The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-30
What the Opposition to the Mem
phis & Knoxville Road in Boil
var Means

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We have never said anything unkind
about the men who oppose our Rail |
Road and we never intend to do so, he> |
;ause they have right to take ~hatever !
course on the sutject they think proper, |
however detrinlen al it may be to their
own interests or to the interest Of this |
town ard It's inhabitants. We wish,
however, to make an appeal to them n
plain language and with feelings of the
utmost kindness, to cease this opposi-
ton and let the road be built. Although
there are but very few of them they
succeed in retarding the work, and if
they could, would defear it entirely. The
only hope of Bolivar to become fl urish
ing and prosperous town, compared
with the other towns in West Tennessee,
is to get this Road, and to get it speedily.
Jackson has gained twice as much as We
have although ours is as good county
as Madison because she has competing
roads so we'll Satisfied are her people
of the value of competing roads, that
although they now have two, they have
within the last two years voted $4,000
to the Memphis q Jackson Road, $50 900
to the jackson 81 Tennessee River Il Dad,
and $1,000 600 to the jackson K Birming>
ham Road. These subscriptions were
carried by a majority Of more than ten
to one. Give Bolivar the Memphis <
Knoxville Read and she would enjoy
advantages that Jackson does not. She
would have direct Road to Mem phis,
which is a matter CT great Importance.
She would have equal advantages on
the lines to st Louis and Chicago, and
she would also have what IA more impor-
tant than all, direct Road into the
Limestone, Marble, Iron and Coal regions
OF Middle Tennessee, which Jackson and
no other town in West Tennessee has.
Why should not the people of Bolivar
have right to be heard ? Why should
a fen men, even though they be men Of
wealth, stand in the way OF an almost
unanimous public sentiment? Is Boil
var always to be Lehlnd other towns in
growth, progress and improvement? We
speak earnestly, because we feel deeply.
We know that the opponents of this
Road are not only ipjuring themselves
but they are injuring the whole com
Misunderstanding an enterprise which
10 10 orriob iarra Of h.
Middle and West Tennessee are both
greatly interested in this Road, and for
few men to throw impediments in the
way seems hard. We ask them for
their own sakes and fer the sake of our
town, county and State, not to stand in
the way Of the enterprise. If three
fourths of our citizens are not in favor
of the enterprise and of assisting it, then,
we say, let it be stopped; but by all
means let the voice of the people be
heard. Many of the people in our own
county and McNairY have expended their
money and their labor in good faith to
get Rail Road to Bolivar, relying upon
the promises of the people here to help
them and knowing that Bolivar would
reap the lions share Of the benefits. Is
it right, is it generous, for few men in
this place against the irish Of almost the
'chote community, to prevent the work
being carried on and to cause the people
in the country to lose their money and
their labor, and cause Bolivar to lose the
benefits of their trade? We do hope that
all pers Ons who have heretofore retarded
the building of the NJ. & K Road from
Bolivar to the Tennessee River will
cease their warfare, take dspassionate
view of the field before US, and cheers
fully join hands with those who are
working for the growth and future pros
perity of our town and county. If there
is man in this com munity who cannot
get his own consent to assist in building
our road, then, at least, let him no long.
er endeavOr to hinder others If there
was a reasonable doubt that this road
would work a disadvantage to our town
and people, we would oppose it with all
our might, but as the facts are all the
other way, we deem it nothing but our
duty to sustain and encourage the speedy
building Of the sane with all the ability
aud means at our command.