| From the New Orleans Daily Crescent |
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| January 30, 1862 |
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| New Orleans & Texas Railroad |
| The necessity of direct
railroad communication with Texas has long been an universally admitted
???. The last Legislature so regarded it, and firmly met the wishes of
our people by chartering a Railroad Company with the above title. Last
evening the corporators, specified in the charter, held a meeting at the
St. Charles Hotel, and organization was had by calling L. F. Generes,
Esq., to the chair, and appointing Mr. L. H. Place, Secretary. Able and
pertinent addresses were delivered by Col. A. M. Gentry
{President, Texas & New Orleans RR}, of
Texas, and the Hon. Nicholas D. Coleman, of Madison parish, which were
listened to with profound attention. After which a committee, composed
of the following named gentlemen, was appointed by the President to take
all necessary measures for the permanent organization of the Company,
and to obtain from our citizens subscriptions to the capital stock. The
chair appointed the following committee:: Messrs. S. O. Nelson, L. F.
Generes, J. L. Macauley, Mason Pilcher, Addison Cammack, W. A. Violett, S.
H. Kennedy, Saml. E. Moore, R. W. Rayne, C. M. Congreve, Robert Mott, M.
J. Zunts, Clai??e Steele, B. J. Sage and L. H. Place. |
| This prompt action on the part
of the corporation augurs well for the future success of the enterprise.
It is one in which the city is much interested, for it will constitute
the connecting link between the Opelousas road and the Empire State and
Texas. Let the good work be pressed forward. It is of the utmost
importance to this city and State, in a commercial point of view, and to
the Confederate States it is a military necessity. We may allude at
length to this enterprise hereafter. |
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