Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-12-21

The Memphis and Selma road, crossing
the two ab0ve designated and third.
Fri seisd, from Canton through Abe--
deem, Miss, TO Decatur, Ala, VIII re-
tFisve errors OF railway builders and
remedy consequent misfortnnes to which
Memphis has been subjected. This city
I will surely be the ultimate gamer because
Of the fxistence Of each OF these. great
thoroughfares. Taey have enriched and
\ populated a country 10 be made By the
/ Selma road necessarily tributary to the
wealth Of Memphis. They will be
/ harmed Ia nothing, since the Selma road
! will stimulate traffic and travel, aud era
I ate more Of both than It can divert.
! There Is, therefore, 10 necessary antago-
nism in interest between these roads.
COURSE OF TRADE AND TRAVEL CON-
TRoLLED.
Cstton grown in Maury county, In
Middle Tenoessse, is now shipped bv
rail- to Decatur, Ala, theros - Grsnd
Junction, aud theuca 20 New Orleans.
E cl baie Ia taxed five dOllsrs Tor the
whole distance. This drecti0a is given
to cotton by railway managers Per-
haps, tor, the producers deem Naw o..
leans the better N trkst DaCRu-e it Is Jh-
larger city, a reason that cannot long x
ist when the Little Rock and Selma
roads are built. When the Memphis
aud Selma road reaches Aberdeen and
Columbus, Mississippi, the TbOle trade If
that matchless district Of country will b..
drawn to this city Memphis, and he
citizens OF She by county, viii own
largely Of the storh In the Selma road
and control tariffs imposed upon freights. |
COttnn will be brought hltheT, II need he, |
at a nominal charge. Mobile Ia this /
haz
OHIO road. Mobile invested millions 10 /
the CREST highway, aud had the right TO |
reap every legitimate advantage from /
her expenditures. A cotton bale once /
on the Memphis and Selma road will /
not change ears or change its course, and /
cotton bales will bring their owners with 4
their wives ard children. There are
groceries, cRlicOes, saddles, harness,
plowe, wagons, agricultural implements,
grist mills, furniture aud building mate
rials-eveFy conceivable commodity and
material which men aud women use ard
consume will be bought by the farmer
who follows his potatoes, corn, wheat or
cotton 20 thig ciey,
ADVANTAGES TO THE CITY AND
COUNTRY.
No one citizen OF Memphis, and no
one class Of people Is more interested
than another In cooperating ln the work
OF building the Selma r isd Merchants
and real estate holders are ths primary
benetciaries, but the builders Of The road
viii expend mere money among ne
chanics a1d Ish0rers within twelve
months, than Memphis and Shelby
county will invest.
now FARMERS WIN By IT.
Advantages to result to farmers are too
pslpabie for recital. The EOad gives them
q choico of markets, enables them to sell
eggs, poultry, butter and vegetables aud
eurjches them by value given fruits snd
melons. But the great advantage which
farmers will derive from the road con-
sists in the fact that population will be
rapidly densified and lands have aug
mented value. Men advertise property
for esls. II there were sn sroavsy
Of light spanning the eontinent, those
who have property would augment It's
vslus to an unlimited extent by blazan
ing its worth and peculiar exoelleness
upon this mighty rainbow. A railroad
brings the wandering world to see the
lands and breathe the soft bTeeZss OF this
climate, where rain falls per-
where rigOr5 OF harsh winter
time are unknown, and whers paradise
will bloom whenever railways have fui-
lllsd their appointed tasks.
The above address was approved at q
meeting Of the Directors held al Mem
phis, December Is, 1858
\. 2. FORRE It,
President, |
J. c. FIZER, Ii II. " IfIFE.
7. W. = AGE. JR, W. ~. MOORE.
y. z. HU IT, Direct ~ Shelby Co.
2. a. ID URDOCK, JOHN HCI ciRoSE.
Chick saw County. |
". W, TROUP, q. A. SYKES,
8Ouroe County.
n. w WAEThR
N 7Tssia.l Ounty. !
{. L. STEWART,
De-otO County. !