The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-05-01
oUK RAILRoADs.
Practical Operations Common
ced THE Surveys to be
Made at Once!
Proceedings Of the Committees

IA aue at once
Proceedings Of the Committees
Pursuant to adjournment, the Com
mittees entrusted by the people of Giles
with the duty of pelfeeting and push
ing forward the preliminary arrange
ments for building through our county
the three great Railroads in contempla-
ton, met at the courthouse on Satur-
day last to hear and pass upon reports
of subcommittee appointed az a pre-
{ viOus meeting IN announcing the OBJ
ject Of the meeting, the Chairman, Col.
Rose, said that although the meeting
was not intended to be public, he was
gratified and encouraged to see a large
number of prominent citizens present,
manifesting an interest in the great
scheme before US. He was specially
pleased to recognize and welcome the
delegation from Florence, Hon. W. 3.
Wood, Col. Rice and Capt. Powers, who
came as representatives of our sister
city in the interest of the c. so. r. r.
just here Col. Wood responded to the
demand made upon him for a speech,
and for half an hour or more interested
his auditors with facts and statistics
and "reminiscences and conclusions
based upon facts and history and COM
mon sense, some of which were truly
astounding, notwithstanding the an
nOuncement of the speaker that he had
not expected to make a speech and had
matured no thoughts upon the subject.
The vastnicss of the coal fields Of Alaba-
ma, through which this road viii run,
$500 square miles, the surprising quail
ity of the black diamonds contained
therein, the unbounded iron beds, yield
ing 20 to so per cent. of pure metal,
which lie untouched for the want of
transportation, just beyond the river,
the facilities of river transportation all
the year round, which viii soon be
completed by the opening of Colbert
shoals, were all dwelt upon with an
earnestness and an eloquence and an ac-
curacy of detail and figures which
proved the speaker familiar with the
subject in hand, and set our people to
thinking what mines Of wealth would
be brought to our very doors by the
building of this road At the conclu-
sion of Col. Woods speech, Col. Rose,
after brilliant exordium inspired by
the eloquence of facts and figures given
by Col. Wood, entertained the audience
briefly upon the grandeur of the scheme
in hand, and then called for the reports
of the Committees.
DIR. Z. Edmundson, Chairman of the
st. Louis, Cairo and Huntsville Commit
tees, submitted report, which was re-
ceiYed and ordered to be made a part of
the minutes, setting forth very fully the
probable route the road viii take
through the county, and estimating its
length from the county line above
Brick Church to the State line towards
Florence to be about "a miles, demon
strating its practicability and claiming
that the cost of construction would not
be above the average.
W. II. McCallum, Esq, acting for the
Chairman in his absence, Mr.. y. Cox,
of the st. Louis, Cairo and Huntsville
similar purport, but making the length
of the road from the county line above
Campbellsville to the same beyond Elk
ton to be about 81 miles.
Capt. Willis Worley, of the sub-Com-
mittee on the eastern end of the NJ, &
X. r. r, submitted full written re-
port, and Col. Rose, for the sub-com-
mittee on western end of same, made
verbal statement and submitted the fol-
lowing resolution as embracing the re
port of the whole Committee:
The Committee of the NJ. & K, r. r.
appointed to make an inspection of the
probable route and length and cost of
the road through Giles county having
! reported that the road can be built
| from the Lawrence to the Lincoln line
inside of twenty-five miles, that the
route is practicable and the cost not
above the average, therefore
! ReSolred, That we recommend to the
! joint Committee that we proceed with
out delay 70 raise the necessary funds to
/ make an actual survey of the roads, and
| that the Chairman of each Committee
/ be instructed to open books and proceed
/ at once to take subscriptions for that
/ purpose.
Thereupon n resolution was moved
/ and adopted unanimously instructing
and requiring each Committee to go
/ forward at once and raise the necessary
| funds by subscription TO make the sur
veys of these roads through the county,
and report at an adjourned meeting to
be held in Pulaski on Saturday, 18th of
! May.
After adopting unanimously the fol-
lowing resolutions, the Committees ad-
iourned to meet again on Saturday, 18th
inst, when it is hoped that each mem
Der viii be present with a well filed
subscription list, viz;
Recognizing the great Importance of
/ all the railroad enterprises Of Giles
county, and believing that our people
will not hesitate to furnish the means
to build them, we feel specially encour-
aged to-day with regard to the c. & o.
Il. r. by the presence of the Florence
delegation anxious to effect a connection
between their city and ours by means of
this road.
ReSolCed, That we tender to them the
! fullest assurance that we are in earnest,
| and that we will meet them at the
State lire and link hands and interests
and destiny with them across the Dor
der.
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