| From the Southern Republic (Opelika, Al.) |
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| March 16, 1861 |
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| Opelika and its Rail Roads |
| As is well known by most of our readers, that there is
now in course of construction two Rail Roads, connecting this with the
northern part of this State and the great grain growing regions of the
North-West, one by the way of La Fayette and Wedowee, to Oxford, giving
direct connection with the Tennessee River, and all the Rail Roads in
eastern Tennessee. |
| The other running in a North-Western direction by
Dadeville and Talladega, thence to Tuscumbia, filling up a space of 232
miles, thereby, and giving a direct route from Savannah to Memphis, and
shortening the distance 200 miles. |
| Freight from Cincinnati and S. Louis by the way of
Chattanooga and Atlanta is enormously high, and the eastern portion of
Atlanta and Western Georgia pay thousands annually, which can be avoided
by completing this Road to Tuscumbia. There would be a deduction of at
least 20 cents per hundred from the rates now paid. |
| The interest of every farmer in this country, and all
the cities of South-western Georgia and Atlanta, require that this Road
be speedily completed. Besides the profits that would accrue to the
cities of the Northwest would be immense and we would be gratified to
see the capitalists of these cities consult their own interest and
assist in completing this stupendous enterprise in a few years. |
| We learn from Col. Slaughter, President of the O. & T.
R. R. and Judge Richards, President of the O. & O. R. R., now in town,
that notwithstanding the hard times and scarcity of money, that their
Roads are rapidly advancing. |
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