The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-04-15

Senator UNDERwoop has written The follow
ing letter TO the Eiitorf Of the Louisville Jour-
nal:
Tefhc Editors Of the Louisuiiie Journal:
WASHINGTON, March 81, 1916.
GEsTLEMEN;I have Just been Informed by
Mr.. Calhoun, that Charleston has taken $780,
goo additional stock, With the vie " Of aiding in
the completion Of the railroad TO nashville. This
subscription with the other means of the COM
psny secures (as | am assured by Mr.. c. the
speedy completion of the road as far Nash
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What ought Kentucky now to dol Is il not
time Tor MS 10 consider what we should or can
do for the extension of tins road to Louisyille2
Would not such a road completed to the Ohio
present a new commercial era for the whole
South and Vest Would not the whole val
ley of the Mississippi receive new impulses in
her agriculture and trade?
Should the road cross Big Barren and Green
| rivers ct the head Of slackwater navigation,
crossing the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers
at points affording man1 hundred miles of nav
igation both above and below, and terminate on
the Ohio at Louisville, il must open with
Charleston facilities of intercourse and traffic,
and through that port with the rest Of the world,
which cannot fail to confer benefits Of the most
important kind upon III, people Of all the States
|
With view to attract public attention 10 this
subject be pleased to publish this note.
Very respectfully,
Jos r. UNDERWOOD.
"What ought Kentucky now to dol" This
as it seems to us: To examine carefully what
routes will pay, develo,e most her resources
and bring within her borders the creates
amount Of trade from other and distant States.
Railroad knowledgo is so exact now, that any
one who studies the subject may know wha
roads will pay. For inst,nce. 1t is proposes
to run a road from Louisville to Nashville o
Memphis. The route is surveyed-the basis o
population along the route ascertained-th
amount Of way travel, Of commerce, &c. &c
and the capitalist, or the State. IL the report
a thorough one, can ascertain TO a certaint
whether 1t will support itself. Massachusetts
has adopted this plan, and acting upon it, sh
has advanced, literally to various importan
lines. Nor has she lost a cent. These line
have refunded, or are able to refund, whateve
SUM tie State has advanced. Their stock, is d
; premium in the market.
Tie Louisville Journal remarks:
: Kentucky cannot longer stand idle. Their
is no good reason why the Legislature Of Ken
r lucky should not at the next session subscribe
1 sufficient sum TO extend the road from Nash
; willie 10 Louisville. Ii is time that the Stat
should throw off the paralysis which followe
the rsvulsion of 1881 1t possesses ample re
sources and undisputed credit, neither of whic
} would be impaired by judicious investments i
railroads"
kentucky, certainly, ought not to stand idl'
: Nor can any one doubt the fact, that her resoui
ces are ample enough TO establish '.Judicious
, system Of railroads. There is but one difficult
! in the way, sectional interests. II eur peopl
/ would consent, first, 10 ascertain, exactly, wha'
ever it fnay be necessary to know on the sui
icct, TO have a thorough, practical, business
like examination of any, and all the routes
I suggested-and, second, 10 establish system
J the State, and the people thereof, subscribin
conformity to it, beginning cautiously upo
. some one or two leading routes, and gradual
E developing it, not only might our sample sta
resources" he quadrupled, but our "undispute
: State credit" made indisPutably stronger.