Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-12
UNION IS STRENGTH.
Shall We Not Rival St. Louis, Louisville
and Cincinnati by a UaioH Rail-
road Depot.


There is much said upon the streets
about a Union Depot, and many ask why
the city government and railroad cOmpa-
MES do not act at once. Everybody in
sists on q Capitalization Of the railroads,
and for want of IL, countless thousands of
passengers n wealth are diverted from
Memphis, over lateral roads running
North and South. When viii our city
fathers settle his question: Shall the
central depot be inthe n~avy-yArd, or must
the area OF the Memphis and Charleston
roads ground be widened that all the
roads may converge there in the heart
of the city,
We are told that the Mayor and CITY
/ Councils contemplate the connection of
all the railway lines within the Navy
Yard. The Memphis and Charleston
Company will reach the river below the
GaYoso, and use trackways made for 1t
and the Mississippi and Tennessee road
along the river to h Navy Yard. There
may be a common passenger depot at the
foot of Beale street, and freights for and
from the i've will be deposited in the
Navy Yard. Such are plans proposed
to be executed by the city gov
however, till labor is cheaper late in the
summer Then there will be a small sur
plus in the city treasury, and it NAV
then happen that tor the first time in
many years the city will pay as it goes.
1t is somewhat singular, however, so
many people say, that these connections
are not made and paid for wholly
by these railroad companies. It Is
enough, people will talk, for the city to
submit 10 the destruction of prSssTty
values along streets occupied by these ex-
tended trackways. Shareholders IN these
railroads are the great beneficiaries Of
this consolidation of lines. Cincinnati
does not suffer Northern and Southern
lines to connect in that city; and Louis
vile compels roads meeting there to
break bulk. There is an abso-
lutte interdict, in that city, upon
through traffic and travel. We deem
this wrongful as it is unwise. Louisville,
for this very reason, viii soon be encir-
cied by railways projected because of this
selfish policy. Kentucky and Louisville
will struggle in vain to restrict the traf-
hc and travel Of the whole country that
a city may levy upon b whole
country wrongful exactions. But
Louisville need hardly do all that
Memphis proposes to achieve. Not only
are we free traders, but absolutely i'm
pose upon ourselves a heavy burden of
expenditure to achieve the very results
which Louisville expends money to pre-
vent. Is not Memphis Hberality in this
matterof an exaggerated character? Is it
true that Memphis proposes to do this
work for these railway c~Ompanies2
PLANTERS INSURANCE Colt will be
seen by a notice in another column that
this Company has declared a dividend of
i've per cent upon its capital stock.
We are also informed that this Conn
pany has purchased a lot on Madison
street, and VIII erect a fne building for
an office.
These are the most substantial proofs of
the prosperity of the Company, which is
one of the best in the city.
ATTENTION. Sons OF TEMPERANCE
All officers and members Of the Y. N.
Division, No. 6, Sons of Temperance. and
all Sons of Temperance in good standing,
are earnestly requested to be in attend J
ance at their Hall, No. 81 South Court I
street, Friday evening, 18th inst, at 8
o'clock, promptly.
s. ]. WARD, W. P.
W. j. ELLIOTT, r. s..
THE great mnan sale at B. LOwen-
stein q Bros. will come off next Friday.
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