The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-03-21

Jackson & Great Northern Railroad ON tine
LIST May 1852; and ttr Mobile & Ohio Hail.
road immediately; which this company Inay
sell or hyp0taacate st not less That IS cents on
Y the dollar Upon the examination Of tie
- State Auditors Books, az this date these
stocks amount to the following sums, to-w;t
Stock in Miss Central R. R........ s2lS. $50
." y. O, J. Il 6. Y. R. R.. 4305T0
r Subject to draft by above Company $500
. Stock n Mobile snd Ohio I. r.. 100000
as Total State Stock on account Of
Internal Improvement fund e757 400
Take Is per cent of, makes J8e 95G
IN
u -SS'4'-5 - '''-'-'..'.-.. .....-...... e5C6 900
% On the llth Auydst, 1856. Conerass 5or,..
* CD the alternate sections o. the Government
lanas along the line Of this road for six uilea
II on each slde TO The State Of Mississippi for N,
4s- e'sfs.z0 - Sa Z TsE ~. ron lie tyIif
coast, rear Ship Island Harbor, to Brandon.
and Il any Of tle land intended TO be donated
by that act should BE- then ea,e.ed. the def
cency was allowed to h made up BY gelgc
" tons from the vacant lands FOR a distance Of
nine additional miles la each side. and in nc
corlance with that act a strip Of land ~ miles
y vide was then anI is ssh reserved from sale
= This donation has been conferred hv the State
Of Mississippi upon the Gulf and Ship Island
Railroad Company, and upon the best calcna-
/ ton We can now make, this donation VII give
+. tins company at least 10000 acres Of land
through tite finest pine forest in the United
States and may st low CO innate be sctdoyn
as worth two dollars per acre, which gives US
$60Q0O0 worth Of ani.
The amount Of stock now subscribed is
170,CO0, leaving 10000 vet to be subscribed
to make the State stocks available, which We
confidently expect viii BE- taken. Aud at
Mississippi City, Immediately on tire Gulf
shore, Dr.. William II. Teardea and W. a.
Chaupiin have given to this Company a half
interest in some 1000 lots IN that CITY. besides
Depot grounds upon the beach. Five han
dred Of these lots are now offered hy the COM
pany and DR.. r., equaf as bonus to those
who have or shall hereafter sub eribe in sums
OF $1,000 TO make up the $500 coo above re-
required. This will leave after the 500 lots
have been disposed Of as above, some 1850
lots Stil the property OF the company, bat MP
on which 1 will put no value At present. But
will recapitula,c.
Stoc} in Miss. Central r. R........S2I8.s $50
Is \. o, ], &, G. y. r. R.. 439OTO
| Mobile & Ohio 4. R...... 10000
Total. ......,.............S S15I420
25 per cent of.................. lS8,s $50
-
Leaves ................... 5jG6,565 p
| 100000 acres land at 81 per acre. 10000
| Individual stock subscription. 5O0CUO
Total Observation-Disclosures. l.SG6,565
All these VIII become available means so
soon as the additional aIGolqt Of S&30OOO
worth of reliable stock has been taken, and
SlU00oo Of it paid, and IS over half what our
engineer has estimated the whole cost Of the
road will be TO put it in running order lie
estimates that $3 10000 will build and eaaip
this road There is now a company Of con-
tractors, Of wealth and experience, offering to
take the first fifty to seventy milas Of this
| road from the Gulf Coast and build and nut
it III running order at reas0uab rates and 70
| ly for their pay upon these assets, when
the $4,000 additional subscription has been
raised, or such part Of these assets as Will re-
munerate them, There is 4 rapidly growing
interest, ard that Of a practical kind. by the
people of this State; as was clearly evincei bT
their Senators and Representatives in the re-
cent session of the Legislature, and we mar
confidently look for further aid from the State
in case We should neel it, PARTICULARLY when
she sees c,esT.y how infinitely her incepaca-
The iine Of this roa.! has baen sr-vevei. To-
Gated and adopted hy the company. and Mis-.
sssippi City has been fixed as The Southern
or Gulf terminus and Canton has been fixed
as the Northern terminus, connecting at the
latter point with the Southern terminus or the
Mississippi Central Railroad which is now
completed to Jackson, Tenn The M;ss;s-
siFpi and Tennessee Railroad Company is now
surveying branch Of It's road with its South.
ern terminus to be at Canton also, which roqd
will he done in less than three years The
length of the Gulf and Snip Island Railroad,
according to the Engineers report viii be l73
miles from Mississippi City TO C2ntoa-8S
miles shorter than the New Orleans. Jackson
r Great Northern Railroad from Canton TO
New Orleans, and the estimated COS. Of CON
struction, $&500OO0, being less than half
it took to build the y. O.. =. d. &. =. r. l..
from New Orleans TO Canton which read is
206 miles in length.
Ship Island lies in a concavc frin. r.uc to
ten miles off the shore, and is ci.ht miles in
length, the West end being about q mile fur
thor South than the Eastern The II .rb1r IS
Immediately North Of the Island and extends
along It's Northern coast about four niles
from the Western end, and IS wen protected
in almost every direction with from - 10 -
ftet water at low tide in the lIartor Tho
channel by which this HaFbog is entered IS
at the west end of the Island, and has 49,,
feet water at low-tide an - . feet at high
tide. And it is well known That this is the
place where the British feet sheltered from
storm in December 1914 Just previous to their
attack on New Orleans on the S;h January,
1915.
For a time the iighterage system Will have
to be adopted 10 transmit freight some seven
or sight miles to and from the large vessels in
the Ealbor and the terminus Of the Railroad.
But this in time can he remedicd az this point,
whereas neither at New Orleans, Mobile, or
any other point On the Gulf coas, within the
United States, can as large shipping lay at an
chor in safety and receive and discharge freight
as at this point, as Il 6Usa nosg is--aor eau
they be improved as this can lie.
The idea that large mq1time cities can
grow up alone at the months Of large rayisa-
bic rivers is bsing exploded. Railroads no,c
can fully supply the place Of river navigation,
and tEel can he built anywhere. \ good and
convenient Harbor ca the sea coast, and Rail
roads to it. is al, that is now needed 10 build
up sea port.
Immediately upon crossing Slip Island Bar
the outward bound vessel may steer It's course
for any direction
Thus ii is seen that this Harboy can be ap-
preached both from the sea and the land with
more ease and less cOse than any other point
on our Gulf coast Now when We lock sc
the extraordinary receipts upon tie Railroads.
already built or being built in this state, and
contrast the superior advantages which the
cheapness Of construction OF tus road, and its
safe and durable roal-bed from the dry char
acter of the country through which it will
pass, and the great superiority Of Ship Island
! FIarbor with any advantages these other roads
may have, who caadoabt Of the success Of the
| whole enteTprize
se fbn Il,
! all parts of the world can be opened with the
! South and West with the greatest easc. Il
| is but little over half the distance from Mis-
sissjppi City to St Louis. that It is from New
! York to St. Louis Ship Island iIarbor IS
but little inferior to New York Haybor. Then
build this road. Develop Ship Island larbor,
and will not Southern and Wessera cecno-
mists soon begin to ask, why not DO our
Southern and Western business through Slip
Island Harbor
But when We have built the road from Ms
sissippi City to Canton, we have lnth half done
the work. Another road, not exceeding 50
miles in length, must be built from this road,
somewhere in Perry or Iowndes couLtos, to
Meridian Depot on the Mobile and Chic Rail-
road 10 meet the Southern terminus 0f the
Alabama Northeast and Southwest Railroad,
| leading from Meridian TO ChattauOogai In Ten
neSscc traversing in its c0urse the IlAest cot
ton lands Of Alabama, and the most souiher-
" ami richest coal ana iron ore le3s in any
part OF the country. This viii male Ship
Island the great coal depot for al the steam
vessels trading irr the Gulf of Mexico, and
when coming there to coal these vessels Of
course will not object to do some fre;g h. busi-
ness for that point.
1t IS needless to say more, for | apprchcnl
that any one Of intelligence who viii attempt
I ia .
on him so flst that he viii s5cn feel how ut
terly impossible 1t viii be 10 say IN brief ad-
dress al that may be said in favor Of this pro
ject.
Earnestly soliciting favorable hearing and
cordial support for the enterprise, | subscribe