The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-08-29

Sp"cU inferior 10 the DfOaO gauge. ! ne
frst annual report of the Directors of the
Denver and Rio Grandc (three feet gauge)
Railroad just issued, if carefully perused,
will no doubt convince any one, not will
fully blind, of the superior advantages of
the narrow gauge mean PROPERLY
narraw gauge railroad.
In the report before alluded to is the
following:
"The trains passenger and freight
have been run at the same rates Of speed
which have prevailed on the Pacific lines
and on all the other broad gauge roads
west Of the Missouri river, and when re-
quired, on special occasions, have run
with steadiness at thirty and forty miles
per hour The passenger cars have
proven comfortable, are well ventilated
and handsomely fitted up, and the 900
passengers who passed over the road last
year certainly rode as steadily, and, as
far as could be judged, altogether as sat-
isfactorily as on any wide gauge road,
and the freight cars have carried cUnVe-
niently all classes of traffic, bulky and
concentrated. There has been no acci~
dent on the road, and the centre of grav>
ity of the cars Is so much lowered that
one could hardly occur that would be
traceable to the gauge. In addition to
first and second class passengers, the road
has carried during the past year freight
Of great variety of character. Besides
heavy articles-coal, ores, stone, lumber,
iron, hardware, grain, etc it has car
ried WOO, furniture, hay, wagons and
other freight Of the ightest and most
bulky nature. So far as the actual re-
suits of the the operation of this particu
lar gauge on the Denver and K Ora nde
railway during the past year are con-
cerncd, there is no reason to regret the
selection 1t has proved entirely salts
factory, thoroughly suited to the ecOnom
ical rolling stock, and can now be cons
siGered as q fixed and permanent institu>
ton in the United States
At this moment the material interests
of Tennessee are lauguishing for want of
cheap railroad transportation, such as a
properly designed and constructed mar
row gauge railroad alone can supply, and
VIC are very much mistaken if the time
is far distant when such an Influence will
be requisite to prevent monopoly in the
eastward bound traffic from Memphis
BY no other means can cheap transport
tatiOn be provided for the agricultural
and mineral products of Tennessee. Such
roads are especially adapted to the noun
famous regions, where minerals most
abound. The first great object is u judi
ciously located trunk line between the
most important cities, from which
branches Of cheaper construction, if ne~
cessary, will naturally be extended, as
the means and necessities of the people
dictate. An east and west line will be
in the direction of the great tide of COM
merce from the rich, but almost unde-
veloped S uthwest to the principal east~
ern cities, the money centres of the cons
tinent. Roads that link together a section
of country rich in agricultural products
with one possessing vast deposits Of coal,
iron ore and other minerals, are invarIa-
bly, paying roads.
In this connection, we would respect
fully call the earnest and immediate at
tention of every business man and every
Tennesseean to the very great advantages
possessed by the Memphis and Knoxville
narrow gauge railroad. 1t will run from
Memphis to Knoxville, with branches
from its crossing of the Tennessee River
to Nashville, and also to Fayetteville,
where it will connect with q road to Chat
tanooga-thus joining together the three
greatest cities of the State. 1t runs
diagonaIly through the State, in a north
eastwardly direction, and on the shortest
line, from Memphis to Norfolk and Phil
adelphia. 1t will carry the products Of
the soil from the rich lands in West Ten
nessee, and in return.bring the coal, iron
marble, building stone, etc, from Middle
and East Tennessee to where they are SC
much needed in the great Mississippi
Valley.
1t will give Tennessee, what she ha
not at present, railroad over which hel
citizens can travel east or west withOu
having to 90 first into an adjoining State
! The State has the utmost need of thi:
road, to develope her dormant resources
and bring in capital and emigration
Memphis cannot do without it nue.
longer, and the sooner she assists TO bull,
it the better it will be for her bushes
men. Her merchants and shippers ar
losing annually, for want of such compe
tition as this road will produce, NOR
than they are asked by the Company tt
subscribe toward It's construction. Tn
Memphis and Knoxville railroad offer
to~day much better inducements to CAPT
talists than any broad gauge in the Yves
and whenever the citizens along the liz
come readily forward and do what the
are able, there is no doubt about tn
early completion of the road. A genert
willingness to aid as much as possible
: required at once from all interested. \
waiting, no hanging back on the part
some until they see how the others 9,
7 through. A united effort, without flu
: ther delay, and in less than two years v
shall have the Memphis and KnoXviI
railroad.
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We acknowledge with profound thanl
the receipt of the following invitatio
and regret exceedingly that our duti
> will be such as to prevent an atteudanc
Our Toms Station friends are not to
outdone in their generous hospitalit
and we have no doubt those who go
the Barbecue will be splendidly ente
: tanned
u TooN' $, Tenn, August % 1873.
r Messrs. NJ. r PARRISH and j. f. Ho
J, KINs. Boliver Tenn.
j, GENTLEMEN-We the undersigned, &C