The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-01-07

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Ths City Coanca last night passed
snanimoasly the ordinance elsewhere
printed directing m election to suthor-
ine the issuance Of beads Tot the con-
strnction of a railroad from Tallahassee,
and the enterprise is now before the pco-
pie In proper shape 10 insure success
They may no longer wait for some uD-
known, undiscovered benefacsor TO build
the railroad for them, but each individual
citizen may be q railroad builder IT he
chooses by being one of the necessary
majority to vote next Thursday, l4th
inst, in tavor of ITS construction AS We
know of no ane who has said he does not
want the railroad it may be fairly pre-
sumed that citizens generally will vote
for It II they do SO. an early change IN
the aspec, OF Tallahassee affairs may be
expected. With the beginning of the
work the dull times, also, will begin their
ending. Men will he employed and
money earned and expended. and the
sure promise OF prosperous future Will
attract from abroad numbers who are
seeking homes or investments The
spirit of progress viii eniiven the old
city, for our country is widely known to
be fertile, healtbful and beautiful, and
the only reason for it being so long neg
lected was the difficulty OF getting to
and from it. The difficulty included the
expense, time and weary travel incident
to lengthy, uncertain and once dangerous
route Thus this route not only discour-
aged travel but the shipment of various
products of our soil. rendering much OF
our rich land almost valueless and almost
destroying the agricultural industry
which will be through all time the sure
basis of substantial prosperity. As surely
as the world lasts so surely will the soil of
Leon make the county wealthy and prosper
Gus, for We may soon be no longer shut up
from the rest of the world by the lack OF
! quick communication which is essential TO
progress Ill this age Of competition when
- time is money" in the fullest sense Of
| that old adage. As ii is positively Ger
tain that lack of proper communication
has prevented progress, so is it equally
certain that SUCH communication will
promote progress-pr"gress toward that
future which Providence designed for
this country when ii was SO richly en-
dowed with healthfulness and fertility
! the gifts of generous nature which only
those who make them servceable are
worthy to possess.
/ Railroads are beinC cons antlv built OF
extended in other parts Of the State more
remote from those sources Of travel and
markets OF produce which are closed to
u. though We are 50 much nearer them
bv the lack Of the road which We can
quick ly have if the people vote Tor ii next
Thursday. Il i >borl road but it vii
be the connecting link 10 give Us the ben
eft Of thousand. of miles Of the roads be
. yond, and by voting for it We acquire al
Interest of Use III all Of them for nothing
And the probability i that W. may get
our own road for nothing-irasmucb al
it NAV be leased for sum which will pay
the interest on the bonds and leave q
surplus for a sinking fund which will ex
tingui,h the principal. No nan can af
ford TO vote against the road, be be la
borer, mechanic, merchant, or mere prop
erty holder, for the growth of the city
must increase employment, add to bust
nese and enhance values.