Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-10-31
eERsoNAL ANp GENERAL.

Louisville Wesi-End is boiling with ex-
citenienl about railroads
4 New Orleans Dispatch says: "Gsu. Cor
-S5n, Of the Gorion syndicate, yesterday pur-
chased the stock in the Natchez and Jackson rail
road owned by hinas eoGAty' ana m De an un-
successful effort 70 Obtain thAt owned by Adams
county aud the city Of Natchez. The intention Il
- make the road pat Of tine Georgia Pacific sYs-
fem aud it will be tx ended to Columbus Miss,
Immediately ifeontrol ci'i be obtained"
Chattanooga II 10 have a new depot
,,ssss,,,ar depot for the Alabama Great Southern
and Cincinnati Southern roads Il built II will be
sre.-ed near where the Alabama Great Southern
oa5caS e-e now located The reason for the cree
- ~ = new deuot 80 soon after the com pietiou Of
he uIs!ou passenger depot is said 20 be that these
tv,o roads nv an immense income annually 20 be
allowed 10 u load under the present ear sned
Tn. TEMPERANCE movement ia railroad cir
crcs Is steadily advancing almost weekly notice is
stringent OrieTs employees az Iskarets me use OF
sgtg.ic4fitg liquors Last week NJ. SpiceF traffic
supernteadeut Of the Grand irank az ~, way, ad
dros-s8 esFoplE 70 t. Iilt'lfss oi hia g eIl-
lent ia regard 10 Tie quest on Of liquor drinking.
nj nc beeu as harE iOr drunkenness, and
warns the that theiF only safety lies IN total
abstinence
General Manager John SEQ I, If the Er-
Hanger SYNDICATE, said 10 "A reporter OF the New
tiroe the Nsw Orleans aud Northeastern road
would De running trains mo tots city, and that
- ~, fst,,-aen Seyy CJrlears and Cfnrinnatf Inc
fold wouiG D, Of considerable benefit 70 this ely,
sEd would DO % great zeal tOWdId increasing
ira ic. IL Is he inientian OF me inansgeme.t 10
possible he rails vhich are being used are the
heaviest AMI best that have ever been laid in this
county"
A dispateD from Dallas, Tex, Gays: "Iu-
formation leaked oUchere that the Texas Pacific
has secured virtual control OF the Fort worm ana
Denver and the Texas trunk roads. he stock Of
lie f st-ns &c ea viii soon be reissued Texas Pa
cine stock. lac line VIII be continued On 70 zen
Trr and toe trunk extended to New Orleans,
n iki1g through line TO- taat p1ini, ria Fort
Worth and DalEs, trains from Fort WORTH ala
Dsbver cunning over thirty-twO miles Of the Teas
Irsrs7 ffa G .g.4-
This pr1jsrt VIII check mate the Denver and Sew
OrleGns, now operating some distance southeast Of
Montgomery (Als.l dispatch, Of Friday:
'Iaform4ton has been fled in the City Court
here to Forfeit the char II Of the south aud Noith
i'm years sso the county Issued preferred ,tock at
f1rtv cents on the dollar to the Louisville and
so1tb and Sot,h COMPANY al owed ia road aud
business 70 be conducted by the Louisville ana
bere tiai Inc Information is filed in the interest OF
Fred Wolfe who bought lsrs amount OF sonth
Tho eolrt Yesterday sustained the demurrer and
the Information, dtciding, in elect, that there
was no authority 20 forfeit the charter
4he s.. Louis Rcst Dispalei, IN referring
sdii orally - Mezican railway investments, says
That nobody need feel any concern ABOUT the PEG
Tic Who ar putifog their money into Mexican rail-
roads they able tq lake care Of thenselIes anu
afe investing with their syes oiens Eyen thO,e
who take holl OF tue milolp4 ~ - e.
tIc most tnpc isn't pIft o. IlllIo4u LIE.
trse eau 81 FLY be allowed 70 follow their own
Judgment. OF cOur-c some OF the fosliS VIII NC
wei built and wisely managed and viii pay,
while o hers will be used a. basls lof slock
speculstio $ will be loaded up with debts,
thrown into bankruptcy and 90 through the usual
programme Of railroad s@indes But on the gem
krai question CT rairnsds in -lezicO It Is safe to
say Ii they viii pay as well rs fei!To lds
in, ang new country. There Is eat
deal Of push about the unriyalet resources
Of Mexico it, immense wealth aud its
brilliant prospects, all OF which does Mexico more
harm than gooj b cause sensible people refuse 70
aecspt such stgtemcnts. Mexico does nos need
uueh putting; ali IL needs ad III tal y sss y ~
treatment II is going to he n very valuable
ne.rhbor and we have every reason forwi shing 1t
rjrOspertv as well for believing that II Is no IS
enteting upoa a very prosperous future.