Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-27
RAILRoAD NEWS.

ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC RAuRoAD-An
extension Of the South Pacinc-is now
graded a good distance beyond Fierce
City toward Neosho, which latter place
win be reached early in August.
TEE TEBo AND NEosHo RAILROAD has
1000 iaborers at work between Sedalia and
Fort Scott, and the contractors have adj
vertised for 500 men and 100 Jeans.
OK the 18th the grading, trestlework,
etc. of the Illinois Farmers' railroad,
froTn Jacksonville to Franklin, and Of the
Jacksonville Northwestern . South
eastern railroad, were contracted for by
responsible and experienced parties. The
work Is TO be ready for the ties and rails
by October Lat.
ARRANaEMkErs have been perfected
between b city of Fort Scott and the
Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad, for
the completion of that road TO Fort Scott
in ninety DAYS. Tbs machine shops of
the road are also secured to Fort Scott.
| One thousand men are now at work on
! the line of the road, and the force IS con-
stantly increasing.
A PRELIMINARY surveyhas been made
| of the line south from Pilot Knob 60 Pop
lar Bluff. Butler county, on the Iron
| Mountain railroad. Mr.. Morley, chief
engineer, reports the people along the en-
tire line as enthusiastically ~favoring the
pushing of the extension southwark.
| butler county has donated all b swamp
lands belonging to the county, amount
ing to about LIS, 900 acres, upon condition
that the road is built within three years,
to Poplar Bluff, seventy miles from Pilot
Knob. The road is under contract TO
Knob Lick, twenty miles.
THE following sensible letter from &c.
| stanton, General Superintendent Of the
/ Alabama and Chattanooga railroad, re-
commends itself to those parties who are
so ready to condemn his course in employ
ing Chinese labor: "There has been con-
siderable comment by the press of the
policy of obtaining Chinese labor, and Of
< nv action in employing it to complete the
/ railroad which L have b supervision II
| There is such a variety of criticism in re-
gard to il tina 1 shall answer them in g
general way only, by frankly stating the
necessity hat demanded such prompt
/ action. 1t is well known to your readers
that the act granting this company State
aid compels it to finish, equip and have
its cars running over its track by July 1
1871 everythingha been done thatcould b
to accomplish that result, as far as human
foresight can go, and it has been open
" stated by my friends n myself thai
iE would be completed in advance Of that
time, but with all the anxiety N cart
that has been taken to accomplish this re
suit, the of the road has no
been near as great as was anticipated by
me, and why7 Simply because / lave
not been able TO obtain or retain sufficient
labor. / have had my agents at every
/ point in the border Southern States
where labor is usually to be had, offering
unusual Inducements TO laborers. / have
gradually raised the pay per diem from
SI.25 to Sl.75. I have advanced the cosl
Of transportation, and have done every
thing that seemed reasonable, to obtair
sufficient colored labor TO build my road
Not succeeding, / commenced the impor
tation of white laborers, and paid al tbs
expenses of getting 1900 Irish and Ger
mans from New York and Cincinnati
sent them on tony works, providing tents
tools and everything for their welfare
In two months after they commenced
work I had hardly enough left to organ
ize one small sized squad of about lift
men. With such an experience staring
me in the face, the progress of my road
nearly stopped, time growing shorter day
by day, what could L do but look to M
sdernier resort. g.: of employing Chi
nese labor. l have lone this to Obtain
one reliable element; something that ]
can depend upon something that will en-
able me TO inform you in thirty days how
many miles of road L will build, and no
for the purpose of reducing wages, super
seding any particular class of labor, or 70
political buncomb. On the contrary,
am still prepared and will hire every abl'
bodied colored or white laborer that pre-
sents himself on my works at the rate o
one dollar and seventy-6ve cents per day
Let them all come, and accept my assur
ance Of steady work and prompt pay. 1
is my earnest conviction that twenty
thousand laborers, in addition to those al
ready in Alabama, could find immediate
aud profitable employment if they choosI
to seek it; and this new element vii
stimulate rather than depress all kinds o.
enterprises in this section OF the coun
try"
IT appeares that the question as t.
which railroad should have the right o
way through the Cherokee lands in tn
Indian Territory, has at last been decided
by the Attorney General. The contes
was chiefly between the JOY, Missouri
River and Fort Scott road and the Par
sons road, one through the Neoshe valley
The decision was in avo of the latte
line. Some time since Secretary Cox de
cided, after hearing a full argument OF
both sides, that under the treaty but
single trunk line could be built through
the Indian country, running north anC
south. The decision has now been affirm
ed and the above road designated.
To PARrIEs desiring to have a home OF
reasonable terms, in the suburbs, we re
commend them to attend the sale
this morning. Of the Cottage Grove place
on the new Raleigh road. In doing this
we refer our readers to the advertisement
of Passmore Rufin, which fully ex
plains the merits of this delightful prop
erty without exaggersting. Conveyance
viii leave the ~aucEioneers' Office at min
O'Clock prompt.