New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-05
Railroad Projects.
From the Memphis Appeal. I

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The Mississippi railroad is now being rap
idly built from Memphis to Paducah, and
when completed, will finish the connection
OF New Orleans with the Ohio river by rail,
through Memphis. McComb & Co. have
control of the whole line from New Orleans
to Memphis, and of the Mississippi Central to
jackson, Tennessee. They are also build
ing a railroad from Jackson, Tennessee, to
Cairo, which gives them two routes from
Cairo to Grenada, Mississippi. The same
company have a road from Cairo to Vim
cennes, Indiana, which connects at the
latter place with the great trunk road lead
ing from the Eastern cities to the far West.
Thus it will be seen that when the roads
from here to Paducah, and from jackson,
Tennessee, to Cairo, Illinois, are built, one
company or combination of railroad inter
ests will control the entire route from New
Orleans to New York, Philadelphia and
Boston. The object, no doubt. in building
, the road from Jackson. Tennessee, to Cairo
is to give outlet to through freight from
New Orleans and the Northern cities.
Freight or passen gers from Memphis can
be sent cn the Memphis and Paducah road
until they reach the intersection with the
Jackson and Cairo road, when the cars can
be switched to the latter road and 90 on 10
Cairo, NinCennes; etc, without breaking
bulk, as the roads will be under the same
anu ttuLiOI HIS tuIOug1 IL
line will damage other through lines which
connect with us on the north, unless these
other lines establish more liberal tariff Of
freights which will work fairly toward Mem
phis. 1t Will be seen that the McComb
sj0m binati0u will have control of a through
route running north and south, and con-
trolling tho carrying OF freight and passnn-
gers to and from the two great cotton marts
of the South Memphis and New Orleans.
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competing line northward, with the present
Louisville and Cincinnati connections.
There is but one other line now strug.
Cling to compete with the McCOmO
through route and that is the Mobile and
Ohio road, which is about building road
from o. point near Union City to Cairo
where they will sonneCg close with The g.
linois Central roaS. This combination will
no doubt follow the same course toward
Memphis, as here tof0re bv the Mobile and
Ohio road. 1t will be TO the interest of the
McCOiub combination, like it is with the
Tom Scott combination Oh the east, to fos-
ter the interest of Memphis, AID Therefore
they will do much for the city. When the
Memphis and Selma road l.. completed, Z
will do much toward breaking down
the tyrannical monopoly which il
now exercised by the Mobile and
Ohio read over the people of Eastern
MlsslssippL II vii give the people an out
let TO Memphis. When there is a railroad
completed through lrcm Memphis to
Shreveport Memphis viii then be CON
nected with the Gulf OF Mexico through
Texas. The Mississippi river road will
soon be built, and Memphis should turn her
attention at once to aid in building Tie
Shreveport road and the Selma road The
latter, when built, will also connect Mem
phis with the Gulf Of Mexico. ANY person
who will take the trouble to look into these
railroad projects will most probably CON
clude that Memphis is destined to 6e tile
largest c.ty on the Mississippi river.