The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-01-18

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$40 and so on to $500 towards
such an enterprise
Col. Boone and associates as
sure us that the money for the
construction Of the road is ready
as soon as the right Of way, sur
veys and franchise have been Sc
cured. We have not lost faith in
the people and believe Montgom-
cry county, as people, will sub
scribe the amount asked for and
that the road will be constructed.
Mr.. Boone is laboring hard to
have everything ready by May l.,
when he hopes the work Of con-
struction will begin, and in eigh-
teen months thereafter it will be
completed.
Our people need not think that
the road will come this way with
out any effort on the part OF our
people, We have been left before
and our business men can give
you some idea of the effect on
them. We can give from S. to
$500, raise the amount asked for
and secure the road. We don't
believe for this amount we can
afford to take any chances.
Read what our exchanges say
of the Black Diamond:
"On Thursday of last week an
election was held at Anderson,
South Carolina, to issue bonds to
the amount of $50, 900 as sub
sidy to aid the Black Diamond
railroad. The success of that cleo
ton is best told in the following
telegram:
Henderson, S. c., Jan. 6, 1893.
Col, Albert E. Boone, Dover,
Ky: Election on bonds in aid of
railroad BLACK Diamond held to-
day. Only one dissenting vote.
Signed: J. L. TREBLE.
1T will he seen by the above
that the people are practically
unanimous for the road in the
South.
"In addition to this subsidy the
business men Of Anderson pro-
pose to raise $4,000 as a promot-
ing fund to make surveys AMI
complete the franchise thtcuqh
the State. South Carolina viii east
ly raise $500 per mile through the
entire State for that purpose-in
fact the business men alone have
pledged themselves to do that.
"The people of the South
land want the Black Diamond.
They feel the need of just such a
trunk line and stand ready to aid
in everything reasonable. The
vote at Anderson-only one dis
senting vote-shows the senti-
ment of the people throughout
the entire South in regard to Col.
Boone's great system. Dover
News.
"a special telegram to The
Dispatch from West Union, O.,
says: Now that the building of
the proposed Black Diamond rail
road seems an assured fact, the
citizens and business men of Peeb-
les recognize the great mistake
they made in ignoring Colonel
Boone's proposition to take their
town in consideration of a small
subscription, and allowing the
survey to be run 10 miles west Of
them. Realizing that the road, if
constructed along the present sur
vey, will ruin their town as a
shipping point, subscription has
been taken to defray the expenses
of survey from Brush Creek
through PEBBLES to Sinking
Springs, which survey will be
submitted to Col. Boone as a
more practical route than the
present one, and which he will be
asked to adopt. PEBBLES is also
now ready to raise a good sized
subscription. Crayton Reynolds,
the well known civil engineer of
county, has been engaged to make
the survey through PEBBLES. -
Columbus, CO., Dispatch, Dec.
20, 81.
The financial agent of the Black
Diamond System, Mr.. A. w.
Dickinson, Of Washington City,
will ha - Do,,a. ona I,,Y Al z. II.