The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-12-20
THE RAILROAD, AND THE BISHOP.

- We published, last week, a paragrnp
= setting forth that the President Of ia
Q "Union Branch Railroad COmpnnyol Geor
II gra," had. after making great noise an
: parade about obtaining Bill of lrj uncto
= to sop the work on the East TrnncsSe
. Road Withdrawn his application; md. also
y tina, nearly all the people Of Cherokee Geor
o gia were Ggalns. INN in his n,t'mp, to per
d pe,ra,e a fraud upon our Company and upo
the State Of Tennessee. Since that tam
sc have received the Savannah kcpub 'ca
, of the lllh from which We coy the artI
Gle below. The render will see from thi
p article that the arch Bishops vII'ainou
scheme fipds as lttle favor in other parts u
the Safe. Tha. the whole project, fron
haginnng to end, coulcmputes n fraud up
On the Company, a design to speculate up
, IN It's necessities, no one will attempt tG
d,rv. But We have no idea the authorities
the scheme. IS the Republican truly re.
marks, "the 1aih Of Georgia is pledged
TO Tennessee - ana the honor Of her ci'l-
2rnS is concerned in seeing that faith ina IN.
Iinincd rnviolaic. The tine was when the
prime mover in this business was all'powr7,
ful in Cherokee Georgia. and cGxti have e!>
fccicd almost any thing, in defiance OF law
or Justice. But such is not the case now
The prcsen, population Of that section IS a
!aw-resp cling and law. abiding one; and we
suspect the great mistake with Gen. Bishop
has been that, While he j. still under The
influence of the feelings and passions winch
made him rather famous soma years since,
he has ovcrIL oked the important fact that
society has been rapidly improving al
round him. and that law and justice now
prevail, where bulyism aud rescslity
were wont to pr"dnmIna'e.
It has hcon stated ,hst Gen. Bishop has
threatened 10 interfere with aud destroy
portion of the rond, or prevent the con,rac-
tors from having DOM tn" iron rails. u
the concern" have any such intention, and
No can hardly believe they have. there is
bu, one rem,rk 20 ,nske: The East Tenncs-
see and Gaorgi. Railroad Company are
there, in possession Of their work, in pur-
suaucc Of tights guaranteed to them by the
State Of Georgia., and which rlnh,s were
IA
lions and obligations of solemn compact
cn'cred into between that State end The
Commonwealth Of Tennessee, and if Gen.
Bishop g. Co.. or their agents, slders and
abc,ors. or any other specializing sdvenlur-
ers, attempt 60 interfere ~rh the work,
with view to re'ard ia prosecution or de-
-t-ov any portion Of il, they have The right
TO cmnloy force 30 rep"I them. The Conn
pnny's Contractors are III possession. pros
ccu,,nr the work. and will. Of course, Keep
straight on, regardless Of any s,icmp, a,
obstruction from any source wIetever. IN.
,css stopped ny some legal process Public
sentiment on both sides Of the Safe line
Will sustain them IN any measures they may
find it necessary to adopt.
Ru. to the Republicans nr;icle.
After speaking Of the prtseOt state Of
tho work. Of the superior quality OF tho
iron, Que cnr.o Of which had been shipped
for Dalton. aud abiding to the great advsn.
'agrs rIet would accrue not only to the PEG.
pie Of East Tenness, >, but TO some extent,
Of Georgia, from the completion of the
road, penetrating as it does a lnrge. fertile
and populous section of country, the editor
continues:
We regret that anything should have oc.
CURED upon the Georgia END Of the road,
TO annoy or relard our en,erprising neigh
bors; bn, it seems that from careless legis-
la,,on IN Georaia. or has,y judicial decis.
ions, or design to speculate upon the
necessities Of the company, that they are
placed in an awkward position. In 1888,
the State Of Georgia, asked of the Stale of
Tennessee, the right of way. for the West.
ern and Atlantic Railroad, through her ter.
r,ory TO Ross Landing. (now Chal,anOo-
ga.) Tennessee granted the request, upon
the condition, that Georgia would agree TO
give equal prlviege when application
should he made hy them for the Hiwassee
Railroad Company nt Tennessee. To this,
Georgia assented and took possession. In
1910, Georgia granted charter TO VIM. N.
Bishop aud others, to construct a road upon
he very route she had agreed TO give to
the Hwassee Company; but in this char
ter was acause, giving the power of repeal
at any time, which was inserted as we are
assured. on accoun, of the agreement with
Tennessee. There was also clause pro-
vidng, that the charter should he null and
void, unless active operations should be
commenced IN good faith. within one year
from the date OF the act. Shortly before
the expiration OF the year, a meeting of the
corporation was held, and some five or six
individuals subscribed for the whole of the
capital stock, $500, 900, with the direct
understanding, as many ufthem now assert,
that they should not be called upon TO paw
A log shantee was built, which il is now
asserted was the depot, line of abou, one
! mile in length was run, few trees were
cut down and grubbed. With this all ope-
| rations closed-and il was considered by
every one that the whole matter was aban-
doned. In is47 Tennessee through the
I Hiwassee Company, Gin the stock Of which
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