Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-08-12

In the spring Of 1857 the Hon. james Guthrie
left the Treasury Department of the Federal Gov
eminent and came home. he WAS ct once made
Vice President Of TIE company, and though nonin-
ally OeeuPyng this subordinate position, he has
ally been the head and front of the enterprise The
health Of Gov. Helmwas bad, and physical inability
rendered il impossible for him 10 lead the enter
prise. The Vice President has therefore, been the
real President, and the progress Of thercad since
March, 1857, in spite Of difficulties insnrmountable
to almost any financial head, has shown the skill
and might OF MIR. Guthrie.
Ii will be seen by reference to the estimates that
from the act Of Incorporation in March, 1850. 10
March, 1857, period of seven years, or from the
beginning Of the work of construction in May, S5S,
period u i've years, the company Oaly expended
ABOUT 81, 300 900 in constructing road that-Was o
cost s. o00,000 This mode Of building roads did
moi sait MIR. Guthris's gO-ahead notions He went
TO work aud in spite of the terrible qa3csl crisis
of 1857 and 1855, he managed TO swell the expeu-
diiures to 81 2s9 100 IS hyaDetober, 1851, and to
50 Ss4, $50 OF by October, 1858. His theory was TO
spend as much money as he could iGdiciously use
in rushing the road to completion, instead of letting
it drag aiong at snsii's gaIlop until the interest
and the aries of officers eat up the assets. He
bas pushed his theory right ahead with his Wonted
ithsKible and untiring perseverance, using the
credit Of all the friends he could enlist to raise
ney, and finally binding the company and NOR gag
iIlg che road to the amount of 81 000000. He has
sold nearly million and quarter Of these bonds
right here st home, and raised money ensugh 10
make the early completion of the entire road tx
ca fact
Mr. Guthrie does not talk much He don't be-
ieVe in building railroads by fssing in the streets
and blowing in the newspapers. Il is difficult TO
get out of him when he expects to ride in AGAR
from Louisville to Nashville But il is cur opinion
that he Intends to make the trip long before next
January. We would not be surprised if we had to
announce the fact durirg the coming October. In.
H. - efI IL
viii have grand Publication when The two cities
are linked together by iron chain, over which
the locomotive is laundering, AMI the sooner the
joyous event Is ehronicled the better will all be
pleased.
The care are running from Louisville across Green
river at Munferdsvills, distance Of seventy four
miles, and from Nashville to Bowling Green, dis
taHcs Of seVenty-One miles, making one hundred
aud forty 6se miles of the read completed and in
running order and leaving thirty nine miles yet to
be completed, on much the greater portion of which
the work of graduation is done.
The portion Of the road between Gallatin and
Bowling Green, just brought into use, is construct
this city and Gallatin and when the whole has been
Thoroughly balastsd, it will be one of the best and
most substantial roads.
The completion of the road 10 Bowling Green in
augurates new era in the intercourse between
Nashville and the tier Of counties along the line of
the road embraced in the valley of Barren river.
In this territory there is a population Of about
$4,000, possessing great deal of wealth and ear
ryiug on heavy and prosperous commercial bust
-nsss Much the largest portion of this business
may be secured for Nashville if the proper induce
menLs are held out 10 the merchants and business
men of thatregon. lis undoubtedly susceptible of
the elearest demonstration that it is the interest Of
that portion of sister State to make Nashville
the market for the disposal of lis surplus produce
and the purchase of the surplus supplies required
by its people Let our merchants and business
go to work at once AMI they may drive a heavy and
profitable trade with the portion of Southern Ken
lucky tapped by The Louisville and Nashville Rail-
road. The first step is to make themselves and their
business known to the people of that section, and
this they do through the advertising columns Of
the excellent papers at Bowling Green.
Some idea of the heavy trade which may be Sc
cured from that portion of Kentucky to which We
have alluded, may be gathered from the following
list of passengers and freight transported over the
road between Galla;in and this city last year. which
we extract from the report made to the stockholders