Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-19

On1O and MlSSlsS1ppl Railroad at Mitchell.
In Indiana; runs thence to ROcSport on
the Ohio river, and after crossing the Ohio
connects with Nashville by way Of the
Owensboro snd Russellville Railroad
which viii be extended to the State line.
and run thence to Springfield, and from
Springfield to Nashville the connection
will be made via the Edgefeld and Ken
tucky Railroad. The financial Arrangements
Of the Rockportand Cincinnati Railroad had
been consummated, and he looked upon
that road as calamity. A preliminary
survey was made last year, bat this yes
terday) very morning two different sur
veying parties had started out, one at each
end Of the road, and by the first of next
March he hoped to have the cars running.
He said it was not necessary to speak at
length of his road, but there was one i'm
portant fact, that he could never have
raised one-haf the money to build his rad
that he had raised but for the fact tl.t it
woald give Cincinnati Nashville connec-
ton Merely local trade would not keep
mp a railroad, it must have a through in
terest and a through trade. Until recently
It had been with Cincinnati something ike
it WAS with Ephesus, whose citizens cried
out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians,
and 50 Cinoinnatians would not look vita
favor upon any other road than the pro-
posed Cincinnati and Chattanooga Rail
road.
The Doctor then said that very recently
the Baltimore and Ohio r R-ilroad and the
New York Central Railroad had become
part owners of the Ohio and Mississippi
Railroad, having invested two millions of
dollars in that road. On the 20th of last
month the new Board of Directors, repre-
senting tie Baltimore and Ohio. the New
York Central and the Ohio and Mississippi
Railroads, held a meeting in Cincinnati,
and that was the first time the officers Of
the Cincinnati and Rockport Railroad had
had An opportunity of laying before them
the importance of q through line to Nash
vile. They Immediately requested him
Or. Sabin) to prepare a statement exhib-
iting the condition of his road and her
connections especially with regard to
the Edgsheid and Kentucky Railroad, with
some account of the general resources Of
the country and all facts of interest in re-
gard to a connection with Nashville. By
this line the distance from Cincinnati to
Nashville was twenty three miles further
than by way of the Louisville ard Nash
vile Railroad, but by lighter grades this
distance would be overcome, and he
thought the time could be made as short
as by the Louisville and Nashville Rail
road In answer to question, the doctor
said that the Ohio river would have to be
crossed by ferry at RockpOTt.
He had intended to visit Nashville to
procure the information desired BY the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the New
York Central, though he should not have
done so for some weeks, had he not met
Mr.. Thompson, the representative from
Nashville.
There never had been a time when the
business men of Cincinnati placed so high
q value upon Nashville as a railroad center
as at present Ten millions of dollars had
been subscribed to obtain a Southern con-
nection, but there was no charter, and
three out Of four of the business men Of
Cincinnati would be in favor of coming to
Nashville instead of to Chattanooga The
best country there was, was west Of the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad and not
In East Tennessee, and 1t was an srrOr to
propose to 60 to Chattanooga over noun
famous country from Cincinnati
In Cincinnati the question was, "Where
shall we go?" He came to represent the
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, and
had the notice been long enough he would
Also Lave CO146 hb buc AcpACoChAo1N9 "a tic
CITY Council of Cincinnati. Cincinnati
was anxious that Nashville should be able
to maintain her present railway cOnnec
tions by the Nashville and Decatur Rail-
road. If the proposed arrangement could
be made (that Of leasing the Nashville and
Decatur Railroad by Nashville) there would
be no difficulty in getting Cincinnati to
share in this project. If Nashville could
maintain and control her present Southern
connections there would be no difficulty in
getting any reasonable amount of aid from
Cincinnati, and that city was exceedingly
anxious that Nashville should maintain her
present Southern connections.
MIR. Gentry then stated that, since the
adjournment Of the convention yesterday
evening, he had talked with vely disin-
guished lawyer of Nashville, and had been
informed that Nashville had the right to
make the proposed lease. @
President Craighead said that he was
unwilling to act from hearsay upon SO IN
portant q matter there was nothing so
uncertain as law He would therefore
offer the following as expressive of the
sense of the City Council. Tomorrow
perhaps the opinion of the lawyers would
be obtained. Mr.. Craighead then read the
following, which was adopted:
Resolved by the City Council of Nashville,
That as representatives of the city Of
Nashville, which is a large constituent Of
the county of Davidson, and thereby
deeply interested in the Nashville and De-
catur Railroad, they do earnestly protest
against the lease Of said railroad to the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, and
pledge themselves to use all legitimate
means to prevent the consummatiOn OF
said lease.
Resolved, That a committee Of two, one
from the Board of Aldermen and one from
the Common Council, be appointed and
instructed hereby to call upon the Judge
of the County Court and ask for called
meeting Of the magistrates to express their
opinion on this subject, and to take such
steps as they may deem advisable In the
premises.
After the adoption d the above resOlu-
tions, and the appointment Of President
Oraighead and Alderman Garter on the
committee, the City Council adjourned till
three o'clock thif evening.
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