages Mem
phls Possesses, be counts those she receives
from the river as the most fixed and certain.
Difficulties OF a most serious character might
cone, in that quarter. The fact Of this city
being one Of Ie starting places Of the pack
cts gives her a great advantage over The citieb
only called upon-as way ststiohs-5urfng ths
trip. At the ends OF he todts tae boat lies
longer than at aay other plaem there che re-
eeives and discharges her cargo; here she
receives and discharges her cargo: there she
purchases her stores; and there the families
Of her officers live. All this brings in a large
amount Of money. II a change was made By
which the New Orleans line Of barksts Eefe
tackled on to another Hue hrher up the river,
Memphis would eea5e to Be the terminus Of
two e 90 present lines, one line going up and
one going down. Being smslsamated, their
boats would simply call here on their trins
and Memphis vould-Hke Napoleon q Helena
be a mere "wsy ststioh.s what a loss this
would be % the city every way it requires but
little eoHsfisfadon to understand. Passengers.
would Of course pass Memphis as they do
other "wsy stations" making E.sir stopages
at the termination Of the boats trip.
Under these circumstances, thess persons
who are alive 70 the inteIesis Of the city have
proposed tat our merchants, and other eiti-
zens, should avert so serious a calamity by
themselves becoming proprietors OF the line,
or Of 90 much Of It as to possess a controlling
power over its management, It &c Understood
that the franchises and chatter Of the present
company can Be obtained, free Of debt or other
obligations, other than that Of carving the
mail. The proposition laid before he Mem
phis public BY those who have suggested the
scheme is that Memphis shall have liberty 10
take one hundred thousand dollars Of stock in
the new company to be formed, and New Or
leans and The country between il and this CITY
to take half that amount the company not
t. 20 into operation until a hundred thousand
dollars Is raised; Memphis 20 Be the point
whence he packets start, where the Offices OF
the company are kept and where its business
is done. The money Of the company 10 Be
used in building four new packets, which are
to be fitted up in the most luxurious style for
passengers; the boats 10 have capacity for
carrying twenty-five hundred bales, in such a
manner that the cotton,shal not reach the boiler
deck, or in any manner interfere with the com
fort Of the passengers a tri-weekly line to
run, and to make its calls at the various land
ings selected with the nearest possible ap-
prsaeh 70 railroad regularity F; th. speed o fths
bosts to be regulated 20 - 10 reach New Or
leans from Memphis in fifty hours. Passen-
gers reaching this city, on their war south,
would gladly avail themselves Of an opbor-
iunity to exehangeth discomforts and f~atigues
Of The CT for The rest, and ease, and luxuary
OF a steamboat. The speed aR9 regularity OF
the boats, which il is intsndsd, il run at al.
shall have courteous and polite officers
change much to Be desirsd-would attract
large way Of local trfhe. Many other partio-
uiars might be mentioned, which We omit at
present.
The sub ct is now before the people and
merchants OF Memphis, a number Of the latter.
we learn, have come forward handsomeIv and
EberaHr-wil The rxampIe sci he gen.rsuv
How much our future prosperity
Is connected with this question, every ore can
certain it is that railroads cannot take
trade and traffic past the city on east, snd
steamboats, on the west without the city feel
ing te effects most wofully. This is a simple
and plain matter; no persuasion is required
a little sensible consideration is a sufficient
proof 20 all the Importance Of the subject to
the present and future Of Memphis.