The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1899-09-21

Building OF Railroad Through Gar
rard All now Depends on the
County Doing her Part.


County Doing her Part.
From the telegram sent here last
Wednesday, one would have been lead
to believe the Southern Railways ex-
tension was to be made through Gar
rard for certainty, whether the
right-Of-way was donated or not. We
have found some to believe this, and
want to assure them right now, most
cmphatically, that the road will not
be built here unless the ground is CIV
en- the company. The Southern has
made this survey, and its officers say
it is exactly what they want, both in
grade and in curvature. Now they
will not run another line, nor enter
tain any proposition whatever to go
another route if Garrard comes up to
her offer in the matter. Garrard can
and will, unquestiOnably deliver the
goods if the land owners are anything
like reasonable in their demands. AS
the money has to be made up by pri-
vate subscription, of course we can
not raise the amount necessary to pay
unreasonable and diSgustingly Outrag-
eous prices for the little strip of land
running through farm. Our people
are perfectly willing to pay actual
damages, but when a man has the
nerve to ask the price for his entire
farm, it is stretching the blanket just
little too far. Any man, with Ordi-
nary business ability, can see that the
building Of this road here means many
dollars in the pockets of every citizen
of the county, and, if his land is now
so valuable, that it will make it al
most dOubly SO. If those along the
line will only talk to parties over
whom road now runs, they will learn
that a railroad is not the disadvantage
that some crOakS are trying to make
them believe. AS far as the commit
tee has gone, they have met with ia
vorable replies from the land owners,
and some of them have seen so clearly
the advantage it will be to them that
they have donated the land. We can
not believe that we have any citizens
so narrow-minded that when apprO-
ached by the committee thev will try
to gouge their neighbOrs Of Garrard
by asking fabulous prices. We do not
believe there is one in the county who
is so fond of a penny, or so greedy and
selfish as to try and stop this road and
thus forever and eternally shut us out
from the world of commerce and pro-
gress. OF course the courts can be
called upon to condemn the land, but
THE RECORD would dislike very much
for it to 60 out to the world that Gar
rard has within her borders a man
that is so shOrt-sighted and penny
wise as to place an obstacle in the way
of the cOunty'S march to prosperity
and advancement. Boyle and Lincoln
counties are standing with open arms
for this road, and will not only give
the right of way, but will come up
with any other request the rOrd may
see proper to ask. Now, as we said at
the outset, this road through Garrard
only depends upon the right-of way.
The company has the survey they
want, it is as near perfect as it is pos
sible to make a road in this country,
they want to strike the territory
reached via this line, and no other
line will be run if Garrard comes to
the front as she should and is perfect
ly able to do. The survey will be COM
pleted to JellicO within the next ten
or fifteen days and if this county
stands ready to deliver the goods, work
Of construction will be at once begun.
AS the distance from here to Burgin is
short, it will only be short time until
trains can be rum ing to this county.
Fellow citizens of Garrard, now is the
opportunity of your life. If you let
this pass, you may as well sit down and
content yourself to always pay high
freight rates, and be compelled to ship
your products to one market. Why
do this when the new road will open a
line to all the North, East and South?
We do not believe you will.
An0th"r Fight 1T Paint Lick.