Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-05-08
y, q. * ]. n. q. RAIL ROAD.
OlcCtIng of the Citizens o f
Bristol.

Large OutpOurtng of People.
Pursuant to notice, the citizens of
Bristol met last Friday at 4 P. NJ, in
Winston's Warehouse, to consider the
Narrow Guage r. r. question. The
meeting was unexpectedly large, and
though there were few seats to he had
the crowd remained for fully two and
a half hours.
Mayor John F. Terry was called to
the Chair, and Messrs. John Slack
and |, c. Fowler appointed Socrets-
ries. Mr.. u. l.. Burson called on
Capt. J II. Wood to announce the OBJ
lect Of the meeting. which he stated
TO 10 the opening Of books for SUI
scriptions to the y. G.. & ]. n. G. r.
K Company. Capt Wood spoke for
three quarters uf AZ hour, and dwelt
upon the advantages to result to the
town by the 'uilding of the road and
upon tie eXCeliepcies and greatly libe.
raj character Of the charter. He an
nGuuced that Scott county had
promptly transferred ito subscription
II $1,000 from the Va. d. Ky. r. r.,
to the r. H., and urged the necessity
~ Bristol exhibiting like liberality
~ order to afford a guarantee of our
faith in the enterprise. He gave
rough estimates of the cost of the
road furnished him by Mr.. Thomas
Bib, an experienced railroad con-
tractor Of this town, and closed by
expressing uubOunded confidence in
tho feasibility and success Of the en-
terprise.
Calls were then made for DIR. Sui
Inns, who announced that he had
probably struck the first blow in the
earth to grade the first mile of the
first railroad ever built in Tennessee,
and alluded to the objection urged by
few that the road would be built by
conviCts and thus fail to furnish labor
to our own people, facetiously adding
that the bill referred to future con-
vlcts also, and thus we all stood
chance Of getting a job before the
work could be completed. He said it
would set every cart wheel to turning,
every axe and saw to eating. every
whip to cracking, and every muscle to
moving with greater energy in our
town:
Calls were then made for Professor
Winston, but that gentleman said he
saw Col. Fulkerson present, and, as it
had been said he was opposed to the
road, he would be glad to hear from
him.
Col. Fulkerson was called for by the
audience and mounted the stand, ex-
pressing himself grateful for the OPP
portunity afforded him by Professor
winston to express his views. He
SAID he had heard IL charged that the
"uect OF the bill was to elect some
oody Governor and somebody else
observation-disclosures. II that were
'ue, then he was opposed to it. 1t
AAu been charged that it was meant to
eject somebody to the Legislature,
auu, II so, he was opposed to it. If,
however the object was to build the
road, then he was in favor of it with
al MS heart. He then reviewed his
course In connection with the Cum
oefland Gap road from 1868 to the
present, and announced that he had
spent more Of his own time and money
70 secure the enterprise than all other
persons in Bristol combined. After
'e'iewing certain legal questions con-
"e''ed with the charter, he closed by
expressing his hope that we might Sc
'uIe the convicts and build the road.
frof' Winston then came forward
anu after short speech in earnest
advocacy Of the road, offered the fol-
owing resolution Resolved, That,
!" the opinion Of this meeting, IL is
'Apedient for the Town Of Goodsen to
subscribe $4,000 in bonds to the stock
OF the company.
Mr. ID. f, Bailey moved to amend
~ inserting the provlso that no part