The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-12-10

Jackson, SmlthVllle, OSceOla, Searcy,
Middleton, Little Rock, Pine Bluff and
Harrison in Arkansas, and Bastrop,
Monroe or Girartl, in Louisiana.
Estimating the distance from Girard
to st. Louis at five hundred and fifty
miles, the space between towns and
cities would average about forty-three
miles.
On the subject of convenience, we will
only say that nearly all the produce
consumed and vended on that line are
had from st. Louis by transportation
down the Mississippi, up the Ouachita
and the Bayous, and over land with an
increasing cost at every handling, which
might be limited to a single shipment,
and one-fourth of the cost by the means
proposed.
The objection OF hard times and great
scarcity of money need not deter us,
for if the enterprise can be started, the
end is assured. The citizens of the
towns and cities, the corporations, coun-
ties and parishes should subscribe liber-
ally; the planters and landowners
should transfer portion of their worth
less and expensive, unimproved lands
as SO much paid up stock.
Estimating the subscription of st,
Louis, public and private, at 81 ZOO, 900,
the disposable value Of the wild land
at 81 100000, the public and private
subscription of thirteen towns ut $780,
600, the county and parochial subscrip-
ton, of say sixteen, at 500, 1000, each
making 81 100000, and the private SUBJ
scription on the whole route of 81, OOO,-
600, and we have $4,73O 200, enough
to build 473 miles, at $4,000 IL mile,
:. without using one cent Of the revenues,
,h& which would commence with the first
\ nd ive and increase with every additional
In alternating it payable in ten annual
and the thing is perfectly
It thoacticable.
think how sad my heart ,agitated in MNse-
To put them out Of sight. So ore
For. in truth. ND stairs, I,ve-ago, and it is be-
Two socks t OF White , anaper representations,
mourn thai sslU ffto;sd under guarantee of
,,.,.ti TIL te ieO acres of land as pay at rea
Ny, ghboseages.
, Fron.nf great thought and wish of the
south to induce, aid and facilitate emf
grafton would have been in part accom-
plished with a people who had proved
L. their worth by their work-a people
:" we could appreciate as neighbors and
honor as friends. By it, capital would
be invested among us, the sphere of in
dustry enlarged and every acre of arabic
land enhanced four-fold its present
value.
If the people would but realize it,
they have in soil, climate and product,
Il magnet that will draw the people and
their wealth from every quarter of the
globe. Cut off from the great ccnters
of trade by circuitous routes or weary
journeys over land, the disturbances of
the country is unknown. Open the way.
offer Il conveyance, and let the hunter
for Il home and fortune sec for himself.
We must not expect strangers to build
our roads to pay a visit. 1t is the
thrift and industry of Il country that
attracts the eye and wins the heart of
the immigrant.
Every other section seems to be alive
to the importance of such facilities. Our
neighbors in Arkansas are pushing Il
road from Memphis, through Little
Rock and Fulton on Red River to
Marshall, Texas, and another from
Eunice the Mississippi river through
Camden to Fulton-twenty miles al
ready completed, with Il reasonable
hope of connecting Camden and Eunice
by the first of April next. Those, to- |
gethcr with all the Others in contempla- |
ton in the South and West, will be 50 |
many radii of the Great Southern Pa |
citic Railroad.
Unless advantage is taken of the OPP |
portunity now offered, the st. Louis
market will find its way through Ar
kansas and into Texas, by way of Cam
den and Fulton, or through South
western Missouri to Red River and by
way of Sherman to the Texas Central
leaving us to reflect upon the wisdom
of our apathy and the advantage of
our parsimony. Now is the time-the
spirit of Improvement is abrOad-na
tional and State aid might be enlisted,
and the material interest of the country
advanced a degree beyond our highest
expectations.
G. w Lowell, Postmaster at New