The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-07-27


Amidst the excitement and tarmoil inei-
dent to a state of war, through which our
people have passed, It is not strange thas
/ they have lost sight q the fact that the
march Of internal improvement Is still on
/ ward, and triumphing over all obstacles
! The Greet Pacific Railroad is fast assuming
gigantic proportions, aud viii ere long reach
! the shores of the Atlantic ocean, reducing
+ the time Of transit between the Atlantic
and the Pacific States TO days instead Of as
now weeks and months, which viii be one
of the wonders of engineering skill, and one
Of the great triHmphs of art Bat the sub
ject In which we are the most directly IN
terested IN, In this State, Is only second III
importance to this, as great National
highway; and Is a measure OF first impor-
tanee to the citizens, stockholders and bond
holders on the line of the railway from
New Orleans to jackson, Tenn The bene
its to the entire country, both Norths ana
South viii be IL this, as IN tue Pacific hau-
road, incaleulaby great, hence shoald eom-
mand the corporations Of ali sections, and
especially inspire the energies of all parties
interested. We mean the great projected
Air Line Route from New Orleans to Gin
cRnat by Paducah, connecting with rail-
ways running direct to st Louis, Chicago
and all points in the Northwest The dis
tance from New Orleans to Padueah Is $40
miles, all of which Is IN operation, except 80
miles and that Is now under contract, and
Will be completed in comparatively short
time. The ez tension of this road to Vim
cennes, Ind, viii make it the longest the
straightest and the most perfectly located
road In America. Commencing in the SUI
gar regions passing through various lati-
tudes and a country of diversified products,
and terminating in the richest grain country
in the world Forming In its course con-
nections with other railroads and extending
over a vast area of country, aud spreading
its influence IN every direction. Indeed It
must become the funnel through which the
great travel and trade of the South and the
mighty West must passi
From Paducah to OdiH, a railroad will
soon be built, thus giving as direct railway
also projected from Louisville via Eiza-
BEETHOVEN to Paducah. These completed, it
Is obvious that we have not assumed too
much for this grand enterprise. Gentlemen
representing the western interest visited our
city during the past week, to confer with
the President and Board of Directors of tha
Mississippi Central Railroad, and iadginZ
from the harmony that characteristics them.
we may soon look for happy results, especi-
ally when we consider, that the officers of
the Mississippi Central Railroad Company
are ever vigilanti in seeking tse promotion of
the interest, they represent Besides, the
President has recently visited the west for
the purpose of investigating such facts as
pertain to the interest of the company he
represents and Is fully pursuaded chat rail-
way consultations, and extensions viii be
made that viii greatly benefit our ; tate,
and especially the interest of the Stockhold-
er's Of the Missippi Central Railroad Com
pany- Water V1Lkey Courier