Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31

RaIlFead.
Editor Vieksburg Herald;
SIR wrote 9 small article on the
subject OF the Memphis and Vicksburg
railroad, which appeared In your valu.
able paper Of Sunday morning, the 18th
instant, In which l asked q few Ques-
tons, and then urged the endorsement
Of the road, and promised to say more
about the road 90 soon 81 | could learn
more about the enterprise and as q
statement which l consider very salts.
factory appeared 10 the same paper Of
the same date from Messrs. John vii.
lie and L. A. Campbell, l can see no
good reason why the road should not
be completed at the very earliest posi-
BILE moment, since oil must admit lie
Importance and great necessity. II
will not be understood that | am con
versant with railroad questions, but II
know enough 10 know that railroads
are universally important Ia their con-
struction and generally beneficial 10
their operation. Although many per-
sons claim to be hostile to this
road solely on the ground that the
company Of this road will sooner
or later ask for q right of way
through the city 10 some given point
South, or that some other line or road
will ask for q right Of way to some
given point North, 10 as 10 convey pas
sengers aud freight from Depot to
Depot, thus depriving hackmen and
draymen and other laboring classes Of
men Of much work, aud they base this
belief on the fact that when the V. p.
and s. r. r. was built-0ver one hun.
dred and fifty draymen were thrown
out Of employment and had to sell
their mules and drays and leave town
in search Of other employment. And Q
few believe now that the same disas-
trous result will occur in the event that
this road is completed. But l think
that the statement Of Messrs. Willis &
Campbell should be perfectly satisfac.
tory to every unprejudiced mind. But
If there are those whose prejudlces
against the road still linger and are not
yet willing 10 vote for subscription
after the statement Of tee gentlemen
above mentioned, l think they
ought to do so from the great
necessity and Importance of the
road. And If they still insist
on opposition, | shall be led to
think that they simply oppose
the road because they can do so
and not from any substantial
principle OF justice or interest
which they have in the general well
fare ofthe city or any particular class
OF her citizens. And | ask every voter
OF the city 10 vote for the subscription
and let this road be built, for II this
road 10 completed aud its location be
at Glass Bayou, or t%hereabout, 81 sure
will Vicksburg take a start on the road
Of prosperity. Then give US this road,
and the CITY will spread her wings
north aud south. She is now spread
ing her wing south her north wing
has been broken ever since the cutoff.
Yes cir s sOon as this road is built, you
will see new buildings put up ell over
the city, not only In the Third Ward
az now, out In the First, Second aud
Fourth Wards; and new stores on
streets where no business has been
done heretofore. Business will fonr-
i5h all over Vicksburg. Then complete
this road, aud the zeal Of enterprising
ire will take hold on every msu, wo-
man and child in the city. Property
will go up aud taxes be reduced to the
very lowest point, and the whole town
will hail with joyous reclamation the
completion Of the road, the return Of
plenty and general prosperity. The
building of this road will benefit all
classes of our people, and especially
the merchants and laborers. The mer-
chants will be benefited by the cotton
and other produce brought here to
market from a rich region OF country,
aud hundreds of people will come TO
Vicksburg TO buy and sell, aud thous-
ands OF dollars will be spent In this
city by people living in the section OF
country through which this road will
pass, which IL not now the case. Who
can deny it2 Not one. The laborer
will be benefited in this, that be will
have the handling aud hauling Of this
cotton and other produce brought
here by this road, and to assist in
bringing Il here; aud the hackmen
will have a new depot to go to
for passengers, aud have the old
depot besides aud thus they can go
from depot 10 depot, whereas now
they have only one depot-so you see
that even the hackmen will be special.
" benefited. Aud every drayman will
be likewise benefited, and other classes
of laborers will also be materially bene-
fted-and every intelligent citizen
must lee that Vicksburg will be most
g~raciously advanced commercial, aud
otherwise. imagine that | see this
road now in operation and daily the
train comes freighted with eager passen-
gers to buy and 10 sell, leaving hun.
dreds OF dollars here with U mer-
chants, bankers, draymeu, hsckmen,
etc, for all classes OF out citizens which
Is not now the ca.e. | Imagine also
that | see hackmen and draymen stand
ing thick around the new depot anx.
iously awaiting for the arrival of the
new train TO convey passengers and
freight to all parts Of u then -four
ishing and prosperous city, made 10 BY
the construction OF this new road
thFOugh one al Our richest portions OF