Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-07-03

TIE LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD
LEBANON AND MEMPHIS BRAECHEs.-We published
q few days since a communication from the Presi
dent of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, &C
companisd by a statement of the engineer, exhibit
ing the progress Of this work. We have before US
abe report of the president and chief engineer of the
ClarksvilIe, Memphis, and Louisville road. From
these documents, and from facts known here the
following is gathered:
On the Lebanon branch it may be certainly relied
on, the locomotive will reach New Haven between
the fret and tenth of July, probably by the fourth.
The entire grade to Lebanon is finished, the cross
ties are the road, aud the iron is at the depot
ground. These facts assurances that the entire
track to Lebanon will be complete before the frat
day of October.
BY the report from the GAINESVILLE road /. ap-
pears the conn auy have the means to complete t.
with State aid, from the Kentucky line across the
Tennessee river; that it has been located to con-
meet with the branch cOntem plated to diVeIge from
the main trunk of the Louisville and Nashville Rail-
road at Bowling Green, passing through Russell
vile to the State line. The Tennessee part of this
branch has been let out under contract and the
work is steadily progressing. day was fixed by
the directors of the Memphis Clarksville and Lou
isvle and the Memphis and Ohio Railroads. to agree
on point for the union of the two roads. We are
informed that the proposed meeting has been held,
and il has been agreed that the roads should con-
meet at Paris or McLemoresville, Tenn
OF the Memphis and Ohio road Sc miles are
built and in successful operation; 30 miles are I'M
der contract and progressing steadily leaving only
miles of light work to reach Paris. The friends
of the Memphis branch in Logan ndustriously
engaged in procuring subscriptions of stock and
the right of way preparatory to letting at the
earliest day.
From the statement of the president and enei-
neer, it appears that the grade is complete from
Bowling Cream 10 Franklin and m he Cd
to the State line before spring; that the entire
grade from Nashville 80 miles out will be ready
for track by winter; that the work at the inter-
mediate points between the State line and end of
30 miles is being vigorously prosecuted, and that
the citizens of that end of the road, looking to
State aid to secure it's early completion, having
purchased the bonds OF the counties of Davidson
and Sumner sufficient TO insure q vigorous prosecu-
ton for the next four months. Thus it appears
that the progress OF works from the south COLI
templating a connection with Louisville is most
favorable, and they promise at early day to en-
ter the rich valley of Green river. In this state
OF the case il becomes amatGer of importance to the
best interests Of the city OF Louisville to INQUIRE
after the progress Of the work at this end of the
inc.
We are informed by the engineer that the work
has 80 far progressed as to require only S2OS 600
TO make the grade ready for track passing from
she junction of Lebanon branch to Green River.
1t may be safely calculated that the track will be
laid beyond Rolling Fork before the 10Th of Au-
gust, and 10 may be continued to within seven
miles of Elizabethtown before winter. The grade
may be completed over Mudrow's h.ll bv the frst
day of March next. The road from Bowling Green
to seven miles north OF Bells old stand is under
contract, leaving only seven miles OF light work 70
be contracted for TO make a continuous grade from
Louisville to Bowling Green. Thus il appears
that the work is progressing on every part of the
line, and perhaps ss fast as the scarcity of money
and provisions would justify.-Lou. Journal.