Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-19
Another Big Railroad for Mem.
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Another Big Railroad for Mem
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Memphis is destined to be big rail
road center yet,and that in the near fu'
ture. The road to Holly Springs will be
running early in the summer. aud will
certainly bring in the next cotton
crop. The Memphis, Vicksburg and
New Orleans road is nearly all under
contract, and hundreds OF men are al
work upon it at different points, and
that line will probably be completed
by the end of the year. We are
promised that the Memphisand Kansas
City railway will be finished and in
running order by the first of next
June. This line will be Of incalcuable
benefit to Memphis. 1t has been the
dream and eager hope of Kansas City
for the last ten years, and its early
completion is assured beyond the
question Of a doubt And now we
learn by the dispatches that
Hon. Poindexter Dunn, of Ar
kansaw, has introduced in Congress
a bill to incorporate the Arkanssw,
New Mexico and Pacific railroad
company. The incorporators are II.
w. Cole, G. M.McGhee, of Tennessee,
Sam uel Tate, Of Arkansaw, Julius L.
Brown and j. NJ. johnson, of Geor-
gia, Samuel Thomas and Q. S. Brice
of Ohio, Samuel Shethar, George |.
Seney, John T. Martin, Nelson Rob
inson and N, l.. Terrill, Of New
York. Their object is to construct,
operate and maintain line Of railroad
and telegraph beginning at the line
between the Indian Territory and
AIkausaw, at or near Fort Smith, and
and at or near the point where the
Little Rock and Fort Smith railroad
terminates, running westerly through
the Indian Territory, following sub
stantially the course Of the Canadian
river to the line between Texas and
the Territory, thence westerly
through Texas through the line be-
tween Texas and New Mexico, and
thence westerly to Albuquerque, New
Mexico, where connection will be
made to a railroad to the Pacific coast.
1t is expressed in the bill that the
construction of the line shall begin
within six months and complete the
same within three years from the pas
sage of the act, so as to perfect q
thorough connection to the Mississippi
river at Memphis, Tenn, for both
passengers and freight, without change
or break of bulk" Commenting upon
the last named enterprise, the Little
Rock Gazette Of yesterday says:
For the purposes named an incpr.
poration carrying the right of way is
asked of Congress, aud Colonel Dunn
may be relied on to push the measure
with his accustomed energy. The
names printed indicate that the inoor-
porators are in earnest. They repre-.
sent not only the owners of the great
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad system, now controlling from
Norfolk, Virginia, to Memphis, and
south to Brunswick, Georgia, and
Vicksburg. in all 1000 miles, but the
syndioite headed by Mr.. George |,
Seney, which 80 rapidly built the
Nickel Plate railroad through Ohio
The project certainly looks like bust
ness. Completion of the road, which
is to be constructed within three years,
cannot fail to largely benefit Arkan.
saw, and it is to be hoped our sena
tors and Representatives in Congress
will aid in securing for the incorpora-
tors the right of way.
With these great trunk lines Mem
phis becomes railroad center, aud
the most important distributing point
south of Chicago, ia spite of herself
The timid may contract their bust
ness, croakers may find fault, and
large property holders may hold back
and refuse to co operate, bgtthe boom
is coming and there is no help for it.
A few years hence, when the history
afMeI is written up as a great
city, it will be subdisided Under the
following heads (l) The wagon
trade and Aatboat era; (2) steamboats,
(3) railroads; (4) manufactures, and
lastly, a great metropolis, the Chicago
Of the South, which it would have
been long ago but for the war.