The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-30
5EaBhrille 4anipu.
WI. CAMERON q CO., Publishers.
sATURDAY. DE9EMBER %. So.
Cooperation of Nashville and ST.
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 50, 1855.
Cooperation of Nashville and ST
LOuis--zddress.
To TIE TEOPLE OF NASHVILLE, As thu
representative of an interest in a sister
\ city, ! am happy, though impressed
with feeling of awe, in presenting
the modest claim of the ''St Louis
Cairo a Johnsonville Packet Company,
! 70 sour generous consideration.
When associated in the management
OF "Ihe Western journal and Gcikaa, in
ST Louis, and considering the adj
miFable Railroad system of Tennessee,
Iadiating mainly from the centre of
the State, one line of which was di-
reeted towards the Northwest and an
other towards the Southeast, and seeing
that it was devised not only to meet
the wants of her own people, hat also
10 cooperate with the systems Of other
! States" it was a pleasure for ne, in
the August number of 1853 to note the
fact that by the extension of the Ir0n
Mountain Railroad TO the Mississippi
river in Southeastern Missouri to meet
the Northwestern Road of Tennessee
ct Hickman, Kentucky, "the trade and
travel between Nashville and ST. Louis.
thus brought within about three hun
bred and sixty miles of each Other,
would Of themselves, be strong induce
ments in favor of sn early establish
ment of this connection" and to ex
press the hope tina. the trade and
travel which would certainly flow be.
tween the Southeastern and North
western United States, along this route.
would rival if not surpass the trade
and travel between the East and
West"
The ports OF Boston and New York
are over one hundred miles farther
from st Louis than the ports of
Charleston and Savannah would be by
this railroad connection of Nashville
and St. Louis.
The Iron Mountain road is built to
Pilot Knob, eighty-seven miles from
St Louis. The Northwestern road is
Juilt to Johnsonville, seventy eight
miles from Nashville The length of
the Unfinished road from Johnsonyille
to Hickman is ninety miles. The dis. !
| lance from Pilot Knob TO Hickman on |
the shortest route, unsuryeyed, is about |
one hundred miles. The cost of build !
log the road from Pilot Knob to Hick- |
man would be several million dollars. |
The cost of completing the road from /
JohnsOnyille 10 Hickman, as estimated |
by Col lnnis, of the Nashville and /
Northwestern road, is only $675:O00
0na of the v,oill;onos,..,. ..
8 pioneer man in railroad enterprise,
who started the Missouri Pacific Rail
road, which has now penetrated Kan
sas, Bir. Thomas Allen, who returned
from Europe few weeks ago, inform
ed me, as | was starting for Nashville.
that he had brought over firm assn
RANGES of financial cooperation for the
extension of the Iron Mountain Rail
road to the Mississippi river below
freezing point-"A contamination de-
voutly to be wished and that he
hoped soon to make a satisfactory
agreement with the State of Missouri to
which the Legislature were then trans
terring the road, by which his plans
could be accomplished. His aim was
10 make the road strike the Mississippi
river opposite either Columbus or Mem
phis, al which points great profits could
be given to and gained from Mississip-
pi, Louisiana, and Alabama, by means
of the Mobile and New Orleans roads; |
as also from Georgia and South Carroll
ma, through Chattanooga, without {
troubling Nashville.
But Nashville being in direct line |
between Savannah and st. Louis, with I
roads projected and nearly completed ! {
on the route, throughout the diagonal
length of Tennessee, Nashville, with
worldwide reputation for intelligence, e
wealth and spirit-the Athens Of the
SOuth-having been esteemed by the
General Government as a priceless
treasure house, and made the base of !
the most gigantic enterprise outside Of I
Washington. Nashville, in spite of the
desolating calamities of war, of which q.
it was magnificent theatre, now rising.
like a Phoenix, from its ashes-tbe |
cash value of its property, Judging
from actual sales and paying rentc, be-
ing now more than one hundred per !
cent higher than before the War-the
medium-sized, three-stOried, yet well
kept, high priced and crowded hotel, |
the St Cloud having been rented in ! ,
lSbO for i've years at =, 800 year, and
now renting in lS65 for ten years at
$4,000 Year--and its steady popula-
ton, augmented also oyer one hundred ,
per cent, having been, in 1860, $4,000, !
and being now estimated at over Is ,
uOO Nashville, thus glorious in the ,
memories of the past, and thus vigor> !
Gus with the energies of the present,
from whose midst the hand of Proyi- ,
dence has selected the President of our e,
vast and irresistible nation, would be !
untrue TO her brilliant destiny by al !
lowing the golden opportunity, of a CO.
operation with St Louis, which now !
presents itself to pass by gnheeded. /
ST. Louis, in the center of the Missis- !
sippi Valley, surrounded with a super
abundance Of resources, which are con !
stantly increasing in development, en- !
joying the reputation of the largest {
hotel on the continent of Amarica-car- !
rying on large direct trade with vari- (
Gus foreign countries, collecting and
throughout the length and !
breadth OF the land the products Of !
soils, mines, aad factories, on its bur !
dened railroads, and on its vessels,
amounting to 10000 tonnage. St.
Louis proposes to cooperate directly /
with Nashville, by an Immediate aud ,
steady line Of daily Steam Packet
Company, ru ming in connection With !
the Nashville and Northwestern Rail !
road, at Jacksonville, on the Tennes-
see river. Ill
On the 10th of November, 1865, this
company was chartered by the Legisla. !
tuFe of Tennessee, by an act incOrpora-
ting the "St Louis, Cairo, and
Johnsonville Packet Company, with
the privilege of capital stock Of FROM !
Sg5OOO0 to Si,000000 The S95OOlO /,
and more were soon subscribed and
paid in at St Louis, and the COMPANY
on the 18th of December, and :
proceeded TO business. The Board of :
Directors is composed of c. ]. Cafrev.
S. P Callahan, r G McCord. A. B. Mo-
reau, J. B. l. Heating, A A. Turner. .
and j. 3. Stockton, Of St Louis, and Nj. !
Burns and II. W. Fyffe, Of Nashville
men whose prominent positiesi, ehergy 7
and sagacity in this department OF =
business give assurance of the prosperi.
ty of the enterprise. Frank F. Knobel. a
s faithful 6nancier, guards the treasu- :
y j., B Stockton an sccgrste bust /
ness man, has charge OF the records. 4
and the Office Of President is filed by I
C. J. Cshrey, bold aud successful !
meFehSnt who was chief proprietor Of :
this line on lts original formation, two :
months and more ago. ls
On the 18th Of December the Board
Of Directors appointed n Burns, E Il.
Ewing and Il. W. FyHe, of NAshTille.
10 receive subscriptions q
10 the stock, with full authority 70 rep +
resent the company in the. behalf.
The commissioners have now opened | a
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