The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-26

Than Is offered 10 these lands c1nrigu.
ous to this rout-, II il be etsbl shed
4s tie ,ine OF the Nashvi le and Mem
phis Railroad west Of the Tennessee
river. These 'ands, rs productive %
any ~ Tennegese 6, and forests unsur.
prs ell Ia The value Of their timber,
will soon resouad with the sickle oil
the reaper aud tbs whifl OF The steam
eawmil and ctory. Blu this 10 but
one view Of the case. A reciprocal
len fit imm diaielY ensues. O1rcsp'
ital CITY wants Just VIDA. we Rave to
sell Her fact ry ard men OF capital
are reaching cut for Just such
raw material ss we can .fu,,'
ply. Ard, on the other hand,
We want Just what she lie able and
anxious to supply. We went our
goods and manu- ctured articles at
cur own doors. We want to get our
wagons and plows and such sup plies
as We do not raise Ourselves from our
own cities. And We want our coal
and iron from the bowels OF our own
neiehboripg Counties where they lie
as yet untouched by the ekill OF man,
and though exciting in exhaustless
beds within 30 short q distance, we
have been driven to buy at enormous
cost from the mines Of PenDsylvania.
We mean no dispa agement to any
other line, but We ask can you by de-
fleeing to the north or sou h obtain
the came GdYantsgeh2 Can you by
aDv other route render 30 large
section OF wealthy C unity tribu airy
toy ur line2 II you d, Acct to the
IA rth you come in mpst ton with
tie louisville and Nashville railroad
add Nashville, Chattanooga and 81
LUIS railroad. II you d feet to ha
south you come decomposition with
the Memphis and Charleston rail-
road. scyls on the one eide end
Charybdis on theOlher meetsyou. Your
interest aud eRiety lies in fioding the
middle line. Thee are old established
routes. II you should run near them
Won will build up Couatry that will
divide It's business and beEtow, per
hsps, q full half on your rival.
II you adopt the proposed line you
build up business that is yours in
perpetuity and yours alone; cutting
Of rates and petty isalousies and en-
noyances will be precluded and OBJ.
viated But suppose this line 10 not
adopted, then you necessarily lose the
business OF these county towns: Hen
deIson, Bolivar, Somerville and Lex
ington. While you may partially de-
roy them, you are TO that extent injur-
ing yourselves. However, II your line
runs through them new life will be
impaired TO them, and you will soon
have thriving little cities, where prop
eny will keep race with your own,
aud which will throw into your laps a
trade and business that will be scarcely
less than wonderful, Again, suppose
the route 10 located by Jackson. While
you would lose all the advantages
above detailed you would gain no
compensatory benefit, for Jackson
does not need your road, She has
now two competing lines. These are
each cutting az the other and freights
to and iom Jackson are gagged aud
scaled by these old established lines
TO such a minimum 90 destroys the
carriers profit. With these two great
south and north lines you would i'm
medietely have TO compete But this
is only part OF the trouble. Any
direct line from Jackson to Memphis
leaves out Of its course all the i'm
portant towns Of Chester, HSrdemaD,
Fayette and Shelby, snd practlc ally
forfeits all the business Of these three
counties fint named. But again 1t is
mathematical proposition wi h which
every school boy il familiar, that the
shOiteht distance between any two
given places is straight lire. Now
distances in The building OF railroads is
not to be overlooked, other things
being equal wisdom aud blu iuess
principles demand the shorteet line.
In these days Of rivalry and push
tGose lioes tha, offer the quickest
time and ehottest routes get the bust.
ness. Bosiue men value time more
than money. Now, IKE map and
draw a ctr light line II m O nteryille
or rom WeD'e Landing to Memphis
ard 1t vii pass almost directly through
Henderson, BlVar and Someryil Q
and Macon. 1t will aho be seen that
il supplies the middle line between
The Louisville end Nashville ON the
north and the Memphis and Cherries
ton on the eouth, aud trayerees dag
onally from Memphis through West
Tennessee, the very section that needs
road and which would con-
tribute most 10 the local busi-
ness of railroad and is not
contiguous or tributary to the other
competing linee. 1t is thus seen that
in sddltlos 10 these advantages a saw
ing in distance Of about fifteen or
twenty miles is effected, and this is no
email item, particularly when 1t Is
seen that the necessity OF crossing sew
eral rivers is avoided and the co I Of
br dying and trestliug avoided. Now,
q saving OF twenty miles In distance
at, say $25, 600 a mile, Is equivalent to
$4,000. In addition to the over.
whelming item in the distance and
cost, there is offered in favor Of our
proposed route the entire road bed,
right OF way AID franchises OF the
Memphis and Knoxville. THE, II is
confidently believed, can and will be
turned over TO the company II the
proposed line is adopted. Your com
mittee have no doubt about this. 1t
is something to have a route already
surveyed and right OF way secured;
but we offer you more. We offer You
twenty-five mills OF graded road bed,
which cost us 100000. Without bur.
dening this memorial with further de-
tail or statistics we beg to append hereto
as exhibits OF the resources OF the
country contlg us TO this route,
and as illustraing its superior adj
vantsgss over any other route, the
circular letter to the citizens of Mem
phis, Issued by the President OF the
NJ. and X. railroad in 1873, also the
official annual report in pamphlet Of
the president OF eaid road TO the d.
rectors, issued in 1872. We pledge
ourselves as q committee and as indi-
viduals, and as representing this com-
munity, 70 give all the aid and IDA.
ence in our power to the building Of
this road over the proposed route, and
| Il liter ourselves that the advantages