Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-05-13
VIEW CITY IN THE SOUTH-HER
pELaTIONS TO ST. LOUIS.

r,o nth has always dreamed Of
.;nc IN a GREAT city OF her own-a South
nr arn metropolis; if not New York: at
,sast .s Boston, which has pride IN other
,, .S;ncs besides bulk-a real provincial
in,, an;;o, with a provincial aristocracy.
slo saP' tancied she had it when the national
our sam;tal was moved from Philadelphia to
GWppsh;ncton. GSp'i; Washington was the geo.
,snb;cal heart of the country, and it
Pthonoht it might become the Paris
wa, ,hs Berlin of the South, if not the
Tandon Tl riI of the continent. But there
wsre rs two obstacles, both OF which proved
;m.nrmountable. In the first place there
,u mas slavery, and in the second Washing
sa, .sn vas v 2j0 miles from the sea. 1t lay
t,r inland, up circuitous rivera very
"h,s Iat river. but not harbor inviting to
I ,Ns shipping Of all nations.
Ny Rnt now a century has gone by in an
o,ceedinply short space OF time-in fact,
s;ncs 1860. Slavery is passed, and the
most most effective motive that ever moved
human @ effort has been planted in the ne
nro mind 1900, 900 strong. There is to
ss cotton crop Of 5,0O0,0 900 bales-2,-
SOo 900 600 pounds of cotton year, and
;rcreasinp on that. There is to be also
a nav seaport, or seaport rediscovered
after being forgotten for century, be-
canse. although it was known to the
government, nothing led to it from in
HIspd, and, consequently, it lay unused
and almost unknownto ships. 1t seems
now. therefore, as if the South might
reolize its old dream of commercial i'm
nortapce and have city Of its own, not
canal to New York, but shortly challen-
cino Boston. Citizens of the great me-
iropois can afford to help her build
competing emporium, since they have
ouite out grown any feelings of jealousy,
and many even rejoiced at such whole
some competition as she can set up.
There is one reason why the splendid
harbor of Port Royal has attracted so
little attention heretofore. 1t is situated
half way between the long-established
ports of Charleston and Savannah, both
Of which have had railway connection
inland, with old steamer lines to New
York; and It'll only recently that the
harbor has been perfectly bouyed by the
Coast Survey Board. Now, however,
under the late Pof. A. D. Bache, it has
been thoroughly furnished in this respect;
and it is officially announced that it can
be entered by 'any vessel yet built,
without a pilot" the only direction
necessary being to sail in and out by the
colored sides Of the buoys which every
sailor understands.
The late completion of the railroad
from Port Royal to Augusta gives
through trunk line of communication to
Nashville, st. Louis, Memphis, and all
the principal distributing points of the
South, at the same time connecting
with the ports of Savannah and Charles
ton. And there is this remarkable fact
to be observed, that the southwestern
trend Of the Atlantic coast, below the
capes Of Delaware, gives n much nearer
line of transportation from st. Louis,
the great centre of the Mississippi valley,
to Port Royal, than to the northern
shipping ports of New York and Boston.
| While ireights may be lower over the
northern roads for the home markets of
the Eastern States, it must be much
cheaper to take the southern roads for
all products intended for foreign markets,
as the following table of distances clear.
" shows:
Miles. Miles
st. Louis to New York Il ,2Dl To Port Royal 9lt
Louisville to n. York. 96S. To Port Royal. 759
Memphis to New York. i ,345 To Port Royal. 727
Clnclrnatl to n. York. SCI To Port Royal &C
Cincinnatti is the point from which,
going west, the distances favor the South
trn route This little table may do a
world of good for the bread -and-meat
eaters of the North. 1t says to the
great consolidating and monopolizine
railroad lines which govern our tables,
"Reduce your ireights oryou lose trade. >
Here, certainly, are the principal con-
ditlons, now first realized by the South
lor the building up of new city or
their own delightful coast 1t need:
only enterprise and perseverance to sue
coed, and all should hail the project a,
a very important part Of the grand worl
OF Southern reconstruction, in which
the South can hardly fail to receive tn,
cordial cooperation of Northern capita
and Northern skilled labor.-New &orl
Tribune.