The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-08
Railroads.

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The Memphis Bulletin of recent date.
says The citizens of Lincoln. one of the
richest counties in this State, are making
ing active efforts 10 build railroad from
Fayetteville to Huntsville, Ala SO that
their cotton may be shipped to Memphis
rather than Nashville, and that two or three
cents more per pound may be thus realiz-
ed on sales.'
TO which the Independent organ of good
old Lincoln county, viz: the AcUS, re-
plies "Not so very active Mr.. Bulletin, we
meet with no encouragement from Mem
phi5 Of the Memphis & Charleston Rail
read We had supposed that both Mem
phis and the latter Institution were DESTROYS
of the large trade the proposed line ofrail-
road (25 miles) would give them but we
were mistaken, as their conduct proves
Not dollar of aid have they preferred, or
even wished good speed. Strange iBdif-
ference this when the building of no
other twenty-five miles of road in Ameri-
ca would give half the nea0 trade to Mem
phis as this will. Roll on Mrs. Memphis
in few months we shall our railroad
communication with Nashville re-establish-
ed-and we will resume ancient relations.
The Nashville q Chattanooga railroad com
pany does offer all encouragement, and the
city of Nashville did give us fifty thousand
dollars. So wise Mr.. Tate and proud Mrs
Memphis, goodbye. Long may you
wave"
This is talk with the bark on, and we
are proud of the independent tone of this
reply from the uth-piece of old Lincoln.
Lincoln is perfectly Indifferent of the aid
of these institutions" aud wiIl,o course,
look to her interest by making the best
shift she can under the circumstances.
Now there is a suggestion which we de-
sire to make to the Ae1cs, and, through it,
to the good people of our sister county of
Lincoln, which, long while ago impress
sed itself upon our mind as very tangible
We Will simply make the suggestion, and
leave the subject for our able friend of the
Neocs to put it, in his usual polished and
common sense style, before the cool citi-
zens of Lincoln, that they may act upon it
as they may think proper. We suggest
the building of road from Fayetteville to
Pulaski instead of from Fayetteville to
Huntsville. Now we admit that there
would be some difference in the cost of
building road to this place, and to Hunts
vile, in favor of the latter place, owing to
the geography of the country, the portion
Of tire territory over which the road to
Huntsville would run, being very level,
while that of the route to Pulaski would be
quite rough, the distance being very nearly
the same. But we think this objection
would be overcome by the immense differ
ence in the benefits accruing to Lincoln
from the building Of this road, and that the
aid she would receive from the Nashville
" Decatur railroad would of itself entirely
do away with this objection, We are sat
isfed from numerous conversations with
prominent gentlemen, thoroughly alive to
the railroad interest Of the country, that
the latter road would not withhold great
material aid to the enterprise. and that the |
Memphis d Charleston railroad, would CO.
operate with the Nashville 81 Decatur road /
in furnishing the necessary aid. Lincoln |
would then have direct communication with |
Nashville by two routes, and with Mem
phis in as direct way as she would by .
the projected road to Huntsville We do I
not propose at present to discuss this sub
ject thoroughly, and only throw out this I
suggestion to the people of Lincoln, and /.
hope our calculating contemporary of the
Ne,os may think proper to take up the sub
ject aud elucidate it in his peculiarly for
chile style to his intelligent readers
of Lincoln, and that they will |.
give the matter proper consideration, aud /
they, as well as Giles county, may be great
ly benefited by prompt action in the mat
ter.
We would be happy to lay before our
readers the suggestions of any of ouri in
telligeut internal improvement friends up
on this subject. Let US hear from some Of
them.