The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-03-06
Will the Narrow Gauge Rail
FOad Paw

1t has been argued by the opponents OF
the Narrow Gauge Railroad that it will
not save to Naury County enough to JUS
tify the expenditure necessary to construct
II. We call careful attention to and defy
successful contradiction Of the following
statements, We have taken the year end
ing February lst, 1874, as basis, and
suppose the receipts and shipments of
other years to be about the same.
lst Maury County pays annually for
freights not less than 500 coo 90 more than
she would have to pay if we had a COM
peting line
I'd. In the single article OF cotton We
pay over $4,000 90 year more than we
would pay with a competing line.
I'd. We pay on every pound Of freight
, mills, or s. 90 on every thousand pounds
more than it would cost US with com
peting line:
These statements seem startling, but
look at the figures. Columbia receives
and forwards from this point q 900, 900
pounds of freight annually. Now of the
23.OOOOOO pounds, 6,3GO,OOO is cotton
take this as a basis. From Nashville to
New Orleans, ii costs on an average by
rail 81 % per bale to ship cotton; and il
costs from Columbia TO New Orleans
81 70 per bale difference against Co,
lumb;a, (which is 10 miles nearer New
Orleans than Nashville isl 81 80 per bale,
or - 90 per thousand, making the
amount we pay on cotton more than
Nashville pays on the same number OF
bales, $4,000, and making the difference
on each pound, , mills rs above stated a;
which, applied to the 100000 pounds.
makes the startling aggregate of sixty
nine thousand dollars
Give US u competing line, and we can
ship at Nashville rates, and save TO the
farmers Of Maury County $4,000
dollars annually. We ASK those who OPP
pose the road to examine the above state
mcuts and figures, carefully and critical
~ In order that we may moro fully i'm
press our readers with the above facts, we
submit tabular statement
FUEIGHT~ RECEIVED AT, AID SHIPPED FROM
CoIUNHN STATION FROM FER Isl 1875, TO
FEfE. IST lN1E
No pounds shipped. ...-.----..-----.---. l6,blnOn
Np hounds received. ....-.............-. 6,,n0O,n
.2,aIoOM
No hai.> cotton shipped ......-......-.. l252l
Weight at cotton shipped. .-.........--. h,;an7OO
Average price per bale to New Or
leans, Ma Nashville. u =l.-.-....-.--. Nl9,tNl -
Now iTwC pay SlaOSl - more for shipping
G,SSl.' Ou Ihs, how much more do We pay on
the gross amount 2HlO,UOT
63iHitt: l9,Nljo:: 22HluUN: 6S5jpn1.
From the above It is easily seen what
a great and incalculable benefit to Maui
~ County the competition Of this road
would prove. The Nashville aad pcca-
tur Railroad Company has our people in
its power, and never fails to improve its
opportunities of cxtortiou- Bat it is no
worse than other roads that have no com
petition. There being no competing line,
ioryears il has been eating our substance,
aud our producers have been pOwerless to
help themselves There Is but one refuge
from its cxtortious. and that is in com
petiuS line. With the Narrow Gauge
Railroad tapping this road, and connect
ing with Chattanooga On one side and the
Tennessee River on the other, we will
have direct communication with the
South, and will be no longer dependent
ul the Nashville and Decatur Eailr Dad,
now ,1,r ,,,.l,- ,.b,r., - -bipnir,,