Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-12-12
THE YAZGO VALLEY RAIL-
ROAD.
The West and Sauii1 Esust Fur
nish Cotton to 5Eemlplsis.
The North and East will Come
Here After IL.


the attention Of our merchants and cit!-
zens TO the fact being daily made more
and more evident, that, Ia ten years from
this date, fOaT-ftRs Of the cotton received
hers Wj1 come from the South and West.
The railroads north and east of Us, In
other States, are 80 anxious TO get the
trade of the country that hss contributed
to build Us up, that, with low through
rates, they can compete with Memphis
for trade within ifsy miles Of her. We
cannot object to this. It is one OF
the laws Of trade, governed by self
interest and while iI may damage
Ca somewhat, in one direction, it will
stimulate t rat anne self-interest to pro.
teet itself in another. We must look 81
things as they are, aud not solely as we
would have them.
It has long been admitted By our eiti-
ZsDs that the Mississippi Central Road
las always been operated against the
interest Of Memphis, though We have
no right 10 complain that this Company
does all it can to protect and promote it,
OWL welfare. Nor Is il reasonable to
conclude that IL will cease 70 be governed
by the same considerations OF seifinter-
est and sggrandiZsment. Hence, the
e Whduty Of every Memphlan IL to d. all
he can to controVerk the infiusnee OF
that management, so far as it effects the
welfare of Memphis. Whether that
may best be done by making such
terms with that road as hare lately been
proposed, Is for the City Council and
those directly interested to decide.
may be allowed to say this much, how
ever, that there seems to be, In the
minds OF some Of our citizens, an undua
apprehension as to what Mr. Tate and
his Southern Railroad Association can
or may or will do, unless their terms are
agreed to. / have not yet brought nv
self to believe that the destiny Of Mem
phis Is at the disposal Of any man or
Railroad Company, ifshe will but do her |
simple duty. II will bat think a
moment, ne will conclude that il
is Just about g. much the Interest
OF a Railroad Company TO reach
a great trade-centsr ike Memphis,
as It IL sfor that trade-center ts tfsm-
BILE for It's existence every time a certain
railroSd and railroad President are
named. When thus examined, the idea
will be found = myth, which can be as
easily dispeiled by good common sense
as any other ghost. That Nemphis hes
been damaged by the construction and
management Of the Mississippi Central
Road all will admit and, for years, some
of Us have been trying to oheckmsfe that
influence. | think there l. one way 10
do this, certain snQ conclusive In irs re-
suits; and besides this, It Is a way that
will open up to Memphis q larger cotton
trade than abe mss ever had, and
one Wdioh cannot be taken from hsr.
That way Is to build the Yszoo Valley
Railroad, direct to Yaz o CITY and
with a liae d~iverSing from
the valley in Holmes county, Miss, ssd
going on to Jsekson. Ia 1889, I can
this last line, aud obtained up-
wsrds Of s 1900. 600 OF stock. It's con-
struetioB through Lexir gton, Holmes
would neuIrslize all opposition
Of the Mississippi Central RoTd: for It
would tsp the New Orle3na road 5eloy
the Mississippi Central, and We could
thus make terms with the New Orleans
road without having 70 go one mile over
the Central. The direct road down the
Yszoo valley, would END st Yszoo City
or Vieksburg.
That Yszoo valley region is the finest
belt In the world; and not one
acre 10 five is yet under cultivation. To
Memphis 1t is q " strange land !" yet, II
she can once get It's trade, it cannot be
t0ibed OF. If cotton shall continue to be
LL5 kAChk GABOlk . AlCAE VI kAE OutE2U
ii will be chiefly grown in that
which will yield most 20 labor:
and there Is 40 region around Memphis
will so well repay labor 90 that. Al
the COTTON raised ia that valley now goes
TO New Orleans, by water. With this
road, most Of it may be turned
to Memphis; and it can never
be diverted from US until 10 ar
When once here it will be an
OtheriDducement for the North and East
to come here GfteT Il. louisville and
Cincinnati, vis cur Memphis and Ohio
road, and Indianapolis and the North
west, via the Mississippi Biver road, will
here after 1t, and In doing so, they
will have no interest Ia sustaining any
branches, or associated lines that Dllss
EUe on the trade gghSah h0I nth.
srtQ bull up Memphis. II the Mississso-
ol Central desires the trade OF the Yez9o
1t must be to take It to the North
1Ver q line that does not cOHle TO Mem.
phis. But IL the Louisville road, or the
Mississippi River road desires that trade,
can get 1t, except Sg aiding IL to
TO Memphis &rst. When once here,
are willing for all the world to come
After it. II these two roads ITO Jackson
and Yszoo City, were built tomorrow,
he two northern lines last named would
make any arrangements with the Mem
and Grenada road which the latter
could ask and we could thus have a
grand tereugk line, rom New Orleans
and from Vieksburg, via Mempbia to
Louisville and PadGcsh, which could de-
" all competition from the Mississippi
Central or any other combination.
will clesa this article By repeating
that, Ia q few years, our merchants will
look TO tbs south and West for cotton,
md that the increased quantity which
sections will send Us, will not only
be double that which We now get frem
the North and East, but Il UM not be d.
from rs in its transit here.
This il not Ell. This gsz1o Valley
ROAD Is but the pioneer Of another line
down thatfertils Mississippi valley. For
time, ! have been Ia correspond
with parties interested In p road
from Memphis down the valley
between the Ysz)o and SuDhower
leading to Yazoo City, or
going on TO HickSourg aud thefs
3 3 deep and growing interest felt
BY the oltiSens there ia this rosd. They
Ill nlw trade with New Orleans; yet
al wish 20 trade With Memphis II
the levees between Memphis and Vicks-
are ever repaired, Is they should be,
two rOeds--one on the east of tie
Yszoo river and the other between Il
and the Sunfowef- will develope the
most fertile cotton region saieF the SUI
Ii we con snee get that trade started
70 Memphis, there Is no rivsl railroad
lines WHICH will ever turn 1t away from
rs before it reaches ~,
Our evident interest Is to get all the
trade we q from the South and West,
md make combinations for through
trade with roads that could net be bene-
lifted oy directing trade IRON US; but
which must naturally be deeply inter-
ssted In seeing all the trade of our cotton
conferred at Meulphis.
]. T. IRRELEVANT.
pepsmber II, 1855.