Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-02-07

}. CTJy. by the closest economy. w
q have been able to come back to pay
ing dividends. Parties have spen
money in developing the. coal anl
$ iron interest, and not until recent,
e have they reaped any benefits
There has not been a railroad touch
, ing our lines that we have not giveI
assistance to-even the Duck Rive
| NarroW-gauge road, which woulC
not so much as permit us to bid fol
its lease. Three weeks before Il
made that contract with the Nash.
will, Chattanooga 81 st: Louis rail.
way we bought them an engine and
paid for it in cash.. in order that
they should be able to do their bus
mess. / bought it for 81 200 less
than they could, and took notes for
6, II and 1S months, and vet they
would not permit me to bid for the
road. No gentleman will say that
was treating me kindly. We have
given aid for the extension of the
| Nashville & Florence road-Judge
| Nixon's road. We have always
been ready to help any enterprise
in which this city is interested. We
propose to continue that policy.
To make long story short, if any
man were to say to us that the Bal
timore x Ohio road is a curse to
Baltimore, what would YOU think
ofit? Who built that city up? If
any man were to say that the Penn
sylvania road, which runs to New
York, had destroyed the city of
Philadelphia, what would you say?
New York, with all its water facili-
ties and other natural advantages,
has had the New York Central for
its friend. 1t will be our interest to
build up your city; it will be our
interest to be your friends; it will
be our interest to protect and en-
courage you in developing the re-
sources of your city, to increase your
commercial advantages; it will be
the interest of our line, and this
amount of money we have involved,
$40, 900, 900 or $50, ,000,0 would not
permit us to act in any other spirit.
You may say.that corporations are
soulless. l deny that fact. They
have more to contend with than
any other classes of business in the
world. The parties who put their
money into these corporations get !
smaller profits than any other class
of people. They extend to you fa-
cilities that you cannot get under |
any other circumstances. Combi- !
nation into one great system equal !
ICES their business; it does away /
with giving rebates; it protects the |
rich man, il protects the poor man |
in his business; it will be the means
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you equalize them with other rates. /
Your great trade and traffic and /
Your interest is in your local busi- !
ness. 1t protects you in every way. |
If one merchant goes to New York /
and buys bill of goods and pays
so cents for freight, and another
merchant can get it at 80 cents, the |
latter would have the advantage of |
his neighbor. is il not to your in |
terest to have q common rate and .
the same facilities? 1t Is your inter-
est to invest your capital in one road |
in place of two. Instead of putting !
your money in bonds and stocks,
would it not pay better in manufac- I
lures? 1t would be our interest to 4
have you do so; and / assure you,
gentlemen, that whenever you
want to build up your city with
manufactures, and need rate to
bring your raw material, it will be
given you to enable you to make
your manufactures successful. If /
you want to build manufactures
and want machinery, your machin-
cry, shall be brought to you at
the actual cost of transportation.
We will endeavor to bring fuel here
cheaper than ever before. 1t will
be our interest to do so. ll
One concern on the South and
North road cost $500, 900; the road
now received a revenue of 100000
from it. Other concerns are being
built there. We carry their raw
at actual cost, Another
concern to be put In operation with
in the next 100 days will give us a
revenue of $i00,0 900. Capitalists and
some of the largest real estate own
ers are building factory down
there that will cost $2,000,00Q, You
will reap the benefit of that invest
ment. / might go on to talk upon
this question for hours, but all lean
say, and all that you would ask me
TO say, Is that you shall be dealt
with fairly by the Louisville d
that your interests shall be protect
ed. / don't suppose L could say
any more. aHi h a
At the conclusion of DIR. Standi-
fOrd's remarks, Col. a. S. Colyar
was called upon and addressed the
rpaafinn aS fOllOWG.
1t is not nay purpose to dissuade
you from the pleasant promises
made by DIR. Standiford, They are
doubtless made in good faith, but
to illustrate by an incident: / knew
a young lady who was Wooed and
won, but before the happy day, her
affianced said to her, "Mary, / want
to say to you am not marrying
you for your money; you have a
iine estate, and / intend il shall all
be yours. All that comes from
your estate shall go into your hands.
[ will never in any way allow n.y.
self to spend your money! The
beautiful girl blushingiy smiled, but
said in gentle tones of love, "James,
that is is so clever. Won't you put
IL III WrlIillS t.i
These gentlemen, DIR. Standiford,
Mr.. NeWcomb, and the other gen
tlemen here representing the Louis
Vile, Nashville d Great Southern
railroad, must not be surprised at
the restiveness of our people under
this great change. Suppose they
were to wake up, tomorrow morn
ing, at Louisville and find that an
Ohio railroad company had, by pur-
stock, got possession of all j
the roads coming Into louisville. !
Would they not be alarmed for
Louisville and for all Kentucky?
Would they sitquietly and do moth
ing? If they did they they would
lose much Of that high character for
bold action which they have so just
~ earned,
Phese gentlemen say they will be
clever to us. No doubt they feel SO;
put corporations don't speak by
words, by voice. They speak only
Dy contract. Nothingi is recognized
but the seal of the corporation.
1t is best to be plain, What we
want and what we must have Is an
of the charters Of those
two corporations so as to give us
protection as matter of right.
These gentlemen say they have
controlling interest in
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