Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-29
RAILROAD MATTERS.
The Lease Of the Clarksville q
Princeton Officially An
nounced.
The Connecting Link Between Clarks-
Vile and Nashville to be Built
This Year.

The following piece Of news Is
clipped from the railroad column Of
the Courier-Journal:
"The announcement in the COu-
rier-Journal of yesterday that the
Louisville and Nashville railroad
had leased to the Ohio Valley, now
the property of the Newport News
and Mississippi Valley road, the
GAINESVILLE and Princeton branch Of
the Louisville and Nashville, was
shown to be true a few hours later,
when the lease was acknowledged in
the Office of County Clerk Webb.
Milton I'll. Smith, as President of the
Louisville and Nashville; DR.. P. q.
Kelsey, as President of the Ohio Val
ley. and Gen. John Echols, as Third
Vice President and General Manager
of the Newport News and Mississip-
pi Valley, represented the three
roads interested.
"The terms Of the lease are not
known, as the deeds were simply &C.
knowledged and then taken away.
They will not be put on record for
several days. 1t is said, however,
that the lease is for fifty years, with
a provision for a renewal or pur-
chase outright. 1t is also understood
that the connecting link between
GAINESVILLE and Nashville will be
built this year, and that surveys will
be begun Immediately. The new
Louisville Nashville line will be
eighty miles longer than the Louis
vile and Nashville line. 1t is 1870
miles from here to Princeton over
the Newport News, fifty-two miles
from Princeton to GAINESVILLE over
the leased road, and thirty.four miles
will have to be built from Clarks-
Vile to Nashville. The construction
of the thirty.four miles will also give
Evansville another line to Nashville,
with leugth of 1856 miles, against
l57 miles by the Louisville and
Nashville"
The Hopkinsville New Era, under
the head of "Good News" has the
following on the same subject:
"The people of our city will be
very much G atified to know that the
Ohio Valley Railway Company have
leased for ninety-nine years that part
of the GAINESVILLE & Princeton branch
of the Louisville & Nashville rail.
road which lies between Gracey and
Princeton. The Louisville and
Nashville railroad company are to
take up the light rails on the road
and substitute heavy ones, and to
deliver possession of the road the
first day of July, 1892. BY that
time the Ohio Valley Railway Com
pany will have completed the line
from Hopkinsville to Gracey, and
the short piece Of road at Princeton
necessary to connect with the Ohio
Valley Railway Company at that
point.
"This is by far the best arrange
ment for our city and the people that
could have been made, for II the
Ohio Valley Railway Co. had built
the entire line to Princeton there
would have been strong competition
for the business from Gracey to
Princeton, and under this arrange
ment all competition between Gracey
and Princeton is avoided.
"This practically secures the trade
that will 60 out from Trigg county,
,or even at Gracey, where there will
be two roads to ship over, the fact
that Hopkinsvile, Kentucky city,
is only 8! miles off, and GAINESVILLE,
Tenn, 81 miles, will gives us every
advantage and secure us the trade.
ave are very sorry that the road
does not 60 TO the doors Of our
Montgomery and Wallonia friends,
but they can remedy this by having
good roads built so as to reach the
Ohio Valley road with ease and COM
fort.
"Our readers may rest assured that
trains of cars will be running over
the o. V. road to this point on July
1, 49,"
AS stated in the LEAF. CHRONICLE
yesterday, Contractor Morgan, late Of
the GAINESVILLE Mineral, was award.
ed the contract for constructing five
miles of the road from Hopkinsville
to Gracey. He will begin at Hop
kinsville and has entered into bond |
to have the contract completed by
May /, '92. Mr.. Morgan Is in
town to-day buying his supplies and
will soon have large force of men at |
work. 1t might be well to state that
the Courier-J ournal is considerably |
off on the distance from Nashville to
GAINESVILLE. That, however, makes
very little difference. The o. vi
means business and the town that
beats GAINESVILLE in reaping benefits
will have to hustle.
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