The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1916-04-12
RAILROAD MEETlNG....PUT ADAIR
ON THE MAP.

was held in the courthouse to hear
the proposition of Hon. w. G. Hunter,
OF Louisville, concerning the building
OF a railroad from Columbia to some
point on the L. & N. at CampbellS-
vile, Greensburg or between the two
places. A good number of our cit.
liens were present, and sufficient in
terest shown to Justify an effort to
meet the terms proposed, which are as
follows:
DR.. Hunter and associates agree to
build, equip and put into operation a
steam line of railroad from some point
on the Greensburg branch of the L. &
N, to Columbia, by January the 1st,
1917, if the people of this section will
give the right of way, survey, etc, and
$4,000 cash when the road is COM
pleted, and in operation Gen. James
GARRETT, of Louisville, conservative in
his estimate of men, stated that he
had investigated the ability and re-
sources Of the parties who propose the
building of the road and that he is
convinced of their good faith and that
they are amply able to build it. DIR.
Hunter made painstaKing eXplana-
ton, outlining his plans and giving
the name of his associates and the
reason for asking the contribution, to
which no one interested in the devel.
opment and welfare Of this part of the
State could object. 1t is a clear,
Clean proposition made by parties full
ly able to do what they agree to do,
and is submitted to the people of this
county for immediate acceptance or
rejection. The cost of securing the
right of way, surveys and organizing
expenses is the only money necessary
to be spent by our people until the
road is completed, and not dollar of
this to be collected or used until a
contract has been made with Dr.
Hunter and associates to build the
road. Just what will be needed to do
this is problematical, but certainly
will not be expensive. There is an
abundance of evidence to believe that
the right of way will be freely given
by the land owners through whose
property the road would run, and good
reason to expect substantial aid from
the people at the other end of the line
To make long story short tits un-
questionably the supreme time for the
people of Columbia and Adair county
to put up or shut up. There is no
time for parleys, long-Winded dis
cussions and submitting other prop
ositions, for the promoter of this en-
terprise has fully and thoroughly
worked out every detail that leads to
the proposition submitted and no 9TH
er. We all agree that we need the
road; that it would bring rapid and
substantial development; that we are
; able to meet the requirements, but
are we willing to do it? Failure to
ldo so would be worse than folly-it
would be business suicide. The prop
osition of DR.. Hunter appealed so
strongly to all those who heard it,
that an organization was Immediately
formed to press the work to a success
full conclusion if it can be done in the
short time given. Several thousand
dollars were pledged, and all present
indicated hearty endorsement. Ger
tainly it would be more preferable for
some company to build road without
any expense to the people, but for more
than hundred years this has failed,
and this and future generations will
POSSIBLY share similar fate in per-
Auing similar plan. The watchful
batting policy must be abandoned in
his, or we will lose that which we
eedf Ten days is the time limit
r to accept and win, or reject and
r. 1t is now time for actual field
X and the parties, as we under.
Id. have other opportunities to use
tr money and energies. If you
apt a railroad subscribe to the fund
as much as you can and join in the
work. If we all get busy the amount
can be secured in less than half the
time we have. 1t is the purpose to
give every citizen Of Adair county an
opportunity to assist in securing the
road, and you are urged to join in the
work at the earliest hour possible to
raise the money necessary to secure
its building. Next Saturday at l
O'Clock, is the hour set for a report
from all the workers, and it is hoped