The Greenville times., 1885-01-03
GREENVILLETIlLES.
CHEERING WORDS.

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While in Nieksburg, recentlr
hr. Coils p. Huntington, pres
dent Of the Chesapeake. Ohio an
Southwestern railroad, of whic
the L. n. o. & T. railroad is a cor
tinuation aud important link. c,
pressed himself as follows to = r.
porter Of the Evening Post: $40,
that the railroad was about com
pleted, the next work that was (,
be done was to build up and i'm
prove the great valley through
whichit passes; and that he wOul,
offer every inducemeut to immi
grafton as well as to those already
settled on the line of his road
For,n said he, "what benefits the
country will cOrrespondingly ben.
eft the railroad"
We regard this expression as
conveying an omen, weighty with
future benefits to the Yazoo Del.
ia. We have ever regarded the
building of railroads through the
region subject to inundation, as
the ultimate solution of the levee
and overflow problem. AT least
Is this true so far as this portion
OF the valley is concerned; where
that problem is unattended by
some of the most difficult features |
attendant upon it in the st. Fran.
els and Tensas basins, and in the
lower valley.
AT ono time, year since, we
were apprehensive that the heads
OF the l.. n. o. 4 4. railroad were
contemplating a dis.associaticn of
their great work, from tho levee
question. The expressions OF Ger.
tain OF the chief engineers of the
road to the effect, substantially,
that the road could be built and
operated to advantage without re-
gard to levees, gave rise to that
apprehension. We believed that
they were entertaining delusion.
we knew that they were in error
Us TO the true policy of the road {
and tho vital interests of tho Del.
In. Upon this subject we felt I
strongly; and asserted our convic. !
ton with what those gentlemen {
doubtless thought "damnable tier. !
ation." Whether the experience !
OF one high water worked the I
change that we predicted, or !
whether the true genius ofthe en-. ]
'erprlsn was Incorrectly intcrpre. |
ted, the railroad corporation wise. q
~ TOOK vigorous hold of the levees I
OF the upper Delta counties; and
IN doing this, a boundless field was
opened to tho imagination dwell. /
ing upon the future of the Yazoo n
Delta. ;,
or tho destiny Of this section of f
the State, of the influence upon it il
oil railroads and their consequent /
thorough levces, Mr.. His ut. h
teranco is n foreshadowiug. 1t is g
within our information that the es. G
punishment of system of settle. b
mehls upon, and disposal of, its
large bodies of lands, is now a mat.
Ter Of active consideration by the n
railroad. II has been most wisely G
until lcvees promising N
adequate protection should be in h
! fair way of completion. We al
would say to Messrs. Huntington Ia
md Wilson, that the settlement of al
heir, and hundreds of thousands D,
II acres oil other wild lands, win NJ
'e work OF easy accomplishment; vi
assurance against overflow can al
70 given. And. to convey that as. IN
urance, there should be no re. fa
mission of labor by the railroads m,
nd the lovee boards represent. vo
lg tho taxpayers of the district. tri
'has can the burthen of leyee ly
be lightened; thus -
an the freights for the railroads be
TO their full capacities.