| From the Shreveport {La.} Daily News |
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| July 22, 1862 |
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| The Right Move |
| We notice by the published
proceedings of a called meeting of the Board of Trustees of our city,
that, that body has taken a very judicious and creditable step
regarding the completion of our Railroad to the Texas line. All honor
is due the chief moves in this much needed enterprise. In the language
of the proceedings: |
| The object of the meeting was
explained to be co-operation with the Confederate authorities for the
purpose of getting the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Texas Railroad
completed from Shreveport to the Texas line. |
| On motion, It was ordained
that the Mayor appoint a committee of three members of the Board, who
shall be authorized to draw for, and use, six thousand dollars for
said object, when they are satisfied the money will be judiciously and
faithfully applied to getting the railroad iron from Alexandria to
complete said road. |
| The importance of the
completion of this road to the Texas line, in connection with that
already in running order, we have time after time urged as a great
desideratum. It must be admitted, that at the present time, its
construction would prove invaluable, for the purpose of transporting
troops and government stores from our sister State, if nothing more.
The time saved by this mode of conveyance will doubtless result in
untold benefits to our army, besides facilitating public travel,
commerce, and quick communication. |
| We sincerely hope that the
completion of this undertaking, will no longer be a thing of
imagination, but that our people will act with zeal, and aid as much
as possible in the work. Should we permit this opportunity to pass by
without carrying into execution the object contemplated, our
commercial intercourse with the Lone Star State, will soon be at an
end, and the products of that great State will find another outlet.
Already do we hear propositions to connect with another point. We
cannot blame the Texans for this; they have long ago fulfilled their
part of the contract and anxiously looked to us to do the same yet we
have folded our arms and calmly gazed, with apparent indifference, at
the chances offered, and seemingly treating with contempt all offers
of assistance from that section. Now is the accepted time, and if the
people of Shreveport ever intend to extend their road to connect with
that at the line, we advise them not to let the present opportunity
pass by unnoticed, or all is lost. |
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