The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-07-27
HARROW GAUG2R. Rs
a Practical Demonstration Of
THEN Utility and Success.
LOUISVILLE, KY, July s, 1876.

a - LOUISVILLE, KY, jay s, 1875.
Having business in this city, within
ne past few days, | have avaiI.d myself
OF the opportunity to find ou5 snslewhat
% regards the capacity and surroundings
OF the Louisville, Harrods Creek and
Wesliord Narrow Gauge IA IroaJ. On
the morning Of ito 4th rode on an Ex-
cursIon Train from Louisville 10 n sta
ton known as sand Hill They had
attached to the engine seven cars. two of
Nh-GH we're regular passenger coaches
carrying each siSty-four passengers and
me other five were ordinary fats nzal
Win Comfortable seats for passengers
ami carry Tag each forty persons, the
whole train carrying nearly three hum
area and fifty passengers, This | saw
Tor myself, and am fully convinced that
.'r az the purposes Of three fOuTths or
ieas. one-half Of the railroads In the
United Stats the narrow gauge would be
ample. From the contractor who bulls
the road, aGd who has since used il eE-
t5nsIVeiy for freight purposes, l learned
tnat the freight cars are in every way as
convenient IS those Of the broad gauge.
ON the ntts they allow him to load IF
teen thousand pounds to the car. THIS Is
known as dead weight, he being engaged
IN qnarrying rock for city purposes. The
cars Tor other freight and stock, OF course
beng smaller than those Of a broad
gauge, carry less, but still they are equal
to any demond you may have in your
part OF the country. From a brakeman
who stood near me on the train learned
tEeY nave never had q car to Tun of The
track. hat the passengers are always
transported safely and comfortably 70
their several destinations and thay have
never mad an accident. The road Is not
to my mind frst-class and yet they make
hiteen or twenty miles an hour with
perfect imPunity, which would make 1t
about an hour ) ran trOJa Pulaski to
aWrencoburG. ] learned from a reIia
lie gentleman that their gross receipts
from passengers on the Alb Of July
amounted to eight hundred dollars and
that the expenses for the day were only
fifty dollars, leaving Q clear profit Of sew
co hundred and fifty d9lIass ia one Gav
Tor carving passengers alone over about
twelve miles Of narrow gauge railroad
suppose they were to do that every day
10 the yea" why it would aggregate to
two hEndred and seventy three thousand
seven hundred and fifty dollars of clear
!tDB-. GtiA j tog oH t'EjcoC o-aS A'''t~
thirty times az long and they had tHen-
t. times as much rolling stock, what
could they not Dc? It is just perfect
nonsense to say that narrow gauge
railroad is q h1mbug IF any Of your
merchants who may happen to come TO
Louisville will step to the river side just
in rear Of the Gale House, they VIAL ind
iha depot OF this company anG upon in
auiry viii ind that all l have stated Is
true write this because / Thought
could detect while on the road in Giles
county a feeling with the people along
The line that narrow gauge road would
be q failure. But they are net fixtures
There are a good many IN actual eEisS
tcuce; whenever found they are perfect
success, and if you can get your road
completed in the next twelve months I
believe you viii not only thank the
projectors, but viii rise up and call til EN-
blessed Correspondent of the Pulaski
Citizen.