Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31

once 90 strongly and BY such extensive
numbers, And further, some say that
they believe that the road will be built
BY convict labor; If 90 l oppose Il ab.
solntely aud ct once. But l do not be.
lieve 1t, and therefore shall vote for
subscription. Ny opinion is that this
road is an enterprise which should en-.
gage our best attention and most earn.
est support. In conclusion, l must ad-
mi that the labOring class Of our peo-
pie, to q very great extent, have . just
cause to complain at the construction
Of the V. P. and S. Railroad, for The
reason, as ] understand, that In the con-
struction of that road hundreds of
draymen and other lAborlng classes of
men were thrown out Of employment,
and many draymen, let me repeat, IS l
understand, had to sell their mules and
drays, and seek other unacquainted
employment; and q few, very few, 60
so far as to cay that the city has been
greatly injured by The construction OF
the V. 2. & S. r. r. in this, that
those drays had to pay to the city q con.
siderable sum Of money for license to
run their drays now discontinued,
which were 9 greater revenue than that
which the said V. P. & S. r. r. yields
to the city. do not argue this point
Of my own knowledge, for l do not
know the truth Of this particular mat
ter. Although those few who want
the road but are afraid, yet they would
vote tor subscription II they could feel
that the road would not be as disas-
trous to & certain class of men 81 the
V. p. u 81 r. r. was and is. But /
hope that oil may see the necessity and
importance OF the construction of this
road at once, or soon o. possible, 90 the
construction of this road 10, In my
opinion, 9 blessing to all the people.
Railroads ere generally blessings Wher-
ever they are successfully operated.
Aud may l attempt to show why this
road should receive the unanimous
support of all concerned2
This road promises to give all the
work to Sharkey county aud VicksbHFg
men. Now what is the fact? Why
Sharkey county has no men to spare,
and consequently Vlcksburg will have
to furnish most ell Of the labor on this
road from Deer Greek to Vicksburg.
And no road has ever, 10 my certain
knowledge, advanced such q liberal
proposition where the subscription lie
not Immediately needed al this road
proposes. | understand that the amount
Of sub description asked for is only one
hundred thousand dollars. Oh, how
liberal fer such an important enter
prise. The proposition Is so very llbe-
raj aud the enterprise is so absolutely
necessary to the prosperity OF VickS.
burg and surrounding country, and
such an "off.set" TO the cutoff" that
| am almost ready to say that Vicks-
burg would do nothing more than a
charitable act, II she would vote the
subscription without interest on the
bonds. Why Vicksburg is in, or al.
most in, the act of running after
the Mississippi river. And you
show me q city that has 10 stand and
watch the ebb and flow OF Q river like
Vicksburg is now and her people pay
no attention to railroad enterprises
like the M nov before Ne, and I'll
show you q city that will soon go
down, down, down forever, and as
long as Vicksburg has been q city,
nothing will save her but the construc.
ton of the Memphis aud ViCksburg
Railroad, and 1t is no use In attempting
to evAde the question longer. Then
establish the depot at Glass Bayou and
Vicksburg will take an upward start
Immediately as she will then be on q
balance, whereas now scarcely any in
terest is manifested in the Northern
portion OF the city. These are my
views family expressed for what they
are worth. am respectfully, etc,
z. {. HALL.
Vicksburg, May "A. 1873.