Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-05-22
SOUTHERN RAILROADS.
The Erlanger, the SeneY and the Gould
Systems-Ehe Former lettering
TO its RufB.
what Jay Gould Means to DO 10 Ae
cOmpfsh that UnIOHard Result
where Memphis Comes In.

What Jay Gould Means to DO 10 Ae-
eOmplfsh that UntOuard Result
where Memphis Comes In.
Gath" put the question to Southern
railroad man recently, what lie the coudi-
ton of the Cincinnati Souhern?" aud re-
ceiyed the following answer: ain my judg-
ment," ssId he, "the Granger syndicate is
going to pieces. l do not believe that system
OF railroad has satisfied them at all. They
are now building across Lake Pontchartrain
to New Orleans, and l think they will be
glad to sell that road as soon as they finish
it, or even before"
Said ]: "Why will they want TO drop
lease like the Cincinnati SouthernW
because they gave too much for ii.
They pay a very large rental upon il, and
they do not possess the system to bring them
the amount of trt ffic they expect. 1t is q
great mistake that our fresh railroad men
make to suppose that if they can get TO the
city of New Orleans they have nothing
more to desire. New Orleans OF herself has
nothing TO give. Her business men come
out snd say: Gentlemen, we are glad 10
welcome you TO this great place. But when
you go to them for business, or ask them to
put their money into your railroad enter
prise, it is quite different thing. New
Orleans is a commercial myth-a city where
people live six months in the year and go
away six-that is, all who can get away. 1t
is not the kind Of town to put your whole
confidence in for railroad business OF 1000
10 1900 miles"
Explain yourself" said I, "on that
head"
"Why, the railroads that come into New
Orleans from the West will not give their
business TO an Independent system like Err
lsnger's or Wolffe's, but will hand it over to
some corporation with which they have a
mutual interest; that is why Mr.. Gould is
now negotiating TO obtain the Seney system
of railroads. Gould does not want to be
dependent on Huntington. He is bound to
have independent connections to the East
from his Southwestern network. In my
Judgment, the railroad system called the
Seney system is the best in the South, and
the most desirable for big operator and
fnancier. L think Gould is going to get
hold of the Seney system, and the Erlanger
system will be left when resting on New Or
lesns, with no Connections beyond it; and, as
have said to you before, New Orleans Of
itself is a myth"
Said L: sSuppose Erlauger throws up the
Cincinnati Southern, who will get il?"
81 think the Louisville and Nashville
rdillOdu Will get noiu Oh IT, mink tney
will come forward and say: Our Cincinnati
brethren, we see the distress you are in, and
will extend our charity to you"
"Why," said l, sis not the Louisville rail-
road system itself pretty shakyW
at Is in much better condition to-day"
said my friend, "than il was a year ago.
Practical experience has shown them where
their system was weak and where it could be
extended to advantage. Some of their lines
in the South are of very little benefit to them
For example, the long line they have
through Alabama to Mobile is of slight ad-
vantage to, them. Happy are the men whose
railroads run through good regions of land.
l am Southern man myself, but have been
compelled to travel this country, and must
admit that great deal OF our soil in the
South which is expected to supply railroads
with business ia exceedingly poor. We do
not have the business that Western railroads
have. We can neither get it out of the
ground, nor of foreign immigration, nor out
Of tourists. 1t is pretty hard thing to
maintain railroads in the Southern States"
Said l; Has the Southern railroad sys-
tenn been finished?"
yes, the present year will see the conclu.
zion OF it. They will have the means,
suppose, TO go on and build the new railroad
TO New Orleans across Pontchartrain. They
have also finished the line from Pensacola
across Florida, which gives access between
New Orleans and Florida direct, and catches
that very considerable country tourist and
invalid travel. The railroad connection be.
tween North and South Carolina and Ten
nessee, Kentucky and the West is also COM
pleted. Toe dream OF JOHN C. Calhoun and
Hayne and The old statesmen in South Caro-
lima is at last realized, fifty years after they
put their hands 10 it. You can now travel
from the seaport of the Csrolinas scross the
mountains and get past Knoxville 70 the
Cincinnati Southern and the Louisville and
Nashville systems without having to go away
around by Chattanooga. With the conclu-
sion OF these lines, 1 judge that railrosd
building in the South is about ended"
Said TO my friend: "If Gould should
pick up the Seney system he will run nearly
parallel with Huntington? Is it not SOP"
"Yes, thar il what Gould wants-to be in
dependent OF Huntington. He has his Tex az
Pacific railroad and bis Missouri system and
his Arkansas system, and they naturally
point TO Memphis. The S.ney system runs
almost as straight as an arrow from Mem
phis to Chattanooga, from Brunswick, Ga,
to Chattanooga, from Central Alahama to
Chattanooga, and then it runs up the valley
of East Tennessee to Bristol on the Virginia
line. There they stop, but they have a
twenty-year contract with both the Shenan-
doah Valley snd the Norfolk and Western
railroads, taking them on TO Hagerstowp,
where they connect with the Pennsylvania
system, where, bv steamer, they have plain
sailing to New York. If Gould can ruu by
rail as far east So Memphis, he has rather
the advantage over Huntington. The steam
ers leave Norfolk for New York one evening
aud get into New York the next ifternoon,
and they are as regular as railroad trains"
Said further to This gentleman: "Do you
find anything in that new mountain country
about Southwestern Virginia and Western
North Carolina?"
Eyes; some of the finest coal in the world,
magnificent beds of iron-ore, plenty Of lead
and some remarkable mines of gold and sill
yer. IRE mineral capacities OF that region
have not been fully tested, but enough is al
ready known 10 attract people. There is q
branch OF the Manhattan railroad syatem
Leading up TO the New river country, where
the coal is simply marvellous in its quality
and quantity"
"What do you think about an emigration
to the Southern Statesw
at is utterly useless to talk about our get
ting any emigrants. We have tried every
way We know how. They won't come, and
we might as we'll give it up. Somehow or
other the entire civilized world seems TO be
afraid of getting into tine South. went up
to New Hampshire last summer, with my
wife, and registered my name at summer
hotel, and put after it the name of my State
in the South. When the msn looked at that
word he looked at me, and l noticed when /
went 10 the dIning-room the people all looked
up and examined our clothing, TO see if there
was anything wrong The trouble about the
Southerners 10 that they do not 60 ont into
the country to advertise themselves, and 10 8
large extent through the Northern States,
and, perhaps, TO an extent ia Europe, there
is an idea that we are not growing, and that
We don't want emigration; st any rate, we
are not getting it. have tried every way /
know how to get people to come into our
country"
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