The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-16

ue Louisville and Nhsh'i''s
roads, no less thnn the elites Of Lo"isSius
and Nashville, should have an ihdepeh-
dent Mississippi connecticut ana
that opportunity is now presence oy my
new railroad 10 run from Point Pheasant,
No. This trans. Mississippi connection
viii be bailt some day, and the route for
This il from Hickman 10 Point Pleasant.
- fficSanaa Courcr.
Admitting lie feasibility Of this route,
reas oned from yonr standpoint Bro war
rem, likewise The benefits aeeruing to us,
as county. we are not inclined, as a
town, so iatch 10 thatrOute for tNo good
reasons. Flrst. this route viii have 10 be
built hy taxatian which, as matter of
fact, the people of Lake and obion coun-
ties will never gree TO. Second, IL would
virtually cut Tipisnyille's throat NJ a
town, for as n natural consequence busi-
ness and hustle would centre around the
railroad terminus. And while we are
good citizens. in the mnin, we are not
wholly devoid o. selhshness- Besides,
we have the assuROee OF road right by
our town from Qbion Station t. Point
Pleasant. This Foving a certainty, Col.
Paramore willsHssfend his ST. Louis and
fee Of charge. Thus you see selhshness
forces us 10 lean towards the Obiou Sta
ton route.
Que Of Lakes most Intelligent citizens,
and one that takes an active part in he
veal, while on tour of inspection and
interrogation through Obion count J
found the 0biou Station route was favor
ably eatertainei, and strong supper
guaranteed il. Another advantage tC
Lake county ia this route is, that Col
PAramore will soon have the telegra ps
from Jonesborough to New Madrid com
pleted, and as a matter Of course it wOul,
be extended TO Point Pleasant, from
thence TO TiptOnville by telephone aud n
doubt the telephone line would be extend
ed to Troy, Union City aud Hickman, s
our little city on the lake would be sur
I rounded By perfect net work of commu
I uication, additional TO that greatest 0
thoroughfares, the Father of Water,
/ which with due respect TO these other pro
/ posed enterprises, Is the only positive i'm
/ provement hat VIII result in actual goo
to the people, Lake county Star.
I No railroad will ever be built throug
Lake county Without some degree of taxs
ton on the property of Lake aud Ohio
counties. AIr. Huntingdon will not bull
from obiOn Station, because his systel
has all The trans Mississippi eonRectio
it needs via Memphis. Tie " s n "
road, now terminating at Hickman, has Il
trans Mississippi connection, but is ds
ndent for such connection upon road
ownod by other corporations, aud is no
IN ,de pay aheavy tax annually for tn
pr:vile.e by these roads. Being thu
taxed, it can Afford to give practical Ell
couragement to connection via Poil
Pleasant AMI TiptOnviile, that will free
,rom rne annual tribute money to the.
other reads. Seo3ndly. the building Of
roo from Hickman TO Tiptonyil,e won
inciloutally redeem ard protect l50,0l
acres Of he faest land ia Anne RIGA fro
oy,rlow, and the owners OF lands thu
hen gifted are more likely to, and cou
better afford, to pay a reasonable tax,
secure said road than could the land owl
ers on the obion Station route. Thir,
~, the Mississippi River Commission no
has between four and 1--WE million dolla
Government aid for the purpose Of in
proving tho great Father of Waters, al
we direct attention to this feature Of Il
Mississippi river bill ie "that he Hississig
Rirer Commission are allowed to III
SUCH portions of the last four million do
lar appropriation to aid, in the constru
ton Of levoes Uhea ia the Judgement
said mmission such Ievces will asst
in the general plan for tie II. provence
OF the river, SC. This icing true, lhei
is little doubt but that the River Com mf
sion will give practical aid, aud encour
agement to car enterprise on the groun,
Of its helping their general plan for Il
improvement Of tie river.
These are facts aud we submit tn
they give some reasonable grounds
hope that The means can ultimately
secured to build the road from Fiickma
The river bill to which We refer has pa
ed the U. S. Senate, almost unsnimousI
stands recommended by the Presider
but has not yet passed the House. If
passes in its present shape, we propo
TO ut once reorSanize undee our Hiekm,
< Tiptonville Levee Company, aud prese
Tie enterprise 10 the Louisville & Mas
Vile railroad system, ic the owners
ovcl flowed lands, and 10 lie Mississir
River Commission, asking reasonable E
conra cement from each source The HE
man Courier has been lighting for this e
terprise for 20 years, aud we have a
ding faith that It will ultimately iriumI
LIE, the Star submit these facts to
readers