The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-04-03
THE P, Z. & W. RAILROAD.
Another Letter from Citizen" with
More Facts and Figures.

MIR. EDITOR Il see that nv let
ter 10 you In regard to the project
ed railroad from Columbia to Flor
ence has been copied in the Law
renceburg Free Press with very un-
favorable comments. | wish to as
sure the honorable editor of that
paper and the good LeoLle of Law
renee county that the letter was
written with no unfrIenGly feeling
toward the county or people. and
that it was only written to arouse
our people to a sense of the danger
Of their business interests. My
saving Pulaski has a mortgage on
the trade implies no unfriendliness
toward Lawrenceburg or that coun-
" by any means. II l were a citi
zen of Nashville l would certainly
claim that Nashville ''has mort
gage" on the trade of Columbia,
Pulaski and all points north and
east of the Tennessee River and
west of the mountains, and as much
more as she can get, and by saying
so l would be giving the citizens OF
the various towns no cause for cen
surfing me.
The editor of the Free Press is
wrong in a business sense-as un
derstand business-when he throws
cold water Oh an enterprise calcu
lated to help Lawrenceburg a.
against Pulaski two to one, and il
he "but had the trick TO see it" he
would be doing his Estate some
service" if he would change his at
titude in that respect. In his paper
OF last week is a letter from a Mr..
Webb making some very good
points as to the bonded debt which
would be saddled on the county
should aid be voted to the n. d. +.
railroad, but he seems to underestl-
mate the cost of the road very
much. l believe the distance is
something over 60 miles, and plac-
ing the grading at $1,000 per mile,
including bridging Ia low estimate,
l think would make that alone cost
$4,000. The iron at 80 pounds
to the yard, the usual weight for
such roads, would cost, roughly
stating it, at least $4,000 more;
the equipment, say $4,000 more;
the station houses, right of way
and ties we will rot mention; but l
might safely place the cost of the
whole line at 100000. So you see
$50 600 voted in aid by Lawrence
county will be but a drop in the
bucket, and if the roadbed is mort
gagged to iron and equip it, blind
man can see what the result will be.
AS to the projected road from Law
rencehurg to Pulaski. 1t is but 20
miles. There is near z miles al
ready graded, with ties and bridge
thinkers on the grounds. $25. 200
will finish the grading, $4,000 will
iron it, $4,000 will equip it, and
for, say 100000, the road can be
built, not including the work al
ready done. Mind you, I am no
engineer, but if the figures approx
mate the actual cost of the two lines
they will serve for comparison. l
think | have underestimate the
I0hSGA VI 1HS juliet lluS anu Gu6
comparison leaves greater margin
for contingencies against our road
than the other. Let US stop our
ears to all unfrieRdly comments
from those who are not with US, and
go forward. We have friends in
Lawrence, lots of them, and l know
and we all know that our people
are not and never were out of sorts
with them. Did we not give a big
majority in favor of aid before?
Then is it the fault of Pulaski or
her people that it was defeated?
and have you and we not done and
said everything we could since to
further the enterprise? CITIZEN.