The Hickman courier., 1868-12-12
Present Status Of the Nashville
md Northwestern Railroad.


of the Nashville and Northwestern Rail
road was held in Nashville, Decembe
4th at the Office of the Commercial Ia
surance Company, College street, for the
I purpose of consultation "a egard tC
the future man9-smeu and NispositioI
of the road.
After some etepsion, the following
! committee was k5inted to ascertain the
present conSz45n, financial and other
wise, of the road, as we'll as to consider
Z the propriety of its sale or lease, should
t be restored tothe company:
n W. i. Cooper, L. c. MeNairy, Nash
-Nlle; Col JOHN y. Gardner, Dresden
! Col Y. s Allen, Huntingdon Judge A
D. Kingman, IlicRan.
While the @ss was in progress,
Sin ais.issi' y ,Tero SPel ii intrp. lp.
to the fde@hg fe effec. 7 lew 's'"a'
Central entered ins1h i contract with the
Nashville and Northwestern Road, look
-.lg 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 others
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 cOnsummation of The
contract, but the leSsees of the Missis
sippi Central Road 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 /
Northwestern Road. He spoke of the
condition Of the latter road which, it was /
understood, was unable to do anything
unable to pay its accumulating interest /
due the State; unable to purchase roll /
ing stock, and is now in the hands Of \
State Receiver He suggested that the /
interests of the two roads be blended by 1
the consolidation of the two companies.
or by the sale Of the Northwestern Rail
road to the lessees Of the Mississippi /
Central, the stock holders of the former
to retain their stock at its estimated value
in the market. ThG1essees were also to
furnish the money to pay all interest due
the State and provide for the payment oi
all interest which may hereafter become
due. He also proposes to furnish from
S75 600 to $4,000 with which to can
eel the Indebtedness of the company to
he employees and contractors, or to make
my such other arrangements as might
be acceptable to theseficers Of the stock
holders of the company.
Ia the event that the proposed consoli-
lation was effected, General West said
hat the lessees, whom he represented.
would run trains from Nashville to Pa
.ucah, over the Paducah Road daily
rains from Nashville to New Orleans.
nd daily trains into Hickman. KY He
uGGested that Nashville would be the
reat center by the construction Of road
rom Nashville to Lexington, Ky, we
-ould have tie most direct and practi-
able route from Cincinnati to New Or
cans. 1t would certainly be much
horter than by way Of Louisville Ar
angements We're now in progress to
ridge the Ohio River at Paducah. They
re now bridging the Mississippi river at
{. Louis. BY the consolidation of the
nashville and Northwestern aud the
lssissippi Central Roads, unbroken
lilroad connection would be secured
ON Nashville to St Louis, aud via the
mon and Pacific road, which would be
'mpleted within year, to San Fran
SEQ. A passenger could thence 90 from
aShviile to San Francisco, without sin
e transfer. A road was now being con
ructed from Indianapolis in the direc-
on Of Paducah, and had been compile
d to Flncennes, distance of about
.o miles from Paducah 1t would pro- =
bly, be completed to the latter place !
thin two years. He contended that
ould the consolidation be effected, it
'uld be of the greatest possible benefit