Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-03-13

the following applicants for MEM
bership were proposed and unani-
mously elected: AIessrs. w. Mac
rae, j. M. Bowling, RS. Broaddus,
Ed. Turnkey and T. NJ. Atkins.
Capt. Gracey, as Chairman, re-
ported for the committee appointed
to confer with the Board of Direc-
tors of the Russellville Turnpike
Company. He stated that the Chair
man of that company had declined
calling the company together, but
expressed the opinion that the COM
pany would concede reduction of
the tolls if it could be shown that
the extension of the turnpike into
Kentucky would increase the traffic
on the road sufficiently to justify
the measure.
Mr.. w. J. Ely stated that Mr.. w.
III. Turnkey, Chairman of the COM
mittee to promote the tobacco trade
with Trigg county, was now in that
county, and would do his utmost
there.
Mr.. G. A. Barker, as Chairman,
reported from the committee on
manufactures. He said he had been
in communication with the super
intendents of mines and railroads
and had not yet arrived at a definite
conclusion. upon which
Capt. Gracey, agent at this place
for the l.. & N. R. r., stated that
he had been instructed to put
freight on slack coal at the reduced
price of $40 per carload of ten tons,
which is now the rate in practice.
The committee on turnpike to
Elkton was discharged, the more
recent proposals from Trenton being
considered to supersede the purpose
for which it was appointed.
DIR. Wright reported as Chairman
for the committee on river transpor-
tation. He suggested that he was
Chairman of that committee partly
by accident, partly by his own rash
ness, partly by the courtesy of the
President. He avowed his total
ignorance of river matters, and said
that he should have nothing at all
to report but for Mr.. e. B. Whit
field, another member of the COM
mittee. He reported that gentle
mans opinion that as line of travel
to compete with the L. & N. rail-
road, the river was just as much
scooped as any railroad could be
through the combination of all the
railroads which touched Cumber-
land river at any point to pool their
through rates from the points of
contact.
Capt. Gracey and Mr.. Kennedy
both gave it as their opinion that
though the river was imperative as
a competing line, yet its existence
was a check upon the railroads, as
might be seen from comparing the
through rates from towns on the
river with those of inland towns.
The committee was discharged.
Capt. Graeey reported from the
committee of conference with the
Il. & n. railroad on the subject of
aid from that corporation to the
projected Princeton railroad. He
said that sickness had prevented
DIR. Standiford from comforting with
him, but that the General Manager,
Mr.. De Funiack had given him
reason to hope for liberal aid from
the L. & N. company.
Capt. Gracey took occasion to
state that by the first of May he
would have a small boat to carry
the local traffic on Cumberland
river. He said that the mere
knowledge that he was going to do
this had reduced freights on the
existing boats in some cases 200 per
cent.
Mr.. Fox, as Chairman, reported
from the committee to solicit sub
to the Trenton turnpike.
He said he had met with some sue
cess, but thought that much could
not be done till more definite pro-
posals were laid before the people.
He also reported from the commit
tee appointed to visit Trenton. He
the sentiment there as
in favor of a vigorous
effort to build a turnpike to ElktOn
and another to the State line in the |
of GAINESVILLE. The senti-
ment at Trenton seemed to be in |
favor of the Peacher's Mill route.
Mr.. M. HI. Clark introduced the
resolution, which was re-
ferred to the committee on rail-
roads:
Resolved, That the GAINESVILLE
Board of Trade proceed without de-
lay, by means of a public meeting,
or otherwise to learn the
true feeling of the people of Clarks-
Vile toward the Princeton railroad
In introducing it, Capt. Clark
made very able and eloquent |
speech on the railroad question. He
'aid that a railroad to Princeton
would bring us 1900 hhds. of to-
oacco annually and 1000 new GUS
omers for our merchandise, who
would spend million a year in our
'ity. He proposed a financial
cheme for building the railroad, to
which we have alluded in another
and closed with a feryent
appeal not to let the matter cool
Town till practical measures had
'een adopted to secure the construc-
ion of the line.
The Board adjourned at about IL
,. NJ.
Centennial Exposition.
We have received from DR.. G. S.
Slackie programme of the Centen- !