Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-09-18

The PROPOSED RAILROAD CONNECTION WITH CISCIN-
NATI-SPEEcH OF MAYOR HOLIlNGswokTH.-The synop-
sis of Mayor HOLLlNGswoRTH's speech at the meet
ing in Cincinnati on the evening of the 18th, which
we copied from the Cincinnati Enquirer, contained
several very material errors We therefore, reprint
from the Cincinnati Gazette a correct synopsis of
our Mayors speech, as follows
Ar. Holingsworth said it was perhaps known to
of those present that since Nashville and
Cincinnati had attained positions of commercial i'm
pOTtance their intimacy had been greater than that
between any other two cities North and South with
perhaps the exception of New York and New
Orleans. and Nashville DESTROYS that this feeling
OF intimacy should be continued.
Nashville seeing and feeling the interruptions to
her trade with Cincinnati account of the inabil-
ty of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad to do it,
felt compelled to take steps to prevent further
Interruptions The country lying South from
Nashville had suffered considerably from the drOuth
this year and had been compelled to send North for
her provisions and breadstuffs They had come to
Nashville and to Cincinnati for their supplies, but
had been unable TO get their property home. To
prevent recurrence of these interruptions, and to
secure if possible, the construction OF direct line
of Railroad between Nashville and Cincinnati the
City Council of Nashville had fit to send some
of her leading commercial men, and with them
some of her city officials TO Cincinnati lay before
her citizens their views upon the Importance of this
direct connection. The commerce between Cincin-
rati and Nashville without any regard TO points
further Southern, amounts to S2O0O.000 annually
This was rough estimate, but believed it within
the truth. They have been compelled TO come to
Cincinnati for large supplies of provisions and
-four and grain in addition to the large amount of
manufactures sold IN their city. Their provisions
they could not get from any other source well or
as cheap as from Cincinnati. They supply large
tract Of country in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama
and South Carolina with provisions and breadstutis.
These are Southern States cutivatng cotton instead
Of rising produce and provisions, and they have
therefore look North for their supplies and these
necessaries of life Nashville has foryears enjoyed
this trade and she has drawn the most of her sup
niles from Cincinnati. Owing TO low water in the
Cumberland river and the want of sufficient rail-
road facilities between Nashville and Louisville and
Cincinnati they have lost this trade and has Gin
cnnati. The South has gone TO St LOUIS for her
provisions and flour, by the way of Memphis and
her railroads reaching into the interior have been
the gamers as well the routes leading into South
Carolina and Georgia Bacon has ruled 4Cy4 OF cent
lower in the Cumberland markets than IN ST. Louis,
and vet Southern merchants have nave had 10 90
there for supplies. They of Nashville felt
severely the want Of drent railroad connec-
ton with Cincinnati. Cincinnati does not feel
much as much as Nashville this want but still she
must feel il TO great extent ere long. Nashville
and Davidson county have invested literally in
railroads. Tennessee has invested Sl5OO,OOO IN the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad and yet she does
not gainanything by that connection 10 compensate
her for this large sum. The road is controlled 0y
alone are consulted. He did not propose to allude
TO the difficulties that now exist He could say how
ever that there was necessity for a remedy for
these evils That remedy was a direct connection
with Cincinnati via Danville. In selecting that
route they pass through of the most fertile sec
tons of the States of Kentucky and Tennessee. BY
adopting this route, he believed there could be nc
difficulty in obtaining the means sufficient to build
the road.
By constructing this road they would control the
trade of the Cumberland Valley. They would Cut
il of from the Louisville and Nashville Road and
pen Louisville. They therefore deemed 1t mat
ter of great Importance to both Nashville anC
Cincinnati that this direct road should be built
The trade of the Cumberland Valley wa,
one third the trade of Louisville for market Al
the tobacco and corn from that valley goes TO Louis
vile. A large population Of the Southern pleasure
travel now passes up TO Louisville and thence VII
Indianapolis TO the East, by the Memphis an(
Charleston Railroad Northwest 1t did not pas
through Cincinnati or through Nashville The pro
posed road between Cincinnati and Nashville wa
near an air line-it the shortest route between
the North and the South, from New Orleans Mobll
or Pensacola. Ii Is important 10 Cincinnati 10 sc
cure tins travel Nashville and Davidson count.
have invested Sl,S0O0O0 in Southern roads, bu
they are ready to contribute still more towards tn
completion OF tins line to Cincinnati They had &
offer Cincinnati the immense net work of Southern
Railways terminating at Nashville as an equivalen
for her aid IN building the proposed line TO Nash
vile. They felt that unless something was done
they cOuld not much longer remain tributary {
Cincinnati. They felt as if they were 10 lose thi
trade unless this road was constructed
By that road Cincinnati would have a direct cor
nection with Memphis. The road from Little Roc
to Memphis is nearly completed and when that
done it will open up the immense trade of the Al
kansas valley. He urged the necessity of havin
competing roads, TO secure low rates of freight II
referred TO the Georgia State road from Atlanta
Chattanooga and said il q great political m,
chine owned by the Government and run bv III
party in power The managers cared nothing fl
the wants of commerce or the prosperity of N
eoantFy their only ambition and desire was |
make the road earn money. The State owning IN
road, would not grant a charter to any other roa
that might compete with it. A new road from JacI
sonville was beng built which would divert consi
cradle BUSINESS from this Atlanta road. The cor
Bletion of this road would give Cincinnati an add
uonal line extending into the South. They wou
then be able TO offer additional facilities for Il
transportation other provisions and produce. Th
we're now at the mercy Of the Nashville and Lou
ne Railroad on a Northern connection and felt t
necessity Of a direct road TO Cincinnati. He f
that the whole South were interested in this conn,