Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-08-28
4 BIG THING.
The Liverpool, Savannah and Great
Western Transportation Line
Tift's Plan.
Can Memphis and Norfolk, the Allan
Line aud the Security Company,
Stand This!

Frr7p the Louisville COuuer-Journal.l
NASHVILLE, August 25.-Hon. Nelson
Tiff. OF Georgia, to-day appeared before
called meetings of the common council
and board OF trade, aud asked their
moral encouragement in aid of the es-
fablishrneut of the Liverpool, Savannah
and Great Western transportation line.
Resolutions favoring the enterprise were
unanimously adopted. The mayor was
.annointed a committee for the city and
The uresident for the board of trade, TO
E1rn a general committee, with
the railroad presidents here, TO
insure practical encouragement to
fba line as soon as established.
The committee of the board OF
trade was directed to prepare an ap-
nroximate statement of the amount and
kind of imported goods sold here an
nuallv, and the amount and KIND OF
articles exported, or that might be eX-
ported, did this direct line exist. Gov
,ernor Brown has given assurances tnat
he will heartily cooperate IN anyInlng
having a tendency to make the line
success. Mr.. Tiff says the line proposes
TO transport freights and passengers d.
rect from Liverpool TO Savannah, Au-
.yusts Macon, Atlanta, Nashville,
4 u
low as from Liverpool ria New York to
these points. He had already been
assured of the cooperation Of Augusta,
Macon. Atlanta, and now Nashville,
and had succeeded in making combina-
lions of railroads from Savannah to the
Mississippi. Mr.. Tiff left here this af-
ternoon for Louisville, with the hope OF
being able to present the advantages OF
Ne line to your board of trade and city
"a. pciI tomorrow, and obtain indorse-
80, from the people Of your city. The
stear,s ZIP company with which SaVan-
neb h NegOtiating to enter the trade
nIrns shin, ing to the value OF one mil
lion pounds.
From the Nashv 'ue Banner-l
FROM NAsHv. NLE TO LIVERPOOL.
W. ,,tlisb in I, Ne Banner this morn
ing the full proc, Sdlngs OF the clty
council and board OF tFade, haa yeSter-
dav relative 10 the pl lT'osed eslaollsh7 l1 +,
ment of the Liverpool savannah ~ "a an ~
Graat Western transpCg Cgtation line.'
Possibly there has not been more I'M
,,ort,,nf enternrise. nor one more sug-
FESTIVE Of the future prosperity ol lhe
country living betW cen Savanuah ana
tbe father of waters, than tGls one.
Savannah. besides being one q lhe
most thriftycities on the southern AtiAh-
tic seaboard, has, as a natural coIl5e-
ouance. an immense shipping interest,
seven hundred thousand bales OF
cotton were shipped nom thst
.eitv last year to European ports,
and six hundred thousand so far this
year. But the shipping has been lrTeg-
51iiar, and has not, therefore, been so ad-
vyautageous TO commerce as regular
Nipe would have proven. II Is contem-
IsAed at first To run a weekly line OF
Ne,aers, and then, should the increased
- ness require it, q daily line. Its per
,,ea,,a,1t establishment would insure TO
,reasegf imports at lower rates, and
S,,o,,Id Nfford a cheaper outlet Ior oui
w. 49, 'c1,,sutities o. produce, which are now
,Soetlv sent over northern routes 90
NJ, IHo WORK Instea,i of purchasing ln-
,orfed goods from stOck-JODoeis a'
Gat6sns and paying them a prSht Q
tyeDfv or thirty per cent, we "ouIu g
direct consignments from .LaVeIpo0i a
the original wholesale PT'ces' ~ ~,
,,,rould not onsy benefit the msfehalt it ou
-fhe consumer, for the former We uId =. y
E,e ensbIed to sell at much lower 't tHes'
thsn at present. Though tne HlslSa-iI S--'t
from Liverpool to savannah i huOi ..
preatev than 10 Sew 1olAi ~ - :,
ina more temperate climate, theIe !
less likelihood Of storns, aud the Tout'
il generally a safer and smoother one
B9t the distance to st Louis by land !
shorter by about three hundred pllies
"a pro-rstlng with water routes, y !
nsus' be believe, 10 allow one mile 2
rsiI-aad 20 four OF water. Thus II VII
he seen that the increased cost OF trans
Dortation by water will be greatly
iessened by the si.orter distance by fal
than from New York.
The new line viii also, as Colonel ia
hill suggested, enable Us to have at leas
some control Of the i'm migration to thi
country, and give US opportunities o
disposing OF our surplus lands and ap
prsc;ating the value Of real estate gene
rally. Get this line permanently estab
lished, aud We viii have others spring
ing up saG Brunswick, Port Royal
Charleston ana other prominent sea
ports on the south Atlantic coast, anC
sweeplng westward, VIII pass throug
'Uennessee, and themes onward to th
great Pacific.