The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-06-11
A TENNESSEE MARROW GAUGE
Action of the Board of Directors of
the Memphis & Knoxville
Railroad Company.

at meeting of the BJard Of Direc tors
of the Memphis & Knoxville Railroad
Company, held in Bolivar, June 9Th,
Col B. NJ TiImau, Of McNairY, offered
the following, which Was adopted
WHEREAS, The Memphis and Knox
vile Railroad Company are now, as they
have always been, ready to build this
line Of railroad as rapidly as possible,
and it now appearing that Il considerable
subscription has been made to the caps
ital stock of this company by Pull aski
and Lawrenceburg and the people be
tween and in said places, and it appears
| ing that said ubscribers are DESTROYS
that the line of this road from Pulaski
to Lawrenceburg shall be let, but i. not
| appe airing that the above mentioned
subscription Is sufficient to complete
the grading, bridging and Gro ss>'ying
of the road from Pulaski 30 Lawrenee~
burg.
LIST, 1t is on motion resolved by the
Board of Director of the Memphis d
Knoxville Railroad Company that the
President of the Com pauY is hereby,
| with the assent of the Executive Com
mittee, authorized and empowered to
let out the grading IF the Memphis i
Knoxville Railroad from Pulaski to
Lawr enceburg to contractors just 50
soon as suffci bonafie means have
been secured to complete the grading,
bridging and cross>tyiug of the line
from Pulaski to Lawrenceburg, and that
the President be authorized to put cam
vassers in thu field to make up any de-
fct that may exist between the amount
now subscribed as aforesaid and the
amount necessary to complete the grad~
ing, bridging and cross~tying of said
line from Pulaski to Lawrenceburg.
Resolved further, That the President,
with the advice of the Executive Com
mittee of the Company, be also author
lied to let out the grading of the line of
this road east Of Pulaski, to Fayetteg Vile,
in Lincoln county. and west from Law
renceburg to the Tennessee river, and
from the Tennessee river to Henderson
Station, as soon as sufficient means can
5 be provided to secure the completion of
the grading, bridaing and cross-tyiug OF
the same.
! Resolved further, That the ComraDy
>, hereby authorize the President, in the
!. name of this Company, to MAKE appli-
: cation to the Quarterly Court of Way {
! county to submit proposition to thu
3 voters of sold county TO take such
> mount of stock in the Memphis i
r Knoxville Ra ilroad Company as the,
= will in order to assist in building tn
t rrad tn rough said county of Wayne.
Resolved further, That the President
, " it'll tie advice Of the Executive Com
Il mittee of this company, lie authorize
n and requested to take steI Looking t
7 he increase of the I'll .bscIiLticn {, f stoc
r 70 this Com pany in Hardin, Henderson
5 Fayette and Shelby counties, and that a
d soon the amount a'reaLy subs Grill e'
. shall be increased to an mount sufi
9 cient to grade, br idge, and cross>tye th
% same, the same shall be let 60 contrac
d tors.
e Resolved further, That each msn1e
20 of this Board will use his utuiosS exsr
II ton to have the whole line from Mem
IS phis to Fayetteville put unde contract a
:; :; the earliest practicable moment
r Resolved further, That the Pre- ii len
ID of this Company be requested and au
y thorized to enter into a correspondent c
with Gen. Imboden, Hon. John E lisr
is and others, looking to the extension 0
g. this road, or the connection e this ro'
al wi, other three feot gauge roads, 80
=, form a through line from Norfolk, Va
90 or sons point on the Atlant coast,
nd Memphis on the Mississippi river, al
ily that he report to the next meeting
a this Board what he may have done
ell At this meeting sE Gov John
his Bro1n, of Pulaski, was elected DireC
re- or. in the place OF 7. J. DaVie resigne
cal and l. h. Adams, of Bolivar, in the pa
On Of D. J. Wells, dsceassd.