Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-05-05
CUMBERLAND AND OHIO RAIL
ROAD.


A. ton of the County Court OF sum-
ner-PrOpOsed Route through Gal.
latin TO Nashville.
The County Court of Sumner county met
at Gallatin on the LIST inst, the special bust
ness of the session being to subscribe to
the building Of the Cumberland and Ohio
Railroad, to connect Nashville with Cincin-
natl. The following preamble and order
was submitted TO the court, together with
the estimates and survey of John Il. Brod-
head, chief engineer. The order was made
by vote Of nineteen to four, and an cleo
ton is to be held on the Sd day of June,
1871. The paper is as follows:
Be it remembered that the President
CT the Board Of Commissioners and the
Commissioners Of the Cumberland and
Ohio Railroad Company have this the first
of May, 1871, fled their application in
writing asking that the County Court of
Sumner county shall subscribe stock in
the Cumberland snd Ohio Railroad 10 the
amount Of $500, 900 in said railroad COM
pany, upon the terms and conditions au-
thorized by law for counties to subscribe
to said companies or enterpl ises, and also
upon the further condition that said rail-
trunk of said road from Nashville to Gin
cinnati 80 as to make Gallatin in Sumner
c,unty point on the same.
And it appearing that said road has
been surveyed by competent engineer
and substantially located by designating
the termini, of said road and number Of
points on the same and the general direc-
ton and course of the road has been desIg-
mated and an estimate of the grading,
embankment and masonry made by the
engineer under oath and is fled with sp-
plication.
Now in pursuance of the law the appro-
baton OF the legal voters of Sumner County
as to his subscription is asked for and to
that end it is ordered, a majority of the
Justices of the county asserting to it that
the Sheriff and his deputies shall advertise
far at least thirty days and open the polls
for an election by same legal voters and
hold an election upon Saturday the third
day of June 1871 at the various voting OF
election grounds of the civil districts Of
Sumner county and submit the following
proposition to said legal voters which
proposition shall be embraced in said ad.
yeHtisement.
"That the County Court of Sumner
county shall subscribe stock to the amount
of 1910, 900 payable in the bonds of the
county, bearing six per cent. interes. an
nually, and payable in not less than ten
or more than thirty years from the issuance
of the same upon the following conditions,
viz: that said Cincinnati and Ohio Rail-
road Company shall permanently locate
their road through the county of Sumner,
! so as to make the town Of Gallatin poin;
on the same, and running from Nashville
to Cincinnati upon the best and most prac,
ticable route, by the first day of January,
1872, and by writing notify The County
Judge or chairman Of same of said loca.
ton, and upon the further conditions that
! a msjority Of The legal votes cast a. saiG
! election shall vote i subscription, theI
| the same Judge or Chairman of the Coun.
| ty Court shall subscribe said $500, 600 o
I stock in said Cumberland snd Ohio Rail
road company, aud in case of subscription
the entire amount 20 subscribed shall bt
expended in Sumner county agreeable tt
| law.
! The Sheriff shall hold said election I'M
der the laws governing the election fol
| Governor member of Congress and mem
| bers of the General Assembly.
He shall keep full list of all the votes
and of those voting ''For subscription
and of those voting mo subscription" an(
| due return make of the same to the county
court clerk who will report the same to thu
! COUNTY court at its next nession