Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-07-20
From Blanche.

For the Fayetteville Observer.

about my line of railroad, permi
me to add a few more thoughts
but before proceeding further, lei
me ask a favor from you. Please
state, for the benefit of the new
county advocates, the indebted
ness of lincoln county, and Giles
also, if you can ascertain, and
what part of that tax we would
have to pay if We should be sepa
rated from old Lincoln and Giles
because we want to go to work
iu the right way and with our
eyes open-and, sir, permit me to
thank you for reference to the
clause of the new constitution,
laying off the bounds. But, sir,
also allow me to state that ours is
an urgent care or a necessitous
one, to say the least of it. Here
we are, shut out from all benefits
OF Fayetteville by the river on the
north, and also by another recent
obstruction, by the turnpike COM
pany. We understand that we
can't enter the goodIy heritage uu.
less we pay toll to travef4 miles
on your or our new pike to cross
the bridge, and we also under
stand that we cant ford the river
when it is fordable, but if we pre-
fer to go the short way we must
cross at the ferry, under penalty
of an indictment by the grand jury
Are those things SO: 1t is so said.
We ask what right have we to
pay toll to cross the bridge +?
Didn't the county build the bridge?
didn't the people pay for the
bridge? amt the people taxed to
pay for that 4 miles pike? Who
does the pike benefit /? The citi.
zens of Fayetteville and vicinity.
But you fellows at the county
seat do the daDcing and we on the
outskirts have to pay the fiddler.
If these things are so, don't you
think that we are entitled to a
new county south and east of Elk
river, for we don't want to cross
the river to get territory. We
think we have the requisite mum
Der of voters to form a new coun.
ty, but haven't quite got the
275 square miles in Lincoln and
Giles to make it. But We have
got 2 good Legislators from L. and
g., and intend to ask the Legis-
lature through Col. Tillman and
the representative from Giles to
narrow down the number of square
miles little so that We can get d
new county, as we have stated,
and we say to Col. Tillman, you
must help US out, rs we stuck to
you in your election. We know
you will. We have done with
this subject for the present. There
is going to be barbecue at Mill.
vile Saturday, 22nd, and speak,
ing for a new county to run across
the river. Can't you come down
We would like to see your old
happy face down here on that
occasion. soa
This brings US back to our rail.
road project. To commence where
| left off last week, the last
thought was that we would take
the road at the State line near
Blanche, with the Lynchburg road
running out from Huntsville, and
then we have a line of road that
gives an outlet for portions of two
States that never have had an out.
let. The Lynchburg road taps
the Nashville and Chattanooga
road at Tullahoma, which makes
the road run nearly due north
and, south to the Tennessee river,
ten miles below Huntsville, and
from thence east to Guntersville,
to Jacksonville, and it taps Stan
toms road south by Elyton, and on
south to Mobile. But suppose we
can't get that route. Let the
stockholders of Lynchburg road
continue their road southwest te
Elkmont or, whereabouts, and in
tersect with the Nashville and
Decatur r. R.. and they have &
southern outlet with the north anG
south road from Decatur to Elk
ton. Either line would develops
a vast deal of country, and woulc
give an outlet to thousands tina
have none. These are the lines
that we would like to see built
and our prediction is that one o.
the other will be built and tina
soon at least, let US live in hope
if we die in dispair. Now fer tn
local benefits to be derived from
such a line. Don't you know tina
wherever there is good line of
road, capitalists and enterpris'
will go? If the road could b
built, before five years we woul'
have scattered up and down Ell
river and its tributaries factor,
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