The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-26
SpecIal 70 the yot.rs Of Columbia.

Next Thursday, April the LIST, is the day
set apart for the election to determine
the wishes of our people, as to the pro-
pose, Transfer" OF So, 900 from the West
to the East end of the Duck River Valley
Railroad, to be used exclusively, in the
purchase Of iron and RollingstOck for
S id road from Columbia to Lewisburg.
Remember that the company promised a
completed road bed to the Marshall cOun-
ty line, for the subscription of S25,
900, and no one can say that this money
has not been jHdiciOuSly expended, for
the work is about complete and shows for
itself. They now propose to put the road
into operation to Lewisburg and will, if
Columbia will only make the desired
transfer" of stock already subscribed,
commence immediate negotiations for
iron and equipments.
Should it be a complete failure, and
The promise not complied with-which,
Judging the future by the past, will
no. be the case--then, and in that event.
the bonds UiU not be issued by the city
authorities to the company, and we will
be out nothing. But our interest Is now,
Tor the road bed alone, just S., $50 an
nually, which must be paid, and is, in a
manner, total loss to Columbia, even
if it were changed and made Broad
Gauge. in as much as the Louisville and
Nashville Co., would become the sole
benef Charles.
We know that some cry out high tara
GOn-a continual fleeing &c, as they
are pleased to term it, of the property
holder and poor mechanic-sOme claim
that Railroads are not beneficial to the
country, while others hold that it is bet
ter to lose $780, than $4,000. But for
the first class, we are forced to say that
it yet remains for us to see that the prop
erty holder is the principal tax payer;
and even admitting it to be the case,
(which we do mott then we are unable to
understand how there is any fleeing of
our mechanics and laborers. The second
class we would simply refer to some ofour
sister counties, feeling assured that 1t
will require no exertion whatever to fully
satisfy any one as to the very great disad-
Vantages under which the people-partlc-
ularly the honest, hard working people
daily labor. In fact, it is so plain that
the ''wayfaring man, though he be, &c.
need not err as to their wants. With the
third we fully agree, believing it to be q
sage conclusion; and to this end, we are
confident that it will be to the financial
interest of every citizen of Columbia and
vicinity to vote the transfer, have the
road completed aud thereby secure the
trade, in short time, of thirty miles OF
country which otherwise would never be
touched; and which we believe, beyond a
doubt, will be largely in excess of the as
| sessments required to meet the interest
on, and secure a sinking fund for the pay
ment of the of $6O0UO of bonds But
should our income from this source-al
lowing little or no increase In profit!
when the road is completed to Fayette
vile, in the way of reduction of freight'
on eastern goOds-merely be sufficient t
cOunterbalanCe our taxes is it not muCl
better to secure this. than to lose thu
whole of that which is already ours-il
amount precisely $65,0O0-and Tor tn
payment of which we are bound? Thu
is by far, the most sensible aud business
like view of the matter, and we trust tina
no one will fail to weigh the subje wei
in all It's bearings, and render such decis
ion as shall, in his unbiased judgmen
seem most profitable to oil concerned, AM
cast in a vote with US accordingly.