Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-18

The jackson Wing and Tribune
says:
aBoth Memphis and Nashville are
prettY considerably stirred up at the pres
ent time by the movements of the Rail-
road Kings, which promise to flank each
of them ont of large propor;ioneof the
trade and traffic they now enjoy, and out
of all, or nearly all of what they fondly
supposed they had in prospect, So,
Nashville is exercised by the grasping
disposition of the Louisville and Nash
vile Railroad company's proposition to
lease the Nashville and Decatur Railroad
for term of thirty years Tho Louis
vile company have already contracted to
finish what is known as the North and
South Road, from Decatur, to ElytoD,
Ala, in the direction of Montgomery, by
which Nashville will cccrpy the position
of way station on the great through
route from North to South. The fears Of
both Memphis and Nashville are, no doubt,
well founded, and all old fogyism must be
promptly discarded by them If they do
not intend to be left as monuments of the
folly which characterize them at the pres
cut day. 1t will take herculean efforts
on the part of each of those chief cities
of the State, to save them from utter and
hopeless commercial and pecuniary ruin.
The time for decided action is at hand,
and no time is to be lost. Newspaper
discussion is all very well-nay, indispen-
sable-but with that, the money mag
mates of those cities, must arouse them
selves, sndtbat speedily, or redemption7
ess ruin is their fate"
The suggestion of our Jackson contem
porary that old fogyism must be discard
ed; that the time for decided action is a
hand !; that newspaper discussion is all
very well, but that now the money mag
mates must bestir themselves, is decidedly
to the point. Our business men see the
necessity for prompt action and are be-
stirring themselves. But suppose they
should accomplish nothing SO far IS the
lease of the Decatur road is concerned /;
suppose the lease to the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad shall be q
fixed, irrevocable fsct, that is no reason
why the business men and the money
magnaies'i of the city should give up the
struggle and permit Nashville to become
q @w2y station" If the Nashville and
Decatur b aud the North and South
roads are TO be operated exclusively
in the interest of Louisville, and to the
defriment of this city, Nashville has IL in
herpower to checkmate Louisville. From
Louisville to Elyton, Ala through Nash
vile and Decatur, is 395 miles; from
| Nashville TO Elyton, through Chattanooga,
by the Nashville and Chattanooga and
the Alabama and Chattanooga roads, il
295 miles; difference in favor of Nash.
| vile over Louisville of 100 miles. II
Louisville should attempt to carry freightl
TO Elyten or Montgomery as cheap al
from Nashville, then Nashville could US,
the Nashville and Chattanooga and thI
| Alabama and Chattanooga roads and thu
have the advantage in distance and in th'
price of freights over her rival. Tn,
Nashville and Chattanooga and the Ala
bama and Chattanooga roads are inter
ested in the growth and prosperity O
Nashville and getting southern freights
These facts are worthy the considera
ton Of our business men. Louisville
cannot then have a monopoly to the pre-
| judice of Nashville, because this city vii
have competing line to the Alabam'
markets, which will be shorter and chesp
er than the one from Louisville. s!k
We learn that after the first of June
passengers will be carried from Nashville
to Elyton, by the way of Chattanooga
in thirteen hours, which may be shorten
ed 3 little if necessary. The distanc'
from Nashville to Mobile, by the way O
Chattanooga and Meridian, is 5S1 miles
and the time will be reduced to twenty
eight hours. ~