Yesterday evening I was enjoying the calm and serenity that has been present in Historic Castalian Springs for a couple hundred years. Sitting on my patio I could hear the call of the evening doves, the croaks from the frogs at our pond, and the gleeful chirping of crickets. The soliloquy of the countryside will be replaced by the blasting of our beloved farmland shattering forever our skyline will flying rocks and dust.
The smell of honeysuckles vines, wild roses, and apple blossoms replaced by the poisonous fumes from two asphalt plants and dust from two cement plants and a rock crusher. All from the GREED of Hoover, Inc. who has no regard for one of the most historic sites in all of Middle Tennessee and the 50 + landowners that adjoin the quarry-industrial complex.
The state and the county own five historic homes in harm’s way; Wynnewood and the General Bates house are within a few hundred yards of the five dust-spewing, toxic fumes producing plants.
There can be no worst place in Middle Tennessee for this type operation, NONE!!
Tom Neal, Jr.
Castalian Springs, TN
5 comments:
Great letter. I think people often forget how much Middle TN history is based right here in our community. We have to stop this quarry!
The quarry won't hurt the historic sites. At least it will bring jobs to the area and money to sumner county. The dust problems can be kept under control, its going to be far enough away from any homes to make a disturbance.
Quarry blasting damages modern homes and concrete. Why do you think fragile historical buildings will go unaffected? Any money this quarry brings in will need to repair the roads destroyed by quarry trucks and cover the taxes lost when everyone moves away.
Have you ever lived near one? It will rattle your teeth
Why don't we contact some homeowner associations that are close to other Hoover Quarrys and see how they like it
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