Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-06-15
A VOICE FROM cADIz.
Hopkissville q cadiz Railroad

lIilephOne.
If asked what measure could be
adopted by Cadiz through which she
would receive the greatest benefit,
we'would say by securing a railroad
connection with the outside world
and we now have an opportunity of
attaining this most desirable end, as
charter to build railroad from here
TO HOpkinsville has been granted.
llopkinsville has realized the great
Importance of its being built, and if
those with whom we talked last week
In that city, are an index to the opin-
ions and feelings of the others, they
will vote the sum of$75,0O0, to aid in
its construction.
Hopkinsville has ONLY one railroad
connection, and her citizens are pay
ing l21a to 10 cents per bushel for
coal. They say rival road will ell
able them to save a sufficient amount
from the reduction in this one arti-
Gle of fuel, to more than pay their rail-
road tax-to say nothing of the re-
ductions in other freights. If that ar
gument holds good with Hopkinsville
what must be the benefit derived by
us OH that one article?
Take for instance housekceper
here who owns 81, 600 worth of prop
erty inside the corporation of Cadiz
lie now burns $50 bushels of coal at
cost of % cents per bushel or $500.
With railroad it would cost him
say l21a cents per bushel-just what
our IIopkinsville neighbors pay, or
for $50 bushels $3l.50-a saving of
$2550-enough to pay your State,
county and town tax, and enough
over to take an excursion to the Man,
moth Cave on the L. Il N. Railroad.
nopkinsville has seen the advant-
age that The l. A. Il I. Railroad has
been TO Clarksville, and realizes that
the proposed road from here TO Hop
kinsville with the branch of the c. 0.
Il S. w., would be more to them than
the l. A. &c r. is to Clarksville, and
will not let this chance slip to get this
connection. At least she has devoted
81, 900 towards having it surveyed to
the county line and to the G. o. & S.
W.; and should we not manifest
enough interest and public spirit to
have the line surveyed to Cadiz ? Not
only that, but we should be willing
to bear proportionate part Of the ex-
pense in building the road. Cadiz
should own and control stock in ii,
and should have a voice in the direc-
tory SO that she can have some voice
in the rates on freights.
Now, in regard TO the intervening
country over which the road will
likely be built, every man who has
an idea above primer can see at a
glance that the road will add materi-
ally to the advancement and develop
ment of the country through which
it will be built; and hence should
give substantial aid and encourage
ment TO the enterprise. If they can
do nothing more, give the right of
way, and save the company the ex-
pense Of surveying other and rival
routes, which railroad companies are
often in self-defense forced to do
where they come III contact with OBJ
stinate and selfish land owners.
We know that railroad connec-
ton with Cadiz has been so often
discussed, and failed, that there are
those who will say that this is writ
Ten in the absence of some other and
more entertaining subject. 1t is not
that; but we firmly believe that we
have now good opportunity of get
ting railroad.
If Hopkinsville should vote the
$4,000, which she will likely do, and
Cadiz would raise $4,000, which it
could do, and the country interven-
ing should raise $4,000 more, by
utilizing convict labor, in less than
six months the road could be built
and equipped, and the directory could
make an arrangement with the G. o.
81 S. w., 10 run it--just as Elkton
has an arrangement with the Louis
vile Il Nashville to run the Elkton
~ Guthrie branch-and the stock
would more than likely pay a divi-