Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-06-28

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q qualiedi for none Of the Others mas
through a tier Of counties embracing 8
much population, wealth, and such a va
e riety of productions. The coupties trih
utary 10 it, had a population of NOR
i than 200 900 in 1860, and a wealth =
nearly $3.50, 900, 900. They produced II
v large quantities, cotton, tobacco. grain
stock and fruits and are essentially cal
: culsted for a farming rather than /,
: planting country for the products fur
e nlsh freighh3 at ali seasons, thus ipsurine
q most sutstgDtial and constantly in.
ereasing local business, even 4
= D line could not command :
large through trade. On most roads
9 sxcept iea1lng connections like this.
the local business ia the most important
and it should always be deyeIoped and
I fostered as much as possible; for riyal
lines do not often direct to such business
as they sometimes do with through trade
and travel.
+ To give some idea Of the vast increase
often attending the operations OF a rail.
road, 1t may be stated that the Louis
vile & Nashville road, IS5 miles long.
Learned SSsI, 600 from July LIST. 1850. TO
July LIST, 1861; and 81, 500, 600, exclusive
OF government business, from JuIv Ist.
1865 to July LIST, 1866; an increase of
nearly 2O per cent. in i've years.
But b through business Of the Mem
phis d Ohio road should now be an enor-
NOUS one, and must greatly increase.
By the shortest lines, this and the two
roads north Of it, connect the head of
e 9eIpetnal navigation on the Mississippi,
at aasEaphis, with the heart of the popu-
lous and wealthy Ohio valley at Louis
Vile and Cincinnati. In 1860, Memphis
was the fourth cotton port. in the union.
All the Ohio and upper Mississippi fac
tories fuy their cotton here. Several
times dllring the past ten years, river
navigation has been suspended
days at a time, from this city northward
the vaine of the Ohio road was thus
demonstrated last winter. 1t connects
this point-the head of the cotton region
on the Mississ,t pi-With the most D
ious and wealthy portions of the Ohio
valley. Though it will never supeFsede
the natural channels OF commerce and
travel which, year by yesr, have more
closely allied the people of the Two sec
tions through bonds OF a mutual interest
it at least adds another link in hat
chain. Nothing will ever sureFsede
steamers on oar great rivers but rail
roads often come to their aid, when the
frosts lock up the rivers. Every wear
this Memphis ind Louisville connection
acquires additional interest ; and the late
protector rather, an old one re-
vived-tO connect Louisville with Gin.
cinnati on the south side of the Ohio,
gives it additional Importance. Col. /.
M. st. John, n of the most accom-
plished engineers of the west, made a
survey Of the route between Louisville
and Cincinnsti, in 1856 and there is no.
room to doubt the early construction of
what he most appropriately terms "the
most valuable umOccupied route IN the
United States" It would reduce the
time between the two cities from ten to
eleven hours, and thus throw upon this
road, at Louisville, all that vast volume
Of travel constantly on the move be-
tween tna nErtheagt sni southwest. But
this is not all. No Tead leading from
Memphis toward the eastern cities has
anything like the marked advantages
which attend the Memphis and Ohio. 1t
net only penetrates a rich and populous
country, yielding a variety of products,
butit also passes through a region having
more trade with US than any other
through cities more popalOUs and flour
ishing than can be found on n otherof
our routes more extensively engaged in
manufacturing articles which our people
need. Our -four, bacon, lard, beef, pity
tits sol come mostly from the country te
which this road leads and almost all
our household and kitchen furniture
comes from the same region. So do most
of cur agricultural implements, and much
OF the machinery we use. Its cOnnec-
tons plane Us in direct communication
with tae large slties Of louisville, Gin
c~innati, Indianapolis, Chicago, Column
bus, Cleveland, Pittsburg, Buffalo, Al
GanY, Harrisburg, etc, before reaching
the great Atlantic cities, At CINCINNATI
four or five great lines start out 10
the east, each filled 10 its utmost
capacity and these same lines bring to
Cincinnati from the east an equal
amount OF travel and freight to be dis
trihuted south and west. These lines are
all hrst-class roads, are ably managed,
and enable the passenger from Memphis
to reach New York twelve hours Sooner
pl2a by any other rGyss ledding from
But this is. psof9 4 rogd to the
Pacific $500 dream. On two Of
the ngSSplstlls west of the Missis-
sippi MsYaying track al the rate
y half miles per day, and ex-
54LI thraa miles per day during
so fa1--Sean9 ave years theg viii be
V,NpetedI ND New York will
\ CO.. CONNECTED with San Francisco
Wy Omaha. This, however, is now
YnOwn to be the snow route,
Upon which travel will often be inter
Fuptsd during the winter season. The
|" progress " Of the age will not tolerate
this, a8sd hence, the route from Guya-
IS hi, giNhe. gulf of California, must
supes a laIgsi Wehers. independent OF its
being -SS.om snow, and several hun
dr. u Shorter than the northern
lines, the passenger for Canton, in China,
is 1000 miles nearer his ultimate destina-
ton, when at Guyamas, than when at
San Francisco. A reference to any ge.
nap will show this. With sgfh6dfff
tages attending the MemPnI85ats on
the Pacific, Cincinnati and LoLrrv o'
will, from motives of interest, throw an
their influence IN aid Of its construction.
For the travel and trade Of either of the
Northern Pacific lines, these cities will
find st. Louis, Chicago, and the lake
towns important rivals. For the trade
and travel over the Southern Pacific
route, they would have no rivals in all
the Ohio valley for that trade and travel
would strike them first, by the shortest
line, after leaving Memphis and they
would thus pe interested in turning them
to Memphis, Over our memphis and Ohio
road, as we would be in turning them to
these cities over the same channel. II
we had the northern and southern lines
completed, from the Mississippi to the
Pacific, the ~snowdrifts on the former and
the advantage of distance attending the
latter would turn three-fourths Of the
Pacific travel over the Memphis route.
CONCLUDED TOMORROW
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