| From the New Orleans Daily Crescent |
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| February 14, 1861 |
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| New Orleans and Jackson Railroad
{New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern RR} |
| In the Brookhaven (Miss.)
Advertiser of Saturday last we find the following: |
| The flimsy structures erected
after the late great break down on that part of the Railroad running
along the Tangipaho, gave way like reeds before the wind, last week,
before the sudden floods occasioned by the great rain. It was predicted
so by well-informed people and we hope for the sake of the Company's
purse, slender as it is, that they will not resort to patch-work again,
but build the necessary embankments, bridges, etc., in a substantial
manner. Nothing but the most solid work will stand in that locality, as
any one who has been around there will bear witness. The people living
along the track are so impressed with the insufficiency of the present
structures, and the necessity of doing away with the patch-work way of
doing business, that even the wildest rumors find a willing ear among
them; for instance, when, two or three weeks ago, it was noised about
that a new route from the west end of Lake Maurepas to Crystal Springs
was being surveyed, etc. There is no necessity for such extreme
measures, but there is a necessity for permanency in the structures now
about to be rebuilt. If it is patched up again the company will --
burst. |
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