Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-04-17
From the Knoxvins Southern CisiEsh.I
HE GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY LINE THOUGH
AsTTENNEssBE.

From the President Of the East Tennessee and
Georgia Railroad We obtain the following facts, in
relation to objects and acts Of Railroad Presidents
and Superintendent, recently convened at Chatta-
nOoga, Atlanta, and Macon.
through tickets ct low rates have been made over
this hHe, from New Orleans, Memphis, Nashville,
Montgomery, Columbus, Macon, and Atlanta, to all
the watering places in Virginia, also to New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington City, Rich
mond, Petersburg. and Lynehburg, Va also from
Savannah and Augusta, Ga, tothe Virginia Springs.
These tickets include Unnecessary staging from the
line of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad to the
various springs in Virginia, carrying servants at
half fare, except stages.
First class coaches Restricted to nine passengers
esoh) with good stock and sober drivers are provi-
ded to convey any reasonable number of passengers
with speed and safety from the line Of the Railroad
to the Springs
On the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad only
IA Is miles Of rails remain to be put down, and
the President of that company assured the eonven-
ton that the last rail should be in its place be-
fore the 18th day of May. The stage proprietOrs
are now making that gap good dirt road Men
st work, and il is already sufficiently improved
to enable the coaches to connect each way with the
Railroad without failure. In a very few days the
staging will be reduced to less than ten miles, and
by the middle Of May, entirely dispensed with Pas
sengers going east have day light for this sta
ging, and ample time given to connect.
The time now between New Orleans aud New
York is less than FIVE days, and will soon be twelve
hours less
The distance between Knoxville and New Orleans
is 802 miles which will be reduced this year to 7G2
miles by the completion of the Cleveland and Chat
tanoogs cut off-between Knoxville and Washington
City 587 miles, 10 be lessened 81 miles next year. By
/ the extension Of the Orange and Alexandra Rail
/ road to observation-disclosures before the close of
! 1859, between Washington City and New Orleans,
/ -;o IL mill i'm
allowing ample time for refreshments and mail IA
/ cilities.
Passengers for this route in order to make close
connections aud avoid detention musttake the Oru-
! ing train from n. Y, Nashville, Montgomery, Colum-
/ bus Macon and Augusta The evening train from
| Memphis and Washington City, and the l2:l5 P.
NJ train from Atlanta and the $40 P. NJ. train from
Cha tanoOga, all connecting at Dalton, Ga, at 53O
P. NJ and leaving in 80 minutes thereafter, for the
/ East, West, North, and South.
| Passengers from New Orleans have the choice of
routes, via Mobile Montgomery Atlanta, Dalton
and Knoxville or via New Orleans and Jackson
Railroad to Vicksburg, thence BY steamer to Mem
pills. and Railroad to Dalton and Knoxville; or via
! steam packets to Memphis, thence by Railroad to
Dalton and Knoxville; via New Orleans and Jack
son Railroad Mississippi Central and Tennessee to
/ Grand Junction on Memphis and Charleston Rail
road, and thence to Dalton and Knoxville This last
route embraces some eighty miles staging in fine
coaches and over good roads.
/ At Knoxville, the East Tennessee and Georgia
Railroad sells through tickets to Atlanta and Colum
/ bus, Ca, Montgomery, Ala, Memphis and Nash
vile, Tenn, at each of which points further through
tickets be had to almost any point the traveller
may desire:
We learn also that W. C. Smith, of Lynchburg,
Va, R. C. Jackson, of Athens, Tenn, and F. c.
Armes, of Memphis, Railroad Superintendent,
were appointed standing committee to perfect and
put in operation a system of checking baggage
| through.
The Convention had under consideration the sub
! ject Of carrying the great Northern and Southern
mails; also the California mails, via the Tehuante
pee route, and appointed committee consisting of
! the Presidents Of Railroads between Washington
! City and Dalton, Ca, and thence via both routes
! (Memphis and Montgomery TO meet in Washington
| City, Dist May, for further conference.
! The opening of this Great Southern Central Line
of Railway, flor it is now fxture-Open and ready
for mails and passengers) brings to the SOutherner
comfort, convenience economy, and safety-comtort
! in freedom from the heat and dust of the extreme
Southern line-cOnvenience in close connections and
the absence of omnibuses and hacks-ecOnomy in
distance and consequent iessening Of liability to
sceident-and safety in his family arrangements,
from arrogance, underground railroads. and border
abOltiOnists