The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-21
Letter From Maj VI J Sykes.
BOLIVAR, Tenn, Nov. II, 1878.
Editor Bulletin


Editor Bulletin
Ordiuarily it ID rCs proper or becoming
to speak of Hhat ne have done, kus there
are circumstances which Justify depart
ure from this rule
The last FLig and Tribune at Jackson
is filed with articles and communications
in regard to M self, which it is unneces~
sary to notice in detail The motive
which prompted these articles uust be
evident 30 all the renders Of that paper
We're they merely intended to irjure me
personally, although they would, in that
event, have been without prcEocation,
get would Tass them by UNDECIDED, but
since they are designed 70 injurs the en-
serprises which have advocated. ard
which, sm satisfied, are go impoltant, it
becomes my duty to notice them.
In an editorial published in III. Local
columns of the Whig and Tribune it is
said:
I'm proof Of this We sill state that he
(GHj. :. has been working md speaking
South for the last tao decades-which
were never huils
What sre TIE facts? / commenced
" orkjns and speaking in behalf Of a
railroad ircm Nashville, Tenn through
Montgomery, Ala, TO Pazsecola, Fla IL
1916, - editor Of the Columbia Beacon,
and coEsiRsed 80 Sc ucrk ard speak foy
i uaM ii iras Jui,t
was working and speaking fer the
Mobile and Obi railroad, which hiss been
CT so much bsnt fs to jackson, in ISL
aud continued to work and speak for It
until il was built
vas " working and speaking for the
Alabama and Chattanooga railroad in
1870, and continued to work and apesk
for it until t was built This is to be
one Of she most important railroads II
the South have had 10 connection with
i!s management since i MAS finished.
was vorkirz and speaking for the
Memphis ard Selma railroad from 1866
70 1870. Much Of that road is row IN
running order; much more Of il has been
graded, and under the management Of lie
dis tinguished ard energetic President,
cannot doubt but shat in a few years it
will be completed, although be has had
and may yet have maoy difficulties to
contend with.
was working and speaking last
year in tie interest Of the Duck River
Valley railroad, ana @. the Cairo aud
Tennessee River railroad Ga esch Of
these lines large amount Of s.aos has
been taken, aud had il rot been Tor the
unexpected financial crsz, this fall they
would both have been under contract, and
so soon as this crir:s passes away, even
to a moderate extent, they will IL bull.
They connect with each other and form =
part Of great syssom
vas working and 81 eaking" Tor
nearly twelve months in the interest of
the Memphis and .Jackson and of the
jackson and Tennessee River railroads,
! and We succeeded in getting up 900. 600
for these Two roads Why Ehese roads
we're not built the writer's in the Wig
: and Tribune know as we'll as do. The
fault is nos mine, since did al could
by argument and ensreaty to have them
put under contract
/ have been working and speaking
/ for severaI months IN the interest oF the
. Memphis and knoxville railroad. Ths.
/ road is BOW under contract IN this county
/ and il soon 20 Be put under contract IN
Shelby county, anJ within she last month
in ;hs midst Of this financial crisis, we
have succeeded in raising $500 to pay for
/ = survey frcm the Tennessee river ct
Clifton to Fayetteville, = distance Of rine-
/ ~ miles.
/ do not claim that these roads are in
debled to me for their construction. l
believe they would nave been built with
/ out my assistance, but merely wish -
( show that the roads in the interest OF
which have been working and speaking
have been built, OF are NOW IL process oil
( construction.
It takes time, patience, hard labor and
almost obs:ina'e persistence TO buid Fail