Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-06-28
THE l., A. A. II. RAILROAD IN DICKSON
COUNTY.


1t Is earnestly hoped that the cit.
liens Of Dickson county will hurry
up their subscriptions to the bonds
of the l., A. d It. r. r. Co., so that
work on the line In that. direction
can begin. 1t Is proposed to submit
the question M la whether the
county ~ dickson, as q county, will
subscribe 100000 to the second
mortgage bonds Of the company, to
a vote of the peOple-the order sub
uniting the proposition to be made
by the County Court at its quarterly
session on the LIST Monday in next
month.
1t would be entirely superfiuous
that we should urge on the wide
awake magistrates OF Dickson
County the necessity for making
this order. 1t may be taken as
matter of course that the PROPOSE
ton will be submitted to the people
and we wish to point out to them
the urgent necessity for its adoption.
The distance across the county
from north to south is about twen-
ty miles, and that will be the length
of the track it is required to
assist in building. Ii will cost
about $40, 600 per mile, making an
entire expenditure of $40O, 900 Ia
the county, only One-fourth OF
which will he contributed by the
county.
Ii we were to attempt to point
out all the advantages that will
accrue to Dickson county from the
building OF this road we would fill |
the entire paper and have enough |
matter for large-sized supplement. |
II is only our desire to- to call the
attention of the people of Dickson
to some Of the principle benefits
that they will derive from its con.
struction.
In the first instance, the building
OF this road will give the county
two grand trunk lines crossing 1t at
right angles, and place it in direct
connection with ali of the outside
world. 1t is well known that the
undevelOped iron resources OF Dick
son county are great, and it is only
a IaoH az characterization fooifilfO. |
that prevents numerous furnaces
from springing up all over the
county. Even under disadvanta-
geOus circumstance Cumberland
Furnace in Dickson county, has
fiourished for u number of years,
and is counted as one OF the leading
Of Tennessee. When the
L., A. & L. railroad has placed these
ore beds i'm direct
with the Kentucky coal
mines, and furnished additional
means of transportation, there will
be many furnaces instead OF one in
Dickson county, and it will be
ranked among the first counties Of
the State. The future greatness of
Tennessee will be in the develop
.ent of her mineral resources, and
the counties where iron is to be
found will go ahead OF those that
have heretofore been noted for
their agricultural excellence. Dick
son county, with another railroad
running north and south, ought,
in few years, to be richer and
more prosperous than Maury coun-
ty with its fine farms.
But the wealth of iron in Dickson
is not its only undevelOped
resource. Along the line OF the
railroad, and all over the
in fact, there are inexhaus.
tible quantities of fine timber
which, with ready access to North
ern markets, can be converted into
money and will induce the building
Of numerous factories for the man ,
ufacture OF wooden articles. The
South is being looked to now Tor
the lumber supply more than any
other section OF the Union, and any
district that is favored with fine
timber should not neglect to secure
proper transportation facilities.
To sum up the whole matter, a
so naturally blessed as
Dickson is, cannot afford to be with
put a railroad running through it
north and south, and it would be
criminal negligence in her people
to let this opportunity for securing
)ne go by.