The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-01-17
ANOTHER RAILROAD
In Contemplation From Milan to
Savannah, Ga.

In contemplation from Milan 10
Savannah, Ga.
Milan, Tenn, EXCHANGE
Pulaski, November %. Your let
ter of the 10Th instant is at hand.
Some months since l was requested ly
citizens IN this and surrounding towns
to canvass for raj WAY, commencing
at Cairo, passing by " of Mnytield,
Paris, West Tenn -ssce, thence through
Mid lie Tennessee, on to Savannah.
Ga, by way of Rome or Admission.
/ declined 10 do so, because | thought
It would be more practical and much
cheaper to make Milan the initial
point, and would accomplish the pur-
pose of the enterprise hy Il shorter
line; would pass through more fer
tile 4, gion ard tap !ar.er fields Of
iron ore 1T cost much less per mile.
My suggestion has now been general
ly Connected 70 be right and the more
praciicable. Commencing at Milan,
(making the termini Miriam. Tenn,
and Savannah, Ga.,l and running
thence southeast, crossing Tennessee
river at Clifton u some point near
there, passing LawreuccburG, Pu-
laski, Huntsville, Ala, to Rome, Ga
or Admission, on To Savannah, thus
connecting by direct line the north
west system Of railways with the south
east system.
Tile Importance of such road is
apparent. as it would cross all the
roads running north and south be-
tweeR the Mississippi river and the
Atlantic coast, thus placing St. Louis
Chicago and other cities in direct
communication with SuN anHah, Ga,
and other Atlantic ports, as well as
those on the gulf
This line of railway, If built, woull
pass through a productive region in
West tennessee, through the finest
iron fields in the state, lying IN Wayne
and Lawrence counties, and through
the most fertile portions of Middle
Tennessee, reaching in North Al2ba-
ma immense dispoSits Of iron and
coal.
The advantages to he Illinois Cen
trail road and 10 the ntrll western
cities would be incalculable, and
should invite from those sources capt.
tai ana active aid; favoring, as it
woJld, interchangcs of southern and
northern commodities.
At the request of friends to the
enterprise | visited some Of the north
efn cities, and in all the conferences
| had with railroad men, they hearth
ly approved the projected road as
| feasible and should be built. The
only obstacle | met was the reluctance
Of capital to invest in railroads in
| Tennessee, on account of the seeming
hostility to that character OF proper
| t.; but hope this objection will be
temporary.
Railroads are now built by syndi-
Gates and combinations, and their di-
rcction mainly deter mined by CONNER.
cial cabinet conferences, but the ac-
tivity Of localities have much to do
/ with their location. The builders Of
railroads like 10 penetrate rich and
| productive regions and those commu-
mites that favor their construction
and are friendly to them. They are
also pleased to receive all comtribu-
tons by way Of subscriptions and a
ready surrender Of right Of way.
! From the rich returns the country
receives, it Is right it. should respond
literally in material aid to induce
the building Of railroads.
I thank you most heartily for your
tender Of newspaper help" for the
country should be educated up to a
vigorous eftrt all along the I ne, and
the newspapers will be a valuable fac
tor to do this. When the proper
time comes you shall lIeaT from me
again.
Yours truly, S. r. ROSE.
We clip TIE above from Il state ex-
change. Its author is one of our
most distinguished Tennesseans. and
was once prominent candidate for
| the u. S. Senate. We are informed
I however, "that the board Of directors
Of the Illinois Central declined to as
sist IN this project or to build n road
from Jackson or Bolivar to Tennes-
sec river, because of what il terms
hostile legislation against railroads
in the state, and because they did not
propose to build a railroad the man.
agement Of which was to be taken
out Of their hands and committed to
the hands Of a commission. In other
words they declined to invest one
dollar in Tennessee because Of the
oppressive laws against railroad pro-
perty, and the hostility of the PEG
pie. In Mississippi where the feel
ing and laws are different they built
last year oyer 100 miles branch road,
adding about 81 100000 to the taxa
BILE wealth Of the state"