The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-05-30
The Narrow Gaupa.

The more We think Of It the more We
IRE convinced that the great future oitY Of
Memphis viii he developed By means Of
narrow gauge railroads. To the east and
north Of US in Tennessee 10 a territory of
great wealth which il nov entirely chi
ef from as BY reason Of hostile railroads.
Bolivar and Jackson, two important towns
doing the treAe Of wealthy country. and
which formerly traded here, are as
foreign TO as as If they we're on the other
side of Timbuctoo. Halfa million ofdolIars
judIeiogsly expended would send the mar
rev gauge people into that country and
break up the fostering monopoly which
depriyes as Of orr legitimate business
and bangs about the necks of these com
SnBaities like mill stone Turn further
south and the counties of Marshall, La
Fsyette, POntOtoe, Union, Lee aud Mon.
roe IN Mississippi await the same deliv-
eEer, an1 eagerly eBtFeat as 10 be redeem
ed from the broad gauge thraldom.
Within fifty miles Of Okol0na are mines
from which coal can be brought to Mem
PhiA and sold 1t fifty cents Darrell, and
still yield excellent profits to miners and
carriers. Why do We stand idle whilst
AL these advantages are offered us2 We
have beard Of the person who fddled
whilst Rome burned Alas there are
too many 6adleTs nov >a-days.-K Memphis
Ledger.
Although there are, as the Ledger says,
plenty Of Rddless, there is not one too
many. The troubls is they don't play in
unsion on eleay, we'll defined tunes, bat
20 mapping and bobbing about like SO
many restless sand-pipers. For over two
years the people Of Hardeman, Hender-
son, MeNairy, Hardin, Wayne, Lawrence,
Giles and in fact, all the southern tier Of
counties in Tennessee have been reach-
ing ont their hands to Memphis, but as
yet, with now and then q slight deflec>
ton, have been treated as cOolly by the
Press CT Memphis as if they were a set
Of CARELESS beggars fresh from the sandy
wastes Of Egypt If only half the truth
was told concerning the great advantages
to be derived By Memphis from the
building Of the Memphis and Knoxville
road 'tWOuld be sufficient TO convince the
most skeptical numskull in the land that
\ rich trade would be poured into her
lamp, the loss of which she, in all her
proud endeavors to grasp the bOundless
west, can i'll afford to lose. We have
said before, and say again, that the cOun
ties east Of Memphis would do their
trading there if opportunity offered. If
the BE-. & 4. road Is built soon enough
TO strangle the alliances now being made
with Nashville, Louisville and St Louis
. glorious change will soon be brought
about, but if our neighbors on the bluffs
continue their faces to the west to the
utter neglest Of the east, the day will csr>
tainly come when they too may heaVs a
sigh and truthfully, yet mournfully say
SIT might have been" We are in every
way identified with the prosperity of
Memphis; our friends are there aud
nothing should be allowed to Interrupt
our business relation with them. In an
humble but not altogether uuknow capa.
city We originated the idea ofsonstr1cting
q narrow gauge railway from Memphis to
the Tennessee river ola Bolivar in order
that the commerce Of the counties lying
between the Memphis and Chrleston road
on tho south and the Memphis aud Louis
Vile road on the north might be accom-
modatsd, and from that day to this-noW
nearly three years ago-we have never
known an argument worthy of note urg>
ed against It. On the other hand, every
thing has proven and continues to prove
the entire practicability ofths route
while evidence after evidence rises TO the
front to prove that the road is badly
needed and that il should at least meet
with hearty support from those whose
duty it is to disseminate the truth anC
infurse life into any we'll grounded pro
iect having for its aim nothing les
than the welfare of communities. Out
side Of any pride which may possess US
We do hope and trust that the powerful
Press Of Memphis will wake up to full
understanding Of all the surrounding
and assist Us with their unqGestionabl
influence in gaining the public ear. vii
they do it?