The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-04-26
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Ident OF the mteruFban Company. els
where In this issue. has the right rim
TO il. and VIII relieve the public min
OF some restlessness as regards IN
speedy coming OF the interurban lin
from Nashville through the heart {
this county from its northeastern {
its southwestern boundary.
Mr.. Mayberry says his company ei
poets TO commence the actual col
struction OF the road within the mex
few weeks, and to have cars runnin
from Columbia 10 Nashville within
the next sixteen months; and all h
asks is the free right-of-way. Certain
ly that is a fair proposition, and a lib
eral one; and We believe the broad
gauge people of Maury county are to-
progressive not to grant il. Ever
farm ii touches. and every farm tina
touches every farm it touches, will b.
enhanced in value far more than tbs
land to be used as a right-of-way /:
worth. Not only will the land be
enhanced in value, but the conven
! fence to the owners. of this land and to
the people contiguous thereto, will be
! so great that to say nothing of the en-
HANGED value of land, the land should
be freely given for the right-Of-way,
for the mere convenience the road will
afford. And what is of more immed-
late and real value to the land own
ers than either the convenience or the
enhanced value of the land, is the
new market il will give for the small
crop from these farms. Innumerable
little things that are now thrown to
the hogs or the dogs or absolutely
wasted, will be of intrinsic market
value when this road is in operation.
There is a market in this country for
everything that is raised on the farm.
Every vegetable, every fruit, every
pound of butter, every egg, every
blade Of grass practically, has its mar
ket value in the city where these
things are consumed. But they are
frequently not Of much value to the
producer, because OF the inaccessible
ity of the city market. But with a
road running close to the farmers
door, stopping anywhere and every
where, and making specially Of this
character of small freight, there is
absolutely nothing that the farmer
raises that he cannot sell at his very
door. 1t will give the Maury county
farmer, who has the privilege of Civ
ing a narrow strip of his land for
a "home market in its
fullest sense and meaning, for any
thing and everything he has to sell.
It makes him close neighbor to the
man in the city who Is hungry for the
products Of the farm
1t is an opportunity which those
who have it should be thankful for,
md those who have it not would be
glad to embrace if it came their
way; and we cannot believe there will
,e any so narrow-minded and short
sighted as not to embrace it. If there
ire any such, the builders Of the road
hould circuit as far out of their way
is possible. But the main point is ,
his: The road will not pay its way; =.
cannot afford to, and will not have =
0. If it cannot go through one mans
arm it can go around it and through .
is more progressive neighbours farm. :,
hut that will delay matters a little.
nd we hope therefore that all who .
re asked for the right of way through !,
leir places will be prompt and liber- y
and fair, that the actual building ;
the road may be started at the time :
and pushed to a speedy :
)mpletion; because the coming of :,
lis new artery of trade means not :,
1ly much to those along it's right-of- 9,
ay, but a great deal to the county =,
large; and 1t Is the duty of every G
tizen, we think, to encourage, to n
lip and to hasten its coming. ~