| From the Richmond Dispatch |
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| November 19, 1861 |
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| Southern Pacific Railroad |
| From the Caddo Gazette, of
Saturday last, we extract the following: |
| We learn from reliable parties
that the Southern Pacific Railroad is
now graded from Jonesville to the Louisiana line, at the terminus of
the Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Texas Railroad.
The Southern Pacific Company are very anxious to make a connection
with us, and many of the Company are willing to take up the track to
the lake and loan it to us to lay our track through this parish. We
feel confident that an arrangement could be made which would prove
eventually beneficial to both roads. Will our enterprising president
take this matter under consideration, and give us the benefit of the
investment we have made? |
| A sufficient amount of iron
can be procured to complete our division, and both companies in laying
the track. |
| Negro labor can be employed as
soon as cotton picking is over, for the planters will not raise as
much cotton next year, and a large number of hands may be detailed on
public works. |
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