Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-06-24
Memphis and Knoxville.
Resolutions Passed at the Recent
Meeting of the Board of Direc-
tors Held at Bolivar.

RESOLUTIONS SdSSeO at the hecen
Meeting of the Board of Direc-
tors Held at Bolivar.
At meeting OF the board of
directors of the Memphis and
Knoxville railEoad company a
Bolivar, on Tuesday, the first day
Of June, Col. B. NJ Tillman, of
M'Nairy county, offered the fol
lowing preamble and resolutions
which were unanimously adopted
WHEREAS, The Memphis ana
Knoxville railroad company are
now, as they ever have been, rea
| dy to build this line of.railroad
as rapidly as possible, and it now
appearing thata considerable sub
scription has been made to the
capital stock of this company by
Pulasei and Lawrenceburg peo-
| pie between the said places, and ii
appearing that said subscribers
are DESTROYS that the line of the
road from Pulaski to Lawrence
burg shall be let; it is, there fore,
ResolUed, That the president
of this company is hereby, with
the assent of the executive COM
mittee, authorized and empower
ed to let out the grading of the
Memphis and Knoxville railroad
from Pulaski, to contractors, just
SO soon as sufficient bona tide
means have been secured to com-
plete the grading, bridging and
crosstieing of the line from Pulas
XII to Ltwrenceburg, and that the
president be authorized TO pu,
canvassers to make up any deficit
that may be between the an cunt
necessary to complete the grad
ing, bridging and crOsstieing of
SAID line from Pulaski to Law
rencehurg.
ResolUed, That the president,
with the advice OF the executive
committee, be also authorized to
let out the grading, bridging and
crosstieing of said road east of
Pulaski to Fayetteville, in Lin
coin county, and west from Law
renceburg to tue Tennessee Riv-
err to Henderson station so soon
Ms sufficient means eau be secured
to complete the grading, bridging
and crosstieing the same.
ReSogred, This company hereby
authorizes the president in the
name of the company to make
application to the quarterly court
OF Wayne county to submit prop
osition tofhe voters OF said cOun-
ty to take such an amount of
stock in the Memphis and Knox
Vile railroad company as they
will in order to assist IN building
said road.
Resolved, That the president
with the advice of the executive
committee of this company, be
authorized and requested to take
steps looking to an increase of
subscription of stock to this COM
pany in Hardin, Henderson, Fay.
cite and Shelly counties, and as
soon as the amount already sub
scribed shall be increased to an
amount sufficient to grade, cross
tie and bridge the same, that the
work shall be let out to contract
Ors.
ReSolUed, That each member Of
this board will use his utmost eX-
er:ions to have the whole. line
from Memphis to Fayetteville
put under contract at the earliest
possible moment.
ResolUed, That the president
of this company be authorized
and requested to enter into a
correspondence with General I'm
boden, Hon. John Enders and
others, looking to the extension
Of this road, or the connection of
this road with other three feet
gauge roads, so as to form a
through line from Norfolk, Vir-
GINA, or some point on the Allan
tic coast, to Memphis and the
Mississippi river, and that he re-
port to the next meeting of this
board what he may have done.