NP, NODC 2/14/1861

From the New Orleans Daily Crescent
 
February 14, 1861
 
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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