Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-28

see some six hundred miles OF rail-
road in process Of construction il
that State and il il said that a.
much more will be under way dur.
ing the coming summer.
II mar be said that this Is due 10
the and granted by The state. To
be sure this has been q great in
ducemeat, but it IS claimed that far
more Is due 10 the provisions Of the
general Railroad incorporation law
a pro0fo Of which is seen in the fact
that some OF the most expensive
roads in the State, which are now
being constructed, nave no allott.
ment Of State aid at all, but rely on
county aid and donations OF lands,
a. provided for in thfs bill.
The states OF Ohio, Illinois,
Iowa and Missouri, TOO, grant no
State aid, but ,eude. in stead the
chief prov. sion, OF this 2.il.
have thu. briefly ,Eelched he
rise, progress, aud ciIrc, Of jl"gcl.
eral Incorporation avs 81 The
West.
Twill add, that the ate Constiiu.
tioual Convention OF Tennessee,
provides for the enactment Il such
q law rs 2 necessity Of Tie ege aud
state.
Tie Jaw here p~re,cntel, contains
within itself al! tie important tea
lures contained in the laws OF all
the States | have mentioned, framed
in aid OF Railroad construction. II
also contains all OF the Jaw which
has been found necessary, In the
governing and restraining Of Rail-
road companies.
Tie features Ia the main, az taken
from the laws Of other states, are
word for word as there found and
have heretofore proved themselves
by msuy years OF severe trial.
As here framed, il is undVubted.
~ the most perfect Railroad law 10
be found in The United States.
since lis original presentation,
but one alteration or amendment
has been made. This is in the shape
of 4 proviso inserted in the latter
part Of section -, which reads al
follows: "And provided further,
That no distinction or disCrimina.
ton In accommodation shall 6C
made among passengers paying The
same rate Of fare"
OF course the colOred members
will fully understand the import ..
this.
The bill, we claim. 10 meet al
the requirements Of those desiring
special railroad charters. TheI
cannot ask anything more liberia
than is contained in lite provisions
1t meets as we'll, oil the require
ments Of the State. II will imme
dia,ely rid the Legislature Of 81
railroad lobbyists, aud leave II
members free and untrammelled
II will also relieve them Of oil i'm
putations Of having been bought
for this or that scheme.
More than all this, I knew tina
this bill az here presented, has beel
submitted to and approved b!
some Of our largest railroad capi
, talists, 10 Philadelphia and Ne'
York. They say, II the field b
open, they are ready to invest thei
capital in our railroads, but witt
q out such 4 law, there is no Undue,
ment in Mississippi.
a In addition TO all this, 1t is CLAIM
ed that no possible objection ca
be urged against the bill. 1t he
! been thoroughly tested and tried Il
every respect,
II 10 therefore no experimen
: but q certain reality. ltrelieve
> us ct once Of all future trouble,
relation 10 railroad charters; n
+. lieves US Of lObbyists, and. Ofall col
:, rup,ing influences, aud places on
a railroad laws in unison with thOG
of the most enterprising OF ii
Northern and Western states.
With the development ofthe va
e resources Of MiSsissipp!. No ma
can fully estimate what her futuI
may be. The progress Of railroad
l in this country during the la
G twenty years has surpassed Il
widest dreams of the railroad Il
+ matte. III 1850 there were M
r eight thousand five hundred al
: fiity-eight miles Of railroad In Il
i United States, costing two hui
o bred aud n~ineiy-six milliO
= two hundred and sixty thousan
one hundred aud twenly.eight dc
lars 1895, 1G0,l2S)
In 1850 we had thirty thousan
I i've hundred and ninety.eig
II miles OF railroad, costing one b
b lion, one hundred aud thirty.fol
million, four hundred and iitty-tv
,. thousand, nine hundred and MI
g dollars (Sl,l34,4jO9O9) BefO
It the close OF the year 1870 (estim
|. ting from well known facts and {
= ;abli she'd rules) there will be in /
e United states fOrty-two thousal
miles Of railroad, costing the va
sum Of TWO billions Of dollars Is
UJ0,000,U00)
c, RgilrOad capitalists all around
o have an eye upon Mississippi. II
n Central and Sou thwestern Of Gee
/. gia, and the Bru nswiCk and Alba.
N now in progress, will be the MT
direct between Vic ksburg and t
lie Atlantic.
lie When the Southern Pacific Ra
ID road shall have been complete
(as we hope and believe 1t VIII
on the thirty second (32) parable
o. then, If not before, We VIII fuI
he appreciate the geographical impC
le lance OF Mississippi.
e. Some people believe that no o
yyhn nnvy inIahita TIM earth. "