Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-01-18

zie giih embarrassment. The Memphis and
Litle Rock road is The pioneer road of Ar.
kan e. and we cherish the hope ihst it my
rscf We the symnathy and material aid from
tie legislature merited BY its pioneer efforts 10
open TIE path sar the iron horse 10 Tie interior
Of Arkansas. That completed. with lie
asanch TO Pine Eiuf, and the system ol rsi;-
reads is insugursted in The Ssate which would
be worth millia1s 60 the STATE treasury, sv
bringing ont its hidden wealth. and by open
ing TIE WsF % talent and capital from South
Carolina, Grofgia, Alabama, Mississippi and
/ Tennessee.
10 the foregoing report On @ways and
means'' We omitted fa STATE that we ara ad-
viset that The Memphis and Liltle Rock COM
I Pany propose b pat on the iron on this branch
as soon as the main liHs 30 the Rock Is COM
pieted. This is q heavy portion ol fhe enter
prise aud equals q subscription 0f about thHae
bundled thousand dollars
1hs completion Of The nain ii1n 10 Iitlie
I Rock and The branch 10 Pine Bluff from ibs
( Atlaltie ocean, win give vitality to tbe route
I % NsaQleoni through Jefferson, Arkansas aHd
Deshe counties. Z wuuld 60 down this rich
/ valley By its ewn weight as surely ss he
3 waters Of ths Mississippi few 20 the quit
/ The cfmpletion Of Tie road 90 Napoleon, Dis
I tsnce uf 6lty-eiEht and naif miles from Pine
BluH, over toe fertile deposits Of the Arkansas
Z river would Develop mine cf wealth which
lNralIN -la d taE HlEttlE
I the S.atc, AID pay back ton-fod every dollar
now ilvrsied in the enterprise. Tie fsture
/ Weslthof the four counties from Brownsville
& 70 Naroleon, may be illustrated bv Jefsrson,
which, rs before,menficned, contains SOC 900
l acres q land, and out Of this, 400,G.Q acres
I are beto g, ans mostly deposit soil. One
/ half ol this is ~ for cultivation, being 200 600
acres, and f25 900 acres OF that may BE- CALL
! vated ia cotton What ar income for conn-
! W. And this, too, without estimating ths
! large a 81 extensive tracts cf valuable and
I proauc5Fe upiands in the county, covering
nearly 5ne-hslf Of its area.
Low water at Pine Bluff is seventy feet
hiEher thaH low water at Napoleon, and the
sscenlirg grade ooHtiaues into Prairie county,
giving hiTtY-sIx feet more st the junction
With the Memphis aad Little Rock railroad
: Ihis rich valley, now cut Of and locked up,
and ils present labor sacrificed, demands an
sasV and quick outlet. With fts cnmpletio1,
Pine Bluff might become a Competing marks
for cotton, and thus benefit greatly tbs smail
planter, whose policy It is 20 seek the nearest
market.
IN cotton growing, this valley Offers safety
and certainty in production, and is above he
caterpillar district, much of it being along
the Gae 81 deg. latirade. The Mississippi
river may afford a lonCsT season ana a greater
yield per acre, but with these we rust take bis
zrT floods and terrific currents and deB-ruc-
the Etor~s from the guf Of Mexice.
Memphis, a growing commercial city on our
b1-der, aud the state Of Tennessee, have In
vested $500, ,00o in this enterprise, besides pri-
vats stock, notwithstanding that Safe had
loznHd her credit to her own railroad comna-
Bies Tor millions n dollars. The whole ars-
ten is now being completed, and the State has
rot plld dollar, but trs5bled her tax list.
We may point 70 the city of Memphis a.
eomps.iBz Market with New Orleans for
be product ot TIE I25,000 acres Of
hottsu 10 70 be cultivated ia the county of
Jsdersal. ihus giving two markets to the large
pisnts.s rom which to choose.
We hars thus presented the foregoing facts,
hopla. hat they may be turned to good ac-
count.
Toe working railroads Of the world present
Z thrusand Demonstrations Of tsall value; this
portion of the subject therefore We psss over
ss established and admitted and Acknowledged
ersTywhere
We haresuggssted the plan above mentioned,
for equsliz'ng tae contributions and paying 10
three instailmsntS, and thus finishing tbe road
and the payments, instead Of issuing county
bonds, because we are advised thuv wculd be
tzsslslbls, ana continuous tax 60 pay the in-
t7rest. As tue taxable property Of the county
is snBuailV Increasing, the Fate to raise the in
stall1snts vii Be less every yeso. The Proba-
biiities are that FOR the Aird year tie taxable
properly 7f Jzfe.son county wil Be Ten mill
lions Of dollars, and il 50, the rate woui} be
one third Tess Tor tbat year than for the hrst
Tz2r; thus showing that the sum lessons with
the growth aud improvements being made.
in conclusion we would state that We hsre
surveyed and narked ,odt sde shortest, most di-
rect and nost feasiblelrous, that could pos
s.5ly baye been selected. The surface is al
uost perfectly level throughout, the bsyou's
ars ali crossed with higil blanks and nearly at
right angels, and not a tngle house or Other
improvement is intsrferesiwith throughout tae
sltire line. BY psIsiCdiar eEamination and
iaguirigs along the Whoi -route, We have ascer-
tanned that any ether route than lhat selected
BY us, would meet with serAous ani almost in
Farmountab,e obstacles, faGs involving heavy
frsnEe IN construction, aud gaining notllng
ia iivect1ess ~ grade. Ihroasllult ne ens.fa
d.slznee passed over by us, tbeN5est OF timber 1
ior eross-ties, viz, white cak Spost cak ina
5Fcrcup-ab0und ia tie Creates abundaHce'
sad convenient 70 tie line Let us hope tnsn
thar you ~iil not lst The en'eGI 7iise, Ehica
Promises so mgch toward develfpins 45 re-
soatces q o1s county and State, iee of faiter5,
uatil It's mat triunphsi ,5mpletiout rs secured
p mote p b. Very rsspocf-allr.
JOHN J. MAR ~,