Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-07-18

| duOus committee work which must always
be done in advance TO make such occasions
successful, too much praise cannot b
awarded. In this notice no matter hoH
! brief Il might be, there would be no excuse
for emitting TO mention the liberal manner
! in which our citizens responded to every
call made upon them by the Mayor for assis
lance. Everything passed of without {
word Of strife, without disturbance Of any
kind, and 50 far As we can learn, the excur
] sion has left in the minds Of our people on
| Is pleasant memories.
MACHINE sHoPs.-On Thursday the 9th
| inst, Ii. s. McComb, President Of the New
| Orleans, ST. Louis and Chicago Railroad
/ Company, visited this city in order to con.
Ter with our corporate authorities in re-
gard % the location Of the Machine Shops
Of the road, for what is known a. its North
ern division We understand that Mr..
/ McCCmb was ready, in behalf Of the Conn.,
pany, to proceed ut once to the erection Of
the shops, and that all be asked was assu-
RANGES from the Attorneys Of the road and
the legal representatives. Of the city that ne
could safely do so. Judge Milton Brown,
and Gen. WalthalI, Of Mississippi, acting
for the Railroad Company, and Messrs. A.
W. Campbell and John L. II. Tomlin act
ing for the city, upon a careful examina-
ton Of the matter all concurred in the
opinion that under the circumstances, the
former proposition made by the city could
not be accepted by Mr.. McCOmb.
Here brief recapitulation Of the former
proceedings in this matter may not be out
Of place. As our readers know already, on
the 18th OF June the people Of Jackson,
with great unanimity voted an apprOprla-
ton Of 100000, to be paid in four annual
instruments to the Mississippi Central Kali
road Company on the condition that it
would locate 4 first class Machine Shop at
one OF two sites in the city, the one lying in
West and the other in East Jackson. a
few days after the vote, but before the
proposition was accepted by the Mississip-
pi Central Railroad Company, that compa-
ny passed out OF existence by the merging
Of the New Orleans and Jackson and the
Mississippi Central roads into one route
now known as the New Orleans, st. Louis
and Chicago road. This acceptance was
deemed necessary not only by the legal adj
yisers Of the road, but also by those who
represented our city. Under the cireum-
stances Mr.. McComb could properly ask Us
to hold another election, and this he has
done. There has been no mistake in this
matter on the part Of our city authorities.
They went about their work properly.
The sole cause OF the delay is as stated
above, and we do not think that there is
anything in the new arrangement to which
any reasonable man can object. Mr.
MeComb submits to the people of jackson
the following proposition, signed by him
and bearing the seal of the corporation
that he represents.
EThe New Orleans, st. Louis and Chica-
20 Railroad Company proposes to the
Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Jack
son, Tennessee, to be ratified and approved
ny the vote of the people, to locate the Ma
chine Shop OF said Company within or near
the corporate limits Of the city, sufficiently
extensive and large to supply the wants Of
the road from said city North TO Cairo, on
condition and in consideration, that said
city, in legal form, subscribe sixty thous-
and dollars, 10 be paid to said Company in
four equal annual instruments, due at one,
two, three and four years, from the date Of
the RATIFICATION OF Lue same, Dy the vote OF
The people of SAID city in the manner pre-
scribed by law, to be evidenced by the
Of the city, under the corporate
seal, payable to said Railroad Company or
bearer in sums Of one thousand dollars !
each. II the shops should be discontinued
from any cause, the real estate paid for out |
Of this fund to vest in the city.
.'The New Orleans, st. Louis and Chicago |
Railroad Company.
by II. 5. McCOMB, Pres't
Attest, VIM. CALHOUN, sec'y.
July 10th, 1874"
All that is now necessary to be done is /
hat three-fOurths Of our people shall ac-
sept this proposition, and we are assured |
by Mr.. McComb that the contract for the /
shops will at once be let ont and that with |
n sixty days, the buildings viii be in prog. |
'esS Of erection. We ale also assured that |
he preference will be given in all cases to
he contractors and mechanics Of Jackson
n this work. There is a clause in the /
Of the Company that may re-
luire explanation. The Shops are to be |
coated .'within or noar Tie OOrporate lin |
rs OF the city" Some see mischief in this /
but the proposition was word |
ID this way not at the instance of Mr.. /
dcComb but at the instance Of prominent !
.iiizens OF Jackson who are friends Of the
enterprise. As we have said two different |
localities have been selected for the Shops. /
)ne in East jackson the other near the /
present repair shops Of the Central road.
The East jackson site is partly within and
partly without the city limits, and to pro-
Ide against trouble on this point, the
was worded AS above. There
need be no fear Of any complication arising
,ut Of this matter. We are dealing with a
great corporation and with honorable men.
they have made US a proposition and all
hat IS necessary for us to do is to vote in
ayor of it. That this will be done we
rave no fear. 1t is scarcely necessary for
my one to reopen the Machine Shop ques-
ion. 1t has been passed upon by our pco-
pie already, and passed upon correctly.
As viii be seen by reference to an adver-
i.emeut elsewhere, the new election will
AXE place on Thursday the 18th OF August,
S74.