Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-17
THE NJ. Ak. RAILROAD.
WaynesbOrO's Interest I'm the Enter
prise-A Thriving and Promising
Manufacturing Center,
nom an Occasional CorrespOndent.l


WAyrqEsBoRo. TENN, November
l2-Tbey have had an exciting can
yass here In regard 70 subscription OF one
hundred snd twenty ,nye thous4nd doliA 70
fhe Memphis and Knoxville railroad com.
papy The taxable property Of THIS county is
about one million five hundred thousand dol
lRrs, and the anouIt Is near oneI 40, ellIn . %
the present taxable property OF the county;
but they ali know that n nVe years aitfr TINS
road is built the taxable property OF wayne
will be double what II nov IL Inc wayne
furnace which was stopped last year, is 10 be
again put in operation when inns roau II put
under contract. The furnace properly, when
the furnace was In operation, wSs assessed al
seventy-dVe thousand dollars; this year, since
the furnace has been closed, Ii was only as
sessed at ten thousand dollars loss o. sky
i've thousand collars OF taxable properly 10
the county. II the railroad should De bulItI
As IL is now certain that IL viii be, TINS prop
erty will be worth one hundred and my
Ihousaud dollars, because IL VIII then turn
out twice as much iron as II ever did before
The high prices paid for transporting their
iron TO the Tennessee river wa the cause OF
Nbe furnace csssing TO run. Their transport
-, on to the river cost them twenty SIX tnou.
81, dollars per annum. The memphis ana
Ssha 'us railroad WILL run Immediately by
~ 49, -. IL is understood that an English
company h. poag,t me ceinSns pl ,rer
is !, - 80, as Ne railroad Is put under con-
tract through this county. Tnete Is also i
great deal OF fine ma NC 81 ca Ms rsiiroad is
built The finest fruit regi,u ~ ,a,IaH sa5fh
nessee lies few ION niles
of this pace, aud Is II Sc safd
wide and thirty miles in length. tsbars
that they never fail 20 have good Iru. --,y,,
but at present f. is inaccessible. This c. ,r1.s
and tue adjoining county lLawrencel are de-
tined 10 be two OF the richest counLes IN tne
State when this railroad Il built,and their MIN
eral and manufacturing wealth u iully ueNel-
oped. At present they cannot ma market
for what they raise. corn is twenty cents per
bushel, butter twelve and one-han cents per
pound and turkeys fifty cents apiece In trade,
and diuncult Of sale at these prices. lsTge
nouring.mil is 10 be established here, Wnlcn
will turn out one hundred barrels OF hour per
dRy, when the railroad is put under contract
The iron ore In this county and the two ad-
Joining counties lewis an 4 LawrSnce) al one
Sol ar Ter ton would Tar more than pay the
., tie debt OF Tennessee, and the STATE Wouln
=, wisely TO slst in The development OF
a.. mineral counties. There Is ti:opeT
tessSS,h = these counties To make charcoal 70
81 ,I.,,, a 'ty years, The Wayne County C1sa-
10 IS Trhl,, bed In this place, and IN an ex-
-. a, ~, -htly and interesting paper. u
S5ttss ~, SIT Ming Warren, and has cir
Ln,ISttoT IN thsl county OF four hundred,
rh1cb ss Won know, is a very large county
~, - Z ntion for a weekly paper. ms shows
that these are TeaetLpS 2pn1neStsa ~ Inc
Hs1eu nouse in Waynesboro. Ihese are no.
ble genegous and liberal people, anu wen ue
serve the Dement'S . rsilroad WlIl give tnen
Out of two hundred aua seN nseen 49, .tst
al Wsynesboro, only four were cast asalh l
the su Inscription, sad C.ifton gave inhgoIltty
aof one hundred and fOzty-tWo Fotes ~ ~
Soripfion where only one hundred ana nlnety : :
f0ur votes were pOlled. Even Inc opPOnsh
~ me sub.crlption seemed 10 be fssolceo al
the result and II w-s said real estAte &C
yauced Nv enty-nVe per cent on the tine -
Inc road 30 Eoon as u was AsceI tsl1ea LA
the an bscri ption had been carried. Iney nov
sav and feel that there II life In TIE oid ~ "a
vet" and that Wayne Will s0on tak.e I ~ i ss
ons OF the richest mineral eouh'es IL 'nS
state.