Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-11-04
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DOUBLE DAILY SERvICz.-It is understood that
Double Daily Service on the East Tennessee Rail
roads win be discontinued on the 9th day of Nover
Der We believe the management of the East Ten
nessee lines are induced TO the step BY the repeated
failures on the Virginia and Tennessee road Tbes,
failures have become Of such frequent occurrence
ap TO turn portion of the through travel 70 the old
roundabout line and if not speedily remedied must
result IN stun greater detrment to the great inland
route. There is no reason that we are aware Of
why the Virginia and Tennessee road should not be
worked as well and with as few failures as either
the East tennessee and Virginia or the East Tennes-
see and Georgia lines On the last there has not been
single failure to connect through the entire year,
ana but one on the East Tennessee and Virginia road
Mr. MeDaniels road may be a more difficult one to
run raYerslng more mountainous region; but
there certainly can be no unavoidable why
failures should be the rule and connections the ex-
cepuon. Closer observation on the part of the man
egement Of the employees and attaches Of the line,
might remedy the evil TO some extent if it did not
entirely remove it. Win President Mcdaniel par
don for calling his attention to the fact that pas
sengers complain no Little OF his line.
The management of the East Tennessee lines
would, 40 doubt, have preferred to continue the
Double Daily Service, if Onn other account for the
better accommodation of the local travel but the
causes alluded to and proper regard for the in
teress inthelr charge render its dscontinuance at
present necessary. Athens Post.
This step on the part of the East Tennessee roads
is certainly injudicious one, and must result in
a considerable reduction of their receipts The
Louisville and Nashville Railroad has Just been
opened through the entire line and double daily SER
vice is being performed upon it, making close eonnec
lions, and giving to passengers for eastern north
ern points all the advantages which can be secured
in this respect This route about short and cheap
that through East Tennessee and Virginia and the
diseonnuanco of double daily service on the latter
route viii throw great deal of travel by way Of
the former.
When passengers from the South reach Stevenson,
if they find they viii have to wait day at Chatta-
nooga for tram and that it will be about as expe-
ditious and cheap TO take Nashville and Louis
vile in their route, we presume they win not hest
tate as to what they should do 1t is not the dispo-
sItion of men who travelling to wait for the
cars when they can keep moving, even if the cost
should be little more and the time little longer
The route by way of Nashville and Louisville is a
very pleasant one, besides being expeditions and
cheap.
On Wednesday last we received New York papers
of Monday, six or seven hours earlier by the Lou
isSille than by the Fast Tennessee route showing
the former to be the shortest route for all points
within five hours of Nashville.
Instead therefore, of disseminating the double
daily service, the East Tennessee and Georgia and
the East Tennessee and Virginia Companies should
do all in their power to increase the speed and in
sure certainty of connections on the Virginia and
Tennessee Road. The facts we have referred to will
show them that this is their true policy.