Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-25
The MISSISSIPPI n1vEn KA,Luo,p.

1t is with deep regret we ekroniele the
fact that the County Commissioners Of
Dyer county adjourned On Monday last
without any decisive result Is to the sp-
preparation ssked fGE ~ the Mississippi
River Railroad Company. 0ne OF the
Commissioners, (CHITwooD), sbsented
himself, and those in attendance refused
&c take the responsibility Of voting the
appropriation. The people Of Friend
ship and Eswbern, contrary to iBfOFms-
ton published in the Appeal on Monday
morning last, We now lesrD reliably,
joined hands with the people Of Browns
vile, and petitioning for an spsropris-
ton for a branch road between NeWbern
and Brownsville, succeeded in defeating
the objects OF the friends Of the River
road. Perhaps the people OF Friendship
and Newbern know what is best for
their own interests. If It is well to aid
in building up Brownsville at the ex-
pence CT their county town, they have
taken 3 step in the right direction. Ifit
is to their interest 70 avail themselves
of the market OF Brownsville instead o!
that OF Memphis, then they are CA the
right track. II it is a just, wise and ban
Efficient policy to minister to the pSejudi-
ces and local jsalousies of their
people-whO should bs & unit 10
sn enterprise that IL to bs of bsneh;
to the whole eOuntry-lhsn the citiz3n
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congratulated upoa their, so far, success.
II it is right that one Of the richest couu.
ties ia West Tsnnessee Is to be made
permanently Tributary 70 an inland
town, whose advantages for trsds are no
greater than those 10 be enjoyed By the
town of DyersbnFg when t. River road
is built, thea the Newborn and Friend
ship psOpls are to Be felicitsted that they
have thrown themselves into the arms Of
the live, energetic and gO-shead Bcowns-
Williams. II it is wise to help your
nelghbors and igBore your kin-folk, to
give TO Haywood ayesriy stipend in
profits that might BE- retained in Dyer
ID help Tighten the burdens of taxa
ton, then the Friendship aud Nswbsrn
people hsve solved q dilhe7lt problem,
shown their wisdom and are to be col
graduated. II, to prevent the Dyersburg
people from reaping pFofis certain to
accrue TO them from the construction OF
the Mississippi River Railroad, it is wise
to sacrifice the Interests Of Dyer c0uoty
to people who are characterized by a
very laadable love Of Brownsville and
Haywood county, 70 the exclusion Of all
others, then the FrieDdship and New
bern people have done a noble work and
one that, were it not fer the efforts OF
their fellow-citizs1s, who dlff5r with
them, would succeed most admirably.
But, although thus defeated before the
Commissioners, the business men Of
Dyersbarg and the enterprising citizens
OF Dyer county, who do not believe 10
permitting local p%rejudicss to inter-
fere with q great work that no
matter whore it goes will bene-
ft every resident Of that county,
have determined that the railroad
shall be built TO Dyersburg il by their
private subscriptions alone. They are
not willing 90 lose an opportunity Of de-
veloping the resources of their county,
and therefore have resolved TO make
up from their private purses what the
County Commissioners, overcome by
their fears, have go ungenerously refused.
i is proposed 70 raise $50 600 at once
in this way, payable in yearly install
ments Of $50. GOO per snDum. The Dyers-
burg Gazette is ssnguine Of the success Of
the plan, and in a well considered article,
in the lsst number, urges it upon its
readers with all the energy that usually
characterizss the editor of that journal.
We hope the friends Of the railroad
viii st once initiate the work Of procus-