New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-11
4 NEV SOUTHERN TRUNK LINE.

URGENT NEED OF THE PROPOSED LINE-ITS
POPULARITY IN KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE
MIR. BRECKENRIDGE'S SPEECH IN ITS Pa
yOR-nIs ARGUMENT AND SUGGESTIONS
PROBABILITY OF AN EARLY COMPLETION OF
THE WORK.
FRANKFoRT. KY, Jan. 2S.-The business COM
muny OF NewYork cannot fail to take deep interest
in the proposed new trunk" line from Cincinnati 10
Chattanooga will shortly create for them largo
additional market. The growth OF the country is the
wealth Of the Metropolis The Trustees OF the Cincinnati
oan under the Ohio act have brought before the Legs
ature of Kentucky bill comforting tho necessary rights
and franchises, enabling counties and municlpal-
ties TO give or loan their credit I'm aid
Of the enterprise. and imposing restrictions
on the management OF the road for the protection oi
Kentucky interests 1t should be understood that this
railway undertaking had It's origin in the deepyelt no
CeSSy for its construction IN those parts OF the STATES VI
Kentucky Tennessee through which 1t Is TO pass
Almost every county the line had its agents
before the Ohio Legislature and at the public meetings IN
Cincinnati, fairly begging for the road and making
liberal promises OF local aid. Several counties voted
loans of in advance. Ohio took the required ao
ton on pledge of the cooperation Of Kentucky.
As matter of course however, there are rival inter
ess railway and municipal with their centcrS at NASH
Vile and Louisville, who jealous OF so grand an inter-
nal Improvement these having failed to obtain con-
troll Of the enterprise aborng TO obstruct H. 70
that 1t will NOS get its "enabns act" without serious
opposition. In view OF this, the Joint Committee Oh
Railroads 10 the bill referred, decided to near
publicly Mr. j. C. Breckenridge in its advocacy ana u
large gathering OF citizens from oil parts oil the etae
testified to the keenness Of the popular interest
Seven comments have been made upon the action OF
the Trustees in employing Mr. Breckenridge as their at0r-
ney but his speech before the Committee s good 10
tense on their behalf. and cannot fail OF wholesome
effect Oh some Of unreconstructed chlyalry lie
speaker manfnlly announced his intention OF being
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try and not an incubus drone without reference TO
any part had previously taken IN public affairs and
from that stand lie protested against permitting State
pride or ealousy Of outside interests, to interfere with
wise and liberal legislation. lIr Brecnrdge proposed
as an amendment to the bill, that the mortgage TO be
given by road should not include It's rolling stock
leaving that liable 20 other claims. He argued that
tie counties and municipalities should DO allowed to loan
their money and credit to an enterprise which
would surely Increase their tax-paying power and
the resources Of the State ut large. lie explained
that as the Constitution of the State OF Ohio
forbade any county or municipality becoming
Il partner IN or loaning tts credit to any sucn
sLould authorize Cincinnati 10 the enterprises as
rLole in order loan the sO0O00OO but that having
done this, through It's Trustees the Company pracuCa
so constituted was compelled by law 10 lease the road
and this mi gt be TO KenIuckians or any othet
that whoever leases the ROAD wiz become common VAT
rier subject others TO the laws OF Kentucky mat
proper safeguards shOud be established against uLuuo
discrimination favor OF through freight ana passen
gers against the interests OF other roads, htelhec
connecting competing; that the Introduction ana e1
pcudture OF over Of foreign Capita into Ken
lucky cOuld not DC narrowed TO controversy between
Louisville and CINCINNATI that the region 10 be trayefsed
was now untouched and poor utterly destitute OF rail
way facilities, and that the road would bring
in n udc OF WOrkiagmen TO develop IL
that owing the sensees Jealousy which had lea pre-
vious railway enterprises to cut each others throas
Kentucky had granted railway charters and 3Wlt
fewer miles than any other state OF her si2t ara
II was time 70 better Mr, BrecklDrldges argument
ills columns OF small type IN our local papers ald
regarded unauswerabe. There u niue d0uD OF inc
passage the bill at carly day. Que nearly similar TO
II is D fore tie Legislature Of Tennessee aud this great
work. which will commercially, add an entire new state
tho wealth of the Union viii doubtless spcedly De
accomplished.