Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-06-12
LOCAL ITEMS.
FRIDAY, JUNE ~, 1857
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Col. TORI, the able President of the
Memphis division of our Railroad, visited
this place, few days ago, with the avowed
design Of effecting a consolidation Of the
two divisions--Memphis and GAINESVILLE.
This consolidation as every one knows has
been talked about FOR two years past, and
every board of directors elected here has
been expected to effect it, but, although it
is vital necessity with both us and Mem
phis, it has not yet been accomplished
The difficulty in the way, we need hardly
say, has been as to where we shall cross
Tennessee river. We wished to go to
Cane Creek, or Mo. of Leathewdod, but
Memphis wanted us to go to the Mo. Of
Sandy. The alleged reason of Memphis
prediction for Mo, of Sandy was that
Henry Co. had subscribed 100000 stock
in the road conditional on our crossing at
that point. A great deal has been said
and written ON the subject-each party
Jealous and distrustful of the other; each
making out it didn't care much about the
other-in fact for the want of little plain,
determined, back bone, or grit, as we think
the matter has been suffered to stand nn-
decided until now. The people about here
had begun to get clamorous for its settle
ment, one way, or another:-they said they
wanted a consolidation with Memphis, at
once, or some other connection, or else an
abandonment of road that we were build
ing wdh certainty, only to Palmyra!
Under these circumstances Col. Tops
visit was hailed with pleasure. He met
our new board, and submitted in writing
his basis for consolidation. This consisted
of several distinctly numbered conditions,
from firstly to perhaps ninthly. Our
board listened to them, and liked them,
and agreed to them readily, down to some
seventy, oreightly. There came PROPOSE
ton that in this consolidation "due regard
should be paid to former pledges to Henry,
County" or words of that import, which
when plainly stated, means we shall cross
Tennessee River, at the Mouth of Sandy !!
Right there our board told Col. Topp that
they rejected the proposal in toto, and the
conference adjourned A committee how
ever afterwards saw Col. Topp, and told
him plainly that our board were dctermin-
ed to effect a consolidation of the two
roads, at once, on terms favorable to us,
and yet fair to all others-crossing Tenn
essee river elsewhere than at Sandy, or
else they would haul our hands off the
road and give up the enterprise? That
they We're getting tired of working, and
spending money without knowing what
was to be the result, and were going to
stop it;--that he could agree now to some
fair terms Of union or else seek other
connexions This seemed to strike the Col
as earnest talk, and he began to look about
the points, and it was not long before he
made another proposal. This proposal was
that our board should proceed now to
locate our road on the nearest and best
rout from here to Paris, or NJ 'Lemoresville,
and Memphis would meet us there no
matter what way we might get therel To
this our board agreed, and Mr.. Fleece is
surveying the route, and as soon as it is
known, and reported to Memphis the con-
solidation will be formally gone into, and
closed. These facts we derive from one of
our directors, and they may be relied on.
The consolidation is virtually effected, on
our own terms, and we may hail it as an
omen of great good to our Rad,