The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-02-09
From the Mobile Register.
M o BILE. JACK son, AND
NORTEMVE EST'ERN RAIL
ROAD.
Large Mass Meeting OF the BusI-
ness Wen and Citizens mG
Temperance Hall.
SPEECHES BY GEN. L. W. LAWYER
THAMES AND COL. w. ID. MANN.

practical business way reviewed the adj
vantages of the proposed road and the eff
forts of railroad competition now going on
to divert trade from Mobile The Mo-
bile and Northwestern Road can do no
harm, but it will do good. No mans
means are too small to assist in building
il; every man in the city will be bene-
fitted. He demonstrated the benefits
the road would confer in cotton, travel,
trade and imports, and concluded by
hoping that every one would come for
ward and subscribe according TO their
means.
Mr.. Thomas Henry suggested that Col
w. ID. Mann be requested to point out,
for the information of the gentlemen
present, the advantages Of the Mobile
and Northwestern road.
Col. w. ID. Mann said that the road is
TO be an air line to jackson, thence TO
Yazoo CITY, and on To Helena, Arkansas,
bisecting the entire Yazoo Valley, with
branch from the trunk line to a point on
the Mississippi, just below the mouth Of
the Arkansas.
Trade will seek those routes that carry
cheapest. Fifteen years ago Chicago had
no trade with the upper Mississippi, but
by her railroads she has won it. The eff
| forts of Savannah to divert and control
trade from Selma and elsewhere, which
hitherto belonged to Mobile, were shown
up effectively. The Mobile and North
western Railroad goes to a region which
produced last year 300, 900 bales, and il
can make money by bringing that cotton
here. From Napoleon TO New Orleans
by river is 6l6 miles from Napoleon To
Mobile by this proposed railroad is 246
miles. See the advantages this railroad
will have in time over the river TO New
Orleans. Fifty thousand bales brought
here will give $500, 900 profit, each bale
| leaving ten dollars here. The road would
stimulate the planting of cotton on ac-
count of the ease it could be brought 10
market As matters are now, what with
wagoning, Aatboating and steamboating
cotton out, the planter is much troubled
in getting his crop to market; We have
but little fear from New Orleans Compel
ing with us when the road is built
The local advantages of the road will
make il pay AT jackson, it strikes the
southern Pacific through route. The
trade of Marshall, North Texas, and
New Mexico, will seek the nearest sea-
port, which is Mobile, in preference TO
going to the Atlantic coast. Mobile will
be the eastern tide-water terminus of the
| Southern Pacific Railroad. At jackson,
the Mobile and Northwestern connects
with the roads leading to Paducah, Mem
phis, and further North. At Helena,
Arkansas, the road connects with the
centre of the railway system of Arkan-
"a.
and st. Louis direct by a shorter route
than the present. AT Napoleon, which
will be reached by the branch road. all
the North Arkansas, Fort Smith, and
Little Rock trade will be reached. The
Indian Territory and the adjacent Terri
tories, can also be reached and controlled
a. they are nearer To Mobile than they are
to Chicago or any other seaport The
grain will come 10 this seaport en- route 10
Liverpool, instead of going via Chicago,
Mobile being the nearest to all this North
western territory.
Railroads pay as they are connecting
links in through routes. The Mobile and
Northwestern road is a link in several
through routes TO St. Louis, Marshall
and the Pacific. All the railway business
between st. Louis and New Orleans must
pass over the gap Of this road between
jackson and Helena.
Only $4,000 remains 10 be taken.
The route has to he surveyed, $50, 900
90 per cent, on $500, 000) will do it and
make all the preliminary steps, and get
the proposed route before the capitalists of
the world. S3,500,000 in county and
private subscriptions, can be COTTON in
l. L.. Al.
entire cost Of which will only be SIS, 900,
600, the bridging is little or nothing.
The bonds Of the road will command
a ready sale, such are the merits of the
proposed investment. The Mobile and
Ohio railway was built, and this is Ger
tain not so serious an undertaking.
The President rose and stated that az
this was business meeting, he would be
happy to hear from other gentlemen.
Col. Thomas rose and pointed out the
importance Of the enterprise and the
lightness Of the subscription called for.
Mobile has s25, 900, 900 of property, shall
we double or abandon itg What would
Mobile be without the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad, and other roads lie had
looked into no enterprise which looked
more plausible. Mr.. Henry said that
the proposed road had his approval, and
that as he had been elected President az
the Company last summer he would read
the names Of the Directors. He then
read as follows: Thomas Henry, Presi- !
dent T; Leroy Brewer, John III. Garner,
w. III. Ross, Isaac Goldsmith, Gustavus
Horton, l.. Scranton, Lewis Troost, w.
ID. Mann, Directors resident in Mobile
Marshall o. Roberts, &. III. Delamaster,
New York Gen. A. NJ. West, Gen.
Rob't. Lowry, Mississippi He asked
that he and the board be sustained by
the people Of Mobile, and hoped the sub
scription would be made. Shall we help
ourselves now when we can ? Mr. Henry
then announced that the books were
opened.
Meantime, Col. w. ID. Mann explain
ed the terms Of subscription, and the
following gentlemen subscribed, the
amount aggregating S29, $50: G.. r.
Thames, Vass, Fosdick n Co., A. j.
Gillespie, A. p. Bush d Sons, Jno.
Goodloe, ID. Harrison, w. III. Barney,
j. Cavanaugh, III. Brown, o. S. Hol- !
land, Dick Roper, w. H. Ross, Walter
Pierce, A. G. Danner, Ben Lane Posey, |
Louis Monnin, James Kelley, George
Goldthwaite, George G. Bennett, Rush
Tuller.
Mr.. g. n. Stewart said that the road
to jackson was not only desirable but
necessity. The entire Southern Pacific
trade will come TO jackson, from jackson
to Savannah. A continuous railroad is
built from jackson 10 New Orleans. We
must build this road to jackson or we are
fanked. He made a decidedly good
speech, and was warmly applauded.
The following resolutiona were then in |