The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-02-12
MISSISSIPPI CENTRAL RAILROAD.
Extracts From the PresidenI's RE
port For ahe Year HS75.
rHE EXTENSION OF THE ROAD TO CAIRO.

THE EXTENSION OF THE ROAD TO CAIRO
X = Its wit
De- great pleasure we present Won the follow
ing official information, derived froa L
q ID. Frost, Esq, General Manager Of th
!, Southern Railroad Association, Of it
d present status, of the work of extension
o of your road fron jackson, Tenn, I,
E Cairo, ILL.,, and the hattering prospect o
the early completion of that importan
o work.
u TIE CONNECTIONS MADE BY EXTENSION
c The completion of your Northern Elk
tension to Cairo will give TO your road
= what it never had before, viz: An impor
{ tant northern terminus, and an indepen-
dent connection Heretofore we have
been dependent upon the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad for an outlet, and there
fore necessarily trammeled 10y their seized
ules in running our trains, and our bust
ness, in a measure, confined 10 such
freights as did not conflict with the inter
ests of competing, controlling line. By
the completion of this great work, we
gain an unqualified independence, and Sc
cure seven new and independent connec-
tions.
lst With the Louisville, Nasirille and
Great Southern Lime, at Milan, Tenn;
I'd, With the NashUHe, Chattanooga
and ST. Louis line, at Frost, Tenn;
3d. With the Memphis and Paducah
line, Mt Fulton, Ky;
4th. With the Iron Mountain Rail.
road;
9th. With the Cairo and Fulton Rail
road;
9Th. With the Cairo and Vincennes
Railroad, and
9TH. With the Illinois Central Railroad,
at Cairo, III.
By the first we have the shortest line
yet built between New Orleans, Louisville
and Cincinnati The second gives US an
additional and very favorable connection
with Nashville and Chattanooga, Tenn.
Atlanta, Ga, and all the Southeast The
third gives us a direct connection with
Paducah, and the abundant coal fields OF
Kentucky, on the Elzhbethtown and Pa
ducah road, and by the latter, which is
near completion, we will have another
and favorable route to Louisville, entirely
independent of the Louisville and Nash |
Vile line
The connections at Cairo, open to us all !
the Northwest, and bring Us within easy
access of an unlimited supply of coal, OF
which the State of Illinois contains an
area of 80, 600 square miles, being I. ore |
than double that of Virginia, nearly three |
times that of Pennsylvania, and four times |
that of Great Britain; and the two great
rivers will become our ineXhaustible feed /
ers. The Cairo and Fulton, and Iron !
Mountain Railroads. will give US direct /
connections into all Missouri, Northern |
Arkansas and Kansas.
The Cairo and Vincennes opens up the |
rich grain growing regions Of the Wabash |
and White River valleys and speedy |
first class passenger route by way of Indi-
annapolis, Pittsburgh, DC, to New York.
By the Illinois Central road we shall have
a line to ST. Louis and one to Chicago,
and all the Northwest, including Illinois,
Wisconsin and Iowa; giving us a splendid
connection with the Union Pacific road,
and the Petite coast, as also "A most ex-
cellent route to New York, the Canadas,
and to Niagara Falls These various inn
portapt and Independent connections can
not fail largely to increase our business,
and render your line from New Orleans |
to Cairo a first cllss and paying road, as
We shall be entirely independent Of all our
former competing lines.
PAYMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS.
In addition to the rapid extension Of
this road TO Cairo, and the building Of the
Kosciusko branch road, in the face of
such obstacles Col. McComb, the Presi-
dent, has made provision for the payment
of the maturing coupons on the bonds of
this Company, as also those of the New
Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern
Railroad Company.
CONSOLIDATION OF ROADS.
An act entitled, can act to authorize
." the consolidation Of the New Orleans,
f" Jackson and Great Northern and the
{" Mississippi Central Railroad Companies,
g and for other purposes, Approved April /
+" 18th, 1873, provides, "That the New 1
- Orleans, jackson and Great Northern /
Z" X ,iroad Com ptny, may consolidate l
themselves into one corporation in such /
" manner and on such terms and cOndl- |
''tions, and under such name as they may |
" agree upon" which act as hereby sub |
miGted for your consideration, and we |
recommend your acceptance Of the same. |
The consolidation Of these roads =, il |
give you a continuous line, under one /
charter and management, from New Or |
leans to Cairo. Ill Il distance Of one hun |
dred and forty-nine miles. Running ar |
rangements have been entered into with /
the Illinois Central Railroad Company, /
which places practically, under one man
agement, though operated by two char |
tered companies, over seventeen hundred /
miles of railway. Moreover, the ultimate |
establishment uf line Of steamers be |
tween New Orleans and Cuba, to run IN |
connection with these consolidated roads, |
will follow ~ naturally as effect follows |
cause, which, aided by the Mississippi
river, will in the main control the direction
of the imports and exports, from and into
the East India Islands, the value of which
may be estimated by the exports from
the United States into Cuba, which In
1871, amounted to ga 200, 900; and the
imports from Cuba, cor the same year, into
the United States, amounted To 5S, 3d.
! 000 If American enterprise could be
infused into Cuba, and their exOrbitant
duties. (Which on -four are eight dollars
per barrel, reduced, we would export
! as much ~ We import, and thus keep
balances from running against us, and
| the volume of her commercial wealth
woul increase with unparalleled rapidity;
! and travel, attracted by her tropic charms
and salubrious climate, would increase in
a greater ratio.
These arrangements fully contaminated,
transportation will be cheaPened and BUSH
ness greatly increased by doing away
with all tranfers and drayages on the rail-
road line Besides, it will relieve the en-
tire line OF roads and steamers Of all com
plications, by fixing definitely its respon
sibillty to shippers and passengers.