The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1878-02-21

Penitentiary Twill coskabout one million
five hum fed THOUSAND dollars. II will
not be dF pied by any phectipg man that
sroadEtompleted would virtually re-
claim and throw into the market at least
a million acres of land, now absolutely
non=puductireaandt from WHICH no reye.
nue. is drawn. The road would fix upon
these lands an average valuation of-,et
US say-fve dollars per Eacre. Here are
five, millions, more than three times the
cost .efEthe road, without going ANY.
further But this is really one Of the
smaller itenfsIin the calculation ofaad.'
avahtages. i~a " @,so 5@# ~ ~ ~ -
Glance along the railway lines upon
cur Eastern and Western borders. OBJ
ser4e.1 The tovns4l Of |Osyka,. McComb
City, Summit, Brookhayen, Wesson,
Baauregard, Walden, &c, upon the
.Elaa Eastern linen s-and Waynesboro,
.Shq buta Enterprise, Meridian, West
Poiht, 1 0kolona, J &c, upon the
western. all built up from the. foundation
Stone tosthe comb of thereof by the rail-
roads, and then take out your pencil and
cipher up the problem. ;te
You will, find on both lines that about.
'eyety.ten miles there is a town locat-.
ed, brought eut,s and developed by these
2 2 : - l. -
roads, whiehnpon an. average is worth
aboat two htindfed Thousand dollars each
andIpays State taxes upon that amount
Of pFope5tK i E@lpe@hasahou gut three
hun bred. Mills oaIng t lidss 9gh ourI bort
der5 okss4hs1sst sstlst 8 hapsifsdd'
milds. ,NoBsedii yiae hundred b. ten.
and quot tent
dre4 thousand dollars, and yohMill hase1
twel We millions Of propertyrwhich these
roads have developed, from ahis one
sou4 Zee alone, yielding ah Hahf1hal revenue
to'the State of sixty thousand dollars at
the fate'of five per thousand Besides
thisI these six hundred miles of railway
now pay a direct tax: Of seyehtY:fv6 dol
lars per ndlle, or fofty.five thotfsand dol
lars from this source. Then We night
safel yadd another important item in the
nhkncemenI Of the value of land CON
tiggiIops to their3s lines. Altogether it is
not R1r extravagant estimate TO say that
thed two great lines of railway will in
the future bring into the State Treasury
lddir4ctlynand indirectly over "a hundred
Thousand dollars annually, which it
wod ld'heyer see If. they did not exist.
WHY, edu railroads are big thing for
tthhieIState, to say nothing of private for.
4tunfs and Incorporated manufactures
+wh lch they Hass bssn THE eaeahs of
,bui lding up. = NV essop. factory alon4S
.'tbrifgs into th.8s4atszassasstsf of a
has i LIZ & bles f5A
ert ! tasshs u s fS 4 .5es Its ekisteaea.
EN- res~ sess sssl j 4 sss so s. ss 8
8 Pig Sf % ~ sHsssSG Fsa iSf,
thd Merlin ;adfdr.W est ris ahothe HvAid ass
sint Frestatlsieaf tiffssr4 ers sysba ansf
sth4 ough *i4sssssff ;sa,il y ne IT. A|
sth4 usands gttfs affitdffa stream
,Qf money brought into the State. Then
the thrifty husbandman is furnished a
sbeb ndMss maslegf for thstfruits s;segesas
..bf4s, g 60 ssss hFl Es CRY eYy RcSs d dsr'
ffa3ored Soil araso Mell adapted, thus;
utilizing many Helpctians and bringing
large aAstfaes Which sVohtf be, tfptssef.
l94 b tla I. 81. i 'i5, Is I'D
Eusa5S ths demo stratea results isf
th4 Sc fiFF&sas iffHss ve eaa approx Eli mate d
faif estimate of the vahie to the Statel
AMP bar peoples Of the Ship Island, Rips
lev ana Kentucky Railfoaid.s T '5l9lsS
3 PHI road .entafs aur north Elm aAofdsarsss
il ITiRsh county,,5t,And .pursles nearly an:
ain Lip through thes mid dteiof. tie state 4
,gi7ing its benefits 70 .TipPah Jniolh /:
r htdsoe, Calhoun Chick asaW,; Winston !
NfshRa, besake, Newton scptt, 'Bmjeh,ss
% tAhfFpa Ce1ingtou, Jones, Perry; lariiean,ls
AND Harrhsan counties, thus peh a q;
ethk vsry heantof 1ur, s1a6 Ss and giving sI7in
Tiff T, Vitality and kigoafto d, bsls Through
ne rE theseiatire1 parable gram Of te rrisos
ryl ensb racedtnhu4the State now cut: Oft
from nilraaafaoilities. i The i,d that. it
st4rts5rout nowhere anagsssss WIiaare si
sihpN absurd Tt sss 81 ;afo Tie Ids
lhhIrbN dpon the 5iehtirp GuIff ct:otast;;s.a 4
spfnt' which nature has q marked and
the requisites for "a great sea-.
port dsM 1t eierees "a section altogether
asl ia Sofaass that ttl,rot,eh twl,;tb e;tlYer