The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-10-27
Think of This.


of progressive people
Think of This.
Suppose 1.-THE supposition is a reason
able one) that Hardeman is now shipping
annually to Memphis 10000 of her H.
O00 bales Of cotton at a cost Of 81. 25 per
bale. Now, if the narrow gauge railroad
is built this same amount of cotton would
be transported to Memphis for one dolla1.
per bale This would save to the pro-
Queer 81 % on every one of the 10000
bales, which saving, in one year, or upon
one CROP, would amount to 1880. Now
multiply this by ten, and you will find
that in ten years the producers of cotton
will have actually saved 1927, 900 on the
transportation of this one article-almost
enough to build and equip the road
through Hardeman county. And
Think of This:
To go from Bolivar to Memphis and re-
turn, on the cars, it now costs 100
Build the narrow gauge road and it viii
not cost more than So so to make the
same trip, and that too in much less time
than it now takes, without the necessity
of changing cars or running the risk of
misconceptions. And
Think of This:
The immense forests of pine-their ev-
er green tops being plainly in view from
the windows of this ofice-wilI give EN-
ployment to hundreds Of men, and supply
the Memphis market years and years to
come, thus bursting the letters of old
Hardemans untold wealth, For, if the
narrow gauge road is built, there is not
a pine tree on the hills or in the rich val
leys east of iIatchie river but what will
be worth to its owner from six to twelve
dollars. Build the road and penetrate
this mighty mine of wealth and innumer
able saw mills will be erected, and the
excellent lumber that cannot now find a
market at the low price Of SIS per thou
sand feet will be easily shipped to Mem
pEis, where it is worth from 40 to $50 per
thousand and never be drug on the
market And
Think of This:
McNairy county now ships, annually
to Mobile, 10000 bales of cotton at an av-
erage cost of 81 per bale Here, then, is
this one county paying out $40, 600 a year
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narrow gauge road and the same amount
of cotton can be transported to Memphis
at two dollars per bale, thus saving to the
farmers of McNairy So, 900 a year. Now
multiply this by ten, and you viii see
that in ten years the farmers in that
county will make clear saving of S264, :
600 on the freight on cotton alone More
than enough to build and equip the mar
row gauge road through the county And
Think Of This:
Hardin county produces at least five
hundred thousand bushels of corn annu.
ally, and corn is now selling, in the vicini.
ty of Savannah at % cents per bushel
This only 46 miles east of the Mississippi
Central Railroad, all along the line of
which corn is worth from SO to 90 cents
per bushel. Build the road and the en-
HANGED value of this staple aloneswould
pay for its construction through the en-
tire county in ten years and bridge the
river besides. Build the road and cotton
will go to Memphis instead Of Louisville,
St Louis and Cincinnati Hardin, above
all others, except it is Wayne with her
inexhaustable beds of iron ore, needs this
outlet She. is principally a grain. cattle
and hog raising county, and at present
has the Tennessee river as her only chan
mel of commerce, which, unfortunately
for her people, flows directly into the
great lap of the Ohio Valley. where her
products are not needed and whore they
are forced to come in contact with those
of Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, In
diana, Missouri and other northern and
northwestern States. She cannot push
her trade up the great river that divides
her territory, for in that direction she
sees the never failing farmers of East
Tennessee actually begging Tor consum-
ers Bolivar, Memphis and the two grea
railway lines leading South are her strik
ing points. And
Think of This:
There is enough solid limestone rock
from four inches. to four feet in thickness
underlying the high lands upon which
Savannah is situated, it cropping out al
along the caste bank of the Tennessee
to supply building material for all tn
cities, towns and railroads in the Missis-
sippi Valley, which can be easily anc
cheaply shipped over the narrow ugt
to either the Mobile and Ohio or the Mis-
sissippi Genital railroad or to Memp his
where it is needed in the construction O
durable and imposing business house
and palatial residences. We venture thi
prediction, and we would like our Blul
City friends to make note of 1t: Whei
the monster railway bridge is built owe
the Mississippi river at Memphis, and
is as certain to be built as the sun shines
the vast uniform stratas of rock nov
laved by the blue waters Of the Tennes
see viii enter largely late its construction
having been freighted over the narro'