Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-06-24
covNaToN
The Mississippi River Railroad Business
and the Crops

CovINGTON, TElyN., June q, 1871.
Editors AppeaJ-E issue Of your
valuable paper is eagerly read by your
numerous subscribers here, and by
many also who borrow their neigh
boris paper, to learn the prospects OF
the subscription to the Mississippi
| River Railroad Company. Our town
| is fully alive to the importance OF this
subscription and watch for every
I favorable indication with hope, ,believ-
/ ing that on this subscription hangs
the success Of the enterprise which is
/ Of such vital importance to our town
and county. Upton county has
already subscribed 100000 TO this
road, and now CovingtOn is only wait
| ing to see what Memphis is going to
| do before she makes another subscrip-
ton Of $25, 600. Our railroad friends
say that until Memphis acts we can
not ask COvington to subscribe, and
that the. failure and success of this
road depends upon Memphis, and
unless she wants the road and will
assist to secure it, we will have to stay
at home, or ride over miserable mud
roads. We are all highly pleased
with the election Of @. a. Hill, ESQ.
as Director, and from him are
encouraged to believe that as soon as
Memphis makes her subscription q
corps OF engineers viii at once be put
in the field and the road actively
pushed forward. The bad manage
ment Of the company in making fruit
less and disastrous contracts is forgot
ten when we see such a bright pros
pect Of having the road built by the
Messrs. Norton If this additional sub
seription is made.
Several OF our citizens recently visi-
ted PsdUcah and passed over the
PaduCah and Gulf road. They ali
speak in glowing terms Of the cOndi-
ton Of that road, and say that if the
Paducah and Memphis Railroad Com
pany is formed, as proposed, with
sixty-fiVe miles built and running
every day, the gap between Troy and
Memphis will soon be closed up.
On the approaching 4th of July,
your citizens, we see, expect to make
an excursion over the Memphis and
Little Rock road. On the next 4th
Of July, afterWard, we want you to
visit COVingtOn over the Mississippi
River read, and we believe you will
do so if Memphis makes the 5000, 900
subscription. If this subscription is
not made, will you tell us how we
can save our county bonds, and how
you expect to save your own, now
pledged in New York? Our Director
says if this stock is raised the NOrtOns
will take care of the bonds. They
have got the means and it will be to
their interest to save them, but that
we must unite with them il we want
to protect our bonds. Can your city
afford to refuse to subscribe this stock
and thus defeat the road and lose her
$500, 600 county bonds any better than
Upton county can2
Our merchants are tired Of buy
ing their goods ia st. Louis and ship
ping to Randolph, and then hauling
them over the bad country roads here;
we want to be able to 90 to Memphis
twice q day and buy our goods, and
have them received at home the same
day. VIII you assist US and, IN doing
80, secure a large trade for your own
city?
The crops are fine in this county,
our town is improving, and we hope
to have a city here, where your busi-
ness men can have their country resi-
dences when the Mississippi River
railroad is finished. Send TO the in
closed address another copy of the
APPEAL. Yours truly,