The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1905-03-10

tion Of the Webster and Union
county tonnage, mainly coal, and
10y the Rosiclaire cxtcntion they
would secure ore tonnage IN South
ern Illinois and from that terminus
offer mates which would Justify ship
pcrs in this mineral district, who
now have To- haul their product
eight, ten and even twelve miles to
the !. &. depot here, 10 deliver
their product 10 that road at Rosi-
claire or deliver il to bargcs the
company might use 10 receive it
from wagon. on this side " the
river.
And that this proposed project
will, at least in part, be carried
out shortly seems plausible. Some
thing like $4,000 or s2O,OOO in
taxes ha, bccu voted in section of
Union county to drain lrct Of
land called Pond Fork, and we
have It ON pretty good authority
that Mr.. Irving Whcatcroft, who
Is interested IN the proposed pro-
iect, has informed the taxpayers
that il they will turn the $4,000
over to him he will dig two bitches,
throwing up a road.bcd between
and als0 construct the railroad
through that section oi the county.
That all these proposed projects
were anticipated several YEAR, agu
by the l.. a y. il evidenced hy
what We arr TO relate.
The Evansville and lIopkiusyillc
line was completed several year,
ago by the Ohio Valley H. Il. Co.
When that company reached Prince.
ton they met there line under N,
control of the l.. Il y. running &,
Clark,yillc This latter rad ha,
hccn constructed hy lucal corpor
alton ur individuals and had ncycI
hcen a paying investment. hence Il
was easily acquired 10y the l.. n y
For the same reason the l.. a y
wa subsequently, willing tu enter
tain q proposition iu lca>, q ,cytioI
II the line 10 the q. Y. that i
might readily complete thc link I,
lIopkin.villc. Therefore the eight
zen miles from Princeton to Gmcrl
was LEASED, and with the compile
ton of the ten mile, of track H.
yond Gnccy, the o. V cntcrc,
lIopkinsvillc.
Whn this contract was draw
by the l.. n y, what We may lru
railroad foresight played q con,pic
uous part, and thcrc was clau,
inserted In the contract prevent
ing the .. Y. or IT, assign. lmn
running Nashville trains over thi
eighteen mile, of track Little WI
thought Of il hy the q. v, and III
contract was accepted, The clau,
neither played part nor seemed ,
, any Importance until ryyntly, whc
! the | &. hygnn tu hgurr uu q dirS
line from Nashville to IT. Lou
and through trains from Na,hvill
To Chicago, when probably IL, ui
tcution was called to ,hi. claus /
the contract.
Upon this clause i, douhtlc.
4 hinged the reason that the ror
Wmor, failed a. matrrialitc in N
establishment ol through >crv,
from Nashville to Chiyago. h
lDi us look little farther pU
-ihly the | G. hl, figured just hrr
i little in the matter II inrrsigh
and douhtlc,, Il Il docs NOT uu
own the r G., Il iostrrd the NOV
mcni that resulted In the huildu
VI that mad. Just as the wmo
pertaining to through train >cri,
hll through, We mote the lullowu
!, ia a Madisonvillc Iaprr'
! 1T is pmopd that the Tcnnc
scr Central milmad will run in
Madisonvillc In the near iutur
This mad is now completed IN
IA Nashville To llopkinsvillc. and It
81 believed by parties who arr ",
.. posted that il will p mill I'M
a llopkinsville to Madisnvillc, m
J" Mug through the Terry coal icl
N in Christian county and cp,sil