Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-08-17

distance of 42t miles; by air line
80 miles. =
Much might be said about the
productive resources Of people a
long the whole route; but it il
deemed unnecessary, as nearly al
the people interested are aware
of the extreme richness and fer
tility of the soil. The heavy
growth of the timber, the energy
and industry of the inhabitants
Let it suffice to say that every
mile of the route, with the excep
ton of perhaps four or five miles
of cedar glades, and Elk Ridge, i.
of the best soil in Tennessee. The
farms are well opened, more thar
half being in cultivation, or in
bluegrass, with occasional cedar
points in Maury and Marshall
from which can be obtained al
the cross-ties needed for the road
Probably there is no county in the
State that can furnish better
quality of cedar timber than Mar
shall county. The Geological fea
lures along the route develop only
the rocks of the Bower Nashville
and Upper Trenton groups
which any one familiar with the
science knows is the foundation
of our best soils in Middle Tennes-
see. s1
An air line from Columbia De.
pot to Fayetteville court house
would leave Lewisburg at l6 miles,
. miles 10 the left !; at the 18th
mile, leave Cornersville 8 miles to
the right; passing McGahey's and
G. w. c. Neips stores, leaving at
the 18th mile Petersburg 81 miles
to tie left, arriving at court house,
Fayetteville, Lincoln county, at
SO miles.
Air line from Columbia to Lewisburg 16 IN
Lewisburg to Petersburg IL 3Im
s. Petersburg to Fayetteville IL I'm
Making gain of I mile upon
the air line between Columbia and
Fayetteville. The greatest point
of departure is where the route
approaches near Parks store, be-
ing 81 miles from the air line.
Length of road bed. ......... .43L miles
side tracks.
Total length. ................ As e"
The estimated cost of road, and
two train station houses, &c, at
$4,000 per mile, is $360,0Q0.00,
while the Tennessee & Alabama
r. R., from Nashville to Columbia,
distance of As $40 miles, cost
(Co's. Report, 1860 81, l,430,256.-
81. As will be seen by the table
of receipts and expenditures ac-
companying the report, the nett
earnings of the Tennessee & Ala
bama r. r, Co.. from the time
they arrived at Franklin, Is miles
from Nashville, more than paid
the interest on the money expend-
ed in building the road. Now,
this being the case, it is not a
hard matter 10 find parties to take
the subscription and pay you six
per cent. interest, and make from
ten to twenty per cent. for them
selves. Yet we would advise you
take the proposition that is offered
you, which is this: Responsible
parties in Nashville agree to build
the road from Columbia to Fay
etteville Uia Lewisburg, for $780,
600, and retain possession of the
road for five years, paying to the
original subscribers 6 per cent. on
their stock annually, first and
second years, and semi-annually
after the second year, and at the
end of five years turn over the
road and all of its equipment, in
good repair to the original SUBJ
scribers.
Now there are several reasons
why such a proposition should
be accepted; first, they are thor
oughly practical, and will system
atize all connected with the road,
and perfect any combinations with
other roads and projected roads,
and possibly do more for the coun-
try through which it passes than
persons wholly unacquainted with
railroad building, running or pro-
jecting new routes. They also ed
ucate properly the persons who are
to finally take charge of the road.
As the probability of the road
paying the parties taking hold of
this enterprise, we need but re-
fer to the remarkable growth of
trade, and increase in the value
of property, manufactures, &c,
between the years of 1850 to 1860,
to show what would be the case,
were this rich country opened up
by railroad. We will here In
troduce one item, manufactures
1850. 1860.
Lincoln $l11,174 Sl73, ,374
Marshall 74,549 Il5,S6O
Maury. 69,982 535,57I