Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-11-19

Another enthusiastic and earnest
meeting of our citizens was held at
the Courthouse last Monday night
in the interests of the Mobile,
GAINESVILLE & Evansville Railroad.
Hon. D. N. Kennedy opened the
proceedings in a short pithy talk in
. which he stated the progress of the
work, and urged Others to enlist in
the good cause. lie said, we all now
know what the enterprise is, that it
was the greatest opportunity ever
offered GAINESVILLE, it was the dawn
of a brighter day, property would
increase ten per cent. IN value the
day the road was commenced, but
that it was not necessary to go over
all this, our minds were all right on
the subject, everybody recognized it
as a good undertaking, and what
we now needed was work, more
steam, more action, more subscrip-
tons. He appealed to the young
men, those who were active and
Douyant TO enter actively into the
work. The enterprise would sue
coed, the road would be built and
then every man would want to
share in the glory and prosperity OF
GAINESVILLE.
He then called upon Judge G. G..
Smith to give an account Of his re-
cent trip through Kentucky with
Judges Wood.
Judge Smith then entertained the
large audience with a graphic and |
detailed account of his trip with the
Judges Wood along the proposed
line ofthe road from here to Prince
ton. He said that at every point
they stopped they found the people
perfectly wild and enthusiastic in
favor of the road. They were all
anxious te have railroad connec-
lion with GAINESVILLE, and expressed
q desire to send their tobacco and
other productions to this market If
they had the proper transportation
facilities. Judge Smith then spoke
of the fertility and productiveness
of the country, it was the finest ag-
ricultural country in the world etc.
Judges Wood and Smith spoke at
Ringgold, in this county, and at
Garrettsburg, Bennettstown, Mont
gomery, Wallonia, Harris School
House and at Princeton, in Ken
lucky, at all of these places they
were met by full, earnest and enthu-
siastic audiences, who gave them
every word OF encouragement. Sub
scription committees were organiz-
ed and set to work. Many promi-
nent and influential men along the
route expressed themselves as will
ing to donate 81 900 or more il nee T.
eSsary in order to secure the road.
Other gentlemen in the audience
being called upon for an expression
of their views, Mr.. Thos. Rohner, a
well-knOwn jeweler of the city made
a short and ringing speech in which
he clearly and earnestly demonstra- :
ted the many great advantages
which would flow to GAINESVILLE
from the building OF this road. He
aptly illustrated the many benefits >
that would accrue to any town from .
the building Of railroads, and the
of manufacturing
by referring to his own a
native town in Switzerland, which d
when he left it few years ago, was {
4 small village, with no railroad, =
but was now a railroad town with y
fifteen thousand inhabitants. He =
said we must have this railroad, we D
are lost without it, if we let this OPP d
portunity slip our posterity would y
cry out against us and curse our Il
we must have it even if
we have to levya tax on the city. =
Mr.. M. V. Ingram, "the Prince =
ton railroad pioneer" made very g
pointed and telling speech in behalf y
Of the road. =
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Herndon and John Pettus were, :
upon motion, added to the subscrip- =
ion committee.
Subscriptions were then called for h
and number of gentlemen in the fl
audience subscribed literally. Sew "
eral subscriptions were also receiv- "
rom cOlored men in the audience. h
A resolution was also passed to %
he effect that all colOred men who
either labor or money be n
recommended to the road for work ; t,
lot only to work out their sabscrip- N
ions, but as long as there is work n
20 be done. T
Judge Wood has expressed his d.
Intention to carry this principle out. Il
Thus it may be seen that our citi- h
.ens are alive and active In their ef- Oh
Orts to assist in the building of this OF
Dad, The subscription list is daily lo
and we here urge upon sc
hem not to weary in rendering the al
assistance they are so able to extend
md that their dearest interests so
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