Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-19
MEMPHIS AND ENoxvaELE RAEL.
ROAR

MEMPHIS AND KNOXVILLE RhTL.
ROAD.
The Mississippi valley Is the largest
river basin In the world. 1t is the
most populous, fertile, and productive.
The city Of Memphis, situated in the
heart Of this great valley, at the head
OF uninterrupted navigation, is max
ing sure and steady progress toward
her future destiny, a a vast, wealthy,
and prosperous commercial empo-
rum, where the rapidly increasing
surplus products Of Arkansas, west
ern Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico,
and Arizona, consisting in part OF cot
ton, sugar, animal food, and the pre-
cious metals, will be gathered to-
gether, and exchanged for the manu-
lectures OF the middle and eastern
States. The prosperity OF Memphis
will be reelected through the whole Of
West Tennessee, but those inland
towns having the cheapest apd most
direct railroad communication with
Memphis viii reap the greatest
benefit; hence the important ad-
vantages SOmervile, Bolivar, Pur-
dy, Savannah, Waynesborough, and
Columbia will derive from the
construction Of the Memphis and
Knoxville narrow-gauge railroad.
Memphis IL the third on the list OF
cotton msrts Of this country, and such
are the facilities for shipment to the
East and to Liverpool that prices
have ranged as high as at any Other
city In the South. To this market
the above road, when built, will
transport the cotton raised in the
counties through which it passes al
less than one-half the present rates.
Memphis, in the future, will require,
for domestic consumption and fol-
shipment, immense quantities Of coal,
iron, marble, building stone, lime,
hydraulic cement and timber, all
Of which are found in inexhaustible
quantities on the proposed line of the
Memphis and Knoxville railroad at
such convenient distance that this
road, by reason OF the greatly reduced
amount of nrst cost and expense Of
operating incident to the narrow
gauge, can deliver these articles in
Memphis at less cost than they can be
procured for from any other source.
II the enterprising citizens Of Mem
phis will give the Memphis snd
Knoxville railroad that careful con.
sideration its importance demands,
they will not fail to discover its in
trinsic value, as a link in the great
Southern Pacific road, an ~indispens-
local route, and as an investment
well worthy Of the attention o.
capitalists. The citizens along the
proposed line are wide awake to theiI
interests; theyJare enthusiastic on the
subject, snd:wil.do their whole duty,
Still, the amount required to build and
equip the road-ssy $4,000 or there
abouts per mlle-though small in
comparison with the benefit to be de-
rived from its construction, is beyond
the limit OF their means, aud it is con-
fdently expected the citizens OF Men,
phis will consider this really impOr-
tsnt enterprise worthy their fostering
care, and either in their individual or
corporate capacity subscribe to the
capital stock Of this company the
comparatively small amount that will
be required, in addition to its local
subscription, to put the road in COM
plete running order. If this is done
at once, and with a small share Of that
liberslity go literally extended to
other roads, none'of which are of more
importance, or offer greater induce
ments as a paying Investment. There
is no reason why the Memphis and
Knoxville railroad may not be in OPP
Grafton from Memphis to Columbia
within twelve months from this date.