The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-02-25
RAlLROADS,A&c.

RlroaI Company, made to the Stockhold
RS at their annualmeeling on the Sd utimn
IL will be,seen that the aflairsof the Comp
! nv are in very safe condition, and the future
prospects of the road most. fasor.bie.1.=Ar
early completion TO Knoxville may now b,
set down as certain and we congratulate the
citizens of that place upon the benefits they
I will derive from the entrance of the irof
steed into their streets. The people of Knox
vile appear at present to be deeply imbued
with the spirit of railroad improvements, and
if they will only hold on, not undertake too
much, and keep the fires burning brightly
until something practical and durable results
from their action, they will reap harvest Of
prosperity much greater than the most enthu.
siastic have calculated upon. ..-......
1t is a settled question, settled beyond con-
tingencv, that the East Tennessee and Ge0r-
gia Road will be completed to Knoxville at
m early day-Virginia is prosecuting her
great enterprise in this direction with much
vigor, and it is said that the work on the
upper East Tennessee line is being pressed
forward with some degree Of energy. We
Of the policy Of those having the control o.
the atfirs of that Company. 1t is beyond
the boundaries Of our ''range," and the line
traverscs section of country where our pa
per has but little circulation; yet, as it is a
very important link in the great chain that is
to connect and rivet together with bands of
iron, the North and the .Soath, we, Of course,
feel deep mterestin its success. The State
has acted muniiccnty towards the enter
prise, and the Company have ample available
means at command to prosecute the work
energetjcally and rapidly. We presume the
same sort of local ealousies and interests
incident to other great works, have to be
met and overcome. But the Company have
the advantage Of the experience of similar
enterprises, and by judicious management
and liberal policy they may avoid the shoals
and rocks on Which others have well nigh
been wrecked. We have no doubt they will
do SO. II is manifrstly the interest of the
Company, and Of the whole of upper East
Tennessee, in view Of the early completion
of the lower road to Knoxville, to build the
link between that city and the Strawberry
Plains at once, ind finish on up. 1t is the
only policy by which any portion of the
road can be made available before the whole
line is completed. And to construct sec
ton here and section there, to appease
ueighborhhood demands and serve local in
tercsts, and looking to, no portion of the
road being put to work until the whole is
completed, will prove destructive and ruin
ous-no matter how ample the means Afford
ed by the munificencc and iberality of the
State. 1t was just that sort of policy which
swamped the old IIiwaSsee Company. Bat
it is prcsumable that those having the con-
troll and direction of the affairs of the East
Tennessee and Virginia Company, are aware
Of the consequences that will attend any
other than a high and liberal policy one
that looks above and beyond all local and
selfish considerations and they will proba-
bly, deem any remarks of ours as uncalled
for and an ofiicious meddling with that which
does not particularly concern us. We mere
Iy refer to the subject, because we some
times hear there arc little influences
developing themselves which ought not
to enter into the plans and motives of
those having the control and management Of
A great public enterprise 1t is possible we
are wrong even in this, but Of one thing we
feel certain-that tho link next to Knoxville !
ought to be ready for the rails the very day
upon which the trains on the East Tennes- |
see and Georgia Road commence running to
hat point, if not earlier. The advantages in
my and all respects Of building and complet-
ng that part Of the road first, are 80 plain
md manifest that we cannot conceive how
my person Of even ordinary sagacty can
leIp seeing them.
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