The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-08-08

Knoxville Railroad. To those men VIII 0
have gone into it have nothing to say,
more than that l hope their efforts Will
be crowned with success as to those
who have not, I wish to call their atten>
ton to a few facts that / think should
have due conside alton As money is
the first consideration with great many
men We will first see if it will pay. One
of the best proofs is that all the railroads
that have been built in the United States
are still in operation, and it needs no
argument to prove that they would go
down if they did not pay, and the very
reason that men here in the South are
not benefited more is that other men own
and control the roads.
Now, if you will for a moment look at
the region Of country through which this
road is to run, you will see that it is one
Of the most fertile sections, not only of
Tennessee, but Of the whole United
S tates, and a country tso that is not trao
versed by railroads. Build this road to
Tennessee river and Middle Tennessee
IS ready to welcome you. Build this road
to Knoxville and East Tennessee and
western North Carolina stands ready to
welcome you through their mountain
country. Here let me say that this is
one among the best sections of country
North or South. The mountain valleys
are among the most fertile on the cont
nent. The best fruit growing region in
America, and the best water power on
the globe. What she needs now Is a
railroad, and in q few years you viii see
her with manufacturers not inferior to
those Of Massachusetts, New York and
Pennsylvania Build this road through
the above named section of country and
then the old North State Will bid you tap
the Atlantic on her eastern borders. Then
you will have a road from the Atlantic on
the east to the Mississippi river on
the west. Then, if you please, think for
moment with what anxiety the Pacific
ties would look with a hope that you
would soon have the terminus of this
road on the shores of the Pacific. Now
nay friends, these may appear exalted
figures to the timid and tender footed,
but let me assure you that if you don t
take hold of it while you have the OPP
pOrtunity, the time is not far distant
when it will be taken hold of and you
will find yourselves and children support
ing one of the best paying railroads in
America. Then may you say, 1.-THE har~
vest Is past, the summer is ended and |
am not saved" You will then look back
with sorrow and regret to this accepted
time and say: Il too might have had
stock in that road which would have been
perpetual income for myself and my
children after me-" Well now, say
you, if we admit this how are we to build
the road? Very easily. Determine to
do a thing and nine times out Of ten you
accomplish it. 1t has been customary
for land owners in this section to rent
their lands for one-third the corn and one
fourth the cotton, and in grain growing
sections one-third Of all that IS made
Well now, if the lab0rer could not make
a support at this rate it would not be
honest in the land owner to require this,
! but it is an established fact that indus
trious men can and do make d comforts
able living Very well if the Iaboring
men can make a living by giving one
third of sheir labor ere9y year it looks
very reasonable that the land owners
might afford to give it for one or two
years, especially when 1t would be pay
/ ing out one dollar now to receive two
not many days hence. Now gentlemen,
take the third of the grain and ne-fourth
the cotton Of the counties through which
this road is to run and you will have the
road built inside of twelve months, with
out counting the amount you would re-
ceive from merchants, mechanics and al
professional men. Take this amount,
say, and after deducting the tax On your
land and your professions you will be
able to have the locomotives bringing
back your dollars before you would T cal
lie them from another crop. You VIII
would see your country prosper and you
children enlightened take hold and he'll
TO finish a work of which you will il
after life look to as one Of yoar best anc
most noble deeds
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