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

Aoulavllie 0nd -
roadsi no less thnn The eilies Of Lo",ssi'is
ahd Nashville, should have an ihaepen-
isht Mississippi connection, ana
new railroad 10 run from Point Pleasant, |
No. This trans. Mississippi connection
wili be built some day, and the route for /
this IL from m, ~t,man TO Point Pleasant.
= H'ckardR Co,e7ier
Admitting lie feasibility Of this route.
rens oned from yonr standpoint, Bro war
ren, likewise The benefits accruing to us,
us county we are not inclined, as a
town. so saf,eb i that route for tho good |
reasons. FRA this route will have TO be
huilt by taxaffan. which, Ms a matter of
fact, the people Of Lake and 0bion coun-
ties viii never agree 10. Second, it would
virtually cut Tipisnville's throat rs
town, for as natural consequence ons'
ness and hustle would centre around the
railroad terminus. And while we are
good citizens, in the maini we are not
wholly devoid a selhshness. Besides,
we have the assurance OF road right by
our town fronl 0bion Station t Point
Pleasant. This Foving certainty, Col:
Parnmore will1wfiend his ST. LOUIS and
Texas lire. :. s4..feh, from New MA3@s1
free OF charge thus you see selfshness
forces US 10 lean towards the Obiou Ste
tion route.
Que of Lakes most intelligent citizens,
and one that takes an active part in her
veal, while on tour of inspection and
interrogation ihrsugh Obion county
found the 0bion Station route was favor
ably euteriainei, aud strong support
guaranteed IL. Another advantage to
Lake county in this route is, that Col.
Paramore viii soon have the telegraph
from Jonsshorough 10 New Madrid com
pleted, and as matter of course it would
be extended 10 Point Pleasant, fro IA
thence 10 Tspt0nville by telephone and no
doubt the telephone line would be extend
ed to Troy. Union City aud Hickman, so
our little city on the lake would be sur
rounded by perfect net. work of commu-
nication, additional to that greatest Of
thoroughfares, the Father of Waters.
which with due respect to these other pro-
posed enterprises, is the only positive i'm :
provement that viii result in actual good
to the people, Lake county Star.
No railroad viii ever be built through
Lake county Without some degree of taxa
ton on the property of Lake aud Obion
COUNTIES. Dir. Huntington will not build
from Obion station, because his system
has all The tfansaIississippi conKection
it needs via Memphis. Tie n. s W
road, now terminating at Hickman, has no
trans Mississippi connection, but is de
,ndent for such connection upon roads
owned by oiIer corporations, and is now
m sde pay sheavy tax annually for this
privilege By these roads. Being thus
taxed, it can aaOrd to give practical en-
couragement to q connection via Point
Pheasant andTiptOaviile, that will free /.
trpm the ANIMAL tribute money to thee
other rsed.. sec1ndly. the building of a
70 d from Hiaman TO Tiptonvil,e would
Incidentally ndeem ard protect 10000
acres of The faest land in America from
overflow, anfthe owners of lands thus
ben Gifted are more likely to. and could
better afford, to pay reasonable tax, tC
secure said road than oouli the land own
ers on the 0bion Station route. Third
~, the MississiqpiRiver Commission now
has between four and FIVE million dollars
Government aid for the purpose of i'm
proving The greai Faiher of Waters, and
we direct attention 10 this feature of The
Mississippi river bill lie "that The Mississippi
R;per Commission are allowed to use
ssch portions Of the last four million dol.
lar appropriation 10 aid, in the construc-
ton of levoes Hhea il the Judgement OF
said Commission such levces will assist
in The general plan for tie IL provsueni
OF the river, sc. This icing true. there
is little doubt but that the River Com mis-.
sion will give practical aid, aud sncour.
agement TO cur enterprise on the grounds
Of ils helping their general plan for The
improvement Of the river.
These are facts, and we submit tha,
| they give some reasonable grounds tc
hope that the means cnn ultimately be
secured to build the road from Hickman
The river bill to which we refer has PASS
ed The U. S. Senate, almost unanimously
stands recommended by the President
but has not yet pasted the House. Ifi
passes in it's present shape, We propos.
10 at once reor ganize under our Hickman
| i riptOnvills Levse Company, aud presen
the enterprise 10 The Louisville s Nash
vile railroad system, &c the owners o
ovci flowed lands and TO lie Mississippi
River Commission, asking reasonable EN-
conraqement from each source. The Hick
rnnn Courier has been Sighting for this en-
terprise for 20 years, aud we have abb
ding faith that it will ultimately triumph
lie, the Star submit these facts to ii
readers.