The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-02-02
Memphis and Knoxville Railroad

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Memphis and Knoxville Railroad
On last Monday, the 29th ultimo, the
finishing stroke to che charter Of this
company was made, Hon. Robt. H. Wood
presiding as special Chancellor The
law having been fully complied with, his
Honor granted charter to said Company
with all the rights, privileges and fran.
shises of railroad company.
The private subscription on this line
is already over two hundred thousand
dollars, and is increasing rapidly every
day. Those of our people who at first
doubted whether the road could be specs
Oily built, are now satisfied that nothing
can prevent its early completion, and be-
ing also satisfied that when built it will
pay, are coming up like intelligent men
and taking hold of the enterprise. At
the rate of subscription now coming in,
the contract for grading, bridging and
cross tieing can be let out this summer
from Memphis to the Tennessee river
Shelby county gave to the Selma road,
which is a threesfoot gauge, 100000,
and the Memphis IHdepeHdsnt is advo-
eating half million to this road Mem
phis is very anxious for Shelby county to
vote large subscription to the Shreve~
port and Kansas City roads, but the
Magistrates Of the county will not subs
nit tax for them unless there is also
submitted a tax to the Memphis and
Knoxville Railroad, which runs through
Shelby county, and the prospect is that
Shelby county will not take less than
S250,00o stock by tax in the Memphis
and Knoxville Railroad. There is an
other reason why the business men of
Memphis are all in favor of this road,
besides the fact that it will bring the
whole Tennessee river trade-which now
goes to LouisviIle and Nashville-;o
Memphis, and that is this The business
men of Memphis want road running
out Of MeAphis over healthy, fertile
country, where they can have their resi-
dences, aud 90 into the city every morn
ing by business hours and return in the
evening to their country homes, where
they can raise their children free from the
diseases and vices Of city life. There is
no place for residences on the Memphis
and Little Rock road, for it is all bottom
for sixty miles; there is none on the
Memphis and Louisville road for great
distance from Memphis, on account of
the bottoms, aud the Memphis and
Charleston road lie the only read upon
which residences can be gotten, and the
land along it il poor aud very near Wolf
bottom; but upon the line Of the Memphis
and Knoxville Railroad there is the finest
part Of Shelby and Fayette counties,
healthy, fertile, and settled by thrifty,
intelligent people, with good schools and
a moral, Christian community.
Fayetts county has submitted tax of
$500 600 to her people for railroad pur-
poses, and her people are conddens that
it will be carried uaraeman county has
enough by private subscription to grade
the road through the county, and the
whole country are alive to its interest
from here to the Tennessee river in two
directions, one on the east line to Sayan
nah and the other through Montazuma,
and Henderson Station and Jacks Greek
to SaltiIlo or Clifton.
All the croakers who have heretofore
been suggesting doubts as to the success
of the road have gone in their holes, and
the enlightened people of car county are
moving on without let or hindrance to
the accomplishment of this great public
interest IL rejoioes our hearts to see
that every sna:Eng cur who has been
barking and Swapping at this great enter
prise has suddenly hushed. The men
who don't want railroads for fear the
farmer will get his products cheap to
market, and get papers aud Information
as to what he raises is worth, aud thereby
get its value and get his supplies at IA
reasonable prize, have found out that
they cannot break down the enterprise,
and that all their efforts in that direction
are only breaking their own business
down, and they have snbsided. The
farmers have built up the merchants and
doctors and lawyers, and when company
proposes to build road which viii save
the farmer one dollar and q half GA every
bale of cotton be raises, aud on every
thing else in proportion, it is ungrateful,
to say the least of It, for then 20 injure
she farmer by throwing cold water on
such an enterprise. But we are happy
to say that cur people are nearly unit
in the support Of the great Memphis aud
Knoxville Railroad Hurraltsfo the
President and Dire ,tors and officers aui
stockholders of the Memphis and Knox.
willie Railroad, say We and all the people
say-Amen.
Procrastinatlon
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