The Hickman courier., 1868-12-12
Present Status OF the Nashville
and Northwestern RaLlr0an.


and northwestern Railroad.
\ meeting of the Boar$A4 Directors
of the Nashville and Northwestern Rail
road was held in Nashville, December
4th, at the Office Of the Commercial In
surance Company, College street, for the
purpose of consultation " Ia egard to
the future management and disposition
After someisepsiou, the following
| committee was 435inted to ascertain the
I present conSAon, financial and other
wise, of the road, as well as to consider
| the propriety Of its sale or lease, should
t be restored to the company
n W. +. Cooper, Il. c. McNairy, Nash
~Ille; Col. JOHN a. Gardner, Dresden J;
Col V. S. Allen, untingdon; Judge A
D. Kingman, HieAan.
While the meeg was in progress,
Sin ai..i..5 y o5sl s~ere Of in.re. ,ae
to the fd. - effect:
Central entered inbuf contract with the he
Nashville and Northwestern Road, look
.sng to the construction of the branch
Aom Huntingdon to Jackson, and to the
effect, that when it was completed, each
of the companies was to use the other
road as if both were consolidated into
one also that the Mississippi Central
was to run through trains, both passen
ger and freight, into Nashville. The
war prevented the cousummation of the
contract. but the leSsees of the Mlssis-
sippi Central Read were now anxious to !
carry it out, as it would give to their |
road fine terminus, besides rebound TO
the prosperity of the Nashville and I
Northwestern Road. He spoke OF the /
condition of the latter road which, it was /
understood, was unable to do anything
unable to pay its accommodating interest /
due the State unable to purchase roll I
ing stock, and is now in the hands of a
State Receiver. He suggested that the
interests Of the two roads be blended by /
the consolidation of the two companies, |
or by the sale Of the Northwestern Rail I
road to the lessees Of the Mississippi 1
Central, the stockholders of the former
to retain their stock at its estimated value .
in the market ThGiessees were also TO (
furnish the money to pay all interest due .
the State and provide Tor the payment oil
all interest which may hereafter become
due. lie also proposes to furnish from .
S75. 600 TO SIOU, coo with which to can
eel the Indebtedness of the company to
the employees and contractors, or to make +
any such other arrangements as might .
be acceptable to these ficers Of the stock
holders Of the company.
Ia the event that the proposed consoli-
datioa was effected, General West said
that the lessecs, whom he represented,
would run trains from Nashville to Pa
ducah, over the Paducah Road, daily
trains from Nashville to New Orleans,
and daily trains into Hickman, Ky. He
suggested that Nashville would be the
great center by the construction of road
from Nashville to Lexington, KY, we
would have tl;e most direct and praeti-
cable route from Cincinnati to New Or
leans. 1t would certainly be much
shorter than by way Of Louisville. Ar
were now in progress to
bridge the Ohio River at Paducah They
are now bridging the Mississippi river at
St. Louis. BY the consolidation of the
Nashville and Northwestern and the
Central Roads. unbroken
'ailroad connection would be secured
rom Nashville to St. Louis, and via the
Union and Pacific road, which would be
completed within year, to San Fran
,isco. a passenger could thence 90 from
Nashville to San Francisco, without a sin
gle transfer. A road was now being con
tructed from indianapolis in the direc- +
ion Of Paducah, and had been compile
ed to Ninceunes, distance of about
% miles from Paducah. 1t would pro-
ably be completed to the latter place
githin two years. He contended that
hould the consolidation be effected, it
7ould be of the greatest possible benefit
0 Nashville.