The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1871-07-07
COMMUNICATED.

COMMUNICATED
Mr.. EDroR-0ur village has re-
Gently been much exercised by the
schemes of certain enterprising citi-
zens who are proposing and urging
| the construction Of two lines of Rail
road having their termini at Marlet-
ia. They claim that the interests OF
Marietta not only justify but demand
liberal subscription-say the issue
of one hundred thousand dollars in
bonds, in aid of those Roads. In
compensation therefor, they urge
that real estate will receive cores
ponding benefit by increase of trade
and increase of population The
town is asked to make this large
subscription involving itself in heavy
taxation-too heavy to be borne by
large proportion of its real estate
owners who are now scarcely able to
pay the taxes incidental to the ordi-
nary expenses of its civil organiza-
ton.
They are asked to make this sub
scription without any exhibition or
. estimate of the cost Of construction
and equipment of the Roads--or any
calculation Of the business OF the
Roads when completed, 50 that the
: public may have some data upon
which to consider the claims of these
5 Roads viewed in the light Of interest.
1t is matter of the gravest i'm
a portance to our village, that in the
a event of our becoming involved in
d debt to these enterprises, that they
n should be a success-that they should
e be iudiciously and economically con-
n structed-that they should be wise
u located.
n A failure in any of these particu-
/ lars, simply and surely means ruin to
% the real estate owners of the town.
3 If called upon to pay the debt, we
1t cannot do it. If the stock fails to
o pay the debt, our real estate must
ie Hence the exceeding Importance
d that we see that the ways and means
&c be provided before we pledge our
1t selves to such measure. Marietta
>, happily located on a'main Railroad
al thorough fare enjoys free communi-
:, cation with the outer world by Rail
: and Telegraph in every direction
d In this view, the advantages to the
,. citizens of the town will not mate
/ rally be advanced by the construc-
r ton of the proposed Roads, in com
: parison with the heavy taxation and
N risks of loss and ruin incurred by
n the debt. But it is claimed by the
); advocates of the measures, that the
is construction of these Roads having
: their termini, Depot and Workshops
/ in Marietta, will bring such an in
g crease of population and business, as
u to cover these Expenses, and com
: pensatc for any possible loss; but
d how such results can be reasonably
/ anticipated, taking the history of the
!, past as a g~ le, | do not not under
d stand. Marietta is an insignificant
: village in wealth and natural advan-
IS tages for manufacturing purposes,
It located within twenty miles of a city
n recognized as a great commercial
e centre-having long lines ofrailroad
extending in every direction from it.
IS With such opportunities as possess
o ed by Atlanta for com merce, why
/ should great line of Railroad in
= volving millions of expenditure and
IS competing with through lines" in
II various directions, for a moment fix
/ upon Marietta as terminus, for the
paltry sum of Fifty Thousand Dol
S lars each in bonds-it is simply pre-
Il posterous. Already, wagons from
Cherokee and above which seek a
a market for their produce, pass our
doors to Atlanta-by how much
Q greater reason will the produce
more valuable already in transit
! continue their unbroken bulk TO the
same market.
/, Attempts to force trade against its
natural course by legislation, have
often been tried and failed. Many
towns in Georgia, by fixing Railroad
Depots at remote points, bave
sought thereby to detain the freight
brought over those Roads, but all
} those efforts have signally failed,
competing line of Railroads have
compelled close connection-and so
it must be should ever these lines pro-
iected from Marietta, be constructed
they must have direct and un-
broken communication with Atlanta.
Then, wherein will Marietta differ
from its present position by the con-
struction of those Roads
CITIZEN.
CONCENTRATION m NEW WORK.