The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-05-12
Railroad Projects.

The citizens Of Paducah, Kentucky,
are in great glee over the recent rail-
road meeting at Valley, Missis-
sippi, which resulted in the leasing of
the Mississippi Central Road to a Mr..
MCCOMBs and associates for a term Of
sixteen years. This lease, it is thought,
will result in the extension Of that
road to Padueah at once, and the
making of the little city a great rail-
road center. The Kentucktan gives
loose reins to its Imagination and pic
lures the future of Paducah in glow
ing colors. 1t says:
Thus this project, so much desired,
and of such vital interest to our grow.
ing city, has been fully consummated.
This to them is glorious news. From
this hour the future growth and pros
perity of our city will date. She now
becomes the center of leading aud inn
portaut railroad interests, and with
proper energy on the part Of her citi-
zens, viii double her population IN
the next five years, aud assume that
importance as city centrally To-
Gated between Louisville and ST.
Louis, as by her geographical position
she Is entitled. She will be connected
by continuous rail with New Orleans,
Mobile aud Char lesion, aud the en-
tire South; with st. Louis, Chicago,
aud by connection with the Union
Pacific Railroad, with the entire West
aud Northwest to California, Oregon,
and the Pacific Coast; and with the
cities of Cincinnati New York, Bos-
ton, Baltimore, and the entire East
and Northeast; aud by the building
of the bridge over the Ohio river at
this place, which we have no doubt
will be speedily accomplished. With
these projects freight can be shipped
from the cities of the East and West
TO the remote cities of the South,
Southeast and s uthwest without the
break of bulk, thus saving an i'm
mense amount to shippers, which
they are now compelled 10 pay In the
way Of re-shipping, transfer. and re-
handling, and also make the transit
OF trelghtand passengers more safe,
secure and speedy than by the pres
ent, or any otherpr0jected route. u
If one-third Of this imaginary pros
perity Is realized, Paducah viii be-
come an important town, and will be
able to contribute yet more largely to
the prosperity Of Evansville. Long
before the Elizabethtown and Padu-
cab, and the Vincennes and Paducah, /
Roads are completed, our city will /
have completed some of her most i'm
portant railroad connections, and be
prepared to enter in and possess the |
splendid commercial fields all around |
her. The E. & c. Road will be I'm
ished to Chicago, the Evansville, /
Henderson and Nashville Road |
TO Nashville, and other points South,
ard the railroads running through +
Southern Illinois will have been
tapped and made tributaries to the
growth of our city. Even the Missis-
sippi Central, TO which Paducah looks /
with such ardent longing, will have
been tapped and much of its traffic
turned in this direction. Our people
have only to be active, liberal and en-
to absorb the. bulk of the
business in the valley of the lower
Ohio, besides making large draughts
On sections much further South.
We feel disposed to congratulate
The citizens of Padueah on their pros
poets. for their prosperity must IN
Iuestionably result greatly to our ad-