Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-04


this measure, appropriated SS5 600 to the
improvement af the Tennessee, to be sx
pended under .he direction OF Byt. Msj.
Gea. Wei zsi, Msj. u. S. Engineers. This
was directed by him TO be applied to the
removal of the distractions in the upper
river, known Sc r rs Bar, the Tnmbiing
5h9sla, Suck, Boiling Pot, Guntsi's Bar
etc, aad ? 0aabeF Of ninCf ObsiruGti0ns
between 1re2ce, Ala, and P&duesh
hy.i oazN : toe navigation 81 the rive
practically unoastraetsd at ordinary
slsge8 except at Museis Shoals.
s. 4mmeala-e action or The part OF tat
Peogse is Dgw required, in order that
fhers as 10 10 sgtion ia the work nosi
g3iEg en- flou lha faisure by Congress q
provide tt1s means 20 begin at once ths
rspair and cona pislicn Of the canal pro-
}scJs1 add partially built around the
:. . usels 5d0ais IA 1885; IS such failnr;
WOai0 esli. not snly in seriously retard-
ing tho Development Of the resources OF
tne8s 5tStea, biit the work already in
progress nader previous appropriations
VIZ b. q irlle value unless the two Sec
tiolz 2t lie river, embracing 257 miles
os DE i98ti1n below the Shoals and 36S
I0iiag ab0ve them to Knoxville, with
high water navigation IN addition, upon
lis tributaries, OF not less than 1000 miles,
cesss TO DO divided by an impossible
barrier ST sIuscIe Shoals. According to
| Lhe eenzus Of 1869 there we're expended
upon the canal st Muscle Shpals, in 1888,
! 81 400 600, bus this was Insufficient to
! build 8 canal completely around the
/ Shoals, and there being impossible OBJ
staeles below the esn2l as constructed, il
was EeF gseG, and no Fsturn has been
or can lie received from the money ex
I pended apOn it, until the entire work has
/ Oeen CON pieted. The czusa Of the fail
uFe CT the people to urge the matter upon
( Congress at the time that the work was
/ suspended, was, the belief that the Ine
Of railroad eastward from Memphis, viA
! Chattanooga to LynchbUTg, then pro-
/ jected, would supply the necessities of
/ tie country but since the completion
/ OF that line, and especially since the par
| tlal development of the mineral re-
sources CT the country, experience hss de-
I IeOBsirated to them, as IL has to al 9TH
ers in Ike circumstances, that no devel-
cps ment Of either mining, manufactur-
! ing, or even OF agricultural interests, can
I be attained unui cheap and constant
water tTaUspCrta.iS ion for their products
can be had.
1.-THE report OF the sS-vey authorized /
by the 80 h Congress sLOw ws the practica- (
bility OF constructing 6 canal completely /
around the Muscle S5rosls, and that the I
portion previously uilt is lB good repair, /
and can bs utilized IN the present enter (
piise, while the cost viii be but N AL in /
comparison with the benefits 10 be de- |
rived from the development OF COM !
nerce, agriculture, mining ami manufac- (
lures consequent thereupOn. The in 4
creased revenue from the augmented pro. /
dUcaiye ca spacity OF this valley will, ia 1
few years repay to the Government, with |
interest, the appropriations now de- I
manded for ths Improvement OF the .
river.
"A At the Convention OF delegates { f the /
people Of tie Tennessee Valley, hereto /
fore mentioned, representing the States /
Of Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, X en- 4
lucky, Mississippi and North CaFoIins, /
We, W. 2. Rathburn, L. Divine, T. Z. /
STANLEY, J. w. James, 2. D. Sims, +. K. 1
Byrd and TomlinsOR Fort, were ap- /
pointed an Executive Com mmittee to rep /
resent the people of these States in this .
behalf, with full discretionary power to 1
take any action which, in our judgment, (
might best tend 20 promote the improve (
ment Of the Tennessee river.
ain the exercise Of this discretionary I
power, we have thought that conven- (
ton OF delegates fsom the States drained /
by the Tennessee river, as well IS from
these whose commercial relations are
likely 20 be fsv5Eably affected by the
proposed improvements, which eOnvsn-
tiCu should sst forth the great b5leh Is to T
accrus 10 the ghele country from such 4
measure, snd me imperative necessity Of (
the 3Gopti0n OF such = cJurse by Congress,
to aas5ia tEe-e StStes to Te5Gpecats from
the desolati0n Of war, would have great
weight yTith Congress.
{" And we would, therefore, respectfully
request your Exeelleney, in CONCERT with
the Governors Of Aisbsms GsoFeis,
Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Viz
giuis, NsTth CsFoliaa,- South Carolina,
and other States, to issus "a call, reolting
tafs communication, for q convention Of
delegates from these States, to Oe held at
Chattanooga, Tenn, O1 Wednesday, the
2z.h day oi February, 1869, for the sole
purpose Of urging upon Congress the ne
cssa,tv Of Masking such appropriations
fr3u tine to time as the estimate of the
UGised States Engineer in charge Of the
work May call for, until the Muscle
Shoals are nc longer an obstacle 70 the
commerce Of the country.
g And We would further respectfully
reeammen that the cities, counties, and
business associates Of the country, be in
vitsd TO ssrd TO this Convention two del
egates each.
W. F. Ra'he5spiS GRsiTlnap + r r 612l1sy Stanley
r. x. Byrd ToElHhson Fort,
Executive Committee Tennessee River In
DrOyement."
Now, therefore, I, VIM. g. Brownlow,
Governor OF the State OF Tennessee, to-
gether with the Governors OF other
States, uniting in this call, and whose
signatures are subscribed hereto, do
hereby give notes, that at the city of
C1attsnooga, on the oath day Of Februa-
ry, a. D 1869, Convention will be held
for the purposes alone which are ex-
pressed ia the foregoing communication
We, the Governors Aforesaid, most
earnestly recommend that the cities, viii
lRges and counties Of the Tennessee Val
ley, and the country adjacent thereto,
The Boards OF Trade and other business
associations throughout the country, be
represented in the Convention. The
Importance Of providing free transporta-
ton by water for the vast products OF
the country drained by the Tennessee
Il. yer cannot be overestimsted
To the people of In, whole South and
West, TO the entire country, the meas
ure is Of the greatest importapde, and as
a commercial matter an imperative ne ,
GC5-lt(- n EOA4lottsLAOl VI 1CRlSSCuA6-
tive men cannot fail to advance it.
RUFUS z. BULLOCK.
sASEL MERRILL,
GOV rnor o. Iowa.
TH<S. c. FLET TJEEe,
Gogenrr OF Missouri.
". q BEOWNLCW,
Governor of Tennessee.
WM. II SMITH,
Governor Of Alabama.
JOHN ". STEVENSON
5oVernor OF Kentucky. I
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