Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-01-11

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Ia tna present slluallon Of aAalEs the
above q The mOst important question
thai on be asksd about any proposed
publIc enterprise. Our people sFs too
poor to take sny FiSk, and e for suffer.
log sn actual lOss that q future benefit
may be derived, that Is not to b
thought Of. In considering the plan
recently proposed for building 9 rail
road up Deer Creek, let Us calmly re-
feet whether It will pay or not
Vicksburg will be asked to sgree "a
give the Company, on the roads com
pleliOn 10 Rolling Fork, 100000 Ia
eight per cent. bonds, aud Shsrkey
county will be asked to do the came
Now is It to the interest Of the city and
county TO do this7 Will It pay1
The Company say they will com
pIste the road to Rolling Fork by the
first Of next December, II the city and
county enter into this agreement; bui
whether the Company do complete the
road &c soon as they think they can
or not, the city and the county
will not have TO provide one dollar un'
iii one year after the trains begin run
ming. As soon as the road is compile.
ted, the bonds as per agreement will be
turned over, but there will be nothing
to pay until the Hrst inStalment Of in.
terest falls due. Thus the proposition
resolves itself into the county and city
enjoying the beneAt Of the road fol-
one year before they have to pay any.
thing, and then each will only have to
provide for the lnlerest-s0,0OO. We
assert that there is no doubt that Vicks-
burg will reap more beneGt from the
road the first month it IS completed
than she will have to pay each year
We believe thIs road would have bene'
fited this city ten times as much as the
yearly outlay will be, In the. month Of
December last, If Il had been compile
ted. During that month It would
have brought to this city between 5000
and 10000 bales Of cotton, an Immense
quantity Of cotton seed, Sundries, and
numbers of customers. Its completion
will enhance the value Of real estate aI
once. Within two years after lie com.
plelIon we do not think II is unreason.
able to estimate that II will increase
the total valuation of real estate In this
city one million OF dollars. The very
evidence that the road will be Of the
push and enterprise Of Vicksbury, will
be valuable 10 her. But calculated &c {
matter of dollars and cents, there is nc
earthly doubt that the road will pay
VICksburg immensely IL che can secure
II, and the company who propose Il
bald II do not ask Of her one dOllaI
unless they do build Il.
II will pay Sharkey county equally
sa we'll As II will Vicksburg. Statistics
chow that railways passing through
lands increase their value from one 10
one hundred fold. The pine lands
along the line Of the New Orleans, ST.
Louis and Chicago railroad increased
in value on lie completion on az aver.
sge over one thousand per cent. This
fact is 90 universally known that II iS
only nece, sary to call attention 10 1t.
It would give the people of ShArkey
county q market for ell they can pro-
duce, and easy access to q market to
buy ell they need. The people could
sell Thousands Of dollars Wor,h annu.
ally Of vegetables, fruits, dairy pro-
ducts, poultry, game, beeves, Ane stOCk
ETC, for oil Of which they now have IT.
tie or no market. II there was q rail
road running up Deer Greek It would
be one Of the richest sections Of tbs
whole South. Citizens Of VicksburC
and Shsrkey county, the Deer CreeE