Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-03-17

| The Eenates amendments to the Knoxville and
Charleston, &c, Railroad bill-amendatory Of the
/ charter Of the Tennessee and Alabama Railroad
! Cempanv-allowing them to come down to Broad
/ street Nashville and allowing said Company 10
! terminate their road at Mount Pleasant-gtving
! them State bonds instead of endorsed bonds-the
Company also 20 give their bonds to indemnify the
State in addition to the States lien on the road r
| coming up
MIR DAVE proposed to amend the Senate's amend
ment, by addinga clause, repeating the act OF Jan
% 1855, and all other acts, granting State aid to
| the Memphis and Ohio Railroad Company, between
| Paris and the Tennessee river.
Mr. DAVE explained this proposition
| After debate by Mr. Dunlap, and others
! Mr. BENTLEY said;
! Mr. Speaker: The charter Of the Tennessee and
! Alabama Railroad Company, and the amendments
thereto REQUIRE that the same shall be built TO the
| Alabama State line, and, what does this bill now
propose IL is to repeal that requirement and per-
| nit the Company o make Mount Pleasant the ter
I minus Of said Road
| Now Mr. Speaker, if the road is to terminate in
| Maury county prefer that Mount Pleasant should
be that point-but 1 consider the passage Of this
| bill as doirg nv constituents and the citizens Of
Wayne and Hardin countless manifest injustlce;s some
sixty thousand dollars have been subscribed by them
| through their instruneutaty the charter pro-
cured, and by the iDfdelity Of the company,
and their monopoly, to some extent in the manage
ment Of the road the building Of the road was OBJ
structed and prevented; and they have from first to
last sought every advantage promote their private
interest regardless of the public interest, and Of jus
ise 10 the citizens of Lawrence, Wayne, and Hardin.
/ Mr. Speaker, 1 believe this road would have been
/ completed long since, if other stockholders had
| been the owners What has been the course of this
/ comnauv towards the stockholders in my county
! They held out Inducements to secure stock, the
idea that the road should andwould be built through
/ Lawrence county and afterwards they abandoned
/ H. a Cd z1if tOgI[
holders, and endeavored to force and coerce pay
meut Of the stock by them subscribed, evidently
never intending in my opinion IN good 1alth TO
! build the road.
Mr. Speaker, this road is of immense Importance
to my localitv-the county, have the honor to rep
resent is a manufacturing county; We have persd-
venture the finest water power Of any other part OF
/ Middle or West Tennessee. We have numerous fine
rivulets and streams fed by never falling pure free
/ stone water, and the borders Of those streams
abound in fertile valleys our county Is large SET
ling up rapidly, new manufactures sprlnglng up
yielding fue dividends inviting capital and enter
prsing business men, and up to therecent precunary
embarrassment of the country, we were IN pros
| porous condition. .....-
We have some seven cOttonmanUfactories several
iron establishments, &C, &c.
There are invested in cotton manufactures II my
county between three and four hundred thousand
dollars. We spin more cotton than any county IN
the State. We sell annually some Sl5O,OOO worth
spun cotton and domestic goods, and baggngI giving
employment to hundreds of hands. Wehave upwards
~ FEf--Fsrfs in o7Ir county. and five VILLAGES
besides this, Mr. Speaker, we produce quantity Of
- . zt,c1- -,r -,arI-at We only want Railroad
facilities aud we will rank amongst the first coUn-
tiesiu the State Our manufacturers, eur merchants
our citizens generally, are an enterprlsIng people
ONLY afford MS this aid asked for and we will sue
.of tbe U7,Ise seems determined to repeal the
-. - a., 90 = ,.,,,7ivos the Road IN terminate
nd Io aIsber,o line I now propose an amendment:
3-,-f5o5 en-, ,f,izons of lawrence county shall
80 400, --Ll--;+;o- ,-itbir tbroe ,-aers
tb,, o5 in tbst event The said COMPANY shall be
E,,,15 -orr,,ri ,T,a ,rosd 10 T.avrepceburr
Now lTr Sneaker desire that the Road should
III tt,-L-L T,,-..,oo 1Vavne and Hardin
oS77tics t ss the Hin is to be Killed offer this
r,--r7g, r,r mn, rorr7ty and constituents.
NJ mn 1Tr0RD moved "a Law Mr. Vsugbn's |
,--l-,-+ on fb, tgI,Ia- tba vofs rasultiDp-veas
81 r.o-g 80.
1riAETR ,rr,so5 tho amendment II would |
,-7orr+ ~ d. at of tbis'road through the county
nj H.
,.-'- 40, r Mr. Lamb and Mr. Davie-
NJ IL ,T-r7- ,-,4 20 r,,5if,, his amendment so /
a 81, - 81 L,,b Of tbo act Of January % 1883 |
no grgrls S,oto hi from Paris to the Tennessee
-
AMIR stot.7 he had ro+bing 10 do with that
80 - .b, no. r' Tos- To7rIsrv.7 still he Objected /
l, tF sr. 81. zras aimed al n defeat of the road 4
N 49,
~, g7-T- Nh, now Stoto old IN tho oct ,F Inn,
49, 56.t 80. Iasi,-.1 IN fo1-o tba road ,yast of |
rr..r--.rT,, -,--t 507 ,9i1oz
III nm c1r+cr5od that tbe aid from Paris N
Oh ,-.T. 20 SD ,-os outborfyaI nv tho ocf Of
le mouth 2i ,@uy TS + ro o g ao 81
LII II,,r- co,l,,tv- s3bscri-liGn Of S500
-: -, Li,, ,b5 49, oIaiss ooI ot sccooi
III Sr. ~ ,-5 NJ RFsTt- 7osfra3 Mr. D7vfo r., |
--f-s.r-s-- rss gr,snlInonf
MI VIZ ..5-a-cI 70 his amendment
NJ m hi .,,-E- -,-,,sC5 r.
me yo.e Ie.u:eu{e cas- cas-, ~ ~ may ~ 80 .ng
u. en-. vas ...ol ~ - ny 0O
0-' tBrr-p ~ nj; -,,g,5 n or,oD5 tb /
-. r-- ,5I;r o1s,go 70 the ofF.ct tbot
,c 80 20 The TaDDossae and sio
ham, ,=r-..4E LIVING in Hardin WAYNE and law /
7a-lo b- rerossa7 ~ which he withdrew for
w rz ~ ~ r,;,,.
s- +f, 80, NJ n, q Sa-sto5s oTosT,5r7ont- he
-7---,.-T ~, a-llri ne 917o15rant by aiding
rr.rrfs9,r IN trr,ipo+e tI,e road al IaxreDcebyIrg
- To,,Ts and Hardin IN 40 tbaIoc9i
Ta-g r-
M r,prT- ,7.rcss5 This amendment The neorIa
f,a .4-5-s-,s III Ia y--a77oa county had obtained
7;5-- ,etl,rs~ e55 000 srbsr7irI2tioD n q broDcb
road nm ID were No more n mari of The county The
nroroitf7n from fine senate was 10 sslve TO the State
Rr. Tst,IrrT,y -.,i;r5
Mr. HFATE moved 10 Law the amendment on the
M -. -I.; - % - o. -'
s' nm. l-,err WAS IA ", H.. tcbIo
Rr-rtpTFR of Hardin rranosag IN amend nv
-,i- no. he sgi5 -,I77f- han NOT he entitled
5ro mn - IL 49, &c On ]rso{ /
w -iC,,.J ENDS
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an t . r,-f5ifF,a,fo1 90 a. not 70
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H.. D-,'rT Nh s0Y avrlained and supported the
l s,- 90 1arts If
-,. SEE, s-,r,st one If tbe great north sudsoutb
,5ads.