The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-02-16
GOOD NEWS.
Ready for "a Commencement OF Work ON
the N. .. NJ, X 4. :. NailrOad-A
Few reliminaries to he Closed UP
by the City-COAstrnctiOn to Begin
in Less Than n Month.
{ Natc!,ez De mocrat.l

| NNtChez DE mOcrnt.l
Gen. John II. Rice, President OF the
| New Orleans, Natchez l. Fort Scott
Railroad Co., reached our city by the
! train yesterday forenoon, aud when
the Democrats man tackled him for an
item he said he was not here for talk !,
but for business. He came to NatcheZ
this time for the purpose Of superin.
tending the final closing up i0 a legal
mauner OF the rights Of way through
| the city to the river bank, and rs soon
| as this is done the work OF construction
will commence. These rights of way
have already been surveyed and locat-
ed, but the city authorities have never
gone through the iormality Of con>
demning aud paying for them (wher-
ever necessary and deciding them to
the company, aud this Is quite essen.
tial before tho company begins the
! work of building. To accomplish this,
will be the work Of but very short
time, as the Board of Aldermen has
already (at the last meetine) vested
| the Mayor with full an, iuriy 10 act In
| the premise1, and as he is rs anxious
az any one else to hasted the early
commencement of operations he will
proceed in the premises without auy
unnecessary delay. Thus 1t will tie seen
that the time of the beginning of the
work of construction now depends
almost entirely upon the action of our
city authorities, and If they find them
selves able to carry out their part Of
the agreement dirt-throwing on the
New Orleans, Natchez Il Fort Scott
Railroad in NatcheZ will begin in two
or three weeks at the out side.
Gen. Rice is, justly, highly elaltd ~
the state Of affairs connected with his
favorite enterprise, and those who
have had All abiding faith in Its ulti-
mate accomplishment, share this
jubiiant feeling with him. ia has
iabored earnestly aud persistcntty for
the past two years, in season and out,
against, at times, obstacles that seemed
sure that he is on the threshold Of a
realization of his fondest hopes. For
the last eighteen months railroad
building has been at n very low ebb In
every part OF tho country, and new
enterprises have not been encouraged.
There have In this period been hume
rous strikes, railroad>rate cuttings,
over building Of useless lines, falling
off in railroad earnings every where,
aud general decentralization in all rait-
road offerings which brought about
decline in stocks aud loss Of confidence
In railroad securities or Investments.
Happily this depression is passing
away, and our railroad is probably the
! first Of the numerous extensive through
lines projected to feel the beneticent
effects of a restoration Of confidence in
railroad construction.
| No ono can now gainsay that the
dark cloud that has hung somewhat
portentous'y over our city has not a
silver lining. Through the riffs In its
sombreness We can SEQ beyond the
bright and prosperous future that lies
before our city. The early construc-
tIou Of the road now appears to be be-
yond doubt or cavil, and almost bel fore
cur citizens know it, they will see the
dirt flying, aud witness tho track layers
as busy as bees riveting the iron bands
that will forever bind the cotton fields
Of the Sunny South with the great
grain and coal fields IF the bouudless
West.
The turning Of the fret spadeiul Of
earth on the n. o. n. Il T.. s. Railroad
will signify the Inauguration Of new
aud happy epoch In the history of our
city, and the beginning OF n new era
of prosperity and advancement for US.
The date of this event is within u
mouth.
Naval Wars OF the Future.