Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-07-11
East Tennessee and North Carolina Railroad
Election i'm jefferson County.

EDITORS CHRONICLE: Much has been
said and written from the south side of the
county upon this subject. Now let US of
the north side reason together one with
another about the matter. What L say is
not the out-croppings of infatuation or in
any way the promptings OF prejudlced OF
sectional brain. The people are tired
of North and South, of East and West,
especially in county affairs as well as State
and church. / have taken the pains to eX-
anime the public records at cambridge to
satisfy myself intelligently about the mat
ter and what / say is based upon my OBJ
servations there.
First, let us remember that Is years ago
when we wanted our road built (the East
Tennessee, and Virginia. we went
to our friends of the south side and asked
them to assist with their votes and means
in building to which they responded to q
call for $780, 900 in generosity amounting
almost to a fault paying tax as they did to
within $500 of $4,000 worth of property
more than we did ourselves. Besides we
have had to our side very liberal appro-
priatiOns from the State of East Tennessee
and Georgia Railroad stock for the purpose
of building turnpikes. The whole amounts,
including interest and all, amounts to
about 1914 900.
Now, can we be true to Ourself or to our
est and every interest the people of the
south side have? Are we not giving them
| Just grounds to complain Should we not,
| in place of gOi1Q their security, come up
| like men and give them $4,000 original
stock? The records show that our entire
| Indebtedness, including railroad and Jail
bonds, amounts only to about $27 900, while
we have an annual revenue flowing into
our county treasury of over $50, 900, which,
| if 0nrl1iaH IN tho alOnn un1I16 n1O
| than liquidate the debt in one year. But
as it is we have twelve years to pay itin.
Again, the building of that road along
| he French Broad Valley will be greatly to
the interest of both the roads we have al
ready, from the fact the more feeders we
can get the more prosperous our roads will
be. A glance at the map will show us that
| that road will be the base of a triangle, one
end feeding our road at Knoxville, the 9TH
er end feeding the Morristown road at Cliff
ton, opening up to these roads the pro-
ducts of $50 square miles of the richest
country of East Tennessee.
AS for the idea that Jefferson county will
have to meet these bonds, it is too remote
to be considered. Is not our own rail
road (the East Tennessee and Virginia.
meeting the interestof her millions of bonds
with all her incidental expenses prompt
ly?
1IWho is 1t at this late day that does not
know that the railroads are the great
monIed centers of our country?
One other point of great interest to this
side and to our friends along the Morris
town road is, our lands along these roads
are valued upon an average, at from $40
to $40 per acre, while equally as good land
on the south of the French Broad river is
averaged $3.50 per acre. Let this road be
put through and it will equalize the taxes
of the two sides of the county. AS it is,
we are paying the taxes for our friends OF
the south side. From this array of facts,
l am constrained to vote for the railroad.
Let me appeal to the high toned, intelli.
gent masses to come out from the hills and
hollows, from the highways and by-ways
and vote Railroad upon their tickets.
In the words of Solomon to David, LET
us be strong and prove ourselves men,"
NORTH SIDE.