Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1868-12-04

people, aud they, hv tremendous vote,
ratified what WE had done. Last year
Sl5O,O0O Of that money was paid by our
Treasurer TO the Louisville and Nashvil.
Railroad Company. This year the railroad
company said they did not desire the tax
10 be paid, and our finance committees
thought 1t well ia omit, owing to the in
creased tax from other sources We hope
that ONr iust,lments will hereafter be punc-
tualy paid, and not through false notions
OF economy be- withheld, because our con
tract with the Louisville aud Nashville rail-
road c0mpels them 50 soon as the money il
paid to push onward the extension of their
Cumberland Gap railroad without inter-
ruption. With the EIislbethtowu aud Pa
ducah rolroad, and the Cumberland Gap,
with lis branches, the Knoxville, Norris
town and BiStol railroad, win not, indeed
our Louisville and Nashville railroad be the
grandeSt and one Of the richest railroad
companies ia the United StateSf viii not
thar, together with the Louisville aud Gin
CT niti railroad, and the contemplated
louisville aud Vincennes railroad, make
Louisville the grandest railroad ceutre OF
che SouthwestY
We should by all means urge a railroad
from Louisville u Vinceuues, Indiana. By
finishing our Southern rontos, and that con-
templsted'road, we will be in direct eommu
nicstion with St.Louis and the great Pacific
railroad 10 San Francisco, California Then
the grand through route from the Atlantic
30 the Psc &c will be ours, rs IL is AID must
be the shortest Que between the oceans
With ali those chains completed, the grand
roads and through route in the United
States will be- from n rfolk TO Lynctburg,
from Lyuchnnrg tn Bristol, from Bristol to
Cumberland Gap, from Cumberland Gap to
Louisville, from Louisvlle To Vincpnnes,
from Vlucenues 10 81. Lonis, from st. Louis
to Wysrdotte, and { ON Wyaud"t'e onward
10 San Francisco CsiltOrn a. viii not that
be the Travelled route when IL will be the
shortest and most direct Do not the laws
o. commerce prove that beyond dispute 2
when We behold such an immense and in
calcultble advantage lying in the lap Of
our city-yes, at its very gates, does it not
become our indispensable duty to lend what
ever assistance that will be needed to Sc
cure the accomplishment of so desirable
an ohjyctS Can We neglect duty SO APP
parent aud So imperOtive We believe
not, and therefore in conclusion will offer
the following resolutions and insist TINT
both Boards of the General Council will
adopt them without dissenting voice
X, solved, First That it is the sense of
the Board Of Aldermen and Common
Council OF the city of Louisville, that the
Knoxville aud Bristol branches OF the
Louisville and Nashville railroad should be
t,stered by said city and be pushed onward
to speedy completion.
Resolved, Secondly. That we recommend
To the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company, through their President and
Directors to make their extension TO our
State line a. speedily as possible; and il
they are in need OF more means we will
cheertully ylcdge the credit of our CRY to
assist them in finishing the connecting
chains.
Resolved, Thirdly. That we indorse all
movements looking toward the connection
Of Louisville with the seaboard by the CON
templated road with Bristol to Norfolk,
thereby more closely binding old Virginia
to her daughter Kentucky.