The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-09-17
4. M. POLK & CO., Eds.
CHEERING PROSPECTS OF THE
MEMPHIS & KNOXVILLE
RAIL ROAD.

This important road, destined when
completed to develop more than any 9th
er Railroad in the State, the agricultural
and mineral resources of our great com
monwealth, is steadily progressing to-
wards completion. The absolute neces
sitY, of the counties through which this
great thoroughfare will run, combined
with the belief that there Is no raod in
the State, yet built which can be so good
a--paying road as an Investment, is fore
ing the conviction upon the minds of
those who are fortunate enough to be
in reach Of its life-giving advantages, to
Pot their shoulders to the wheel, and
push the work on to completion. The
energetic President Of the road, Gen. T.
2. Nicely, has just returned from the
counties through which the road runs
east OF the Tennessee river. The road
has been recently located, and most of
it let out to contractors through the coun-
ty of Lawrence. The location of the
road is now being made by the engineer
ing corps through Giles county to the
town of Pulaski, and will be soon let to
contract. And the people of Wayne
county are ready almost to a man. and
anxious to vote the amount, 1926, 600
necessary to build the road
through that county to the Tennessee
river. This region of country is one of
the richest in mineral wealth in the whole
State. Iron of the finest quality, marble
hydraulic limestone, lime, are found here
in abundance, and coal Of very superb
or quality has recently been discovered
IN the county of Wayne. 1t is also a
great bread and meat country, and great
ly needs an outlet for its surplus produc-
tons Our own city Of Memphis has a
deep interest in reaching this favored re-
gion which can supply her more ehieply
than any other with all the materials
for becoming a great manufacturing city,
and thereby assuring a prosperous and
enviable future. This alone would do
more for our Bluff City than all the rail-
roads which now reach her either from
the east or west. In this view we have
not taken into consideration the vast
trade that would find its way to Memphis
over this route from the town of Pulaski
through the counties of middle and west
Tennessee, which now is diverted By en-
s&erpFises and transportation to other and
foreign markets Better facilities for
reaching markets are offered to the pro
ducbive industry of the country, (for some
Of them baTe scarcely any outlet than
they now have throughout this line pene-
trating the very heart of the mineral and
agricultural wealth of Tennessee, and
Tennessee productions pass away from
Tennessee's commercial emporium to
build up other cities. This could be as
easily changed by small expenditure to
secure cheap road, to carry at less cost
than the broad gaugue roads can possibly
afford to work for, the rich commerce of
a region whose trade alone is sufficient to
make city prosperous. Commerce de-
mends the cheapest and quickets route
to market; and commerce is inerora5le
in this demand. Let Us add to this
another great truth,-that manufactur-
ing is the only induring basis of uninter-
rupted prosperity to a city. 1t creates a
commerce which adds to and eventually
grows greater, and more important tn an
that trade which is only handled in
transitu. The latter may be diverted, the
former is permanent, and the prosperity
accompanying it, fixes and enlarges the
trade passing through to the great money
centers of the commercial world. We
have looked anxiously to see Memphis
stretch out her arms to receive the rich
treasures awaiting triaing ezpendi-
ture We cannot think we are mistaken
in the belief that it is of the most vital
Importance to her interests to Secure this
great boon, and it is almost incredible
that it can be secured by so small an
outlay, the cost of a cheap road across
the county Of Shelby. A judicious ex-
Tenditure is economy.
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