Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-11-14

| 1nere Is dOSOlutely HOIhlnS Ho" u
be said in regard to the situation OIL
the l., A. & L. railroad-a question in
which every citizen is deeply con-
cerned and feels more or less anxiety
Matters stand just about as reported
last week, and We have nothing addi'
tional to remark in this regard, iur.
Their than to say, on good authority
for the relief of the anxiety many feel
for fear that it will pass into the hands
of the L. & n. Company, that there is
no present danger of such result
There are still sixty thousand dollars
GAINESVILLE subscriptions to the bonds
yet due and unpaid. If this matter
were fixed up, the company would be
in much better situation to promise
something.
While there is much talk and deep
concern, the people OF GAINESVILLE have
not walked up to realize the great pos
sibilities that await GAINESVILLE on the
completion of this road; nor do they
realize how near we are to the desired
end.
The work has already commenced
on new line from Evansville oJack-
son, which will meet us at Princeton
by the time our line can be completed
that far This will give us cheap coal,
and also empty into Clarksvilles lap
the great agricultural wealth from that
section, of which this year has given
us fOretaste.
From here to Dickson, Tenn, We
have a gap of only 80 miles to build to
connect with a line that now reaches
90 miles beyond, and then a short link
to carry us to Florence, the southern
outlet. With this southern end COM
plete, we can boldly extend the invita-
ton to capital, skill and energy, prom
Using with certainty a rich reward for
every expenditure. We can refer
with pride to the vast wealth OF superb
or iron ore in the hills around Clarks-
willie and along the line of this road,
and the close proximity to coal. 1t
will give us the advantage OF manu-
featuring both coke and charcoal iron
at about the same cost with other sec
tons of the South, and an advantage
of at least one dollar and fifty cents
per ton over Birmingham, in freights.
We may remark in this connection
that the Cumberland Furnace, on this
line, has never suspended operations,
and finds ready sale for all of its iron.
1t costs Cumberland Furnace two dol
lars and half per ton to deliver its |
iron on the river, and then its freights |
are equal with other points. By this |
road Cumberland Furnace could de-
liver its iron in GAINESVILLE for one
dollar per ton, and then take river or
rail and reach Louisville for one dol
lar and fifty cents per ton. But we
haven't time or space to enter into de-
tails to show the wonderful manufact-
uring advantages the completion OF
his road south will give us. Take
as a commercial city, as
she Is, with brains and capital of her
own, trained in a line OF successful
and the completion OF
this road will give us competing
north and south line that will fix
GAINESVILLE as the great grain, as well
rs tobacco, centre in the southern
bounds of the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers, n trade that neither Louisville,
Nashville nor Memphis can take from
Is. 1t would give us open, free COM
petition in every direction, and draw
n a southern trade that would equal,
{ not surpaSs, that coming from the
'ich section north of us. The profits
II one single year would pay the cost
If completing this line. {
We are unable to say what measures {
ire on foot, but surely no obstruction
Will be thrown in the way of reaching
happy solution. We believe that if {
he subscribers and Maj Gordon could
.ome together in a spirit OF loyalty to
heir mutual interest, and pool their ,
ssues in whatever way might seem {