Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-07-25
Louisville and Nashville Railroad.

The annual meeting of the stockholders OF
this company will be held in this city on the
9Th of October next, and the occasion will be
one of unusual interest, in consequence OF the
rapid advance of the road toward completion.
The stockholders meeting have hitherto been
merely nominal, but this will be the least but
one before the road is finished. 1t is due to
those engaged in the building of the road
that all stockholders who have taken an
interest in the enterprise should attend this
meeting. at which a full report of the con-
dition of the company will be made, with
practical information upon its developments
and advantages to the city and country.
The opinion may be ventured that the road
has been built at less cost than any road In
the United States of its length, passing over
a similar surface, and at its completion Will
have less amount of floating debt. The
regular train will run from Bowling Green to
Nashville by or before the 18th of August,
and by that time the track will have ad-
vanced from Louisville across Green river,
to or near Bitter's, the point at which
travellers usually dverge for the Mammoth
Cave, and thus reduce the staging between
Louisville and Nashville to about thirty
three miles, and the entire road will be COM
pleted by or before the goth December. The
Muldrough's Hill Tunnel has advanced so far
that the entire perforation has been completed
and daylight let through, and will be fully
prepared for regular trains In the month OF
October.
The road has been constructed in the most
durable manner and is capable of the highest
speed. Present indications show that enor-
nous traffic will pass over it, whilst the beau
ty of the route over Muldrough's Hill, OF the
tunnels, bridges. and the Mammoth Cave
will attract tourists in large numbers. The
iron bridge across Green river, one thousand
feet long and one hundred feet above the
f,I hxv Cfnn nIn
two abutments. and capable of sustaining the
heaviest weights. is the most beautiful struc-
ture OF the kind in the Union. and will stand
a conspicuous monument of the genius OF AL
bert Fink and of the mechanical skill of our
fellow-citiZens Inman. Gault IL Co., who ex-
ecnted the iron work under his direction.
L. l.. Robinson, Esq, the first engineer
employed upon the road, estimated It's total
cost at 81 100000. After his resignation
and the suspension of the work. George Mac
Leod, the present engineer, visited this city,
upon the recommendation of Mr.. Latrobe
and the invitation of the President and Dr.
rectors of the company, and made thorough
examination OF the route.
Mr.. Macleod was 20 impressed with the
great Importance of the road, although then
| in state of suspension, that he determined
to connect himself with it, and in December,
1854, accepted the Office OF chief engineer.
| He estimated the cash cost of the road with
| equipment sufficient to open it at S5,6l4.Sl5,
| This embraced the sum of Sl,3l4,Sl5 ex-
| pended under the contracts made by Mr..
Robinson. The expenditures to July 1.
| 1859, amount TO S., 100000. Mr.. Robinson
| only allowed for interest and discount the
sum of $500 600, but the same have amount
ed TO 100000. 1t must be also be remem-
bered in favor of the estimates and contracts
made by Mr.. Mcleod that the county bonds
| amounting to 100000 have been passed
| to the contractors at par. Nevertheless the
cost Of the road reduced 10 cash will not ex-
coed the estimates of Mr.. Mcleod and will
| fall short of those of Mr.. Robinson by a very
| large sum. When the road was suspended
| the city of Louisville had subscribed and ex-
| pended upon it one million of dollars, and it
was generally believed that Mr.. Robinson
| had underestimate instead of greatly over
estimating its cost.
Ii was difficult to remove this impression
when the estimates of Mr.. Macleod were
made, but one-half of the Lebanon branch
had been completed by him, and so great was
the confidence reposed by the President and
| Directors of the company in his ability and
integrity that they did not hesitate to apply
| to the city to subscribe another million and
| to pledge themselves that this would be suf-
| ficient to complete the road. This subscrip-
ton was nobly made and now the road will
soon be finished aud our citizens he reaping
the just reward of their extraordinary enter
prise and iiberality.-Lou. Journal.