Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-05-07
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ed and veXatious question. At th
annual meeting Of the stOckhold
ers Of the Vicksburg aud Merid
ian Railroad, held in this city OF
last Monday, the only practicable
manner Of adjusting this matte
was decided upon. The company
passed q series of resolutions
among which was one suggesting
that a joint convention of repre-
sentatives from the railroad com
pany, the city in its official capac
ity, and from the citizens, meet
and Jointly discuss and examine
the whole subject.
1t is not the Vicksburg and
Meridian railroad alone which de.
mands and requires a river con.
nection for that road, but it is the
demand for all trade and business
in any manner connected with the
city. To prevent the railroad
from securing a river connection
will injure the city as much as the
road. 1t is suicidal policy to pre-
vent the road from tapping the riv.
er While We say this, we do not
intimate that the people of Vicks
burg object to the road reaching the
river. All are anxious that the
connection should be had, but none
except those interested will agree
for it to be at a point which will
injure the city as at present located.
A railroad trade is about being dc.
velOped which was never before
known or even dreamed Of in this
community. 1t is the one which
supplies the district between this
point and the Atlantic. This com
pany must put itself in a condition
TO fill the demands of this new
business without delay, else other
more active and cnterprising com
panies will step in and wresG it
from them. 1t is to the interest
Of Nicksburg to aid in developing
and keeping alive this business.
AS we understand the question, it
has not been the intention of the
citizens to prevent the road from
reaching the river, but the purpose
has been to keep them from reach
ing it at some point which would
be detrimental to the interests Of
the city.
a mistaken impression prevails
with reference Ia the whole sub.
Iect. y mistake which has an
important bearing upon the ques
.ion until explained.
Because the Railroad Company
was prevented by an injunction
from laying n road down Mulberry
street, 1t is thought that the citi
zcn4 object to the road reaching
the river by that route, and hence
the company must seek some other.
The cause which secured this in
was that the company was
down Il road which bar.
'cd all other passage over the
street. Mulberry street is narrow
and unpaycd. There would have
been scarcely room for the passage
Dfa single dray or wagon on either
side of the road which was being
In wet weather this
space would soon have been cut
mp and become impossible. The
road was so constructed-being of
the same character with or.
linary Railroads, not street roads
that vehicles could not
nave travelled along its bed.
Hence the whole business Of this
important street, was III q ialr con-
lition Of being entirely destroyed.
The next mistake is, that the few
on Mulberry street,
who were parties to this injunc-
ion, represent but a small pro-
portion Of the population of this
city, and their action was not ne.
'cssarily the action Of the city or
citizens. Besides Mulberry was
not the only street which led to
the river. We do not think oh.
lection could be made if an at.
tempt was made in the proper
manner to lay q street rail road
down Washington street.
But we are glad to see that the
question is fast assuming a shape
when it can be adjusted, and we
hope that the convention suggest
cd by the stockholders of the road