The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-02-07
Waking Up at Last.


We are glad to see that the Memphis
and Knoxville Railroad is attracting some
little attention. in the former city at last.
The Daily Epsning Ledger is of the opin>
ion "that the n and K r. r. will do as
much topronote the prosperity of this
city (Memphis) as any line that wiz ever
be built, either east or West of the Mis-
sissippi river. We reproduce ore Of the
Ledger articles in full:
The annual report of the President and
I irectors Of the Memphi- and Knoxville
Railroad Company, dated December 9th,
1872, Is before us, in neat and compre~
hensive form The officers are : General
II. p Nicely, President; w. g. Dorion.
Secretary and Treasurer, and Major
Thomas II. MilIington, Chief Engineer.
The Board of Directors consists of Napo-
leon Hill, of Memphis J J. Tharp, Mas
con Hon james Fentress, Paul I. Jones
and General r. p Nicely, Bolivar; VIM.
Rush, Hardeman county G. NJ Cason,
Henderson Station; G. l. Ross, Hender-
son county, and Thomas Davy, Saltillo.
The President, in his report, sets forth
the fact that the charter was granted on
the 9th of January, 1872, and that SUBJ
sequently the agents of the company met
with gratifying success in procuring in.
dividual subscriptions to its stock in
Hardeman and Fayette counties, and in
the eastern part of Shelby, but private
subscriptions were more limited IN the
western part of Shelby county, especially
west of Wolf river No effort has been
spared to increase the stock along that
portion of the line, but as yet enough has
not been secured to justify the commence
ment Of the work ut the western end of
| the line. Surveys have been made from
Memphis to Bolivar, sixty>three and one
/ fourth miles, and from Bolivar to SaltIilc,
/ on the Tennessee river. The distance
/ from Bolivar to Henderson Station on the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad is twenty-five
miles, and the line is located through fer
tile valleys, where the cost of construction
/ would be comparatively light (This
link has since been put under contract
and work begun The call of 5 percent
on stock thus far collected amounts to
| less than IS. 900, and the amount is about
covered 10y expenditu. es, showing very
economical management. The charter
has been so amended as to authorize the
extension Of the main stem of the road tC
branch road to Nashville, and through
Wayne, Lawrence and Gilts counties tc
Fayetteville, Lincoln county. In Wayne
Lewis and Hickman COUNTIES the road
will pass through inexhaustible beds o
rich iron ore, the products of which are
so much needed in the Mississippi Val
ley. Hydraulic cement, limestone anC
building rock of excellent quality are
found in abundance also, am the road
will reach immense deposits of coal, iron
and otter minerals The cost of the roaC
is estimated at $4,000 per mile, which
is less than the cost of most Southern
railways. The route will bring Memp phi,
twenty-five miles nearer Nashville thar
by present Connections, and withOu
change of cars. The road will traverse
scope of country 357 mIeR in length anC
an average oil seventy five in width, now
without q competing road, and it Can bt
built at less than half the cost of the
broad gauge roads in the State, operated
cheaper and be capable Of doing all tht
business presented. 1t passes through
section with a teemi ~ soil, genial eli
mate, immense mineral and coal deposits
inexhaustible water pt wer and IN indus
triOns, energetic population. If built a;
| designed, it will be a profitable invest
ment. Tho report of Major Thomas II
Millington, the Chief Engineer, goes int
details fully and exhaustively, and con
tains an elaborate argument demonstrate
ing that a narrow gauge road is preferab't
to any other for this route, and the vari-
OTIS resources of the country from Mem
phis to Knoxville are ven in order.
The distance from the Mississippi
river at Miles
Memphis to SOmerviIle,.............. All;
ScmerviIle to Bulivar.................. 2l:4S
Bolivar to Montezuma-..... ......... POS
dontezuma to Henderson Station. 42t
Henderson Station to Saltillo. 49,. 29:T4
II7:7-
The estimated cost of completing ant
equipping the road from Memphis to Sal