The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-11-18
NO1S9

Of making so much railroad? Why not
make the road from McMinnvilIe TO King
ston, and thus have the connection be-
tween Louisville and Kingston complete2
This first road, even as proposed, would
not afford much better facilities for COM
munication than we now have.
The second is some better, but very
little. We think the selection lies be-
tween the third, fourth and fifth routes.
In making the selection Of the northern
terminus OF the road, we presume the
authorities will select that point which
Is most easy of access from different
points North. The Louisville, Frankfort
and Lexington railroad, and the Coving-
ton and Lexington railroad concentrate at
this point. Does Paris, Nicholssville or
Danville present the same advantages
Then as to distances by the shortest
usually travelled road. Danviiie TO Stan
ford, 10 miles; to Crab Orchard, 10 miles;
TO MT. Vernon, % miles; TO London 26H
miles; to Williamsburg, 80 miles; to Ten
nessee State line, IL miles; making in all
1865 miles. Add to this the distance
from Nischolasville TO Danville, where
the Central railroad is uncompleted, and
it makes 1879 y miles. Then the railroad
from Lebanon to Danyille, % miles,
making 1919 miles of railroad. The
distance from Nicholasville to Lancaster
is 70 miles; Crab Orchard, 13; Mt YER
non IL; London, 2616; Barboursville, "a;
Cumberland Gap, 30-in all 129 d miles.
Lexington to Richmond, 20 miles; Lon
don, AS; Barboursville, "a, and Cumber-
land Gap 30 lin all I2S miles.
OF course the railroad could not run
by the roads thus spoken of, but it would
not vary the figures greatly.
We think the road should 90 TO Cum
berland Gap and thence 10 Morristown,
which is on the line Of the East Tennes-
see and Virginia Railroad. Morristown
is some forty miles from the Gan. At
that point you have all the advantages of
the East Tennessee and Virginia aud
East Tennessee and Georgia RAILROADS
that you would have at Knoxville and In
addition thereto you connect With rail-
road already completed, or far advanced
toward its completion, running via Ash
vile, North Carolina, into South Carolina.
A considerable portion of the road from
Cumberland Gap TO Morristown is alrea-
~ ElaoVui anu wv piei" iOI ttle pIuSo
over Hols'on river are erected. WE are then
satisfied that the road ought 10 be made
from Lexington, Ky, TO MorrisSwn,
Tennessee; and are satisfied that care
full survey of the routes will clearly de-
monstrate these facts.
II the road should be thus made il will
run through the center Of the mineral
region of Kentucky. Keep the thing
concealed as long as we may, that mine
raj region of Kentucky will one day be
the wealthy portion Of our State. The
mountains OF Kentucky, in the neighb6r-
hood Of Cumberland Gap are rich in cop
peras fine iron as the world has ever seen,
lead, coal, (both bituminous and cannel,)
salt, and other minerals. Besides this,
that portion Of our State is peculiarly
adapted TO the raising of sheep and the
growing of grape And what is more
profitable than these two last? The
road from Lexington to Cumberland Gap
will more nearly striek the center of this
mineral region than any other. We think
that fair survey of routes will show its
superior advantages over every other, and
only ask that il shall be done.