The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-11
Coming To The Point-A Memphis
Journal Has Its Eyes Open

Coming To The Point-A Memphis
Journal Has Its Eyes Open
Not long since communication con-
cerning the Memphis a1d Knoxville Rail
Road appeared in the tennessee Rjrer
Ne,cs, in which the following truthful
statement was made:
a large portion Of the railroad from
Bolivar to Henderson Station is under
contract, including all the heavy work, 10
be ready by the lst of October next aud
1t is the intention of the company 20 let
the work to Tennessee river as soon As
the Subscriptions, which are being ins
creased, viii justify
Comm enting upon the important facts
set fUrtE--aa shown aboye-the Memphis
Ledger, which, all along, has manifested
friendship for the Memphis and Kuox-
vile Railroad far in advance of auy 9th
err paper printed west Of Somerville, in-
dulges IN the following highly appropriate
language:
This Is gratifying, doubtless, to st
Louis aud New Orleans. as lhe compile
ton Of the road to the Tennessee river
will enable the merchants Of those cities
70 tap the rich trade Of the Tennessee
river al Salti!i0 by u through line OF rail
via Bolivar. Flyette county subscribed
generously to the enterprise, and the road
could have been built to the Shelby coun-
| ty line with but little increase of sub
scTiytiJns. Bat the tr0y5Le IcdS IL Shei
/ bv 4 Few thousand dollars was sub
/ scribcd along the proposed line, and five
/ per cent. Of the amount paid in to pay
surveys, etc. That vas all and instead
OF the work commencing ut this end OF
! the line and being showed through to the
{ Tennessee river in year, a. Is might
have been, the people # HaTdeman, who
were more incli3ed to build 4 road for
/ themselves than Memphis, went quietly
| to work asst Of Bolivar, and while help
ing themselves in sheer self defence, are
not helping Memphis, but the two cities
named ! his is to be Il cheap narrow
| gpug- road, costing frGm thirteen 30 four
teen thousand dollars per mile when
built and equipped for business. and
would be worth as much to this city when
finished from here to the Tennessee river
a. the Little Rock railroad Is to day. The
time will coIas wien rbs necessity Of
building this road directly from Memphis
TO Somervilc, Bb'ivpr AMI Sa!tilIo will be
realized by the busIucss portion Of the
community"
Fer three years We have pleaded with
and begged Of the citizens of Shelby aud
especially Memphis for help; we wanted
to reach them direct and speedily, bat it
was - loves labor lost " and only at long
intervals did the Memphis journals con-
descend TO speak even in the most casual
manner Of our enterprise When men~
ton was made Of the Memphis and
Knoxville Railroad it was conGounded and
mixed up with a half dozen or so vision
airy schemes especially Matched out by
designing persons for no other cause
than to defeat the builing of a railroad
from Memphis through Bolivar to the
Tennessee river. What was all that gas
consumed about a common trnnk line
fIom Someryille to Memphis with branch
roads to Jackson and Bolivar? Why did
jackson struggle so hard 10 convince the
people of Memphis that she wanted a
road built to connect the tgro cities and
is now as dumb as an oyster if our as
sertion is not so Ma, no; Jackson
is full Of shrewd, enterprising and INTEL
ligent gentlemen, and they are alive to
the fact that the great bulk OF the trade
enjoyed by them comes from Henderson
coupty, and they 90 not intend to lose
portion of the same by building AN
" cir line or any other road TO Mem
phis; neither do 7hey care to be aanked
by the Bolivar AMI Salti;lo cute. What
We have said before ne say again and do
not care q farthing whether it Is contra
dicted or not, knowing that It's truth and
! nothing but the truth Jackson lrants no
direct route to Memphis; BOliUar did
but haring been shoUed aside and utterly
ignored is steadily t0orking easttcard ana
acitl soon be enjoying tie advantages ofC
srceeping trade from the Tennessee cal
ley. The Ledger is right in saying tina
the people Of nardeman have gone qui-
city TO work in sheer self-defence."