The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-06-17
Facilities for Southern Immte ra-
tfOm.

A convention of officers of Southern
railroads was held in Atlanta last Janua-
nv. at which it was determined to offer
special inducements to all who might wish
TO visit the South with view to immigra-
ton or investment The South presents
a very large and very promising field for
labor and capital in agriculture, mining
and manufactures, and it is believed that
large immigration would be certain if
the. natural advantages of the country
were more generally known. So the rail
road companies of the South have made
special terms for all who may come to spy
out the land. They wish all the world
to know how fair a land it is, and by per-
sonal examination to ascertain its fertility
its capacity for various crops, the profit
of farming and other industries, and,
moreover, the wonderful cheapness of
good lands, valuable mines and water
privileges. Railroad fares in the South
are usually pretty Might've or six cents
a mile-and for man of moderate means,
the cost of travelling is so great as to
discourage him from making prospect
ing tour. But the convention made ar
rangements by the terms of which all
who may wish to investigate the country
with view to immigration or investment
are given certificates which ent;tle them
to transportation over all the lines of the
roads entering into the arrangement at
two cents per mile. The railroad officers
have also induced a great many of the
hotels on their lines to reduce their char
ges one-third to holders of these certifi-
Gates.
The railroads which have agreed to
these rates embraces nearly all the roads
of Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and
Georgia, the principal lines Of South Car
DINA, the road from jacksonville to Tai
lahassee in Florida, the Weldon and Will
mington road in North Carolina, the Rich
mond and Danville Railroad and the line
from Norfolk to Lynchburg in Virginia,
and the Louisville and Nashville and Mo
bile and Ohio roads, which have their
northern termini in Kentucky.
Mr.. j. w. Rockwell. agent of the Lou
isville and Nashville Railroad, is now en-
gagged in making arrangements with tick
eft agents in the cities and leading towns
of the Northwest for spreading informa-
ton concerning this opportunity for cheap
travel, and for issuing certificates to such
as are entitled to its privileges, The ar
rangement Will expire on the 1st of July,
but thereafter, as now, all bona fide inn
migrants ON their way to homes in the
South will be transported for one cent.
per mile.
Application for these excursion certif-
Gates may be made in this city to the
ticket agent of the Panhandle Line, at
No 95 Randolph street
Altogether this seems one of the wisest
most liberal and most extensive methods
for attracting immigration ever devised.
Men are not asked to believe what is told
them, but invited to examine for them
selves and given the very best facilities
for making such an examination. For
hundred dollars you may travel from
Louisville to New Orleans, and from New
Orleans to Richmond, stopping in a score
or two of places, and making frequent de-
tours from up-country to low country, so
as to gain satisfactory idea of the whole
South. Western Railroad Gazette