Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-03-22
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THE EAsTERH TERMIEUs OF THE TExAS
PACIFIC ETC.

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PACIFIC, ETC.
RDIroRs MEMPaIs APPEAL: The
South is deeply interested il the pas
sage Of q bill In aid OF > tFanseontl-
mental railroad. i Ia mnch to be 70.
GREETED that rival claims for the eastern
terminus are put forth. M an old
cIlizso Of Vicksbuag, and ell my gym.
Dathias are Of course With that city and
lie people. ! must speak plainly and
honestly, or say nothing. The cutoff
IL lees than ten m0uths will leave the
city ct least ten miles In the interior,
and with no cceSs to the great inland
Sea Of the Mississippi Valley. | own
some stock 10 the Yicksburg aud
Shreveport railroad, and will take Q
pound OF good tobacco for sixteen hun.
dred dollars OF 1t. Tom Scott would
not accept The stock at that price. ST..
Louis is more q Northern than south.
err city. The North has already q full
-hsre Of aid 10 the construction OF
roads. The terminus at st. Louis will,
Of necessity, carry the road tar north Of
the parallel Of lalitude-the thirty-sec.
ond-on which It ought TO run.
Memphis IL not likely to be cut of or
10 cave in. 1t Is q permanent pace.
Memphis Is a Southern city. The road
from the Pacific terminating n Mem.
phis will meet through roads already
operating 10 Charleston, L iuisvllle,
Mobile aud other important points on
H. natto an.af Tha mad Nenda
n mphis 10 the Pacific passes through
a beautiful snd Grille count q road
from Vicksburg through q sandy des.
ert. After a careful examination Of
ibis subj C: | have "ome to the conclu.
sion:
First-Tha, S.. Louisis too far North
to be supported by auy friend Of a
Southern Pacific Railroad.
Second-ThAt VicEsburg is too far
South, aud doomed to utter deStrue'
lion.
Memphis is on the right line, pre-.
senting claims on account Of perma-
nency and established connections,
which no place on the Mississippi river
can pretend to, hope all parties In
terested in this great enterprise will
unite In establishing the eastern ter
minus at Memphis. Starting from this
point % The Pacific, the most stupid
surveyor could hardly go wrong. Any
line he would establish would find
something 10 reimburse the aid which
the United States may give. write
with some regret, as | feel some inter-
est in my old re,idence, but he case Is
TOO plain against them Memphis
ought 10 be the eastern terminus.
You're, ETC., A. BURwELL.
The above was clipped from The
Memph 8 Appeal Of the l4'h. In the
same number 10 q long piece from its
Washington correspondent urging
Memphis "a The eastern terminus Of the
Texas Pacific, and charging that Col.
Scott has abandoned his ST. Louis,
Memphis and New Orleans friends,
and goes It alone with bis V~icksburg
scheme" What does the Appeal
meAn7 What is It driving ati IS Il
determined to break that harmony Of
action that 10 absolutely necessary 4
secure any railroad acroSS the CONT
uent on Southern territory II not
then why does Il allow itS Washing
ton correspondent to charge tina
Col. Scott 10 determined to 90 Il
alone with the Vicksburg scheme
What foundation is there for thi
charge, when II is known that not on
Of the bills fAvors VickSburg allow
other points, and all leave the selection
Of the eastern terminus or termini, Il
be determined by an impartial Boar
Of Engineers7 As to Mr.. Burwell'
letter, II 10 hardly necessary for ne t
refer TO Il at ell. 1t is simply a tissu
of misstatements. The assertion tina
the cutoff In less than ten months will
leave this city at least ten miles in tn
interior, is 60 monstrously slanderou
that we can account for II In no othe
way than by chArItably supposing th
"ColOnel" penued It In q dream, o
when he didn't know what he was do
ing. It is the biggest invention "
have seen 10 print for ten years.
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