The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-01-18

The Memphis and Eaoxville Air
Iise Railsead


pose 81 those tsat haze tIlf eons'ol
a t eontem ate5 teprise to
apptssSisns sir-Iiae IS near as
the surface and pTaetieability OF the
ronte viii permit without mourning
I too much cost TIE Tennessee Riv-
yer is navigable for the entire year
frazs its mauth TO Savannah; ana 60
savanpah Is the shortest and most
! practicable point 70 reach the ris-er
grem Memphis in the direction Of
Knoxville. ] allallthefefone asstfne
that the road viii cross the river al
lor near that place. mn by crossing
at that IpeiRt the road gill receive a
creates amoHnt Of water tEaDsPnEta-
ton that if it should cross lower
dewn. Upon the assumption that
Savapnah will be an nbjectives point,
Ssh to furnish facts to Indicate
the route that ought 20 be adopted
ia locating the road. 1yoE from sa-
yannah to LswreHceburg approx
mating an airline wili not exceed
fifty one or TIVE miles and will pass
over a surface exceedingly favorable
for building the road, with no serious
obstfuctions to encounter. The
breaks of Turkey, Horse, Hardin
and Indian Greeks are easy to sur
mount and no other water courses
intervene. except some small tribu-
taries Of shoal Creek until that
stream is reached ct Lawrenqebnrg.
"A Railroad from Memphis to
Knexyille by way Of Lawreneeburg
Would not only be tue most praet-
cable route but wonld be the short
est by far that would be at. All
practicable and l,y swerviag but
slightly from a direct line would
avoid vast aud serious distinctions.
By locating the road byi the way Of
( Lawreneeburg, Memphis would reap
more advantages than adopting any
other route
Advantages that neither Memphis
4 or the builders Of the road would be
Elikeiy to ignore. m o
II the route indicated is adopted
She road would pass through vast
forests q as fine timber as can be
found in the route for building and
other mechanical purposes It
would pass through the very. heart
Of the iron fields Of Lawrence. and
| Wayne Counties; fields that arc IN
exhaustibie and Of the superior type
Of ore, being the ore known as the
/ Honey-eomb, which freIn its porous
nature requires less fuel and labor
in its manufacture and therefore
manufactures into iron at less cost
than the denseTe ores. The road
would PASS midway the valuable wa
I ter powers Of. Lawrence ! County,
which arc acknowledge TO be Of
capacity 70 consume in profitable
I Investment ff3ms ten to twenty mil
/ lions dollars. If reached by railroad
communication LaWrenceburg
] would soon aspire to be the South
Tern Lowell, and her many streams
would be vocal with the music OF
! loom and spindle. In addition and
/ hardly, secondary TO these. high con-
siderations Of local trade and com
merce, the German Colonies located
1 in Lawrence ,Cc unity, by their indus
Try and thrift, bid fair to make Law
renee the eornueqPie Of vegetables,
/ fruits and in fact ali other agFicul-
tnral and horticultural products. if
they gan reach market for their
Surplus. Memphis may greatly
cheaper her markets by tapping
/ this German reserFoirs In avoid
ing Lawrencebnrg, Memphis might
/ forever lose some Of the most valua-
/ bic contributions to her expanding
tgsAe and commerce. when too, the
Itppography of the eeuptEy sana the
IcheapnesY Of construction infacste
that the road should pass that,wsy.
i Leaving LewrencebWg the road
would reach Pulaslsi at fraction
HeveE. seventies miles whenlit would
cross the great tlreughfars extead-
Il ing from the Northern Lakes. to Che
4 Southern Gaif passiag through
4 Giles County and then throHgh Lin
/ coin County ina dieetline te Enoxr
I vile, tapping che Coal Fields Of the
4 mountains thus bringing together
the Iron and Ceal supplieszthose
/ elcments ef aafional wealth--ele.
/ meats that have made EnglaRd tbe
! first manufacturing nation OF the
earth, and given her half the com
/ mence Of the world. MemPhis by
I this road weuld connect with kRex-
Iyllle aud with The span .ofnaads that
| radiate e All the Southern. Eastern
and Northan AtlaHtie cities and thus
/ invite q connection at Memphis with
I the southern Pacific raad. This
lreaf would then. form link in the
{ great artery ef trade leaaing fFom
fNarfoIIc on the Atlantic to San Die
Eaopn the Pacific eQasti shortening
/ the transit across the sontiRent al
+ least i've hundEed miles, free from
the snow drifts OF the North and
passing along the climate line where
1.-THE cotton region, that great staple
sE OF tue South and the stock growing
. I and coal region overlap each 9th
er. Memphis would then be the re-
3 eipieAt Oh the vast trade OF those
3 border counties. Giles alone furnish
& ing her sixteen thoassnd and LIN
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