The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-25
Proof Of What We Said.

Some time ago We asserted, in an
article written in the interest Of the NJ j.
i K. r r that Jackson, notwithstaad>
ng all the noiss made about road from
th It place to Memphis, did not want any
thing of the kind. To show that We were
correct in our assertion we have only to
reproduce the words Of the jackson Rhf1
and Tribune fthe l2sh instant, namely
As announced, Judge Brown address,
ed the citizens of jackson and Eas. Madi.
sOE on Saturday last, in the interest Of
the long moOted Jackson and Huntingdon
Railroad. The Jadge was the bearer Of
specific proposition from the Nashville
and Chattanooga r. r. Co. piedging that
. mPRRy to build the link betM cen
huntington and Jackson within a year,
provided that jackson and Huntingdon
and the country between the two towns,
would raise $3.50 000 Briefly, but point
eddy, the Judge urged the importance of
immediate actiUnNon the part of Jackson,
and declared his Willingness, aud he is
0n1 OF the very largest tax payerh in the
/ city, 10 vote snbscriptinn of 100000
I On Jacl son alone if necessary to secure
/ the speedy construction of this road
I The proposition Of the Nashville i Chat
tanOoEa Il K. Co.. means business
! There Is something tangible and pointed
I IN it, and our citizens should respond
/ promptly and with power Jackson has
already filtered away time enough, pre-
| viOus time too, in vain effort to build
/ Eastern and Western roads. The PEG
/ pie East and West interested as much, or
more In these roads than JIcksou-haye
utterly failed 20 resy ond, and now inter
est demands that we leave these East and
| West roads to the future, while We unite
our energies and capital in the cunstruc-
ton Of roads that are not only practical
bic, but in the building Of which We get
| substantial aid Hence we urge upon
or city authorities immediate action up
on Judge Browns proposition The
u eTits Of this road We will discuss in full
at the proper time. However, the citi>
zena committee should also take the mat.
ter in hand at once, and We submit 10
them aud the city officials the prOpriety
Of securing the services IF Judge Brown
in fHrthsrance Of this great and vital snN
terprise We do not know that the
Judge would accept the honor, but We
DO know that he is one of the ablest rail-
road men in the United States, and that
whatever he undertakes in tho way of
public improvement, will inspire conf
denee both with the people and with cap
itGIistA Let active, prompt decisive &C,
ton be the watchword of the hour
Plainly enough the people of Memphis
are told that Jackson has lost time
enough in vain efforts to build & road
west, and that now she looks southeast
aud northwest. What has the Appeal
aud other Memphis journals to say now
| about an "air line to Jackson, Bolivar
/ and bonneville ? Had they not better
talk right Hquarely out and say at once
that the projectors of the Memphis and
/ Knoxville road are their friends and thai
the enterprise is worthy of more atteu-
ton than has been shown it by them
Bolivar and the people along the line Of
the road have good cause to censurs the
/ public prints of Memphis for the manner
in which the N. Il K road has been
| treated by them for the past two years
| but We guess they will not go crazy about
the matter as the prospect is highly fav-
orable for & speedy connection east with
the Tennessee valley trade. Planters had
/ Just about as soon draw their grain anc
produce from the Tennessee valley as
from Memphis, especially when by SC
doing money is saved