Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-10-14
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sATURDAY.......-.OCT. IA, 1871.

III ubnHiiiity WIN WbtCii ts'S
proposition, that the Corporation sub
scribe $4,000 TO the Princeton Road,
was carried, argues determination
10 build 1t, which is very gratifying
10 all The friends Of that important
enterprise. And sine the public and
private subscription of Clarkvllle Is
sufficient to set the ball actively In
motion, we are satisfied an amount OF
public spirit Will be awakened, along
the line of the road, to keep 1t roll
ing to the point Of complete success.
The more the people think of it, the
more will they become satisfied of
the present, and prospective value Of
an improvement that will open up
sources Of material wealth, hitherto
lying dormant, and develope the
productive capacity of the section
through which it will be built.
But, however important In itself,
rs commercial channel, we cannot
but think 1t has higher value, as
tending to secure the construction of
the GAINESVILLE and Waynesboro road,
which is Of even greater Importance
to the trade of this place, than the
road to Princeton. The Waynesboro
end will penetrate region of coun-
try, as yet undeveloped, and abound
ing In mineral and agricultural
wealth, lost to this market, for want
OF the means Of Transportation. The
trade of that section, is alre ~ OF
great value, and whilst we have re-
manned ignorant Of, or indifferent to,
It's Importance, Louisville, Evans
Vile, Cincinnati, Paducah and st.
Louis, have learned its value and
each has n line Of packets engaged
In transporting and appropriating to
themselves, a trade that GAINESVILLE
might monopolize, to great extent,
by furnishing railroad transportation.
We are reliably informed, that the
great mass OF the products OF that
region, consisting in part, of iron,
hundreds of thousands bushels of pea.
nuts, pork and lard, beef and hides
and grains, are hauled, over bad roads
in many cases, distance of thirty
miles to landings, on the Tennessee,
or In the opposite direction to Nash
vile. If this be SO, railroad run.
ming, somewhat centrally, through
this now inaccessible section, will
control its trade-a trade that will
increase as the country is brought
into notice, production Is stimulated
and immigration swells its popula
ton. BY timely and successful eff
forts to build this road, GAINESVILLE
can secure the preference, as the mar
ket for the whole scope of country
which 1t may penetrate. And If
when its products reach here, there
is not enough of capital, energy and
public spirit to make them available
to the commercial prosperity of the
city, there are, the Princeton, the
Louisville, and the Henderson rail
roads, along which they can fine
their way TO various points on the
Ohio river, more quickly and directly
than by any packet lines now en-
gagged in that trade. The supply o
iron, in that vast mineral region, car
be doubled and trebled, by the facili
ties for getting stone coal, along thi,
contemplated route, and the agricul
nj productions will I've more thai
doubled by the facility for getting
them to market, and the tan bark
there so abundant, viii, fitself, con
stitute an important item in the lis
of marketable commodities. w,
throw out these loose suggestions, fo
public consideration, leaving the de
tails to be furnished blythe practica
good sense of the reader.