Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-04-13
From the Shelbyville, Commercial,
New Railroad.

&NOW 1toI11 O0Os
There is a charter for a rail-
road from Murfreesboro,, via
Shelbyyille and Fayetteville, to-
wards Huntsville, Ala. Asyet,
no movement has been made 10
get up funds sufficient to have
this route surveyed, and to have
a report from competent en-
gineer as to the probable cost of
constructing and equipping it.
The object had in view when
the charter. was obtained, by the
movers in this important ina
provement, was to connect with
another road then talked of
from Murfreesb0ro, via Leba-
non, to connect with the Louis
vile road at GalIatin, Tenn
That project seems for the pres
ent TO have failed or been aban-
doned. While this is so, there
appears at this time to be a
much better route opening to
Us, in the construction of a road
from Lebanon to Cincinnati.
The counties of Trousdale ana
Macon are in a short time to
vote upon a proposition wheth-
er these counties viii subscribe
S250,000 each towards the build
ing of this most important out
let for Middle Tennessee, and
especially those counties which
have railroads that can connect
with it. 1t is understood and
believed that both of the coun-
ties referred to will vote almost
solid for the county subscrip-
ton; and if this is done, it is
positively stated by the know
ing ones that there will be a
railroad connection from Leb-
anon to Cincinnati within the
next three years. The advan-
tages arising from this new
route North are apparent and
palpable. 1t shortens the route
TO New Y York many miles; opens
up a splendid country and lets
them out of the woods; it re-
lieves the people Of Middle
Tennessee and South of US from
a constant and unrelenting trib-
ute tothat soulless monopoly, the
Louisville and Nashville Rail-
road Company. If this road is
built from Cincinnati to Leba-
non, what should we who live
South OF Lebanon do? The an
swer is easily given: Go to soork
and continue the road to Httnts0ilIe.
Wilson, Rutherford, Bedford
and Lincoln counties are under
stood to be four of the very
best counties in the State
The entire route from Lebanon
through these counties to North
Alabama is certainly feasible,
and could be built at as little
cost as any ITO miles Of railroad
in the South. Then, almost ev-
cry foot of land over which this
road would pass, and for miles
on either side is remarkably
fertile in every product that
make trade and freight for a
railroad. If this road is con-
tinued into North Alabama it
viii then form other connections
South and West that must ulti-
mately make this road an inn
portant link and one of the
great thoroughfaresto the North
and South. The people South
AMI West of this place have q
very large interest in having q
railroad connection somewhere,
and are alive on this subject,
This project will do much to
relieve our wants for the pres
emf, and will insure rs a road
thatwill do an amount of busi-
ness in freight and travel that
will pay the cost of operating
the road, and a good dividend il
the end TO the stockholders
Let us look to this matter care.
fully, and see if we ought to ler
this golden opportunity pass
without some effort to get ou
Of the brush. 81 1895.
CONTINUOUS RAIL.
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