Louisiana capitolian., 1880-08-31
THE RAILROAD
Liberty Herald.


Within the last two years the business
Of our town and country has assume"
an Importance in commercial and other
business cities that warrants tho c0lcll,'
sion that railroad is required, in ordcr
TO the full developing the resources OF
our community and supplying it's de-
m,nds. It is no longer necessary I"
argue the advantages to bc derived from
this enterprise. All sec and admit thcm'
and the only quction to be seriously con-
sided is, how shall we proceed to accom-
plish this work, the benefit OF which
will accrue 10 every citizen and proper
ty holder in the county. Many good
suggcctions have been madc"y ''S''''n's
and combattcd by those who arc apposcd
to doing any thing in this great public
work. We under rate our means when
we say we are not able to build the
road, for which we have charter from
Liberty to otlc points. Other comm'''-
tiles of less means than we possess, ana
whose property does not yield as large
aD income as ours, build roads without
the all of foreign capital, and so can VIC
if wo wisely apply our resources. We
have money and Iabor that can be raised
to an amount sufficient for the purpose
of commencing the work with fair pros
meet of success, and when we have made
start by breaking dirt, the object will
have been secured. In a former issue
Of our paper we published the commune
cation of J. w. +. w., who showed con-
clusiycIy that the want of this road
entails alnuch heavier tux upon the
vcoplc than q tax sufficient to build the
road would. He gave an instance OF
the average family, and showed that
such family paid annually an extra
, freight on few Of their supplies which
WAS i'm excess of what would bc their
proportion Of the tax to build the road
, upon the advaloscm principle. But h''
statement fell short Of what facts have
warranted. lie might have added many
, other items upon which We pay freight
, that could be saved by building sncf
, road from our county town. Pointing
q to the sugar farms, we could save az
immense sum on sugar and nolasscs, a.
!, VIC could then purchase ut first cost iron
f the )plantcrs, thus saving the trclSh
y from the farms to New Orleans, AM
E the incidental expenses, and the profit
too that we now pay not only to Nov
Orleans, but back to our county, will
j., the additional profit added that on
,f| merchants must charge Oh it. Think o
it. You pay the freight on u barrel o
suyat raised on farm opposite Batol
- Rouge To New Orleans, the drayage +
+ the warehouse, the whatfa9e, commits
: sions for its sale to the city mcrchah
II and his profit on the same to our mel
h. chants, drayaye back to the river wharf
n aye again, unless delivered on boar
~ the boat, freight on river back to POI
u Hudson, railroad freight to Clinton, dil
~ road freight to this county, when If 70
had a road to the Mississippi river, yO
/, could got the same article at plantat'o
n prices. to which would be simply a'ld'
railroad freight t" our co1nty, and thu
e. save river freight and all commission
e and profts Of merchants, besides til
I delay Of sending tj,e article of 100 mll'
,r further than it was when manufactures
70 and paying the expenses back to whe'
Il WAS raised and prepared for marke