The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-17
THE PADCCAI RAILROAD BUILD
ERS.

The village of Paducah is dreaming
dreams and seeing visions; bright
dreams and roscatc visions, in which ;
railroad. a narrow gauge railroad
running North and South with
a terminus at Paducali, is the central
object. SO vivid do these dreams and
visions seem, that the deluded Paducali-
ties imagine the exercise of little
unwontcd energy on their part will make
them real-that if they talk land
keep the thin. moving" the road
will run straight into Padu-
cab some day, without informing
the people of its immediate intentions.
The press OF the city falls in with these
railroad expectations founded on not
much OF anything. The Ncws has q
cheerful confidence that by repetition
OF promises as liberal as they are vague
and ilowcry, the Cairo and Tennessee
River railroad can DC coaxcd out OF its
routc-induccd 10 desert its expected
union with the Cairo and st. Louis Mar
row-Gauge and made to throw itself into
the arms of Paducah. The Netcs of n
late date says:
"rhc most favorable reports come
in from along the proposed line of
the narrOw-gaugc railroad. Every
gentleman with whom we have talked
for the past week says "Go to work and
keep the thing moving" Each one said
he would take all the stock he could
carry in the road. One gentleman from
Galloway said he would give half his
land to get the road indeed this Is the
feeling Of a great many farmers In that
county and Marshall"
This is encouraging, but that which
follows is more so:
There is no earthly reason that this
road may not be built and at once. We
learn, to-day, that charter has already
been granted for 1t, aud nothing now re-
In motion, as, with but little scnt-oti, ii
would of its own accord almost roll
| through TO Paris Tho pooplo all along
the route want the road and are willing to
pay for 1t, so that they may own and
run 1t themselves. They want
thorough, energetic man in whose bus
| mess capacity and integrity they have
confidence, with few good lieutenants
to assist him in arranging and pushing
the work through to completion at the
earliest possible day. Some such man as
Tom. Allen, Of Missouri, would build
and equip this road in six months out OF
the prospects which are now just ahead
of the enterprise. Who shall it be ?
Look around, gentlemen, you that are
most interested, and let the work begin.
There Is no good reason that the project
shall not go right through, and at once.
Some people may think there is n good
deal Of wind work in this way OF build
ing railroad but this is mistake
the Paducahites know II Is. They know
how to build railroads. Start the ball,
look around, get live man to push the
work through and have your three OF
four hundred miles of railroad finished
in six months. Those who are interested
in railroad projects, should learn OF the
Paducahites. But what do those rush
ing and determined Paducah railroad
builders want TO divert the I. little
Cairo and Tennessee River road out OF
its way fori II is the child OF Calro's
adoption. She will bring it up and has
promised ii in marriage TO the Cairo and
st. Louis road. Let the live Paducah-
ties lay out and build half-dozen or SO
new roads aud let ours alone.