Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-12-08

of those who have known the grs
cious people there, and have wal
dered away, feel the deepest concer
in everything pertaining To the lit
tie city and the people comprisin
il.
! l was especially struck by th
proposition you published last wee
for the construction of a railroa,
Ia intersect the Chesapeake an,
Ohio at Olympia. know nothin,
of the merits or dement's of tn
proposal of the construction com
pany in question, but am confiden
that Owingsvillians can make M
better investment than the outla,
necessary Ia construct IA railroad
and give Owingsvillc the acce>sibIl
ity she rightfully deserves. In fact
it is almost moral duty. The
city's location and natural advan
tages and the royal hospitality OF
her people are potent arguers in
behalf of IA railroad. The people
should not he cut off from the outer
world simply because the outlay of
$50, 900 is the rugged obstruction
to be surmounted. The historic
old city should not he passed to
posterIty hampered in commercial
prestige when, by an outlay the
present generation would hardly
feel, ii could he given such facilities
as would place it suddenly in the
ranks of the most prosperous cities
in Kentucky.
A railroad to OwingsNille would
reclaim the trade of the western
portion Of Bath county which has
been diverted to Mt. Sterling be
cause of the transportation facili-
ties that city's enterprise has ac-
quired; the northern portion of the
which has found trade
outlet at Carlisle, would be re-
claimed, and the eastern portion of
the county would suddenly drift
back from Fleming's raj ro d
points.
A railroad to 0wingsville would
place her merchants in closer touch
with the county's people, who
would look upon their county seat
with glowing pride as it took on an
Industrial briskness, and would he
drawn there to do trading which is
COW attracted to other points by
virtue of the magnetism with which
railroad cities are invested.
Owingsvillians should look the
bare facts squar-ly in the face. Go
'ut on the Mt. Sterling turnpike as
lar as Fiat Creek and you will find
hat the people there know more
about the business houses in Mt.
sterling than they do about those
n OwingsvIlie; the same thing
With more emphasis may he said
,6,'ut S'.rPshHrg. and HhcGt Pr
on and the country beyond. And
Salt Lick, to The east of Owings-
lille, is commercially nearer t.
VT. Sterling, fifteen miles west of
)wingsvillc, than il is 10 the coun-
y-seat of Bath. The little urchin
,laying in the sand of Licking
liver can tell traveller how far il
5 to 1.-THE Grange" ald to Hills
,oro, hut has little conception of
he distance to or location of Ow-
ngsville. Go to the Sherburne
ountry and the only evidence of
)wingsville's existence to be seen
8 the postmaster handing out cop
es of The OUTLOOK to subscribers
Who are socially connected with !
)wingsville, but who are CONNER
tally connected with some point
laving railroad facilities.
There are evidences of these
acts to be found in every issue of |
The OUTLOOK. Your correspondence
rom Bath county sustains these
ssertions. In last weeks issue
'ou noted the fact that a delega-
ion of Salt Lick business men were
n Mt. Sterling; Bethel communi-
alton tells of people going to Car
isle; Flat Greek of Bath countians
'assing through Mt. Sterling to
listant points; Crooks, Several
rom here attended court in Mt.
sterling Monday" and even Wy
ming tells of the visit to Mt. Ster-
ing of two men who are all busi-
Iess and who went there in a bust
Iess capacity. There are other
instances in the same issue, as well
IS in every paper you print.
Wake up your people to the fact
hat railroad facilities of other
titles are drawing their trade away |
rom them. They have an oppor-
unity to put stop to it; the OPP
,ortunity is a good one and from
our paper i see that good man
8 interested in it. If Owingsvillians
will hold up his hands with their
they will find that he will
cad them out of the dilemma they |
ire in.
Send Dewey bombardment
Trough your columns in behalf of
be railroad, and when the first
pike is driven be ready to enlarge |
our paper to eight pages and
,uild foundation on which to
,lace a steam engine and fast
'ylinder press. The lack of a railroad
las kept the George Washington
land press in your office and the
requirement of one will relegate it
% obscurity. LUKE p. PETrUs.
savannah, Ga, Nov. 80, 1898.
Don't spend cent for anything
IN the way of Dolls, Toys. Candies,
Sc., until you see what Brother d
Goodpaster have. They will save
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