Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-11-15
ON TO JEFFERSON.
The UCOmmittte Of FIrteen" IBnugurete
Energetic nea- uI'es 10 Complete
the Road 70 Shrevep0rt and
JefneIBOns
P~rooeediFg$ of their Meeting at she
Chamber of Commerce.

The great railroad committee, appointed
at q recent meeting In the 9reenlaw Opera
House, met yesterday afternoon In the
Chamber of Commerce Among those
present we noticed VIM. r Moore, chair
man; Sam. Tate, Thos. d Allen, Colorel
Ou6, Mr.. Hillsmau, Judge Henry g
smith, VIM. G Ford. Tnos Boyle Gen
Patterson, A. Il. Douglass, Colonel Beau
mont, Jn0 T Strstton, Judge Jno. A
Carmsck, D. P. Hidden, VIM Farrts, 1.
". Hill, Captain Nelly, OF Brooks, n sely
& Co. William r Moore ~as made chsir-
man Of the meeting. and the members OF
he press secretaries. Colonel Tate gave
a general resume of what has been hlther-
to advanced In favor of the speedy com
pletion of connection with the southwest,
and concluded by saying: What are we
to do, srs we so mature In growth, have
we reached euch q pinnacle of prosperity
and wealth that we need nothing moreY
HIS Memphis attained its full grovth7
Does this COMMITTEES think that the three
or Jour hundred thousand bales OF
cotton which annually flows out
from Jefferson, Shreveport, Camden, an 4
other cities are not nesded h9reY other
cities are out and prowling along to get
this trade, St. Louis Is vigorous In her
sfforts TO reach there before US. He said
he had his engineers out now, surveying
the route from Devasls Bluff to I'll Bluff
twenty Eve Thousand dollars per mile
would build and equip the road. Outside
Of the Pine Bluff section, s. SEQ QUO wOuld
Guild the entire route aud CONNECT us
with Shreveport. All the towns along
the route are not only willing, but any
lou to do their duty. He saw by 9 dis
oatch, which he read, that that very day
the little town of Camden he'd subscribed
| $50 900 at one meeting for the construction
Of 1.-THE Memphis and Shreveport road"
i fFL-A A.. 81, lan1naKZ fhau nae Tina CrE
Of the people along the proposed line Is:
'Memphis, Memphis, on to memphitl ~
Nothing but Memphis. Memphis has q
great name ont in those regions Here is
where they want 10 market their pro-
ducts, and here they wish to DO
their trading. The people OF the en-
tire line are alive to this enter
n-isa. he himself found only one
man opposed 1t. EIe would not call his
name now, because be was q candidate for
pubIic favor. and he would not like to
hurt him He intended to push OF the
Inc to Pine Bluff at ones, n from
hence he would push out his corps OF
engineers, putting down their stakes, and
he people would b appealed to as they
went. to come with their subscriptions in
land and money; and he had nc doubt but
thew would respond IN such g manner as
20 secure its completion The people will
do ANYTHING in ths world hat Memphis
may ask of them. If he could start out
ftom here with q subscription OF one mil
lion dollars snd q million and q half from
| j. Jefferson, Shreveport, and other towns,
oe would guarantee 10 hsve the trains
whistIipg over the road in fifteen months.
He had assurances that the Men phis
and Ohio road ard the Memphis and
| Charleston road would come up to their
support nobly, and their Arst mortgage
bonds, to the mount Of $4,000 to tire
! mile, could be readily disposed of He
houRht that the following resolution
Eouid bs the best sc ion that could be
taken at the present time by the commit
zee:
Resolved, That q sub committee OF three
bs appointed to prepare a memorial to the
coun Y court, asking IL 70 submit to the
legal voters Of the county OF Shelby the
question Of subscribing q an amount
In county, bonds To the Memphis Shreve-
port and Jefferson rsilrosd, SIS will ensure
he speedy completion thereof; and that
aid sub committees report progress when
they deem il agreeable. The following is
the committee: Judge 81. @. smith,
Thomas q. Allen sn1 Col W. L Duff.
The resolution was carried.
Colonel DouglsH then addressed the
committee on the general topic of the
BENEFITS OF the proposed route; and then
ssid thst there were g number OF gentle
men present In the interest OF the Ksnsss
| City railroad. and be submitted 9 series of
/ resolutions embracing the claims of those
| gentlemen rs well as of the committee sp-
pointed at the Greenlaw opera house
Colonel Tate thought that 1t would re
going outside of the legitimate business
Of the committee to under axe to carry
| along the projects Of other enterprises
| than the one for which they were sp-
pointed. he hsd been q railroad man ali
bis life, and he could csndidly say that
there was no project he was ever engaged
in promised such glorious results as this
If the people of Memphis would fail to
come up he would be In favor of Tom
Scott, Judge II O Smith and l. d. Hul,
or any other Scott, coming and taking
hold off
, o. motion Of Colonel Duff the follow
| ing named gentlemen ware added 10 the
original committee of fifteen: r. A Pin
son. P. O. Bethel, N L Mescham, New
ton Ford, william r. Hunt, William Far
rington.
Col. Eldridge. from the Kansas City rail-
road, ross to address the meeting, when
| Col. Diff called him to order.
Col Douglass having submitted Q reso-
luton in favor of submitting to the oun
ty court The claims Ofthe Shreveport road
and the Kansas City o combined, q
knotty question was started as to whether
the committee hsd any right to allow
other projects to be thrust IN upon their
proceed 'ngs 1t was finally agreed to sp-
point a subcommittee Of with power
10 add q third member, to confer with the
gentlemen of the Ksnsss City road, and
come to an understsn ing in relation to
their j1int interests, and report back again
at q future meeting
Colonsl Tate and Colonel Douglass were
| appointed a committee on conference.
The committee then adjourned to meet
on Thursdsy to hear the report OF the
| conference.