Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-21
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the Coyuguu depot in Lexiugfyu through that city,
and the roGuucs of Fayetl aud Jcsa.tmne to the
Kentucky river % miles, done, except portion
of tho last two miles beng finished the right OF
way is paid Tor, and fences generally made. depot
and water station nj Lexington partly constructed;
and six miles Of rails laid down The towers and
anchorage Of the great suspension bridge across the
Kentucky ritter costing S97 eel - bie finished.
Grading beyond The river done 10 The amount ct
S3r026 IG Al pad for.
The company have engine, SIX platforms Two
hand and some thirty dirt cars for purposes of c0u-
struction, etc. The Covngtou and Lexington COM
pauy have contracted TO furnish rolling stool Is ope
rate the road they paying all expenses, the Lc,Ia-
ton and Dan1illc Company 10 keep the rold in lr"r
and divide TIE gross receipts. Tho materials on
hand are: timber Tor two depots chairs, spikes aud
cross-tes sufficient lay down the rails TO the river
-23 mjcs,--so0 tons OF iron, now being laid down.
besides GOO ions on the way from New Orleans.
First mortgage bonds 10 the amount If S}UaD0o
On the ar>t - tales o: the road from Lexington to
Kentucky river, have been issued, OF which % have
beeu srj to Jossamine county, and - 10 ether par
ties o,ooo. The proceeds OF the balance, $3.50
00o, which the company now propose 10 sell. will
complete that PORTION of the road, and leave it Gu
tirey free from All other debts besides Paving for
five warehouses, depots, water tanks etc. The con-
neetions formed by this line thus summed mp in
circu'ar recently issued by GEM Leslie Combs the
Hblc President CT the Lexington md Danse rail
road:
LIST. All the railroads concentrating at Ciucinuo,j,
Ohio from the East, sorth and West,-say mt least.
1000 mes finished, and 2 900 miles under eun-
siuclioG provided for, in the Northwestern States
ana ritories, via the Coyingon aud Lexington raul
road bcing the Is, division of Kentucky Central
TN,.}. Liue3
~ Nh the roads touching the Ohio river opposite
l. -se. Ky. via the louisyiil Frankfortand Lex
ington mlroad
df. lhe roads connected with Portsmouth, Ohio
'ia 3afSHii'' aad Lexington railroad Unfinished
it, The lexington aud Big Sandy railroad lun.
fnisl.-l.)
oh. From the Sonth-The North Carolina. South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama railroads
concentrating at or Knoxville East Tennessee
via the Knoxville and Kentucky railroad 10 Dauyille;
and the Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas
rar td., via Nashville and Memphis t. Danyille or
Hafgndahnr4h,-a finished, or under construction
AMI provided for, VIZ:
F.hod roads IN actual opera lon........4 G7G miles
IN rogress........ ,S11 "
...,.....6 ,35l miles
Literally the Atlantic Ocean Of Railroads at tic
resting the South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and
Lower Mississippi, brought in close neghborhood
ana united by cur Lsthmus line through Kentucky
country well kaogn to be unrivaed for its fertility
aSd healthiidness.
From the OHIO river to the Cumberland Mountains
on the 'eesern frontier of Virginia there is not nor
shtaere ever be, parallel rival road. East of our
line. the country is billy and mountainous and west
oft not SO rich or level. five had only open pra-
is2 q eysl ood2nds, to psss over, in Ohio and