The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-12-23
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THREE ROUTES.

r5t route proposed III the ofdeF or ue as the tfahh
line of Southern Pacific we may call IN defer
ence to his letter advocating it, without regard to
original paternity the Rosecrans route. This proposes
point ii tie valley of the Rio Grande near FL Paso
as the initial point.
The next route is proposition, to make the
point of intersection, junction Of the three Foads
she Shreveport and Marshall the Memphis and Ell Paso,
and the Texas Central, as the initial or starting point
The third route proposed is, according to telegram
received here from Fort Smith, Ark, witha branch to
Sheverortand suggested by the National Board Of
TradeConvenon, now, or lately in session at Cincinnati
We will probably hear of other routes suggested from
Houston, Galveston Corpus Christi Gen. Rosecrans'
plan, Of making the objective point as far off as FL
paso designed in the first place. remove pres
en bone Of contention, among the rival roads, and
i'll the second place, to stimulate each CT them to
extraordinary efforts, reach that point first il order
to enjoy the extraordinary advantage OF a monopoly
of the right and subsidies to the link between Ell Paso
and the Colorado The objection to this plan, however
we'll conceived, is at once pracca ana fatal OBJ
lection 1t removes the point of initiation beyond the
ability of single road to reach it, and in the end,
far from stimulating would para!yse all competition.
This is obvious US that consider his surges-
ton removed beyond the arena Of discussioa
least, of discussion looking to immediate action.
This !j"clion docs not lie however TO either OF the
other proposed. Congress may give aid or
subsidy and utilise the bonus if either Fort Smith,
or Memphis Fuon, or Shreveport, be named as the
starting point. The great question then to determine
is, where shall the trunk road begin? In reply we
/ ! fNr
that opinion. That point should be neither Fort Smith,
Fulton, nor Shreveport, among trans Mississippi
contcs ants but point which each of these places
can reach, and which shall best 2rbselva tie interests
of the companies and counties represented by these
PLACES Tia. p2iHt the Intersection Of the S1reve
port and Marshall road, the Southern Pacific, and
the Memphis and FL iaso aud the Texas Central.
The southwest branch, from St. Louis, extended ria
Raleigh, Springfield Fort Si.h, and the Indian
territory and across the Red river, would tap the
hcmplis-E Ell P,so, extended, between Paris aud Shcr-
man. Before entering the Indian territory, short
branch road from Kansas g;n Fort Scott would connect
with the southwest branch, and through it with tho
main trunk. After its Junction with the Memphis +!
Paso, the south side Of Red river, a common road,
in seventy five or one hundred miles, would bring it
the point of intersection with the Nicksburg Srcvc
port and Marshall road, and tie Texas Central BY
means Of the last two named, perfect system would
he ,Irtcd from Kansas and St. Louis, to New Or
ea2 Qnl Galveston, Including intermediate points,
AcnpI,ia and .icksJVrG the Mississippi, and the Ell,
lire coasloc OF tie Gulf OF Mexico. from ellsaco!:
10 Galveston or Ind:anola.
II Congress adopt this ROUTE on The condition nam
Of III
north Of the Red river and the application of the puy
chase price to the extension of the trunk line through
I, xas the Southern Pacific road will be success,
for through its connecting links the MiSsissippjand
the Cult, it viii complete the grand chain of railways,
whose centre is New York and whose circumference
is the occanbolnd territory Of the Union.
CeTroS, Irs CULTURE AND MANUrAcrvRG.-We find
long Article under this head going the round Of the
newspapers, credited to the New York Times, which
contains good deal of statistical information and
from which we Gull the following, single paper Of
seed sent from Chelsea, England, to Georgia. in 1884,
contained the germ OF the trade. The first regular
expectation of cotton made IN 1885 THIS crpor
tattoo comprised single b1g-cotton was not balcd
in those days. During the five years the receipts
Of American Gotten were respectively G,1CO, $50 S42
and 81 bales, estimated at ID pounds each, or Al
bags, weighing oIG, $50 pounds, III six wears, from
1885 to 1880 inclusive In 1871 the export WAS l39,
3IG pounds; in 1860 it Lad reached H. TO sos pounds
In go it had reached the amount Of ?67
686, 83S pounds, 3,Sl2,3l5 bales. This immense
yield waa grown shown by statistics on Il per cent
Of the area Of the Southern States The entire pro
ducn5 region CT tie United States is not larger th4
the States Of Massachusetts, AID Connecticut. These
figures were read recently before the National ASsociA
alton OF CottG Manufacturers and Planters an organ
atlon of recent growth, which held its secod meet
ing few weeks since. From carefully prepared re-
port submitted the association, we learn that tie
number of mills in the Northern States is 10; number
of spindles 7hS 228 average number of yarn 275;
consumption, 81, 6l5 $50 pounds consumption per
SPINDLE 5G.:,7 pounds. In the Southern States rum-
Der Of mills, 50 >pndles l02,772 average number
of yasa ~ crnsMuptian 28, 0t2 76G pounds; con
sumption per SHiH!Ie, llo.37 pounds Massachusetts
takes the lead a matter Of That State con-
t,ins 81 mills, which, in FIJI OPERATION consume an
mu"lIy LIS, 7S2 ,57G pounds. New Hampshire comes
next. Her So mills work up 47,25l ,439 pounds
naaly. Little Rhode Island owns - .ills, WHICH con.
sumo about AZ ,ou0 900 pounds. Twenty mills in Maine
work up 1854 COS pounds Connecticut and Pend
SyIvnnia cosume very nearly he same amout. The
first contains sxtyseyen mills, til" last forty six. The
differences in tie annual consumption will be perceived
in the fooNn ing statement Connecticut % 55: 20
pounds PennSy lvaAia, o. lG9, 0G9. New York con
sumes fraction 20,Oo0,DGO pounds. The re-
malsabc feature Of this summary is the fact that no
single Sou ern State with the exception of Georgia.
works up 5000 600 pounds. South Carolina North
Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, Ten
ncssec, Kentucky, Ehgiuia, Missouri, and Maryland
consume about 2G 600 600 pounds, fraction more
than the amount snmcd by Pennsylvania. A re-
markabe decrease in the production of cotton goods
in the United States during the last eight years is ex
libited. Compared with the eight years proceeding, |
the production during the last years was only G73 per
cent. 4 careful estimate Of the capit; invested in |
cotton machinery in the United States puts it $li5
.lyG, 900. The opinion is confidently expressed by
those convcrSau with the business that when the pro-
Queer and the consumer in the United States under
stand each other thoroughly, and when the South shall
have it's f,,ll share Of cotton factories, the trade will |
witness prosperity never before cquaed.
The TEorBtE II ARKANSAS. An Augusta ARK.