Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-01-04

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lsFpFisss. A road 70 lhs PsoiaG eOasl
Wonld be Of great bpneat 70 her, but
she Would reap stlll greater benefit
from two short, cheap tap roads thsI
would bring all their trade to her. The
time has come for her 70 make the Of.
fort 10 secure two such roads, and II
che does not make considerable
progress toward securing thOm IN
1878, she will And that she allowed
the golden opportunity to slip BY. The
railroad from GreenVille will be run.
ming TO Deer Greek by between the
arst and fifteenth Of February. The
Company has nearly all the roGd.bed
prepared, an engine on the road. the
iron, and nearly 10000 In money. II
may be considered sn absolute certain
ty that this road will be built to Deer
Greek and extended down the Creek, II
Vicksburg does not bestir herself and
secure the building OF road up the
Creek.
Gen. Martins road from Natchez ia
built beyond FAyette, in Jefferson
county, and it lie now carrying
q good business to Natchez. If ViCks.
burg sinks In the mire Of dependency
this road will be built to Raymond
within q year. When these two roads
are completed, Vlcksburg must not ex-
pect one dollars worth Of business
from east Of Big Black river, south OF
the Vicksburg and Meridian railroad,
and little or no trade from Deer Greek.
II We lose the Deer Greek trade, and
the Big Black, and Bayou Pierre trade, It
is easy to see that We had nearly as
we'll shut up shop, and quit trying
altogether TO get any business. What
is to be done1
We will attempt to answer this ques.
tiOn. We must use ell our energies to
change these threatened evils into bless-
ings. We must secure two short, cheap
tap roads, that will benefit this city
almost Incidentally. Can this be done
IOIthOut rtSkI We are assured by men
OF standing aud truthlulness Iha. II
can. We will state what we under
stand these gentlemen will agree 10 do
as far as the Deer Greek road is con.
Cerned, and we have been informed
they will build the Bayou Pierre road
on similar terms after the completion
of the other road to Rolling Fork on
Deer Greek.
They say they will build the road from
Paxton's Landing, on the Yazoo river,
or some other point nearly opposite
Cardiff Landing, to Rolling Fork, on
Deer Creek, by the first OF December,
1878, and from Cardiff Landing to this
city within three years thereafter, II the
city of Vicksburg aud Shsrkey county
will agree 10 do what 10 stated below,
on ihe completion Of The road to Roll
ing Fork. They estimate that the cost
aud equipment ofa narrow.guage road
to Rolling Fork " i'll cost $250000 II
Vicksburg aud SbaIkey county will
agree on the completion Of the road TO
Rolling Fork, 10 give $3.50 600 between
them TO the road, they will take all the
risk OF building the road, and of the
investment after the road shall have
b,eu completed. To secure $4,000,
hey esl;m lte that the city would have
to vote $4,000 In eight per cent,
bonds, and Sharkey county the same
amount, The Company would .eqnire
$50 900 OF these bonds 10 be turned
over TO them on the completion of the
road from a point opposite Cardiff,
ON the Y zoo, to Rolling Fork
and the remaining $4,000 in bonds be
given them on the completion of the
gap between this city aud Cardiff
From this, 1t will be seen that the city
aud county will be required TO take nO
risk whatever. II the attempt TO build
the road ls made aud f,ils, the city aud
Sharkey county do not lose one cent
II only remains then for the city and
county 10 estimate whether or not they
can agree to the proposition, calculating
the benefit q completed road would bt
TO them. We do not think II should bt
hard to decide this question, Every
loot Of land in Sharkey county would
ho enhanced Ia value four hundred pei
cent, and the value Oithe business anC
real estate Of Vicksburg would be 10
creased In the same proportion. W.
give these facts aud figures to our citl
zans for them to rt feet upon, assuring
them that from the best information WI
can obtain, direct proposition Of lhiI
sort will be made within o few weeks