The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-04-03
For tho Lincoln Counts News.l

For the Lincoln County News.l
CYRUsToN, LINCOLN Co. Mar. 10, SO.
MEssRs. EDITORS We addressed you
few weeks since. on the subject of rail-
road from Fayetteville to Prospect, via
Bethany and Elkton. Since then we no.
tice the Pulaski CIrIzEN-the ably and
well conducted organ of Giles county, in
an enthusiastic article has called the atten-
ton of the people of that courty to the pro-
priety Of building the road.
The CITIZEN is desirousof having road
from come point in Lincoln to Pulaski, but
in view Of the superior advantages. shat
road from Fayetteville to Prospect would
offer to the people of Giles. it yields all
preference to any other road, and proposes
to advocate its erection. All success to
the CITIZEN in declining to pander to a
false "ci:y PRIDE" against the interests of
the people
Now If the above mentioned road would
benefit Giles county, would it not in a
much greater degree prove beneficial to
Lincoln 1t is obvious.
But there is a class of be-easy rock along
kind of men among US, who disclaim against
any railroad enterprise whatever and are
ready to say to every proposition of the
kind, "get behind me Satan, railroads don't
pay, who ever received a dividend from
one ?"
Let US see il railroad would not pay
Lincoln. Last year this county lost fifty
thousand dollars on the wheat crop, by
not having a railroad. There are at least
a hundred thousand bushels of surplus
corn in the county worth eighty five thous-
and dollars in Nashville This corn will
not lie shipped. The farmer appalled, at
the expenses declines shipping. Think OF
tit would require tWenty.6v thousand
dollars to place this corn on a railroad
There is loss on the cotton crop, that
reaches an enormous figure. Then there
is to be costly freight aid by our merchants
on groceries, etc., etc, from the railroad
depots. Without going into detail it is
safe to say, that if the people of Lincoln
had been accessible to railroad for the
preceding six months, they would be
Weather by two hundred thousand dol
lars. Now il they were taxed two hun
dred thousand dollars this year to build a
railroad they would rebel and yet, it has
cost them every dollar of that amount
to do without. one.
The surplus products of the orchard,
garden and dairy would pay our State and
county taxes. if they could be placed up
on the market. Can anybody say rail-
road through the entire county would not
pay, when he paus, a moment to conside T
that il would save thousands annually paid
for freight. that it would develop the ener-
gy and enterprise of the people, and open
new sources of wealth by placing them
IN direct communication with all the mar
kets Of the country and that it would en-
nance the value of real eetate and invite
capitalists from abroad to invest their means
here
A box of early peaches or bushel OI
strawberries or roasting ears, could be
shipped to Chicago in sixty hours, and
piaGGQ upon the llalht floulu III duNdHCt
Of the season there, aud for that reason
would command a fabulous price. W.
have no mine or mint, aud all our money
must come from abroad. Eyery dollar in
Lincoln county has travelled hundreds o
miles to reach us We have the materia
that will command money, and if ohaunelr
were opened 10 US from the eat CONNER
cial marls ofthe country a current of wealth
would flow 10 US.
These are important aud suggestive facts
but while we are considering Item in ref
ferencs to The proposed railroad, We leav
outof view the question Of machinery. s.
entirely connected with the SUBJ ect--s
momeniously important TO US That III
subject Of machinery is as important 10 u
as that Of railroads no man Of = flecIiOn WI