Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-07-03
The Telephone Rings On The 0. '


We have information to the eflcc
that the directors of the Ohio Valley
railroad company do not intend tC
extend their road south from Prince
ton, and connect the towns of Hop.
kinsvile and Cadiz, as per terms and
conditions of their contract with the
people Of this and the llopkinsville
district.
We are exceedingly sorry that the
O. V. has put us to such incOnveni-
ence by annoying our citizens 10 get
them to bind themselves to assist in
building railroad, when the direc-
tors either had no intention of build
ing ii, or have beon bought up by
some rival corporation, and thus pre-
vented from complying with an OBJ
legation that they were, and should
have felt themselves, in honor bound
TO I'LL. 1t is possible that they may
have received good round sum to
induce them to reliuquish their
right to the territory, and refused TO
comply with their promises to Cadiz
and IIOpkinsville. If this is the case
they have placed themselves in very
unenviable position, for this question
will naturally suggest itself; Can
any individual, or corporation, prove
faithless TO promise and maintain
its integrity =? and the answer will in
variably be in the negative Though
the builders of the .. V. should re-
.ceive double the sum promised them
by Cadiz and Ilopkinsville, would |
even such an amount from rival |
company compensate them for the |
loss of honor and integrity? We
think not. We had staked our last |
summers hat on the o. VS.. integrity |
but it deceived us, and we are now
led 10 exclaim, in the language of |
Watt, the celebrated writer of sacred
songs, when his sweetheart deserted
him:
GLOW vain arc all things here below!
How false, and yet how falrv
The counties of Trigg and Chris
tian have rich mineral deposits, and
great agricultural wealth. 1t was
an inviting field for some railroad
corporation TO extend its line
through. Our farming lands pro-
duce from ten TO forty bushels OF
wheat TO the acre. and from 500 TO L.
POO pounds of tobacco. The hills are
fl led with fine hemetite iron ores,
with an abundance of limestone con-
tiguous, and are covered with a fine
growth of timber. Thousands of miles
of railroad are now being proftably
operated III counties not half so rich
as the two just mentioned. This field
at present is practically unoccupied,
aud the people stand ready to aid any
responsible company that desires TO
build road through this section.
a Chicago syndicate is now en-
deavoring to buy options upon lands
in this county. It's members see that
it is a question of but short time
when this section will be traversed
by a railroad, and when real es-
tate will be worth double what
II is now selling for. Lands that pro-
duce from thirty TO forty bushels of
wheat to the acre are rented now at
ten dollars per acre but ore lands,rich
in iron ore that will yield from fifty
TO sixty per cent. of iron, which can
now be bought for from two to ten
dollars per acre, will sooner or later
sell for fifty and one hundred dollars
per acre. Timbered lands that can
not now be sold for more than three
or, az the highest, five dollars per
acre, will, at no distant day, bring
twenty-five and fifty dollars per acre.