New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-02-03
New Orleans and Texas Railroad.

To the Citizens Of Louisiana
By Of the Legislature State approved January
% 1882 charter given and grant lands
the purpose Of constructing railroad from the New Orleans
opeleusas and Great Western Railroad near be to
Orange Sabine river the present of the Texas and
New Orleans RAILROAD and thus connecting system
Texas with New Orleans thereby giving this city
railroad connection Westward nearly 700 miles, and OPEN
up to commercial interests the most fertile aud
productive regions the American continent besides exempt
ing in great from dependence upon the North
west for supplies Of grain and other provisions
known that Texas has capacity supply beef pork mutton
for The whole ConledeFacy and large portion of its
our and other breadutf She produces wool
all the ohr Confederate States combined She teenpg with
an Industrious entepsng and rapidly increasing population
and her early destiny sto be great agricultural empire whose
abundant products will independence of the
North for supplies Now, eoWcitiz ens all to make
the Crescent City the mart for this empire
for enterprsng merchants and nanuactur
the construction of line of railroad only hundred
seventeen miles in engthone of the easily aud cheapy
constructed aud maintained roads built any country
This road will all be within the limits of Louisiana Tho
Texas and New Orleans road already consructedto a-
bine river Our neighbours door asking US to Join her
and assist pouring her riches lap that we may be her
storehouse and she will be Overlooking geaary
Does 1t not beooye immediately prepare to buy aud sell
with her. Thss the most necessary stems to secure to
New Orleans the proud position for which so we'll
lifted her. Of being the great commercial emporium this gor
Gus young Contederacy. All the necessary energy enterprise
and Of citizens should be devoted to this purpose
that the conclusion Of the the Crescent City shall stand
beyond competition Let ready for that great commercial
revolution which win follow the present potica, one
ihere is sill stronger reason why this link of railroad
should hecoapeted at patriotic which forms
the main motive for attempting this time 1T is grand
mitary necessa national Its construction is like
nrnshng our Cove nment with army she now has
none IT VIII save the national treasury millions of money
preserve the lives of hundreds brave soldiers a.d give
ample facilities the protection many Of miles of
our seaboard and frontier Were Texas attacked by the FEEDER
a our brave Louisiana troops could speedily fly her relief
New Orleans In danger thousands of alwar Texans In
few hours would be with ready deal death aud destruction
to common foe. = 81 a.5E SIS
Had this road been completed six months ago mary Texan
mother wi sister and daughter who are now bowed down
with grief been happy exuitant over the
noble daring IN the ID performed BY those they loved and
and IN whom the seeds of death planted in the
rhle march the county where is to
This road. vi 5'.%F 5E i8 = 2S - s"S" -
In pecan'ay point of view of money in This
enterprise will be highly fenuneive The whole cost of the
ROAD VIII be about two million dollars AT low tmate is
gross earnings will crceed one million and half me @
after and increase aerwards If ,e opera inn ~
pehse % per cent nd they exceed foy) it will
eVe es 81 seven hundred and thousand dollars
per aanu thus yielding dividend Of prohab over thirty per
cent. per anuum n s. IlEs'iEsI
This statement know will appear exagge ated HI. ii baed
and upon the Judgment of who have had tho
most and study suc matters are thoroughly
conversant with the business to be DONE
The undersigned, committee appointed bv tha
to receive the capital stock and ba
Of this company will cheerfu give such further
as may be desired persons Who wish "a assist in
this great enterprise n " - -,
The land grant to the conpany Ia six sccti,, "a th
title Of hnndred and twenty sections 10 vest ,shan e
twenty miles Of road is finished. Hence the compauy y, II
when the enterprise IL COMPLETED considerably over for hun
ea acres Of land which, at Eve dollars per acre viii