Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-12-03
West Tennessee RaiIrond..

The web Of projected railroad connections
| or combinations in West Tennessee, espe-
| cially that portion Of them Immediately re-
lating 10 the Nashville and Northwestern
railroad, possess a degree of importance to
the mercantile and manufacturing interests
Of Nashville demanding the immediate and
careful attention OfOur citizens. In this con-
nectiOn we would mention the fact that the
stockholders of the Tennessee Central rail-
road, portion Ofwhichi is to connect Trenton
with Fulton on the Mississippi river. met
at Trenton last Tuesday and elected the
following named gentlemen as q Board Of
| Directors: Wise a. Cooper, Trenton; W
| I. Banks, Brazil; Geo. ". Belts, Chestnut
| Bluff; W. D. Alexander and James T.
| Green. Lauderdale county; and NJ. NJ. Lind
say and W. W. Lea. Of Fulton. These are
I all practical. energetic and enterprising
men, and will insure vitality TO the road.
At a meeting of the Board Of Directors
subsequently held, DR.. Lea was unani-
mOusly elected President. At this meeting
! Dr. Lea reported the amount Of stock which
had been subscribed, together with the
quantity OF land that had been donated to
the company at various points on the con-
templated route Of the road. This latter
subscription Gin land) was by vote Of the
stockholders recognized as so much stock,
with some few exceptions which were
passed. These lands viii prove Ofimmense
value 10 the company in securing the ulti-
mate completion of the road. The stock
subscribed to that portion Of the road lying
between Fulton, on the Mississippi river,
and Trenton, amounts in the aggregate to
over one hundred thousand dollars. This
is exclusive of subscriptions east Of Tfenton,
and does not include the 100000 voted BY
the citizens of Trenton for the cOnstruc-
tion of road over nearly the same
route to intersect the Memphis
and Paducah Road. A correspondents
of the Trenton Nelrs, writing Of the Ten
nessee Central railroad and its Importance
to the city of Nashville, SAYS: "rhat this
road will be built from Fulton to Trenton.
there can now be no longer the shadow OF
a doubt, and thai too at a very early day.
This organization insures its success, and
the people of Trenton Will not hesitate 10
transfer to it the stock they have so tsadni-
mOlGsly subscribed. Let Us announce to
the citizens Of Nashville, if YOU
want any benefit from your North
western and Pacific Railroads. now is the
time for you to act, by extending your arms
from Huntingdon in this direction. Only
twenty-five miles Of grading Cfrom McI.e-
moresviIle to TrentOn) viii be required,
and then Nashville has a continuous and
direct connection by rail to the Mississippi
river at Fulton. By assuming control Of
this road and effecting a consolidation Of
the Tennessee and Pacific, the Nashville
and Northwestern, and the Tennessee
Central road from Huntington TO
Fulton, she will not only eurtail
the route from Nashville TO Mem
phis, but she win establish Grand Trunk
Railroad from Norfolk to Fulton, and thus
strike blow to Memphis which viii more
than compensate her for the loss Of the
Memphis and Charleston, and the Memphis
and chic (LOuisville) roads, both Of which
were constructed it seems purposely to
avoid the State Capital. We can say to
| Nashville, HOJy is your opportunity. The
roa1 bed win be built from Fulton to Hun
tingdon by the people ON the route; will
Nashville iron and equip the road2 What
say you, citizens of Nashville, Ind YOU
who are interested in the stock Of the Pa
| cific Road and the Chattanooga and North
western Roads? While you are pOndering
about il, we viii remind you that delay IS
/ dangerous. at this very moment Memphis
/ is extending a road in the direction Of Pa
! ducah, and Louisville is pushing forward a
project in the direction of Elizabethtown
1 and Murray, seeking the most direct routs
| to Memphis, instead Of by the zig
/ gag route by Clarksville. By
reference to the map, it viii be perceived
/ that the most direct route hes by way Of
| Trenton. The Memphis and Paduc2h
Railroad Company propose to iron and
| equip the road to Trenton; but they propose
/ only to make it branch road to their own
and to stop it at this point The people Of
Trenton are not disposed to be hedged in
| bv a branch road in this way, and that is
the reason why they plant themselves
| under the charter of the Tennessee Central
road. If Memphis wishes 70 control this
road She must do more than this. She
must consolidate the two roads and encour-
ace the extension OF this portion Of it in
/ the direction Of Murray, KY, otherwise the
people Of Trenton and IF Gibson county
| viii be forced 10 adopt the shorter andmOre
| feasible route TO Huntington for outlet to
/ the East, and trust 70 the future for the s1-
| tension of the great Pacific route from Full
/ ton 10 Little Rock"