Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-05-27
KANSAS CITY RAILROAD.
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AUGUSTA ARK Nay ~ 4esLs
Dau .yg-YOurs OF the 10Th was
resolved, aud would have been an
sWered By the same boat, but that i
desired 10 consult with SONS Of cur
citizens before doing so. The Eansss
City railroad is by lar the most i'm
pOrtauJ project Memphis has had Ge-
lore her in years, and much more SO
Ihan any on this side or the Nis5issip
gi, because il viii penetrate a region
winch now, though sending most Of
ats cOgtOn 10 Memphis, buys nine
benths Of It's goods at st. Louis and
Louisville. This Is the de5GtObJs
ground, ss it were. Below DsValps
EluH YOU can control the trade by
means Of the Memphis and Little
Rock railroad. A59Us this, st. Louis,
in two more years, viii control 1T all
BY her Cairo and Fulton end Iron
Mountain railroads, unless Memphis
build the Memphis aud Kansas City
railroad. When 1 returned
FROM DIXIE,
After the war, I wrote an article in
the Bulletin or AJI.UEcbe in 'Uj OF 66,
urging this project, aud suggesting it
should start out from Madison or
west Of the St. Francis, and thence up
90 JacksOnport, B3tesvilIe, etc. Ny
views have never undergone any
change, save that I think Augusta,
and not JscksOupOrt, is the point 70
EtTike fog GA this river. If the money
vould be raised as easily on one route
as Ou the other, should still regard
j. geksODDOrt as the point for you TO
See K as ft is four or five miles nearer
fror q there to Forrest City on q direct
line th6n by way Of Augusta. But
ia "a {iro26s that line is always the
Ionges Z which has no money. l think
your &. forts ud means should be di-
rected first 30 reaching JacksonpOTt.
That dOue, the extension of the line
further Eastward VIII follow ia due
season. II you can -aIse means enough
70 Justify your putin g under cont acs
the line between } acksOnporl ana
Forrest City, dOnOt lo4 e q day, iof lne
trade Of this rich vaA ey Is a pfiLzle
which now tempts mem PMS oI'
Louis and Louisville. D steamer, IN
the interest Of one city or Inc Clhef
passes this town. eUery 00y. No POi-
tiOn Of the State is
ATTRACTING 80 MUCH ATTENTION.
Eor no portion Is growing so raploiy,
no portion 80 fertile. This county as
2 body, is equal to any portion, Oi Ihs
Mississippi bottoms in 1eTtlhty, anu
superior in qUickness, as It's s0l Is d
ricn, dark, sandy loan that seems
never to tire. This county, not 0UO
square miles, and not yet densely
settled, produced %, 600 bales OF cotton
last year. In it are sassafTas aud
pecan trees fifteen feet in circum-
terence, and grapevines ten inches in
diameter. Land that has been forty
wears in cultivation, without resting
one single year, produced q bale per
acre last year. Blue grass is indige-
Pnt LET me return 10 this railroad,
without which Memphis VIII soon
lose an this trade, even the cotton. /
forward an outline map showing
three routes
FROM MEMPHIS To JACKSoEPOkIs
for that is the point for you
10 strike at the Junction Of
the White and Black rivers Whe1
hhere. YOU can rest until the country
west invites yOu on, and that would
not be many months. The nrst Hne
fs that from Hopefeld or Marion q
Jacks0npOTt-say, LOO miles. Oo tna.
VOC have 500, 900 from Cross, $lOO,J ,JVt
from Jackson. and can get S5J, ,9ot
[rom JacksOnp0Tt. Total, 25J, Gee
- that- is az you ever viii get
sVen should you get 100000 iron
G-lSteBdeu. it would be TOO small az
-. - yate. The second line Ia
s-scM FORREST CITY
r,.l-so,n.art diTect-say seventy
-. y T, v5n ,ske that hnes yoa lose
lllle5' aL--e - u si1,a Oi,q; but i would b'
' -l..e5 SAeeI hetter 10 do inst than atlemP