The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1899-08-17

We admit The RECORD has sounded
a little Over-enthuSiaStic i'm its reports
regarding the new railroad, but We
are now more confident than ever that
Garrard county will get the prize. We
have all along been i'm possession of n
little INSIDE" information which We
were not at liberty to divulge, but
anyone could read between the lines
and see that our statements were not.
air castles. Some of our people are
somewhat inclined to he douI.t ting
'Thomases, but they should not be SAD
hasty to jump at conclusions. Now.
here are a few facts We will state
which go to show that Garrard is 1.-THE
people i'm the case. In the first place.
the Southern Railroad Co.. calculated
that this road would cost 5000. Der
mile. Mr.. Respess' survey and pro-
file show that the line so far as survey
ed, (which is nineteen miles beyond
Brodhead) will not average $1,000
per mile. In the next place, he was
limited to one per cent. i'm grade and
curvature. His profile shows that at
no point so far does the curvature or
grade get as high as his limit. Now
that he is into the only stretch" that
will take him into Jellico, does it look
reasonable to believe that the COM
pany will go to the enormous expense.
and delay i'm time to run another
line, which is ten chances to one will
not come within the limit of curvature
and grade? Nay, nay, Pauline. The
Southern has here just what she wants
viz: one per cent road, exactly half
way between the l.. & n. and Cincin-
natl Southern most all the way.
We make the above statements be-
cause they come from an indisputable
source, and for the further reason
that some may think the road myth.
Now, there is but one thing left for
US to do. 1t is for the people to get
together and secure the right Of way
through this county. The road will
not be built through Garrard unless
she gives the right of way. Nearly
every land owner seen has been very
reasonable i'm his demands, and we be-
lieve all will wheel into line. But the
thing to do now is to get the matter
in black and white. There is not a
person in Garrard county that will not
be benefited by this road, and all will
see it this way if they will only stop
and study the case. The farmer will
be given two shipping routes to Gin
cinnati and Louisville, and, greatest
Of all, it will open route for him to
ship his grain and other products to
the Southern market, which will. ere
long, far surpass the north. TIL is road
runs through the finest coal and tim
Der in Kentucky, and, being ON a d.
rect line, will it not give you better
rates than you could possibly get other
wise? BY giving you better rates to
market, and furnishing you coal and
lumber cheaper, isnOt that a benefit
tOyOu? This is serious matter and
one OF vital Importance to every res
ident OF the county. We will have to
"hand around the hat" to pay for this
right Of way, but, dear reader, what
you contribute will return to you ten
fold. We know Of almost enough
money already promised to pay for the
entire right OF way, provided some fell
low does not want to gouge his neigh
bors, and dsmsnd twice the price of
the land. ea So
Our neighboring counties, Bowie and
Lincoln. are hustling for the road, but
their only chance for securing it is by
Garrard failing to put up the right of
way, and in this we are confident thew
are on cold trail.