The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-12
MEMPHIS AND KNOXVILLE
RAILROAD.

We can understand why the jackson
WTig and Tribune might be induced to
throw obstacles in the way of building
the Memphis and Knoxville Railroad, but
we confess that we are unable to explain
why the Memphis APpeal,a paper which,
with all its other inconsistencies, never
theless claims to be consistent in advo~
eating measures to build up Memphis,
should have pursued the course it has as
to this enterprise.
1t cannot be pretended that a railroad
from Memphis through Fayette, Harde-
man, McNairy, Hardin, Wayne, Lewis
and Maury counties, and eventually to
Knoxville, viii not benefit Memphis
The intelligence Of the editors Of that pa
per forbid our supposing that their rea-
son for continually attempting to injure
this railroad is their belief that it will
not benefit Memphis. Nor can they be
ignorant Of the fact that the prospects of
the early building OF this road are more
promising, for the time it has occupied
public attention, than perhaps any road
which has ever been built in Tennessee.
And why a paper claiming to represent
Memphis interests SHOULD so persistently,
uniformity and unacccuntably withhold
from its columns any just notice of this
road-and why, when compellnd as a
newspaper to notice it-their paper mixes
it up with this, that and the other pro-
ject-puts in the wrong name-represents
it as going somewhere else than it was
ever intended to go-or which is more
common, ju1nbles it up with proposed
road from jackson to Memphis, which can
hardly be said to be on its first legs, or
that it viii ever be, Is more than we can
see.
Now for their benefit we state that the
Memphis and Knoxville Railroad has no
earthly connection with the jackson and
Memphis project never had any. That
proposition by certain persons, as Com
missioners of the proposed Jackson road.
to consolidate with. this road, was never
accepted by the Commissioners of this
road. That the Board of Directors of
this road, while they wish to injure no
proposed road, are all, as we are reliably
informed opposed to consolidating
with any body, or entangling this road
with any branch road until they have
built their main limo, and we think 1t due
to our people, many of whom have long
been friends Of the appeal, that there
should be an end of this very uncleyer
treatment The appeal certainly has
the right to sing the praises Of the pro-
posed Memphis and Jackson road if it |
chooses to our people do not object to
that But they do object to having this
road continually put in an improper
light by confusing, consolidating and |
mixing tan Independent railroad-with |
every new project in confused mass,
and especially to their continually pub
fishing articles, the tendency of which !
is to create the impression that this
road and the proposed Jashson road are
one, or have anything to do with each
other, more than mutual good will.
While we would deplOre any opposition
from so respectable paper.as the appeal
to this enterprise, in which all our peo-
ple-not only in this county, but to and
beyond the Tennessee RIVER are intensely
interested-at the same time, if that pa
per sees proper to be an enemy, We would
prefer an open enmity to its present
course.