Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-04-08
sewanee CoaIRoad.


road and mines of the Sewanee Company we
are glad to lay before our readers what infor-
nation we could CLEAN about the future supply
OF coal for Nashville, and the prospect of an
early completion of the above company's
railroad. From our own judgment, and what
the workmen told us, we think the road will
be finished in about two months Lately, the
progress of the road has been unavoidably
delayed by a mountain slide upon the track.
The company are now taking precaution
way through the solid rock, at the place where
the accident happened, and near by the site of
the great Southern University. /.
Beyond the cut now being made the track of
of the Sewanee road is being daily laid and
is now within four miles Of the end Sixteen
miles are already laid, and by the time the cut
is finished, the remainder of the track will be
done.
The WOoten Mines, if we are any Judge
have not been misrepresented, but the praises
we have heard rather fall short of the truth.
The entrance to the mine now opened is about
thirty feet above the level of the railroad, and
from it and underneath where the cars will
receive the Goals, are fixed a half dozen
ehutcs or troughs aud screens, over which
the Goals will decend being cleaned of any
dust before they reach the cars.
We were much surprised on coming into
Tracy-city, as the settlement at the mines liz
called. to find such a busy looking place We
judge there are about 600 or 700 inhabitants
at this place, all of whom are engaged in min
ing or manufacturing. In the neighborhood
of the place, perhaps mile distant, is large
saw mill working three of Pages patent saws
continually, and turning out a huge amount
of lumber for supplying the demand of build
ers there. In the same mill there are also
three planning machines, which are busily en-
ployed preparing the lumber for the builders.
Some of the houses are really handsome, being
constructed very tastefully. At the large
store of the company, kept by one of our for
mer citizens, we found all the necessaries of
life, and were told that during the two months
ending LIST April, more than $4,000 worth of
provisions were sold to the village and neigh
borhood. Tracy city is laid off into town lots.
with wide streets running at right angles.
On Gather side of Altamont street which is the
main street, and one hundred feet wide, lie LIST.
2nd 3rd and 4th &C., streets running East and
West. The streets running North and South
are called avenues and are each so feet
wide. On our way up the railroad we OBJ
served, what proved on subsequent inspection
to be really fine, white sharp sand, in great
quantity. The mortar made with it is really
of superior quality, Judging from the speci-
mems used by the builders at Tracy CITY.
Builders here would do well to 90 up there and
see it. Our Lady readers may be a little sur
prised when we tell them we saw and heard A
piano away here in the mountains, and they
would be surprised too at the sight of Brussels
carpets and the coal cooking stoves that we
saw up there in USE
The Sewanee company have expended more
than 100000 in their road, mines, &c. and
are still improving. We learn that manv
persons, both from the South and North. con-
template building there at an early day. in
order to enjoy the mountain air, and the ad-
vantages offered by the establishment of the
proposed University. A large and cOmmodI-
Gus hotel will soon be erected there. we are
informed, and stage road to Bersheba
Springs, only eighteen miles distant These
done, our citizens, we are sure, will size
the opportunity for most delightful country
jaunts.
The coal OF this company, at the Woote,l
ntiries, to which the road is now rapidly an
preaching. averages five feet in thickness, and
Is now regularly worked. The miners have
now opened about mile of galleries, and
their little cars are running continually
bringing their valuable freight to the outer
world for our various uses. Our citizens nav
be assured OF continuous and certain supply
of coal. of the most superior quality, whe1
this road is done. We say this on our OWL
belief of what we saw. On either side of tn,
cove up which the railroad goes, the coal NAV
be seen cropping out in various places, and
extending. say the biologists, through the
whole mountain in which it is found, for miles
away, to the northeast.
We might speak of many things that in
terested us much, and which would perhaps
already trespassed on their patience, and
therefore desist We will say though to all
who are interested in the prosperity of our
city, and desire to satisfy their unbclief o.
our future coal supply, to visit the mines
/ the above company.