Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-09-22
Maj. Goroon's Repy to "Enqmrer."
From the Tobacco Leaf of Tuesday.

|
ocrat of this date a communication
signed Enquirer" claiming to
make enquiry as to the specific To-
cation of the l., A. q Il. r. r., but
really undertaking to give or sug-
gest information respecting the
company's affairs and plans, which
are entirely new to me.
AS the Democrat is weekly pa
per and will not appear again until
| next Saturday, | ask the priv
ilege of making statement through
your columns, requesting the Dem
ocrat to reproduce this cOmmunica-
| ton IN its next issue, and l have no
! doubt your esteemed contemporary,
the Chronicle, will publish it also.
| 1st. The Indiana, Alabama and
Texas Railroad will be located and
| built SO as to pass within three
| fOurths of a mile west of Hynsley-
town, thence to point within one
mile of the McElfatrick survey Op-
posite to and east of Garrettsburg.
Thence to some point within one
| mile of McElfatrick survey, (either
east or west, of it as may be deter
mined by actual survey, opposite
Newstead Postoffice. This line will
not be zig gag as indicated by
Enquirer" and if he will call into
my Office | will take pleasure in
showing him a map.
From this point near Newstead
p. O., either one of the two routes
to Princeton will be adopted, DEEPEN
dent upon an investigation of the
advantages and cost of construction
of the two routes, to be determined
as soon as the chief engineer can
make a reconnaissance or survey OF
the two routes. One is by the near
est and most practicable route by
way of Montgomery and WallOnia
in Trigg county, and on to Prince.
ton, and the other is by the nearest
and most practicable route by way
of Cerulean Springs and thence to
Princeton. The road will certainly
be built upon one of these two
routes, Notwithstanding the infor-
nation which the correspondent of
the Democrat undertakes to give to
the company and to the public on
this point.
End. "The managers and build
ers" do not "oWn the Crab Tree
Enquirer" 1t is the understand
ing Of the writer that the stock OF
said company is owned by some en-
terprising gentlemen of Clarksv vile
and Philadelphia. But l desire
here to pledge the management
and builders of the ROAD to en-
courage by all proper means con-
nectiOn with the Crab Tree and any
coal mines which will add paying
business to our railraad, furnish
cheap fuel to consumers and build
up industrial enterprises along our
line. The writer earnestly hopes
that Enquirer" and his friends
will open up another coal mine or
some other industry at some point
on our road which will add to our
carrying trade and become a great |
source of profit to Enquirer" and
we promise to encourage and aid
him in every proper way.
Sd. The only point made Dy |
Enquirer" in his long communi-
cation, which remains yet to be an
sWered is, as to motive which in
ducpd the location of the road east
of New Providence instead of aWes
Ol lldl lOWu. II was LIOt lAO1i a.
''little spite against New Provi-
dence," as indicated by Enquirer"
The writer has not been informed
of any ground for spite or i'll will
the railroad company could possibly
have against New Providence, but
on the contrary had supposed and
now believes that the present loca-
ton of the road entirely satisfacto-
ry TO the people of that place and
that they are the friends OF the en-
terprise.
The writer would like in this con-
nection also to state that "Enqufr-
ERR has given him the first infOrma-
ton he has had as to the fact that
the line west of New Providence
after being surveyed had been pro-
nounced the best route. The infor-
nation received from the chief en-
gineer and his assistants was pre-
,isely to the contrary and to such
an extent that the very steep grade
necessary to get over the New Prov.
dence hill would have rendered the
operation of that portion of the line
both expensive and dangerous. 1t
s true that the route adopted il
much more expensive in constr1c-
ion than to have built over the
New Providence hill, but as we pro-
pose not only to build the road, but
% operate it, it is not our purpose
o economic in construction at the
expense of safety and profit In OPP
Grating the line. Moreover, we ,