Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-12-15
THE HOLLY SPRINGS ROAD.
The People of Columbus and q berdecI
Opposed TO Sts Diversion I'd
BiraaIpghasu;
And Anxious that Ii Shall he Com.
PIeted According to the Orig
insI Survey.

Columbus Mis- Democrat: Since pro.
curing the original charter of this road in $50 Il
mas oee2 constant source Of interest 4 the peo-
@ OF thi: seci9a at the sta.e; having had their
e9nS9idation or other agitation to an 9x.ent that
nothing short OF a railway theme can instire l.
ioI but ms IS the first time in its eyentful his
f;RPsGaladti5Qn, rs 4a5d and from the fac. ss ihss
air line between Memphis and ,Bir min CHAM
these speculations may succeed in leading tbeye
eitts into having II adopted. But this is dor e,
toi mitn II. i. save Ing parties above referred
N Largely ef tFs aa 'sHtiO sass n
me line that they now h0re T. locate 1t il pos
slbie thas they will give such peclniaTy cid to
are denending on Memphis as.d Other cities Who
pore t2 be bene4-i ries for subscriptions we be
lieye Trey will be eOnsiderably annoyed before
accomplishing T. is feat. The only argument they.
have is, that it is more direct. This is ameager
argument when compared with the many advknt-
Wnen we take into consideration the m
pieton OF 30 many miles OF the present
road, and avoiding the mountainous country
tbat they would necessarily encounter between
Fulton and Birmip CHAM, at an expense of. per-
haps, $40. 0C0 or $4,000 per mile The d Fect0ess
Of uch route Will be dear bargain to the
bui' 'dets. The people on the old line have right
to resist its abandonment The change in the line
is not based on the public welfare Its prompted
bought thou ands Of acres on he direct line fr m
Holly Springs to Birmingham. We are on the
direct line from Memphis to Selma, and that was
the point to which the read was TO be built. Pom
totoc, Monroe and Lowndes aided and encour-
aged hat enter, rise faith ully. They paid their
subscriptions promptly, until Gen. Forrest gave
up all hope of completing { road. We aid our
coupons un'il 1873, the people responded
to ell of Gen. Forests requests. 1t was Their
labor and capitdt and encouragement
which formed tte basis of all that has ecn
accomplished up to the present tine. We
LowndeS, Monroe and Pontotoe-have an inter
est in that part of the line completed to Holly
SPRINGS; 1t was our aid and our be'p which So
cured the cj-o. Grafton of Memrnis and Holly
: : rings that resulted IN bu lding that part of
tie tie iron between Qkolopa Qhd Aberdeen, and
The ca rusning between Columbus and the
Alabama line, Now, "nsw powers arise in
h VI t." They to aggraHdize themselves pro-
pose 80 divert the line ft6m us and run The road
10 their lands. Haysu't capitalists the right to
invest their Illi5aGe when and wbero they lie so
> sudesfion VS. have heard asked. Ce tainIy;
W they do not invade the rights of othsr pco-
pc, # theS5 caEitalis wish to build
let them do so. But that does not
give them ths right to step in and gObble up that
part of our road which has been completed, de
stFoy our interests in the completed grading b.
twecn bknona and Aberdeen, a.d betw. en- Co
umbus and the Alabama line, aud destroy the
traEch Sc granted to other parties