The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-05-04
THE MOBILE AND NORTH
WESTERN RAILROAD.
The Natchez andI jackson Rail-
road -
Meeting of the Citizens Of
Jackson.
A Subsfanf iaH Inferes1 Manifes1ed
im favor Of Both Roads.
JAcKsox. Miss.. April p. Is

JACKSON. MISS, Apfil -, ISL
Pursuant to very brief notice. large
number of the citizens of jackson assem-
bled in the Senate Chamber this evening at
eight o'clock; when,
On motion of Gen. 7. j. Wharton the
Hon. Vim. Yerger was called to the chair.
On motion Of Rev. Geo. A Smythe- j. l..
Power was requested TO ect as Secretary.
Judge Yerger, in taking the chair stated
the object of the meeting, and indicated
some Of the many advantages OF the Mo-
bile and Northwestern Railroad TO the city
OF Mobile, To the State of Mississippi and
to the city of Jackson, should its location
be secured through this place From jack
son. the road would 20 1aZoo City by way
of Society Ridge, Vernon and Livingston.
The Chairman also urged the importance
of an early completion OF the NatcheZ and
Jackson Railroad. which road would pass
through a large and valuable portion Of
Kinds county. The building of these two
roads, with the roads already passing
through the county. would make Kinds pc
culiarIy fortunate in the way OF railroads,
and would render the capital OF the State, a
grand railroad centre. The Vicksburg and
| Meridian Railroad, being necessarily part
of the grand trunk Of the Southern Pacific
Railroad, passes through Jackson. Judge
| Yerger dWelt upon the local advantages II
follow the building of the proposed roads
| the enhanced value OF property, ana the
general growth of the city in wealth and
population. Other towns were bidding for
| ern Railroad, and it behooved the citizens
| of jackson to be up and doing. Let this OPP
portunity be neglected, and the question
! will be not whether we shall paw tax, but
whether the property that we have shall be
worth taxing. eSzHB #&#.
Judge Yerger did not deem it necessary
! to remind the audience that he was address
| ing of the advantages of railroads. He re-
| ferred, however, to the dOubtings and indif-
| ference attending the inception of such en-
| tor fhrnnUl flp Territory and nv
| the communities to be Immediately bene-
| fitted. When Col. Tarpley, some twenty
| five years ago, projected the New Orleans.
Jackson and Great Northern Railroad. he
was laughed at as a visionary scientist, and
was told that should the road ever be built
| its chief business would consist in shipping
sweet potatoes and pindersi But for the
interruption of the war, the road would
now be doing a business sufficient for j
double track. Within the past few days
gentleman owning tract of land-30o0
acres-near the line of said road, sold it for
fifty thousand dollars in cash. Before the
building of the road the same land could
not find buyers at % cents per acre.
Judge Yerger remarked that in order to
secure the building of the Natchez and
jackson Railroad, and the location, through
this place OF the Mobile and Northwestern
our citizens had nothing more nor less to do
than to come forward and vote the neces-
sary means. He suggested that the charter
of the city of Jackson be so amended as to
authorize the city to subscribe the sum of
two hundred thousand dollars to each road,
and to secure the passage of an act author
iZing the Board of Supervisors of Kinds
county to subscribe a like sum to each road.
Bonds to be issued payable in twenty or
thirty years, interest payable annually ; the
railroad tax receipt to constitute an invest
nent in the waV OF stock in SAID roads.
At the conclusion of Judge Yergers re-
marks, Hon. Abel Anderson informed the
audience that contracts would soon be let
for the building of the NatcheZ and Jackson
Railroad, through Adams and jefferson
Counties that the county of Adams had sub
scrbed heavily to the road, and that he had
no doubt the county of jefferson would
soon vote three hundred thousand dollars
Gen. L. j. Wharton, being called upon.
stated that he considered the Mobile and
North Western Railroad the most feasible
scheme yet presented to the people; and he
was gratified to observe on the part of the
community, an expression of interest which |
gave assurance that a better day is coming
Gen. Wharton offered the following resolu- |
tions. which, after some discussion, were
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, LIST, That a committee of five be |
appointed by this meeting to secure an
amendment to the charter of the city of !
Jackson, enabling the corporation to sub !
scribe the sum of two hundred thousand 1
dollars to the Mobile and Northwestern |
Railroad Company, and like sum to the |
Natchez and Jackson Railroad; and also to |
SECURE Tie JdSSslRC VI al dCt Ilt !
Board of Supervisors of Kinds county TO /
appropriate the sum of four hundred thou
sand dollars to the said roads-one-half of |
said amount to each Road.
ResoIced, ID, That the chairman be re-
quested to appoint such special committees /
as he may deem eXpedient to canvass for /
personal subscriptions in the counties of |
Kinds, Rankin and Madison.
ResOlred, Sd. That committee of three |
be appointed to act in concert with the Pres
ident of the Mobile and North Western
Railroad, and arrange for a series of meet |
ings during the summer along the line of
the projected road, for the purpose of solic-
ting contributions of stock and land.
The Chair, under the first resolution zap
pointed the following
Conanittee-Amos r.. Johnston, David
Shelton, J. W. Robinson, Isydore Strauss,
f. ID. Fisher.
second resolution will be hereafter announ-
ced.
The Chair appointed. to arrange for a
series of meetings along the line of the Mo-
bile and Northwestern Railroad, the fol-
lowing
Coransiuee-T j. Wharton, Robert ,KeIls,
j. L. Power.
Pending the resolutions, the audience was
addressed by David shelton, Esq, Hon. III.
Musgrove, Col. f. NJ Yerger, Hon. F..
Barksdale, Gen. E. Stafford, and Hon. V. A.
Collins, of Jones county.
On motion of Hon. ID. n. Barrows the
chairman was requested to appoint a COM
mittee of seven to prepare resolutions set
ting forth the advantages of the proposC
railroads; and, on his further motion, the
papers of the city of Mobile, Natehez Jack
son, Yazoo City and Helena were requested
to publish the proceedings OF this meeting. 7
The Chair subsequently appointed the
following
CoDamittee-D. n. Barrows, 7. J. Whar-
ton, III. Musgrove, f. Stafford, A. Virden,
III. Hilzheim, Thos. E. Helm, whose report
is Us follows:
WHEREAS, a scheme is pending to con-
struct a main trunk line of first class rail-
way from Mobile, Alabama, to point OPP
posite Helena, Arkansas, which viii neces-
sarily penetrate a large large section of our
State, and viii furnish it with railway facil-
tiles not now enjoyed, thus inviting mmi-
grafton, utilizing its varied undeveloped
resources, bringing its waste and uneulti-
waited lands into market, dispensing vast, in
benefits TO the people contiguous
to the projected line, and contributing i'm
mensely TO the aggregate wealth, popula-
ton and productive capacities of the State.
And whereas, railway has been projected
to connect Jackson, the Capital of the State,
with the Mississippi river, at Natchez, and
thus TO traverse region possessing unsur-
passed agricultural resources.
And whereas. the people of Jackson, here
assem- bled, fully appreciate the i'm portanee OF
these projected Railroads, not only in con-
sheraton of the local benefits which viii
result from their completion, but of the
general advantages which viii thereby en-
ure to the State; therefore,
Resolved, That we will pledge our indi-
vidual and united efforts for the success of
these enterprises.
On motion of +. Barksdale, the Chair APP
pointed a special committee to confer with /
the citizens of YazOo City-the Chair APP
pointing as the
CoNMITTEE-E. Barksdale, Joshua Green,
G. Z. Hooker, VIM. III. Allen, IL. Spengler, l
and David Shelton.
On motion of L. d. Fisher. the said COM
mittee was also authorized and requested 10 I
confer with the Railroad Cnmmittee at