New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-05
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After protracted and stubbornly con-
tested fight the jackson Railroad has passed
fully into the hands of General McComb
and his board of directors. Already q
change is perceptible. The want of money
and the dread of final bankruptcy was .
serious drawback to enterprise under the
old board of directors, and they seemed to
rest satisfied If they were barely able to
keep the road in repair. There is hardlya
doubt but that If it had not been for the
transfer of management the jackson, like
the Opelousas road, woa1 have been
brought under the hammer. !. sssassS
= 3; ~ AeCsaD Rsl1ey 80
Il 4 mosts Hbef1s ono. He intends to uss
the road for budding up the prosperity of
New Orleans He proposes to drive from
the field any interests on the line Of the
Jackson and Mississippi Central which have
the effect Of tapping our cotton trade and
diverting it to the East. Mr.. McComb says
that every bale of cotton must come to New
Orleans, and he proposes to enforce this by
having joint. freight rates with the Missis-
sippi Central; putting the tariff down to the
lowest possible figure, and making it the in
terest Of all, as far as the cotton cultivation
extends, to forward their crops to this city.
The first step in the way Of reduction has
been already taken, and the road
commenced on the first Of this
month 4 with "a : tariff which
exhibits a much greater deduction than
/ could have been expected. When General
L Mo(y S<S~
| openly charged with buying the control in
order to kill the road. The, unfounded ma
| ture of this charge has been amply shown
| by the steps he has already inanSurated for
building nR instead Of pulling down Had
he wished to destroy, he had only to leave
matters AZ they were, and the State of Mis-
| sissippi would very shortly have, revoked
the charter of the company. -, .'..,,y
.rs Threush Freighs. q: q,sf
| OF course, a country which is built up by
a railroad ought to be- the main reliance
building of road has increased the value
| Of property along it's line many per cent, the
property thus enhanced can, without ilus-
tice, be called upon to pay large share to-
ward the expenses and profits That way
fares should be comparatively light is not as
strange as people would like to make it, The
jackson directory propose, however. to make
1
through freight business in connection with
the Mississippi Central, and thus obtaining
the power of reducing rates ON way freight.
| To build the through freight business, not
only do they need to force every bale Of
cotton to come in this direction, but they
also require loads for the trains leaving
| here. BY bringing the cotton here, they
| will bring the business here, and all it re-
quires is the assistance OF. our merchants.
Low prices and an abandonment to GER
| tain extent of the exOfbitaDt charges to
which merchandise is subjected to, are
necessary as well as low freights. 1t costs
as much for transportation from the river to
the depot as would send freight hundred
miles up the road. r 8s 5 20
The Csnalfisn u the Read. G
The condition of the road is not all that
re-irOn it from end to end. The present
tracks have been down for ten years, and it
has become matter of the first necessity
to replace them. In addition to this, new
rolling stock is required, and eight baggage
cars and six passenger carriages of the Pull
man style have been ordered for the road,
| and will be running before the fall. 1t is
estimated that Mr.. McComb will be COM
PEELED to expend, almost Immediately, at
least two million dollars. @% as'A
| Immisfation
Is one of the features which will come up.
With settlers along its line comes additional
wealth, and the managers Of the. road will
encourage immigration by every means in
their power. Since he has had charge of
the Mississippi Central, Mr.. McCOmb has
settled over two thousand families of emf
grants along its route. He proposes to do
the same thing ON the jackson road
/ ~ The Employees.
With one or two exceptions, the old EN-
ployes have been retained on the road, and
no wholesale remOval.of them has taken
place, or will be likely to take place.. All
good and competent men have been retained, &,
and any removals will probably be failure
to enjoy, the confidence Of the management.
Absence Of Mr.. DIcConb. -
This enterprising gentleman will remain
in the North until the fall, unless something
of great Importance should call him back
here. Mr.. Pritchard, whois in charge of the
Presidency of the road, is in full accord with
Mr.. McComb They entertain the same views
and do not differ about the manner of carry
ing them out We may expect shortly to
see the jackson road among the most relia
BILE and paying roads in the country.