Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-09-27
LEXINGTON.
Henderson County and the Railroad
FeVer-EfIOrts of Hon. B. N. Till.
man and Colonel II. NJ. Polk.
Productions and Trade-Eight Thou.
sand Bales Of Cotton in Sight
Only Railroad Facilities
Needed,
From our sneclaI Corresnondent.l

/ From our Special Correspondent
! LEXINGTON, Tenn, September %,
1 lS73.-A vigorous canvass of this Hen
/ derson) county is being made by Hon.
B. NJ. Hillman, of McNairy, and Col
onel Horace NJ. Polk, of Hardeman, in
favor of the Memphis and Knoxville
and of the Henderson and Paris roads.
/ These two roads unite near Henderson
( Station, on the Mobile and Ohio road,
and have a common trunk through
Bolivar and Somerville to Memphis.
/ One of these rOads-the Henderson and
/ Paris-will touch the Tennessee river at
or near Perryville, and the other-the
/ Memphis and KnOxville-will touch
the Tennessee river at or near Saltillo,
/ thus pouring into Memphis the trade OF
/ a rich section of country. These gen.
| tlemen, Hillman aud Polk, are doing
! noble service and are making very able
arguments, such as should satisfy all
/ reasonable men. / wish / could give
you q synopsis of their speeches. They
/ are both practical farmers, and address
/ their arguments principally to the agri-
/ cultural classes. They show most clear
/ ly that the value of land depends upon
/ the value of what it produces, and this
depends upon cheap transportation. 1t
I is understood that these gentlemen will
/ make speeches in Fayette and Shelby.
I and your people will have an oppOrtuni-
ty Of hearing them. They can and will
do much to advance the cause Of inter-
nal Improvements in the State. No abler
and more successful advocates can be
found. tits considered doubtful whether
any proposition will be submitted at the
J October term of the county court. The
friends Of the different railroads do not
intend to submit any doubtful PROPOSE
ton. Every day the railroad feeling
gains strength, and the longer it is put
off the stronger it will be. Messrs. Hill
man and Polk have produced profound
impression in this county.
/ PRODUCTION AND TRADE.
There are eight thousand bales of cot
+ ton raised in this county each year, not
hale OF which now goes to Memphis;
I and yet IL the railroads above mentioned
were built Memphis would get this
cotton and the cotton from the ad-
( joining county of Decatur. There are
/ shipped from Henderson Station, on the
7 Mobile and Ohio road, three thousand
( five hundred bales of cotton each year,
none OF which goes TO Memphis. Cen
/ eral Neely's road touches the Mobile
and Ohio at that point, and would, if
completed to Memphis, carry much OF
this cotton to your city. Memphis
might command the trade Of this whole
region, but she must do so by building
the Memphis and Knoxville railroad.
Memphis would make in one year, out
OF the trade Of Henderson and Decatur
counties, as much as she is asked to sub
scribe TO this road. Why does she hesi-
/ tate?
The extreme dry weather has affected
very seriously the health of the country.
Cbills and fever and bilious fever abound
in this region. A good rain is anxiously
looked for TO fill the wells and springs,
as well as to purify the atmosphere.