Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-06-07
The Deer Creek RailFOad-Ets
Great Importance.

Great Importance.
Editor Yleksburg Herald:
Though you have repeatedly demon.
strated TO the citizens OF Vicksburg, the
prospective value Of the Deer Creek
Railroad, and thereby proven the i'm.
mediate construction of the road 10 be
Of paramount importance, 1t might not,
possibly, be an imposition on the pub.
lie patience to ask of those who will
soon vote "For' or Against subscrip.
ton, due reflection on the arguments
which your valuable paper has, from
lime to time, submitted but also some
consideration of this communication,
which, though presenting nothing that
is new, epitomizes the many thoughts
aud arguments which you have pub.
lished, and may thus enable many the
better 10 comprehend the railroad en-
terprise in Its entirety.
The proposition Of l.. A. Campbell
j. Co., for the construction of the road,
is mi which has been solicited by the
directory for several years. During
my official connection with the road |
published q pamphlet entitled estate.
ment Of the Chief Engineer Of the N.
and V. B. Il. r. showing its resources,
cost Of construction and prospective
revenues" and It was commended by
many gentlemen OF Vicksburg and
Deer Creek, as very accurately aud
invitingly illustrative of the value Of
the enterprise. But though this State
ment was mailed 10 capitalists and
prominent railroad contractors
throughout the North aud West, aud
many were personally addressed BY
private letter, the Railroad Company
has, In no instance, had 3 favorable re.
spouse. The answers to the letters all
spoke in appreciation Of the "favora.
BILE contracts which were offered, but
Southern security, however large 1t
might appear, was regarded as abso.
lutely valueless. Such contracts were
declined, too, when the proposals for
bids were accompanied by the assur-
ance Of the Company that the counties
Of Warren, Issaquena, Washington,
Bolivar aud Coahoma, would all aid
the road by large subscriptions, said
subscriptions ~ be paid in Advance Of
construction.
Though the money market is fully as
stringent now as Il has been at any
time since the war, and Southern secu.
rites are still ~unrecognized by the
North aud West, the railroad company
has had submitted to II a proposition
for the building Of their road which,
considering all circumstances, Is so fair
and liberal that It must certainly be ap.
proved by an almost unanimous vote al
the bsllot-box, "FOr Subscription" Ii
Ia fair, inasmuch as il 10 proposed By l.
A. Campbell 4 Co. 10 build a first.cIasG
narrow-gauge road from vicksburg to
Rolling Fork Crossing the YAz9o river
at Anthony's Ferry BY q transfer boat
until the parties are able TO bridge tbs
ame)-a distance Of iorty.fOur miles
without ole dollar of aid from the city
until the road is graded, cross-tied and
irOned, and In running order. l. |,
literal because the subscription will b.
IN b uds running twenty years. The
condition OF the subscription Is such a.
Ia itself, to guarantee the immediate
building of the road.
Having indicated The diff :ultieI
under which the railroad company bal
70 long labOred In their e%ndeaVors tC
Il CT a contract with responsible par
lies for the construction Of The work, i
may well be asked OF I e people o
Vicksburg, not viii It be 1.-The betteI
part of wisdom" TO refuse subscription
on the time and terms as published
but, in refusing, will you not, municip
ally, commit q blunder which vii
stand unparalleled in lie foolishnesr
and extravaganza.
The section Of country through
which it lie proposed to locate anC
build this road il regarded 10 III
length aud breadth, not equalled, fol
lite productive capacity, by any otheI
within the United States. Though, Il
a measure, isolated aud cutoff from lhu
great commercial marts, this land 0
rich fertility lie comparatively under
high state OF culture and development
Legitlmaiely, Vicksburg should com
mGnd the entire trade OF the countr!
that will be traversed by this railroad
We have but to penetrate It By q rail
road-pass near the Clubhouse Of ever!
planter (the cultivated lands, as 8 gen
eral thing, all border the Creek, sbov
him the advantage aud economy o
travelling and shipping by the road, snC
Vicksburg WW command the whole o
a trade of which she now reaps but
fraction.
In answer to q declaration which ha
been made by some, that VickSburg ha
not the money 10 control the cotton, /
is q sufficient reply that capital lie eve
keen sighted in watching for gooC
markets; and when the Deer Creel
cars shall dump eff its thousands o
bales Of cotton 10 our city, foreign cap
ital will be ready to come and handl,
Il. Should the vote in Sharkey, 10 b
held on the 18Th instant, prove as favor
able as ia anticipated Of vi ksburg, th
completion OF the road to the soutI
boundary line OF Washington county
a distance OF sixty miles from V!ck-
burg, will be assured.
I, Ia "a ans o,a Al al g.,