The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-04


1 CoIeIvsse. ar m. wm. !. ayke.,
sreecn-e. .aeytrseAenday N sept
.a 6Snty ". oteDpepss = new 10TH cor
foSpouoent, says - -, sfs.sa !, .,,...s
ain my opinion It viii be impossible. 10 res
hoiszfhRq6eight o. 3es(76Uf1y In favor Of these
railways. over any sther gauge, and ! eeefaiuly
agree with you, that the discovery Of their Ell
ency WIN Do H6RF foR fHR SOUTH AND SOUTH
WEST, THAN GOULD szAEE BEEN poxt nd ziF
OTHER HUMAN MEANs.- Ireeard the successful
Agitation Of the matter at this time as equal 10
thesdiscovefy and Introduction Of the cotton,
bein, - tho whole Southern section Of the coun-
LEyI,s. .Tt,ns,a- lroY w.Y ~ vHlaIsa{
"Mr. Huff y,sitea chi. mad, in,co.npanv witt
| other di,ti.rn;shed sc;entist from the Atlan-
tstic States during the late snow storms in De
FTenbef and viz6ssss6 The nrso,riessi n z tain
Of fifteen cars on : snali engine Of ten md
opsT9.4 ,tacs.,, hs 9ysi 81. ss.. = q
Der mile and he sbarnest curves nine degrees.
| The length to Cclorado City is twenty-six
miles; totsl cost aiS 500 perS1ile.."
r,rghe Kansas Pacific Railway, built ~ the
same engineer, Gesess, Greenwood, costsa4,-
600 per mile, and the, difference in :.ggading is
IN n .avor OF, Of me latter road. a.,
onehsif socs:S The passenger cars seat thirty
fcur. possenoers "a Comfortable AZ auy cars in
this krrltory, and, with two closets and stove,
| weigh only 5000 pounds, Their freight cars
weigh $500 pounds, and carry q load OF 10000
'podnds whefI full, Or nearly three pounds of
had 70 one Of car One ton Of coal runs a
train Of seventy. tons of freight eighty
miles S in dos Los ~ Their book. = shsx that
miles COSTS about, fifty dollars ar twp and
one third tons one mile Ef one; cent. The
trains went thf6ugd the deep snow, beating
al the other roads this winter: q'..
,o - divide over Witch the tram runs rs
1,vuafeet above tide water, and while the ..
ana tne n. r. roaos 10 ths same !efrt9ey
haze been hloskaded tor weeks at time, this
t Ivy f9ao lsaa nov lost z tHe LIN
s .ae u Decsmoer sno was never Isre uaa lo
wU nours uen'no 'lme On an TAP Tug
TIE xrvcu va,,1 40, -, ,,-,,,n,.t *
al. - Ts1s'r' mn ,s -
- d:3 -. .1iI,a.
yIpe.pplidlng Of PMS. road 9WilIt add 20
or oO per cent TO The business o. every
Eercnant N CoiumDia: IL Will 90 Inns
a -
productions OF the country, by securing
constant ana remuneratiDg wages 10
..i... 80. i.y; LABoRERs, ,y.tui m
who will find, An aim ndance of wnrt at
good nricas. IF One rdoes not, 'hel;eva
afhase th;ngs Lat nm 90 ~ : thr;v;ne. roiis
road ~ wn MI AS aSsorwt h;nr r soi;ve'
and Ibab o. TO toyvn tat hos go, ~
lS,DSds md AZ Scos Smn, y ,,ar,T III
yIS5hnsinass AS foWns gSn S, IN u III III los
the sps1t;ssi IT l-iSip'H re. ofiAlpYYi''i is''
uIaI.lS .risiI 10 ..9yatsiZa edi lo
aFlHS A, ts' l EfcHAfNrlCS AND TRADES
al d,t. u MEN adr .S,ohnaxr:N
in Columhia REAIIy, believes that, he
can ~ halter w;thont railroads ha has
onIv II 90 fitteen or twenty miles and
he Vii f3nd 4 fnwn that snits him The
idaa fhaf 4 iiroads ever ;o;nre towns or
RnI 6ris; ness IN fhe town ia s;mnlv nre-
nosterons Tho moro ra;lroads The ;nnra
bus;ness and the mora business the
graater tbs No. Sasstt1ofsa fyGfbc raonia
-,.>-t-.lf.>.,-''.-., .1.-L.-~t.e
WHAT oIHEhfoWNss HAVE HAVE, Done DONE, d,
Il .NArCHEZ twenty years ago was one of
the most wealthy and prosperous towns
in Mississippi? She built no railroads,
and hasneuadsanced in wealth lor pop
Walton. FIcRsBURa, in the same State,
and on the same river, has two railroads,
and, her population has increased from
200 TO 20, O00, and her business in greater
proportion. MEMPHIS, on the sMissis
sippi also, has four railroads. and is
building two more. Her population has
increased eifice 1850 from 5000 to $4,000,
and her trade exceeds $50, 000, 900 per an
mum. 81 LOUIS has more than 20 rail-
roads, and her population Is over $50, 000..'
II We leave the Mississippi river we will
find the same rule in regard to interior
towns COLUMBUS, Miss, with popu-
lstiOn offs 5000 and taxable property
81, 500 600, has subscribed SlO0, 900 to the
Memphisr& Selma road, and also; made
d0zaqti0n of S100, 900 to the Columbus
DO subscribed by, the county in which
Columbus is situated, to the Memphis q
Selihar0a1. AIERpEEN, Miss, has sub
seribed, since the war, Sl2O, 600 to the road
from Aberdeen to Mulden on the Mobile
tS-OhiO road, and Sl00, 1000 to the Memphis
& Selma nOad, besides the Sl50, 600 SUBJ
scribed blythe county in which Aberdeen
is, to the AIsmplEs. 81 Selma road. What
has been the result Houses which three,
years ago were closed for want OF ten
ants, are now renting at four and FIVE
hundred dollars many new houses haye
been erected, their Business has been
rivalry uouUtOus oiiu viz SOWh ~ INV
much richer and more prosperous than
she was before she made any subscrip-
tions. 'CORINrH, 9Aiisss, twenty years
ago was nothing, now she has populaa-
ton of three thousand and taxable prop
erty worth $500, 900, rifshes has recent
Coiuu VIII. nnv eo d;sssmtina
W Cofuuioia WILD Uuly one utssehtinS
voice. JACksoH, iESNEss Ell, teWenty
years ago, hao q FSpu is u S.Vy anu
t ta4auis ptoperty less tnan Nh III
ilon: 1y MEANS y ,-l ral aao sne now
nus populasion VI ,,vvo' auu .aA I'e
properly Mortn iiilllom no anu nsiI.
sne voteoIasS Marcn sI2.ooV 70 sne JACK
SOL q IA y Mpnis ronu anu soo,1oV 10 tne
JACKSON q tennessee liver loaa wi Mitn on
iyEesen H.ssent.rS soses ousSi I pa so. sss
PoIe4; olAI ienla[ C Ms MisnI 10 4Sauo
Ply" Us . tiio alit sitlo, A1sol
SinSe sni2 yuso TaS tAY.i' SaSAson ns
peen in ia 1 tt1 AZ AZ. ftH popuia
sion, oIu sne.o aso ' Tna7,o., t,,
a,ouIHS yaUseI =, ~ .Sa Stata tn an -,
smy .nso ~ .Sn.a "a ;r1 so;nS, ~
,sh,t sa. 'the.s s Sao A 80 ee'i
." WSs aoS LII. ,i.;s'rnaS + h,;I,,,v.,+or
thirtv miles in t each Sdi :, arrange
%asbva rsae soutbs er
road to carry cotton, grain and other ar
ticles from Columbia to New York, or
ailty distant market. as cheapIy as they
can be carried from Nashville. Columbia
will then become as good market for