Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-10-18
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North Carolina Central Railroad.

TO North Carolina L attended rail road meet
ing at Franklin. The subject under considera
ton was the attention of the North Carolina
Central Rail Road from Salisbury West, work
of vast Importance to the Old North State, and
public opinion justifes the conclusion that at
the next session of her Legislature provision
will be made for the accomplishment of this
great State Improvement
The meeting was addressed by Messrs. Thorn
as and Baxter, the former member elected to
the Senate from the counties of Haywood Ma
con, jackson and Cherokee; the latter member
dcrsOn county.
a resolution was introduced and adopted, in
favor of extending the North Carolina Central
Rail Road by the most practicable route to form
rail road connection with Chattanooga and
Memphis, Tenn.
AS the State of Tennessee is deeply interested
III this great work of. internal Improvement,
Col. VIM. H. Thomas remarks upon its advan-
tages may not be uninteresting to your readers
and the public generally. He advocates the
extension of the main trunk of the road from
Salisbury West, to some point on the French
! Broad river between the villages of Asheyille
aud Henderson, thence through the vallies of
the Pigeon and Teukasege rivers forming con-
nection with the Rabun Gap or Blue Ridge
Railroad, on the Little Tennessee river mead
the mouths of the Teukasege and Nautahala'
rivers, 209 miles West from Salisbury. And
from the point of junction, he advocates thu
construction Of railroad through the Red Mar,
bic Gap, and the vaIlies of Valley river, Hi !,
wassee and Ocoee, to the Ducktown Copper
Mines, 60 miles from the junction, which h
demonstrates to be in a favorable position q
command fair proportion of the through
freight and travel going eastward to the AtlaT
| tic. His arguments in favor of this route f.
the Central Railroad, and of connecting at tn.
point designated with the Blue Ridge road wi.
commend themselves to the cSsssdsmtion 4
the people, not only of Western Norrh' CAROLYN.
but also Of the State of Tennessee. This col
| nection on the Little Tennessee river has,
contends many, advantages over the project
forming aconnectionby tie main truak, with tx
East Tennessee & Virginia Railroad. throu@,
the Watauga or the French Broad route.
The East Tennessee & Virginia Rail Ro.:
Company having provision inserted in thu :,
charter granted by the State of Tenness9
which prohibits the construction of any psI
alel road within twenty miles of their road
either side, puts it in the power of the com
ny TO designate the point Of junction with ~
North Carolina road, and to keep the track s.
arate forcing traushipments; which with ~
power to discriminate in favor of through fret ar
and travel, with the advantage of diStancdI itcl
their favor, neither through freight nor tras eat
would pass over the North Carolina Cene
road, and the capital invested in it would
come of little value to the State The res9
he contends would be different if the ROD II
tcest from the French Broad instead of n0rer f
we're adopted and a junction formed with tngtt
Blue Ride road and with the road from TWAS
point to Ducktown and Chattanooga for 18th
following reasons: the point of junction Eari,
Midway between Charleston and Cincinnahou
and Beaufort Harbor on the Atlantic aand
Memphis on the Mississippi river. And ttons
charters granted by North Carolina for tlseeI
roads with which the junction would be formeSpll
in North Carolina instead of Tennessee; proyr n
ded for the union on terms of equality and pro 90
hbted determinations against the North Caear
lima road; which with the advantage in distancr rae
by that route to the Atlantic Sea-board overs
the +. I. & Va. road, would secure to the NORTH
Carolina road terminating on the Atlantic at
Wilmington, Beaufort and Norfolk fair proIT
portion of through freight and travel. This
he said, would be demonstrated by referring to-, u
the line designated on the map of the United b,
States and by which the following facts are exJ r
hibited and incontrovertably established: Beau II
fort, Newbern, Salisbury, the point designated a
on the French Broad river, the point of june Ri
ton with the Blue Ridge road on the Little, =,
Tennessee river, the Ducktown Copper Mines,e
Chattanooga and Memphis are along the ling re
of the 35th0 Of lat. Consequently the rou mt
designated. west of Salisbury and west frtfbar
French Broad river being almost an mo
line, with favorable grades at a reasona do,
cost OF construction, must have the advantt our
over any route which after extending west all b;r
the parallel of the 35th0 of lat, DIVORCES nd onl
to form a connection with the Z. T. & 1. tx;
road, north 36th0 of lat which line and tE. ;so
7. & Ga. road then DIVORCES South to the 10 on,
forming a semi-circle, and consequently inas- t;o
ing the length of the line from Beaufto an
Memphis at least so miles. This distancbe
ing saved by the adoption of the line ives ON :,
French Broad to the point designated fthe ":
junction on the Little Tennessee river, es it
the advantage of any line east of it to that
antic Sea-board, at harbor suitable ansafe =
FOR the largest sized vessels Col. THoMAsls Ne
demonstrated the advantages of this Ii in pr
giving an impetus to insuring the develoa Dent a.;
Of the mineral resources of the rich meral
district through which it passes, and the hpe.
'ior advantages afforded by it for the ms mi
Dortation of its metals and rich ores the OF
east, and to the markets of the world, y a m.
lirect route through the excellent har,r of 81
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