Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-10-23
cLAnxsv1LIr-Irs FUTURE.


Are the citizens of GAINESVILLE and !
Montgomery county going to lie SUI
pine while every competing place is
making heavy exertions to penetrate |
every agricultural nook and valley |
from which the prosperity. of our
town derives any aid.
Louisville, with her Briarens rail-
road branching every few miles, and
like the roots of the giant oak,
spreading far and wide, is drawing to
herself ample and valuable supplies
Of all farm products. Nashville,
tapping in all directions, Is doing the
same. Paducah, Memphis, Evans
Vile, Henderson and other places are
aggregating energy and capital, and
thrusting forth their main trunks and
arms with the same view. We are
nearly cut Off by these efforts from
sundry places which heretofore have
worked and traded with us. In to-
bacco we hold our own, and, perhaps,
have gained. But the thousands of
wagons which formerly came with
produce, no longer take away har-
ness, goods, groceries, etc. At the
various depots and crossroads they
get their supplies. The farmer no
longer lays in supplies by the wagon
load, but buys from hand to mouth
and being compelled to be with his
hands to get work out of them, can
only purchase at the nearest place
which can furnish him; and, hence,
these country stores multiply and
make money. We must be up and
doing, or we are done for. Formerly
it was enough to be market by ma
ture-that is, a convenient place on
some navigable stream-to insure
success in a town. But since rail-
roads compete successfully with riv-
crs, and artificial interior markets
with natural markets, natural adj
vantage is not enough. Capital ag-
gregated, skilled labor, energy, and
enlarged views and action are needed
to insure success, and even to prevent
retrogression. -'
Shall our county lose its home mar.
ket where 1t could sell all its surplus
Of every kind?
County towns are but public CO.
operative bodies, the enhancement OF
the value Of each being the benefit Of
all. Shall the two millions of real
estate of GAINESVILLE, and the ten
millions Of the county, depreciato
and be lost for want of energy and
active eXertion? We must do as
others or they will get far ahead o.
us, and property owners here will bt
the sufferers. Others can remove
but the stagnation in the sale of town
lots and deprecated prices are g
warning to them owning to make al
effort or lose more, much more. AnC
if the town goes downward-it being
market for a large part of the
county-the county property likewise
deprcciates. This is serious matter
aud should be fully pondered. Whar
can he done to effect what is desired.
We suggest, as partial remedies, tn,
construction by aggregated capital
raised by the influt ne or act of tn,
property owners, literally used, o
manufacturing establishments of va
rious kinds, both Of wood and metal
the extension and projection of bette
roads and turnpiltes throughout the
south side of the Cumberland, pene
trating Dickson, Humphreys an,
Stewart counties and, lastly, tn,
construction, by the aid of the pene
trated counties in Kentucky, of
railroad from this place, crossin,
lied River on the present railroa,
bridge,-both companies filling wher
the trestle approaches said bridge
and crossing West Fork above tn,
junction with Little West Forl,
passing out by the farms of Messrs
Manson, Anderson, etc, ETC., enter
ing Kentucky, passing along, say +
Princeton, Kentucky, and beyond
thus tapping a section of countr,
fertile and not now having any rail
road facilities. 1t We're useless to de
tail the advantages or the cheapnes
of construction OF this road, as a.
our people know them fully. South
ern Christian county having bee
taxed for road through the north
orn part of the county, Is entitled I
this penetrating, say between Ga
rettsburg and Lafayette, and whic
would, probably, be largely remune
alive TO all concerned. We ask OF
people to examine this subject, an
no longer TO be supine, but to d
something for their prosperity.
Action, immediate action, Is wha
Is needed. Charters can be now 70
in Kentucky and Tennessee, and n
That is needed is resolution, liberalit
and energy. Who will move?
Then we should become a Who'll,
sale market and supply ali thes
stores built up by the exigency of tn
times, and give our dealers n chanc
omalle some money. ...
REV. r.. A. HOLLAND is going {