Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-06
COL. COLE AND THE n. q G. n. n

Col. Cole, President of the N, G.
& st. Louis railroad, has officially
accepted the donation of 100000
voted by Evansville to extend the
o. & n. railroad to that place, which
obligates the n. & G.. company to
build the road. Our people cannot
help seeing the situation. Will
they stand idle, making no effort to
maintain their natural resources
and prosperity, or will they allow
all they have struggled for to be
snatched away and their property
deprecated Evansville felt the
blow at her vital interests, appre-
ciated the situation, and actually
gave $1,000 and did it at once, in
spite of an influential journal.
We clip the above from the To-
bacco Leaf. We are quite alive to
the necessity of not being left be-
hind in the railroad race, but the
Leaf does not tell us what he wants
us to do about it. Would he have
us also send 100000 to King Cole?
We have no doubt of his officially
accepting it, or Standiford either, or
Gov. Brown, or the Georgia man.
The Evansville grant cannot have
been the act of the people there
with all the merits of the question
before them; it was done too quick
for that, and Evansville is even
now in a stew about an interview
between the rival railway kings,
Cole and Standiford, which may,
after all, result in arrangements
that will leave Evansville still de-
pendent on the l.. & n. r. r. Once
for all, we are alive to the necessity
of line competing with the l., g.
n. r. r. for GAINESVILLE traffic, and
if the Leaf will point out any FEAST
bic plan for establishing one, he
will have our hearty concurrence in
supporting it to the best of our abil-
ity. But we see nothing to profit
us in the mere general urging the
necessity for such a line without
any definite proposal for establish
ing it. The GAINESVILLE people have
long believed such a line necessary,
and do not need to be convinced
upon that subject. What they want
is to see their way to its accomplish
ment.
Meantime, as cur neighbor seems
/ to think that the Evansville grant
ought in some way or other to be
taken as an example by GAINESVILLE,
we will give some curious railroad
poetry by an Evansville man who
does not seem to think that his peO-
pie have made much by their action:
THE GREAT COMPETING LINES.
King Cole, we've got important information,
Sing, hey, the railroad giant that you are,
| About a very intimate relation,
| Your rival route, the L. II, n. r. r.
This rival route
Has turned about,
In unison you both will shout,
| That Louisville shan't be left out by the L.
! 4 n. Il. r.
/ In Nashville they have held consultation,
! The mighty railroad magnates that they
are,
! By his bluffing of the l.. & n. r. K.
| His game of bluff
! Was pretty tough,
| But Evansville was green enough
/ To ante up his stake against the L. & n. R.R.
| The result of the railroad confabulation-
! You shrewd financial falxirs that you are
/ Will be grinding great consolidation
Between Cole and the l.. q n. II. r.
If this you do,
You'll surely rue
NE 4 x~fAT
J one hundred thousand dollars for the y. &
Z. r. X.
The people of Nincennes are sadly signing
At least Coles OFTEN told us that they are
And want the road from Evansville a-fiy-
ing
! The game of Cole and the L. 4 N.RR.
Without will
Poor Evansville
Depends upon the mercy still.
/ And is throttled by the fingers of the l.. & y,
Il. r.