The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1873-02-21
Our Railroad Prospects.

Under this cheering head the Ilarrodshura
Peqpis publishes an article setting forth Sc
rios Of reasons why the material interest of tho
Cincinnati Railway Corporation would be ad
vanced by the construction Of their line d
thoroughlare through the town Of Harrods
burg. These reasons are Fummcd up in the
following paragraphs.
Aside from circumstances which need not
be detailed here, there are weighty reasons for
running the road through Georgetown, Yer
saillcs, llarrodshurg aud panvillc. First, this
route Is az short and a. cheap a. any yet sur
yeyed. second, D. j. the most Western Of all
routes and will Therefore, render tributary to
Cincinnati larger scope Of country than auy
other route. Ihird, more liberal donations
have been made by Counties along this line
than along any other .l1urth. other counties
await the actiuuof ,uo Legislature authorizing
them, as countic-, g. buy and pay bv taxation
Tor the g.aht 81 way through lhcir borders
and it is quite certain thatihc Legislature will
pas. no such law.
IL is said that Tom Scott, President Of the
Pennsylvania Central, has been examining
the Kentucky Central road, and has inspected
the towers ON the Kentucky river. in Mercer
county. Ii has long lo,n rumortd that Scott
only aW2it' tic scttieECgt of the question of
ownership, 10 Luy ont the Kentucky Central.
\. q. Talbot, Of Boyle, writes to the Dan
vile Id0oc1is that the Trustees are TO meet
Immediately and accept the amended chartcrl
and proceed TO locate and construct
All things considered. we feel justified in
stating that the railroad prospects Of Mercer
are brighter than ever before.
II is fortunate conclusion that the trustees
Of this railroad arrived at, when they deter
to locate the bed Of this road along the line
selected by compo:en, engineers and surveyors
a practicable, rather thanupon a route recon-
mendcd by parties interested in ti.e location
of the road. Certain j. Is. and the People shouid
have long since found it out that newspaper
articles, advocating this or that particular
line, have neither weight nor influence with
the trustees Of this corporation. Though not
protesting u bs deeper ia tho sovrats 81 the
trustees than ihe majority Of citizens, we can
neyerthclcss, say, and We speak by the card,
that the line has already boen. selected, and
that neither Versatile, lIarrodsburg nor Dan
willie is in that line. Indeed why should they
be, unless il wa, an object 20 experiment upon
the amount of money that could hccxpondedin
excess OF the SlO,O1oJl, which i-the approx
imating sum allowed for the construction. Is
it true, as the Rop's stats, that the Versailles
and Harrod-burg route is a. short and
cheap as any vet surveyed 1t is sufi-
Client To answer that the map and the
plats Of the survey, which We have be-
fore Us, demonstrate that there are sew
eral shorter surveyed routes, and the cost
Of work on this line would prove to be consid-
erably in excess Of the necessary cost ON three
Or four other routes
1t has been one Of the shor.-sight,d pecu-
liaritics OF every village within range of
fifty miles, East or Wet, Of reasonably
straight line between Cincinnati and Chatta-
nooga, to put itself upon civil engineers
stool, and calculate the facilities Of approach
to its corporate limits. No thought is enter
.aincd, no calculation is made how the road is
10 leave that point The solution of that ques-
.i0nis len either To Providence or the next
own in line inst beyond IT, The llarrcds-
lurg P9pF has got the road to lIarroi7burg,
md leaves Dinvllc and the trustees to con
end with Nature, all mixed up and piled
,round in the Green river hills. Why, good /
iiend Of the People, Woodfori, Mercer aud
Boyle counties might, as a bonus, give the .
incinnati road 1.-THE Of all they possessed, .
md ii would not Justify the trustees in bridg- /
ny Green river and tlnnclling il ranges of
provided they could find away to
head this stream, even though they received no
'onus, and were compelled to pay for every
GOT Of the right Of way, Now in all candor .
,e say to you, that way has been found. II .
ome- through Lancaster, down Logan's creek, .
ut Cox'- Gap, striking the table lands above .
he head OF Green river, and in a straight line .
onward, without building bridge or making !
' 9De Cumberland river This way II -.-s'..,.
Is useless for us to write about il, or squab-
l. over it. Let your spiri. be at rat on the
inject, Spend your money that you propose
pay for the ri 10 Of way in ,h, construction
mmpikes to Chaplain Hill, where fire
God i. abundant, You will never g,t coal
y the railroad
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