The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-02-22
The Mississippi end Tennessee Rail-

road---Where shall it Terminate p?
We desiresto can special attention to the
foIowing1ettsFof Nh Trezevant, who Is can
yassing the region direcdy interested IN this
enterprise with a view to obtaining snbscrip-
IONS. It presents to this community and to
allwho are interested in the line which would
be followed in the continuation of the work to
the capital Of the State, the importance Of
prompt and efficient action. To the people Of
Madison county, residing in what is known as
the Vernon and Livingston neighborhoons, we
trust the opportunity of relieving themselves
of their present isolation, Speaking with ref
erence to the absence of Railroad facilities
for travel and transportation VIII not be lost.
If they so desire, they can establish at their
very doors, direct communication by Railroad
with every part of the Union, North, South,
East and West They have but to come
forward IN spirit of-liberlity, and with a
proper realization Of the resulting benefits,
and improve the means now rendered them.
But short time since it was in serious con-
templation with them to build branch road
TO some convenient point on the New Orleans,
Jackson and Great Northern Railroad. How
| much more desirable is the scheme here pro-
posed. It viii give them the benefits Of a
highway, with direct connections towards eE-
cry point of the compass, along which will be
heard every hour of the day the thunder of
the locomotive. Nor will they be compelled
to look exclusively to their own pockets for
the means wherewith to build it as in the 9th.
er case They will be backed by the aid of a
powerful corporation already in the full tide
of successful operation.
But there are conflicting interests not to be
forgotten, which will strive to procure the es-
tabIishment of otherroutes All other things
being equal, the company will be compelled to
| adopt that line along which the largest sub
scnptions are raised. 1t is therefore, at last, a
question of dollars and cents. Let this fact,
1 with the vast compeEsating advantages which
are offered, be borne in mind by the intelli-
| gent and philosophical communities to whom
this appeal Is especially directed:
| LtFLoREs, Carroll county, Miss.,)
Feb. 10th, 1860.
FDIToI OF THE MISIssIPPIAN The Pres
idcnt of the Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad
! Company has ordered survey of the Yazoo
Valley Road, starting from some point on the
main line in Tallahatchie county, and going
to Canton or Jackson as may be deemed best.
The engineers having this in charge, have
reached point about due west Of, and about
ten miles from, Carrolton. in this county
The President is decidedly inclined to go di-
/ rect to Your city.
So far, the route is the most favorable ever
surveyed i'll the Mississippi valley. The YAH
Iobusha is crossed Just 100 miles from Men,
phis, and tangent of Is miles is obtained
from the town of Charleston to that river
For miles, the grade will not exceed ten feet
to the mile and often the variations in the
surface elevations does not exceed two feet to
the mile The line abounds with the finest
| white and post oak timber, and the local ad-
| yantages for the construction Of the road are
unequalled by any route | ever saw. Add to
these considerations the facts that it will pass
down one OF the most beautiful and fertile
valleys in the world, where the great staple
of commerce is grown in all its perfection; that
it is the direct and shortest line that can
ever be built, connecting the three largest com,
merciai cities in all the Mississippi valley
New Orleans, Memphis and st. Louisiana
4 that it will reach the North, Northwest and
Northeast, not over rival lines which will be
always working agailastft, but over command.
ing friendly lines that viii always be its warn
and interested allies. | say sum up all these
considerations and you may then have some
conception of the Influences which MUST com.
bine, of necessity to make this one Of the
greatest thoroughfares, in the Union. Pas
sengers may go from Louisville or st. Louis
to New Orleans. with but one change Of cars
in "a hours, and from New York to New Or
leans, over this route, in 72 hours. t-
am canvassing the line for stock, and have
never found on any road SO universal a feeling
in favor of any like enterprise. | have not
vet seen one tenth of those directly interested
in its construction, yet have obtained some
I thing less than 100000
I When see most of those on or near the
line in this county, l shall go into Holmes,
where know there is an enthusiastic feeling
upon the subject, and if her citizens will do
what they say, the road viii go by Lexington.
Thence an excellent route, as learn, can be
found running near Vernon and Livingston, in
Madison county, where, | am assured, the
people will subscribe literally If Lexington
cannot or will not do her duty, we shall run
another line passing little east of Benton,
and thence direct to your city. Thus, in any
event, the most wealthy portions of Yazoo,
Madison and Kinds will be called upon to see
if they are willing to contribute their proper
ton to this great enterprise.
|. VIII your citizens, the people of Jackson,
take any interest in the matter Will they
come forward and contribute the material
aid" required to insure the success of this
great work? | trust they will. Al least
they shall have an opportunity Of doing so,
when | reach Jackson in the latter part oil
March. Yours, &c,
| .... T. T. TREZEV