Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-01-13
McMianEille and Manchester Rail
Road to TnIlahonla.
IEFitors Of The Fayetteville Observer.

work actually begun both at Nc
NJ Innyille and Tullahohla. Thus tht
glorious nine directors are energet
ally pushing forward this great linl
| of the great southwestern rail roat
to speedy completion, while. its de
feated opponents on the Decherd o.
mountain route do not cease TO weep
wall, and gnash their teeth in gratu-
ito as vituperation! Now, if in view
of the fact that through the Nash
vile and Chattanooga rail road W.
have already a grand highway openet
up to all the rail roads and all The
cou ntry above the Muscle Shoals
and which is an ample and sufficient
outlet in that direc tion: and i
in view of the fact that the interests
Of our common country require au
other railway, passing through The
cen tire of the great co nnties Of Lin
coin and Giles. and on to Florence il
Ala ama below the Muscle Shoals
there TIC connect with the New Or
lean and Mobile railways, the Pres
idel t and directors of the Winches.
ter and Alabama rail road viii con.
vert that road into good McAdam
lied road to Huntsville. This vii
show wisdom on their part, and l,rs
vide for the real wants Of the people
on that route, and be all that com
mon sense can justify, and meet ev-
cry reasonable expecta ton.
Ii will be obvious tp every man
who will examine the map, that the
route to Tullahoma is the nearest,
cheapest, and most pract icable. But
it is urged as an objection that the
route passes throu Oh a poor country
Let Us examine thi ) allegation. The
first nine miles Of tile road, com.
menqlng at McMlnnVille, passes
through country Of uncommon
beauty and fertility in Warren coun-
ty, and in high state Of improve
ment. Thence it passes through the
10th district Of Coffee county. which
is sui erior in fertility, productions,
and al formulated wealth, to either of
the three recussant districts of COT
fee; and thence it pa ses through
the 9th district, which poor as it is
said to be, pays within bout seventy
dollars as much tax as all three Of
the Halcontent and self-styled rich
districts Of Coffee. Come up to the
tax book, &c ntlemen, ahh see this
fact for yourselves. rhe road termi-
mates at Tulla homa, in dHe 5th civil
dis trift, which nobody sill pretend
is poor, who knows that t4comprises
the great body Of the iieh lands of
Duck river a nd its tribut aries. The
route is central to the y hole people
int ere$ted in the construc tion of the
road. 1t is, the greater part of the
way, in sight Of Cumbe fland Noun
taih, leaving the rich owes On the
left, and the rich lands Of Duck river
and it's tributaries to the right, con-
vel lien to all; and more than this, it
Gro ses Duck river at Manchester,
and then skirts that river, distant
from it one, two, three, an d four miles,
whlch river in its win ding course
pas bes through distan Ice of more
thah f1 rty miles. and which in a d.
rect Ii he is not more than twelve
miles, md in that distance includes
vast water power, in continuous falls;
md wi til it's tributary streams ex-
nibits the greatest and most remark
sble manageable water power west of.
he Allegheny Mountains, and capa-
DE Of employing more tn IN fifty mil
ions of manufacturing capital! Pct
hat, 60 ntleme IN, into your pipes, and
moke It,
But 1t is argued that the great
outh wes tern rail road is ruined by
lot running the McMi hnville and
danohes ter rail road to Deeherd's
Depot, and come citing with the Win
hester and Alabama rail road, Now
has b cen already show that the
he int rests Of the coun try do not /
eauire lis to tap the Tent essee river
gain above the Muscle Shoals, and
hat we have all that can be reason
bly, desired in that direction, through
he Nashville and Chattanooga Rail
Dad to the Atlantic sea board at
charleston and Savannah. 1t was
ever intended by those who project
d the SOU th-western rail road, that
should take that direction and go
bore TIL muscle shoals, but it was
neir intention that it should go BE-
10 the Shoals, and on to the Gulf Of
Iexico, No sensible well-informed :
ian, in view of all the facts of the
use, would decide that route should
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