Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-05
Upton COUNTY.
subscription eff 100000 20 the
mississippi River Railroad.
Unanimity and Enthusiasm Of
the People,
cOv1NorOs. TrrIOS Cousrr, TgsE., !

CoyINeToE. TIPIoN COUNTY. Tenn,
February }, 1873.
Editors Memphis Appeal;
This has become q dsy ever to be re
membered in the history Of TiptoI
county. Our County Court, by 8 vote o
fourteen to two, has Just ordered
couutv subscription OF $500 600 to the
capital stock of the Mississippi River
Railroad. Thus does this noble county
range herself by the side OF Shelby IL
support Of the greatest railroad enter
prise OF the Mississippi Valley
The Mississippi River Railroad Com
psny was reNr9sniZad in Upton county
in August, 1855, and at successive inter
walls during the past two years, Mr.
Mitchell, the President Of the Mississippi
River Road, has presented the claims OF
his enterprise to the people of Upton,
and earnestly advocated the extension
Of county aid. Twice or thrice hereto
fore he has been on the verge OF success
bat "hsrd times" "shOrt crops"
&" heavy taxes" have interviewed &C
battle him. Perhaps no county in the
State was ever more thoroughly caB-
ysssed in behalf OF q public work than
ours has bsen during the past two years
by Mr.. Mitchell. But many OF your
Memphis citizens seem TO have been
quite ignorant until quite recently that
Mr.. NJ. or his Company had any official
existence.
Towards the close Of the past yesr, It
became apparent thsta wonderful chs 1ge
had taken place in public sentiment in
the county. Many vino had opposed the
Mississippi River Road became It's wsrm
est advocates. The magistrates, who
had stesdily refused to vote q county
tax, were the last to be converted. They
were at last compelled TO change their
policy, and support the road, through
the pressure brought to bear on them by
their constituents. Two, at least, Of those
Justices who had not favored the county
subscription, were instructed by every
taxpayer in their respective districts to
vote for the tax.
1t may be supposed that the action of
the county Of Shelby, In votIng $500, coo
to this road, decided the action OF TIP
ton to-day. This wss not the case, for
the first Monday Of January, the day
subscribed, the court IN Upton
ready to vote the tax, but the sub
ject was put over for special reasons.
Notice was sent out, some time
since, that On to-day the County
Court would meet in special ses-
sion, to consider the subject Of sub
TO the road. A similar notice
heretofore has been the signal for the ss-
semhlsge in town OF o host of earnest
opponents OF the county subscription,
aud magistrates were not willing to en-
the opposition thus exhibited.
To- day it was wholly different. The
was filed with eager friends Of the
-osd. Everybody wanted it, everybody
.alked for it, the court was borne along
1y the irresistible current Of popular
and, almost without debate, en-
cred up the decree OF the people that
he county OF Upton should subscribe
200, 600 Of stock. Thisis exceedingly lib
,ral for Upton county, and is $50 ,0C0
more than the Company ventured 8 year
to ask for.
The order entered in this county is
imilar to that entered in Shelby. The
Inscription here, however, is to be paid
q five years instead Of six, as In Shelby, |
It the rate OF $40, coo a year. But num-
yer Of citizens have already declared
heir purpose to pay their entire proper
ion OF the tax the first year, as the ell
ire tax amounts to less than eighty cents
,er acre on all the land IN the county.
This course, l think, will be extensively
ana will be Of immense benefit
o the road.
If taxpayers in Shelby and Upton win
lenerslly adept this plan, it will save
ems Of thousands Of dollars to the road,
nd secure its construction with unex-
Tapidity. Let them think OF 1t.
The vote for the tax was, as | have
.ated, IA to ,. O1e of the two who
oted "no" resides here il Covi1gton
nd notoriOG5lY misrepresented the feel
igs and wishes and interests Of his dis
let, Two others, known friends Of the
lad, were absent from Court. The vote
lsuId have stood II TO /, and that vote
-ould fairly have illustrated the pOpu-
and strength Of the Mississippi
liver Railroad in this county. IL is a
Of no little pride 10 Upton county
lat this great o was ~reoTganlZed here
Covington, and has been SO success
lily conducted by her own ciLizsns and
,ns, up to this hour Of its grest success.
MIR. Mitchell, President vi the Road,
present, to-day, and made q brief
1eech before the vote wRs taken, snd
'tsrwsrds. he explained his efforts &C
nashville recently In behalf Of his road,
nd also to keep the militia out Of the
This latter subjset was one
intense interest TO his large audience,
nd at the close, a vote OF thanks 10 MIR.
Iitchell, for his valuable service to the
,unty, was moved by Squire Wooten,
the Court, and unanimously adopted
Y the Court and people present.
Mr.. Mitchell goes hence TO L2udeId4le
,unty, where equally certain success
him. He says that within sixty
avs he expects to have s., 500, 900 Of
Ock subscriptions and other resources
herewith { commence his road.
Coving.on is looking up wonderfully.
o-day property changed hands TO the I
of over $4,000, in view Of the |
railroad prosperity. INDEX.