Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-29
REASONS IN FAVOR OF THE
LEASE

l. The County Court is the representa-
tive of all the people and not of any par
ticular class.
2. The lease will bring into the County
| Treasury taoelge thousand dollars in cash
| every year.
3. 1t will bring up the $500, 900 of stock
ewnei by the county, which has heretofore
been almost worthless, to nearly par, thus
adding t1oO hundred thousand dollars to the
1Oealth Of the county.
4. II will relieve the over-taIed people of
the county Of one-ffth Of their railroad
taxes.
5. The twelve thousand dollars year
will aid vastly in educating the children Of
the county and thereby lessen the burden
of the school taxes.
6. 1t will insure the immediate compile
tion of the North and South Road, the
shortest line that can be built from Nash
vile to the GQlf-only four hundred and
sixty miles.
z. 1t gives Nashville two competing lines
to Savannah, Augusta, Macon, Columbus,
Atlanta, Montgomery, Selma and all the
important towns in the cotton regions of
Georgia and Alabama. No wonder then
that the Chattanooga Railroad Company is
trying to strangle its rival.
g. By this competition from NazhyiIle
her shippers will have cheaper transporta-
ton than Louisville or Cincinnati can have,
for neither of those cities have more than
one line running south to those points.
8. This new line will be the shortest and
best route from Chicago, Louisville and
Cincinnati to New Orleans and Mobile,
and the immense tide of trade and travel
now passing from NortL TO South over the
Louisville and Memphis road will be re
stored to Nashville, to whom it formerly
and Of right belonged.
TO- It will render harmless if not defeat
the attempt of Cincinnati to build road
to Chattanooga to flank Nashville on the
East, and hence the interest manifested by
the Cincinnati Missionary in the City
Council few days ago.
II. The manufacturing advantages Of
Nashville are unequaled in the South; all
she needs to make her one # the great
manufacturing cities of the continent is q
constant and cheap supply Of iron and
fuel. These she will obtain by the CON-
pletion of this route from the vast coal
fields and iron beds of Alabama, which lie
Immediately upon the line of this road.
49, The history of the growing cities of
the West and South, proves that through
lines of railroads, even where united in
their corporate limits, do not retard their
growth, but greatly increase it. For in
stance: Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Chicago
Clev eland, Atlanta, Augusta and Macon;
and such i'll be the effect on Nashville.
IA. Davidson county and the other stock
holders of the Nashvil e and Decatur Rail
road Company, have laid out of the use of
their money for nearly twenty years. Is
it reasonable to ask of Us that we should
wait another term OF years to receive q
dividend from our stock, when we now
have guaranty Of it from responsible
source!
10. This proposed lease doss not require
Of Davidson county the surrender Of dol
lar of her stock, but assures dividends to
her and other stockholders. The repre-
sentatives of the people of whole county
cannot, for light and trivial circumstances
or from vague hopes of other prcposl tions,
permit the proposed arrangement to fail.
DAVIDSON COUNTY SEoCKHoLDER AND TAX
PAYER