The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-01
CONE CLEAN.


mailed to citizens of this city fol
the purpose of creating a fund t.
be used in defraying the incidenta
expenses preliminary to the con
struction of the road. The director,
and their agent, Mr.. 0. Spradlin,
have made extensive preparations
and taken great care and pains in
setting forth the advantages and
outlining the plans and purposes
of the enterprise. They do all
this with the object of enlisting
/ your approval and assistance in
the work. They are acting
through patriotic impulses with a
desire to see your town and your
country. the finest on earth, bloom
as the rose. 1t is most assuredly
not a selfish project. The officers
are not paid cent for their work.
The engineers were employed at q
salary, but the president, secretary
treasurer and directors do not get
any money. They expect to reap
benefits derived from the building
and operation of the road, but
they are doing as much for you.
Quite a number Of one thousand
and five hundred dollar subscrip-
tons have been received already.
One man expects to increase his
subscription to five thousand dol
lars, another to two thousand and
so on. Haven't you got enterprise
and patriotism enough in your
clothes to take some stock in this
enterprise. The money is not due
until the road is complete. This
is not Incidental expense we are
talking about now, but shares in
the road. 1t would be hard to
make as believe that you have no
home or county pride; nobody can
make us believe that you have no
faith in the future of your town.
Don't you want good transporta-
ton and passenger facilities!
Don't you want your land to IN
crease in valuea Don't you want
a convenient marketg You men
in town; don't you want more citi-
zens, more schools, more factories,
more employment? Don't you
want system of sewerage, better
homes and more public utilities!
Don't you want more churchesg
If not, then you must be a queer
lot. If your hopes and ambitions
are full, then we are to take it for
granted that you are not feeling
we'll; that the world has gone
wrong with you; that your diges-
ton is bad, or that somebody has
been tramping on your toes. We
don't believe this of you, however;
it must be the other fellow. But,
laying all nonsense aside, gentle
men, this is a proposition which |
appeals to every one of you. 1t
means something for you III the
future, either directly or Indirect
II, and you cannot but feel that it |
is to your interest to take a
share in the stock. You are not
asked to cripple yourself financial
Iy. 1t is not necessary for any
man to do that. Subscribe what
you believe TO be a liberal amount.
This subscription will, of course,
be applied to stock and perhaps
may bring You handsome dividends
in the future. 1t is not only
matter of doing your duty as a
citizen, but making an Investment
which has been computed to be
worth as much or more than some
of those which have been presented
to you as gilt-edged money making
schemes. Greater, however, than
any dividend will be the glorious
achievements in the future, and
that is what the building Of this
road will mean. No one has ever
this statement. Ev-
believes it to be a fact.
Made an independent line there is
nothing which would add greater
material benefit to Union City or
the country between here and the
lake. We insist that there can be
no adequate conception of the