Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-01
tennessee central Railroad.

To the wOrshipful County Court of Da-
wilson county: For the information of the
members of your honorable body and of the
citizens Of Davidson county, of whose in
terests they are the guardians, the follow
ing facts and suggestions are respectfully
submitted:
Under a very favorable and liberal char
ter, granted many years since, and which
was renewed four years ago by the Legis-
lature with amendments, giving eight years
longer for the completion of the enterprise,
the above named Tennessee Central Rail-
road Company was organized according to
the provisions of the charter, and some
months since commenced the work of con-
struction, and have progressed with energy,
Notwithstanding the pecuniary difficulties
Of the period. They have now over four
teen miles of new roadbed graded, with log
drains, t~restles, ETC., nearly complete, be-
tween Trenton and McLemoresville in addi-
ton to the nine miles of old graded road be-
tween Huntingdon and McLemoreSyille,
conveyed by the Nashville, Chattanooga and
st. Louis Railroad Company to the
Tennessee Central Railroad Company.
They nave nearly the whole line of road
way from Huntingdon Il Trenton. 80 miles,
cleared of timber, and a car load of terra
Gotta or stoneware tile pipe OF hand for the
smaller culverts on the portion not yet
graded. The work is now progressing at
various points along the line. With some
aid in the way of endorsement of the cor
pOration bonds of Trenton and Milan, it is
confidently believed that the road bed from
Huntington to Brazil, smiles west of Tren-
ton, will be prepared for the reception of
the iron, rolling stock and equipments,
which, by contract with the Nashville,
Chattanooga and st. Louis Company, will
readily be obtained by their endorsement
of the first mortgage bonds of the Tennes-
see Central Railroad Company.
1t is now proposed to make application
to your wOrshipful body to submit a propO-
sition to the vote of the citizens of David
son county, for transferring 100000 of the
stock of the Louisville and Nashville Rail-
road Company to the Tennessee Central
Railroad Company, in lieu of an equal
amount of the stock of the latter company.
If this be conceded, it will enable this COM
pany to carry to speedy completion IN en-
terprise more fraught with beneficial re-
suits to Nashville and Davidson county
than all similar works now in con-
temptation. For if the Central road
reach the Mississippi river, by the
aid and cooperation of the Nash
vile and Chattanooga Railroad Company
and the enterprising and successful Col.
Thomas Allen, of st. Louis, of which we
have assurance, it will be speedily extend
ed to a connection with the Cairo and Full
ton and the st. Louis and Iron Mountain
railroad at White river, thus giving an out
let to all regions beyond the Mississippi to
the Pacific Ocean.
Will your worhipful body and the citi-
zen of Davidson county seize this oppor-
tunity, in concert with the Tennessee Cen
trail and the Nashville, Chattanooga and st.
Louis railroad, of securing forever the
growth and prosperity of your beautiful
city, by placing her on the line of the most
direct, and ultimately, the most popular
i~nter-oceanic railway route from the Pacific
coast through Western, Middle and Eastern
Tennessee and Virginia to Norfolk, to
Washington and to all of the seaports and
cities of the Atlantic coast?
WIN. W. LEA.
Pres't T. c. R. II. Co.