Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-11-12

A Large and Enthusiastic Meeting
Monday Night.

he deep interest and hearty enthu-
iiasm felt by our citizens in the sue
cess of the contemplated new rail-
road, an attendance at the very in
teresting meeting held at the court
house On Monday night would have
quickly dispelled any such idea.
The large circuit court room was
literally packed and jammed with
our most intelligent and influential
who had gathered there to
lend their encouragement to the
enterprise, and to hear what further
Judge b. w. Wood, of Alabama,
Judge Smith, and other prominent
gentlemen had to say upon the sub
ject.
Hon. James E. Bailey opened the
proceedings of the meeting by in
PRODUCING Judge Wood to the audi
ence in a few well-chosen remarks
IN which he again, as on former
occasion, took occasion to say that
Judge Wood, a gentleman well
known in the State of Alabama,
and of the very highest repute
among those with whom he lived,
was again before them to give them
a further talk upon the building OF
the new railroad of which they had
all heard, and in which every man,
woman, and child i'm GAINESVILLE
and Montgomery county was and
ought to be interested that he
came with plans and propositions
which were purely a matter OF bus
iness, a matter Of dollars and cents,
and which, If it would add to the
business and prosperity of our city
and county, If it would benefit us,
as he for one believed it would, we
should take to it and encourage and
support it by every means in our
power. II, after hearing all the
facts and plans, the enterprise COM
mended itself to us as sound and
healthy business undertaking, and
we believed it would add to the
value of our property, why then,
let us enter into it with heart and
will that would carry ii to a success
full completion If not, then let the
matter drop.
Judge Wood said he Endorsed ev-
cry word Colonel Bailey had said,
that he had put the matter in a nut
shell, and as he had gone into the
route and plans in detail a few
weeks ago, before substantially the
same audience, he would not weary
them by a reiteration. He came
again only to tell them what had
taken place in other cities and coun
ties along the proposed route, how
the people were receiving his prop
ositions, and what he had done.
He stated that since his last visi
here, he had visited towns in Ken
lucky, and had been several time'
to Evansville. That he had antici
pated some trouble in getting
through Kentucky, but those mat
tiers were now all settled. He haC
procured the charters of severa
roads in Kentucky that would Civ
him a clear and direct route clea
through to the Ohio river and t
Evansville. The people of Evans
Vile were anxious for it, and woul'
welcome us, while the people IL
Alabama and the counties in tbi
State south of us were wide awak
and jubilant at the prospect of tn
new road. Counties in Alabam
had made large donations Of Ian
and money to the enterprise, an
already the surveyors had bee
started out on the road south froT
Florence. The counties of Wayne
Lewis, and others in this State ha
given liberal donations of land
Wayne had given fifty thousan
acres, and all up through Levi
Hickman, Dickson, and Montgon
cry canvassers were now at wor
and were meeting with the mo
liberal responses and spirit of el
enlargement.
Judge Wood said it WAS not ne
essary to go over these facts to IL
people of GAINESVILLE; they we
alive to the issue, and he wou
come closer to them and speak
them of what it was proposed
do right at their door and that We
soon.
He then proceeded to say that
there seemed to be a desire on 4
part of our citizens to have the sc
tiun of the road from here to Primo
ton built first, he proposed if tn
would subscribe to it, to common
right here inside of six months a
begin to build the road from Il
point to Princeton, twenty-t
miles of the road to be complet
before a dollar Of the subscripti
shall be paid to the road, and I
balance to be paid when the otf
half was completed.
Judge Woods speech, a mere o.
line of which we are only able
give, was received with marked
tention and evident effect.
Judge w. ]. Wood, of Eva
VILE, Indiana, was introduced
the audience and said, substantial
/ am satisfied from the demo
STATIONS made here this event
that the people of GAINESVILLE nc
no further persuasion to indI
them to do all they can to aid t
road. AS a citizen of the pla
however, which will probably
its northern terminus, / may p
haps give you some information
relation to Evansville, its railro'
and their connections, the peoI
and the city, which may add to
interest of this meeting by showi
what a road running from the sol
into Evansville could be reasonaI
expected to do"
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