Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-07-03
TO THE FARMERS, LAND
OWNERS AND LAB0-
RERS OF LINCOLN
COUNTY.
The Petersburg and Fayetteville
Railroad.

Ac kCtSASbui 0AA ~ SpsCf h4S
Railroad.
The farmers and producers in
Lincoln county will lose more.
every year by not getting the.
road from Petersburg to Fay.
letteville, than itwould cost them
to build the road. Wheat would
bring five cents a bashel more in
the Fayetteville market than it.
does now, if sweah had that road
at this time. ,lqIhis on the wheat
cropa of Lincoln county would
be $4,000. The corn shipped
from Lincoln county will average
250, 600 bushels per annurh; even
five cents bushelon this amount
would be $12,500 per annam.
The saving on corn and wheat,
not to mention other things such
as bacon and live stock, would
be $22, 5O0,and this isall Or more
than all that Lincoln county is
Expected ito subscribe. There
would be a saving of $500 ion
every passenger from this county
ito Nashville going and coming,
Table showing the saving on
three leading art articles u"
wheat 100000 bu. s &C. Sl Ia. s sfS155
corn,o ol92b0,oCo bu. sc pr Ba. tI2lbGo
Bacon y, Oo9lp9O ibsol3lepr h. Yl5,OOO
inz od ,Tgaia. ai.It . la;a.ig $3.50
This does not include the saw
ing on cotton, live stock and va
rious other articles which would
amount. to nearly as much addi-
Itional; ,noradoesl it include the
saving on the imported articles,
which may amount TO nearly
as great a sun as that onthe
exports. alg Y3dl sl0tad lr5A
The following table shows the
amount Of articles shipped from
ShelbyyiiIe in the the year ending
July 1st, 1876 .ro'.,iv g!a3b
~. i.. r.f quantity value
No. bushels wheat, > sc, $40 S4I4, 63L35
No. bushels corn, ol3l 2s6,755 1873 ,53975
No. pounds bacon, 2,545,370l 3Sl ,805.50I
No. car loads stock, 400 SOC, OO0.H
No. barrels eggs, 9,462 Al ,542.O0
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yo4 3;dTofai, sqsy 90. .s'Sl,47t5ls-eo
All Now with proper railroad IA
-cilities, such as the Petersburg
road and the Chattanooga road
would give, the shipments from
Fayetteville would exceed this
amount and reduction of five
cents a bushel Oh wheat and corn
and small reduction on bacon
would make an enormous sum
annually. We could go on and
name almost indefinitely articles
upon which there would be an
annual Saving for more than e
nough to secure the road. Eve
ny farmer and land owner in
Lincoln county is interested.
VIII you throw away these adj
yantages?5 This This MAJ. be your
last chance to get the road; Maui
ny county has paid S'2, 900 and
county $4,000 t Of
bring the road to your county.
Will you let it stop because you
are unwilling. to raise $50, 900?
If you refuse to raise this amount
do you think you ought to have
the. road with all its advantages?
The near building of the road
will revive business, willlincrease
the circulation Of money will
improve the times and make
money matters much more easy.
You will get back while they are
building the road all you pay
out, since.the money will be used
in your own county and among
your own people Z IN. l',, - .sal.E
Because a road that cost $780,
600 a mile which is run at heavy
will not pay, does it foie
low that a road which is built
at $4,000 a mile and run at a
small expense, doing, the same
amount of business will not pay?
You invested in a railroad be-
fore the war and lost your stock
because of the war; You invest
ed in mules before the war and
lost your mules because Of the
war.I Ifsyou make the loss of
your railroad stock, caused by
the war, an excuse for not en-
gaging in any moro enterprises
of this sort, will you make your