Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-01

he should deem It the most enduring and
desirable monument that could per-
pstuste his name and fame, and to
such men the conduct Of such en-
terprisas should be- entrusted The
rapidly with which rRiIrosds are
CONSTRUCTED depends mainly upon the
"one man power" That the road to
Jackson and Columbia will be completed
az an eerly day. we DO not doEbE The
wealth ofe magnificent country n at the
disposal OF him who is worthy and capable
OF the task.
TIA EFFECT OF THE PERMITTED sHsTzM
win Be the concentration at this point OF
great wealth.. Within the decade that
witnesses the perfection of the system OF
roads here defined q quarter of q million
people or more will rave homes in Mem
phis and the city's prosperity will again
beas mstchless as il was ones ~unrivalied.
Our River Trade.
Although five years have passed since
the war closed, and herculean efforts have
been made by river men everywhere to
restore to b Mississippi and her tribu-
taries the trade that before the civil strife
called for the almost everyday use of
more b two thousand steamboats,, the
railroads yet monopOlizs freights, and the
East still enjoys the business that once,
poured INTO Ihs lap OF New Orleans, made
that the queen city of the South. Many
are without hope, but there 9ro some who,
looking FAR beyond, anticipate and work
for sdsy when all that was viii be re-
stored, and trade, resuming its old and
natural channels, win assure the Father
of Waters perpetual -aseendancy for the
frsights Of the great valley. Memphis
has not done much this yea Of 1901.
She has maintained her packet line TO
the Arkansas, White and st. Francis riv-
e-s, 10 Cincinnati, TO st. Louis, and to
New Orleans, and promises that in the
year commencing the freights given viii
be greater in bulk and ss profitable as last
in price. That this will be the case
elsewhere W. are not left 70 Doubt. A st.
Louis firm shipped 8 cargo Of a little more
than eighteen thousand bushels Of corn TO
liverpool in which ac,ear profit Of ST.
447 CO was realized. The corn cost free on
or Si3,4f4 este this must be added $3.50
for marine insurance. It brought Sl5. 100
IS. Il wss carried over in thein0n steam
ship st. Louis, and when taksn-On board
on the 2fth of LAST June, the mercury
marked "a degreesin New Orleans. The
passage occupied twensy-four days, yet
the e1rn not only arrived perfectly cool
and sweet, but 0utsold Chicago corn, Of
the same grade by name, two shillings six
pence a tha qnsrter. The st. Louis
Democrat asks: "If this cargo made
money for its shippers, why, then, NAV
not a indefnite number of cargses do so7
There is always a better magin by this
route han via the lakes and New York,
because the expense of carriage is much
lees. This cargo went through TO its des-
tiuatiOn perfectly sweet and F)und il the
heat of midsummer; why nay not an in
definite number Of cargoes do likeWise2
What now bars The way to a successful
export tradeH But we ask, if we can
compete with the East in the carriage Of
grain, why not in the carriage of all other
bulk freights; and thus ~mOnOpOhzs the
trade of the Mississippi valley now en-
riching New York?
BnsiRess Of the P~OstORaee-A Compare
tive statemeHt.
The following statistics, compiled from
Official data Just completed, exhibit the
large increase in the business of the Post
Office Department, which has been gOirg
on for several years, and is still IN pro-
gresss
Number Of POstOfices established during
N 5is 5sTS o 11 fast One disconTnaed---. "a
1858
Number of Postofices in the Unifed
States, June 50, SIN
| Number of Postofices IN the United
states, June 20, 5O,OD
Number OF Presidential offices a. e. OFF,
ces with salaries of $1,000 per annum,
and over, June 80, S7e...--.-.--....-.- LUZ
| Number OF do. do, June 30, ES7L.---..... LIZ
increase. - 70
1907
| Number of removals during fiscal year. LIB
| Number of deaths during fiscal YEAR S09
Number of changes of name and Site. $50
he s,Al6
The highest number OF POstofices be-
fore the present year was in 1859, when