Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-12-20
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Cumberland and Ohio RaiIrOad-
OysensbOrO ana IsUsselivIIe Rail-
road i--.-- .--- ~ ~
The o. & r. Railroad has compile
ted Gnd has now in running order forty
miles Of her road, commencing at Ovens
bDro Do the Ohio road, and the entire grad
ing 10 ths Tennessee line will be finished in
three mouths, ready for the iron.
From its present terminus ii is 20 miles
TO Gailatin ever G very smooth county, aud
presenting no serious obstacles to its con-
sruQiOn, and Robertson and Sumner
coat have already subscribed $550,000
10 these tines, which will prepare it for the
ir0l, .-..
- he c. s. o. Railroad is now under con-
,1aei from the Ohio river to -Gallatin, and
in two years will be completed, and this
c2nnsctS Middle Tennessee with the Ohio
liver and the Northern system Of railroads
:. NJ Olson, Indiana, and Cincinnati.
= It will present on tlnbr6ken and short Tine
a3d through very rich aud productive
country, which also viii give il larger To-
cal paying business. = ..--,.-E A.
lis gauge is hxed az 4 feet 81 inches, the
same of Northern roads, and thus enabling
it to bring car from al points North, with
cut bFeaking bulk, which causes great de-
lay aid expense. The work on this road
was commenced last February, and is pro-
gressing very rapidly, and the present con-
tracts embrace tie entire completion of the
road, including ironing, cars, engines, etc.
Al the September term Of the Davidson
o. anti q
petition TO said court, asking it to submit q
proposition 10 the legal voters OF said coun-
ty TO vote joint subscription to; aid them
in building joint road from Gsllatin to
Nashville. This proposition was rejected
by tEe County Court, who saw ut, Ia theic
magisterial wisdom, TO reject that which The
constitution ard laws intend should be de-
cided ;loGe by the people. s15
In July last, Coils. Bevier and Turner
presented the same question, in behalf Of
their companies, to the Mayor, Aldermen
and Common Council of Nash lille, but 10
action or notice was taken OF the subject,
or if any was taken, these gentlemen and
their companies, after diligent inquiry, have
not found out what il was. S-u /
This action Of the municipal authorities
of Nashville and the County Court seems
TO iudicste that Nashville does not -desIe
these roads al all, and the sequence ofwhich
is that both reads are preparing to give
Nashville the go-by. 4
A question now TO be considered by every
business men and property holder OF Nash
vile, are these Dads 10 earnest, and If so,
can we afford il?
These roa1s, repeiled by the perfect in
difference Of Nashville, have agreed upon 8
contract by which they are to unite on .
common road bed at Gallatin aud press
their lines through TO Hurfreesboro and
then u Lewisburg, in Marshall county, and
- then 10 the Memphis and Charleston Rail-
roaJs so as to connect with the railroad
systeIus Of Alabama and Mississippi.
Sumner county has voted 100000 to this
line between GalaGn and Cumberland riy-
er, and some $4,000 of private subserip-
tions have been obtained to the enterprise
between Gallatin and MurfreesbOrO, and
Marshall county has already voted $Sl5,-
900.
Votes will be submitted in Rutherford
and Wilson counties in January for sub
gcrip.ion of some S450, 900 TO this road, and
they are confident of carrying the same.
The road has been surveyed from Gallatin
30 Huntsville and Decatur, and road upon
either line can be built very cheaply.
Il the three-feet gauge is adopted south
r of Galatia, which is now contemplated,
sufficient means win be raised in few
months to insure the completion Of the
road TO the line of the Memphis and Charles
son Railroad.
A three foot narrow gauge railroad viii
be competed in 3 lew months from 81
Louis To Cairo, aud railroad of the same
gauge IS now being rapidly worked up from
Cairo to JohnsonvIlle and thence to Colum'
hia, Lewisburg, Fayetteville, and on to the
ccal fields of Grundy county. Other narrow
egr1gs roads are now being worked up from
Memphis, Corintb, Huntsville, and other
p1;lfs, aud which will connect directly with
his line of the o. aud 0. Railroad, rum
ming South from Gallatin. I
Ii will thus be seen that a perfect system
OF narrow gauge railroads are being rapidly
worked up upon shorter aud interior lines
TO those broad gauges now running TO
Nashville. -
Narrow gauge railroads can be completed
and ecuippeti in Middle and West Tennes-
see f y Sl2.50O a mile, and the local bust-
y,ess tlpon these roads, taking into consid-
Grafton the promotion Of The country passed
through, the chespness Of frs cost and run
nirz and operating the same, will alone pay
20 ID dividends. aud enable them TO do q
through freight business for at least one.
lhird less thaa broad gauge roads now run
gttlc through Middle Tennessee. This
same system uos contemplates branching
in Wilson county, and running a narrow
gauge TO Chattanooga upon an air line, say
iuc some 40 miles over the present line from
rChat,snooga to the Ohio river. The eXpe'
riencs of the last few years has demonsta-
ted that 2 railroad with 3 feet gauge car
do : 4rger freight basiness than any broaC
game South of thu Ohio Tiy T is now doing
ri and At less cost, aud that such a road Is
fullg equal TO the broad or 5 feet gauge fol
carving passengers Al ordinary rases o.
speed. .r...... - .yr
Ii this system Of railroads is carried ou
and car enterprising neigbbOrs Of GallatiO
Mutfreesboro, Columbia are rapidly workinl
il no. it viii take away at least one half o
the rade of Nashville, and sap the very
foundation of hdr future prosperity. Much
of ttis has been brought about by the
apatEgo of Nashville business men and thei
Wa,a of attention to enterprises whicl
orir;1allv looked TO Nashville, but whicl
h2y.. zen repelled from it by total failure
Uooa The part of our business men anC
authorities to arrest or even treat witt
cammon courtesy those in charge Of sucI
% eDt pgises.
.a1 TBe main lines Of railroad now running
r 10 Nashville are so run aud manlpulateI
.r.tlaat they assist ST. Louis, Atlanta, LOUIS
willie rather than Us, and it is high time
that We should take some action In The
premises which Will bring to this place bofh
of til Sc railroads, as well as the variou
narroR gauge railroads now in contempIa
ton "a Middle Tennessee.
Oar business men should take some &C
lion IN tllis matter at once, as the ofncer
.r of ,hase roads have made their last appea
to rs unless we do something to encoursg'
them MEh|hANA'
TIE horse nalady has attacked the citi
zen { Chattanooga. H,
Tra farmers Club in Lincoln county l!
to -eorganized. ...-,.