The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-04-12
THE MEMPHIS AND Knoxville
RAILROAD.
A Mass Meeting Of the Citizens of
Giles
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/ Of Giles county vas held az the Iurt-
house on Monday and was org tnized by
| the election of JnO. A Tinnon, Eco 70
/ the Chair, with Newton White. ESQ as
! Vice President. and l. w McCord and
! Mai H. g. Bate as Secretaries The
| Chairman explained the object Of the
meeting in forcible manner, after which
/ Col Rose offered the following Tesolu~
tioEs:
Whereas, It is the sense OF this meet
ing thar 1t would greatly develop the ma
/ terial interests of Giles county to have
constructed a railroad from Memphis t.
| Knoxville, to pass through Giles county
/ from the Western to the Eastern bound /,
! airy Of the same, especially so as II viii
| be link in the great Southern Pacific
/ Railroad from Norfork on the Atlantic to
San Diego on the Pacific coast, and will
! invite other railroad connections, thereby
making Pulaski i Railroad Center and
distributing point Therefore, Be it
ReSoyred, That Scion T. Rose, Hull
| II HapcocH, A Cox, Newton White and
DR.. W. l.. Wilson, be and they are here !
! by appointed Commissioners, and that
their names be forwarded To the Presi-
dent and Directors of The Memphis and
Knoxville Railroad Company to be iaeer
porated in the Charter Of said Coru-
pany as the Com missioners for Giles
county.
Resozred, That one Of the duties of
SAID Commissioners shall be to submit to
tie County Court Of Giles county, whenS
ever the road shall be surveyed, located
and an estimate Of cost Of construction
shall be fled with the said COUNTY Court
n proposition to levy tax upon the taxa
bic property, privileges and polls of said
county of ->- mills upon the dolfpr, to
commence rs early as practicable; which
proposition is to be referred to the voters
of Giles county for their ratification at
such times and rlaces as shall be deter
mined by said court, and such tax to con
tinue until the same shall amount to FIVE
hundred thousand dollars, bat may be
anticipated by the Issuance of bonds by
said county after the third year of the
levy Of said tax, or so soon as the oeces>
sites of said road shall require. Pre-
vided said railroad shall pass through the
town of Pulaski, and provided that so
much of said five hundred thousand dol
lars shall first be expended in the con-
stru"tion and equipments of the road
through Giles cou ", aud any surplus
that may remain may be expended be-
yond the limits of the county. And
| provided further that scrip shall he issued
to the taxpayers, to be converted into
stock in said road, at their opinion, un-
| der such provisions as may be determined
! by the directors Of said ro8d
The resolutions now being before the
| meeting for discussion. Colonel Rose was
! called on to address, the meeting, and sta
/ ted that in obedience to the wish of The
| citizens of tIi!e5 comfy, he, together
| with Col Cox, had visited BOliv a r
and conferred with the President and
| Executive Committee of the Memphis and
/ Ikaoxville Railro9d At Bolivar they
were most cordially received and enter,
tanned, found the PresiIen and Execu~
! tive Committee frank in their comu1ni-
cations and emineutly q14litisd to have
! charge Of so Important an interprise-
/ wise, prudent AMI energetic. Col. Rose
| was impressed with the belief that they
| were fayarably inclined to he route by
| way OF PULASKI, and had assurances from
! them that before the road was loca ed to
| the river preliminary surveys should be
made this side, one Of which at least
should be by way of Pulaski He spoke
at some length Of the feasibility and adj
| vantage of this route, enUmerating many
ICdSbLS lJG lb5 &f4NUbttiis among WHICH
| we may mention the item of $500, 600
that would be saved in the cost of con-
struction He thought that Pulaski and
Giles county were greatly Interested in
the completion of this road, as Pulaski
would thereby become a great railroad
center, and other railroad connections
would inevitably follow, referring at some
length to this as an age of railroads and
fr.H al l.,
calities through whi;h they paSs-urging
cur people to come forward in solid coll
umns to the support Of tae great enter
crise. He gave 1t as his opinion that the
route by Pulaski was not only the heap
est but the most practicable, and if built
would become a link in the great Southr
ern road from Norfolk to the Pacific
coast nearly $40 nj es shorter than the
Northern route, and free from is many
winter obstru ctiOns, stretching its arms
from sea TO sea across our fertile South
ern fields and plains, and becoming the
great throughfare. for transportation
from the o d world to the new lie ur-
ged also the Importance Of having aroad
owned and run in the interest Of the 10
calities through which it SHOULD pass, and
closed with a N Ost exiieratiBg trip across
the continent. by hich he transported
his audience from sea to sea upon a gor-
geous train, decorated most beautifully
with the pencil Of Imagination, warmed
with the fire of poetic fancy, lighted with
the brillIancy of thought, and propelled
by the power Of a most ferYe:.t eloqu
eDce. e.H sE
Gel Cox then followed, in response to
repeated calls, in favor of the resolutions
and of the road lie gave many weighty
REASONS Why Giles county should wake
up to the Importance of this opportunity
to make herself great and rich, giving
statistics and many striking Illustrations
of the subject lie was then followed by
Newton White, Esq, in resPose also to
many calls, who discla;med any inten>
ton of attempting to make a speech,
never having made one IN his lie, but
was glad q an opportunity to endorse
the resolutions and announce that he be
lieved- the country should unhesitatingly
vote the tax, after which the resolutions
were voted upon and carried without a
dissenting vote.
A motion by Col Rose. was carried to
have the proceedings published ia the
Citizen, and the Lawrence Journal
Waynesboro Reviese, Bolivar Bulletin
SoEmerville FulcoH, Fayetteville, TuilaS
homa and Memphis papers be requested
to copy the same, after which the meets
ing adjourned, subject to the call of the
Chairman.
A Father Shoots a Negro for Insult,
ing His Daughter,
From the Louisville Ledger Of she Sth
instant, We CLEAN the following Uarticu-
lars of what befslb ne5of the ts5mith''
(colored) family up IN Kent1ky one day
last week; 80
MeGracken comfy was last week the