Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-12-03
montgomery Items.

FROM hOpk1HSNAAlO "" Ae~'
MONTGOMERY, KY, Nov. 16, 1881
Editors New Era:
The railroad boom, is increasing
now, the people are wide awake on
the subject. Judge Wood, of Ala
bana, Judge Smith, of Tennessee,
and Judge Wood of Evansville, put
in their appearance last Thursday,
according to appointment. A large
crowd was awaiting them at the
new CITY Hall. They all m"de
lengthy speeches giving the plans
and nroDositions of the company.
Every one seemed to be well pleas
pd and think we will have the road
bevond adoubt. After the speeches
were concluded they appointed, as
a committee to take subscriptions
or donations for the company, Hen
rv BRYANT, w. G Wilson, II. w.
Roach, Jesse Harper, J, ". Gaines,
w i. Bacon and DIR. j. L. Cuilum.
The books will be open in their
hands for ten days, and now Mr..
Editor if your people of Hopkins
vile are not satisfied with the route
of the new road, come down and
Subscribe for a controlling interest.
Don't YOU think you are little
hard on our part of the county
We have for years been trudglng
TO your town through the mud,
have worn out our teams ana Wag-
ons: have carried our tobacco,
wheat. in fact everything we have
made since you have had railroad
we have given your town the bene-
fit of handling, we have asked IN
! vain that YOU would even meet US
at the Trigg county line with turn
nike. but YOU have turned a dear
ear TO us. and now when Judge
Wood and the citizens of Clarks-
Vile saw to us we will give you an
outlet. what is the result? You
say they are planning your distruc-
tiOn. did we, when you were asking
for the road you have, say that
we would appeal to the Legislature,
nav verify, but said amen, to 1t,
would YOU still have us to plough
on through the mud? What do
Won offer us in lieu of this road II
Won want our produce, speak out,
do not try to blast the only hope we
have. do YOU call this modest? DO
Won think this company would send
ont a man who they would not en-
dOrse +? While you think Clarks-
Vile is seeking an advantage OF
YOU, what are you doing Tor US
We are unpretentious as you, Whlie
we have.nOt the brick AMI moftef
YOU have, still we have some aspi-
rations, we desire sometimes to lIlt
ourselves above the mud. Now,
by referring to page All acts of 1879
and 1890. under date of April 10,
80, YOU will see that your grip Is
not as good as you claim. Y0n can
hold YOUR Amended Charter, but
Judge Wood controls one from
Clarksyllle to Princeton direct, or
in any route the directors may see
fit TO run it. BY examination you
will also find that Judge Wood and
his associates hold Il controlling IN
terest in Amended Charter you
speak of and they assure US that
the road will come through this
part of the country. Now we do
not wish to injure you but desire to
help ourselves. If you want the
benefit of this trade, build your
road to Canton, you will then have
a competing line; we thinK II
Hopkinsville desires to hold her
trade she had better look to her
roads, as the people will not Wade
through such roads to carry their
money to place that does not look
to their interest more. l suppose
we have said enough on this sub
ject. :.
scarce. :,
The colored men viii hold a rail
road meeting next Saturday nigh
at this place. PNEUMA.