The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-06-25

OF tuht hbhb COrpUIAttOu you DOuuF6S
thirty years ago. and am here to talk to on the
subject At thst time the proposed line called the
Cincinnati Louisville and South Carolina Railroad, and
youroty granted the company charter At that time
the State OF South Carolina donated to the object
goo 0 and tndorsed the bonds Of the company for
s2oopoo while the people subscribed 600 more
The great financial calanities which beel the whole
country In 1s87Se however brought the enterprise to
and work was again commenced under the auspices OF
the same corporation The States Of North Carolina,
Tennsssee and George came forward at that time and
these States subsorbed Slso00o0 Charleston donated
another 81 100000 while private subscribers through
the State came forward with $c0o 600. This made an
invested tRs sntspss which have
been carried through to successful end, had not
bean for the financial crisis Of 1SS738 and other diff
the difficulties TO be encountered at that te however,
the company succeeded In constructing thirty miles
Of the Ss III 1
fifty par cent In 0eore and twenty miles have been
graded In Tennessee. In doing this work s8,oO0ooo
There are now remaining uncompleted 1874 miles OF
the road and about now required to finish
the work. and the object OF our visit ts to solicit ycur
trunk ne Which win connect the South Atlantic Coast
with the Ohio may at no distant day be fixed fact.
Oars are now running over 81 miles Of this road The
line can be completed, as hsve already said, for
$A6o0 000 ahd willing to sacrifice great part Of
what has alseady been DONE If you will only come for
Will ask what interest Cincinnati has in this mat.
ter will tell you II IL necessary for the people of the
North, and those Of the South to exchange commod
hes We want your manufactures and products, while
you want The people Of the South at presss
dependent for 81 the present cham
q sh5eas hds11 aa ke occupied
very lengthy. BY the construction Of Of the railroad
which We PROPOSE you will be brought 800 mieB nearer
the centre OF the SOUTH and the cost OF transportation
viii be greatly reduced. All that separates you
Whst We propose is this: We have already expended
SS 0O0 and have 1874 miles OF the road to com
Nos want you to consider gyS g
make effort to raise the capital required to compee
the work We will, Of course, give you undivided con.
trol Of this great trunk line.
The speaker then referred at considerable length 10
the different hsrbors means and way OF
&C., on the South Atlantic coast
In oonoluBion, Mr.. Trenholm requested that the
Chamber appoint committee to take tho whole matter
under advtsement and to correspond with those In the
South who intereted In the proposed enterprise
Thanking the gentlemen present Tor their attention. the
spe,ker retired.
Anderson. 8. g.. who: IN few brief remarks, urged
mencinR the undertaking at once.
Mr.. d. NJ MoGhee, President Of the Knoxville and
oa se9 on the
Gennemen: The importance Of direct railroad com.
muntcaton between the Ohio River and the southeas.
State in 1885, and surveys which proved that such
an enterprise practicable menced the fol-
lowing Il6t pOrtlOn OF tennessee turOuBu WHICH
such road must pass viz, Tennessee at that
date thinly populated, and, although people were
fully aware Of the great benefits which would accrue to
them from the completion OF direct railroad route to
the Ohio and to the Atlantic they did not possess the
means to do than merely initiate this great under
taking The which represent sixty four miles IN
length extending from Knoxville, Tennessee, to the
State line Of Kentucky, and crossing the Cumberland
Mountains at Elk or Wheeler's Gap was not definitely
located until 1866 and In the same year. the lss
soon the suspension of the work. but 1t was re-
sumed 1862 and in the fall of 1860 the iron was laid
upon the first ton miles of the road aud the grading OF
the next ten miles nearly completed. From that date
until within the last three months nothing was done to-
ward the completion Of the road but on the contrary
1t suffered much from the loss Of iron taken by military
authority to repair other roads, from the burning OF
bridges by RAIDERS and from utter neglect and want Of
REPAIRS =...,5,-.,..
people of East Tennessee have hitherto taken in for.
Warding this enterprise and am now here to assure
you that they have already ed tue WORK. ana
that they are prepared to do their part In the future
| The Knoxville and Ken tuoky Railroad Company COM
menced repairing their road on the st of last MONTH
and pushing forward the work as rapidly as poss'
BILE has been purchased to replace that taken up
by the military authorities and by the middle OF next
month the first ten miles win again be In running order
large force engaged in the repairs Of the second ten
miles, but the work proceeds slowly on account OF
very heavy slide In deep cut at the OF
this section. can however, promise that oy the lst
OF january 1867 the cars VIII be running TO
Knoxville The piers gor the heavy bridge at that @
point are already completed and the decision upon the
bids for the superstruoture viii be made immediately
upon my returning to Knoxville. .-5
The next section of nearly eleven miles IN LENGTH
from Clinton to Goal Greek will be located next month,
portion of the surveys having been already made as
soon aa these are completed that section will be placed
under contract and according to the estimate OF the
engine charge, will be completed for the iron in the
fall OF 1857. The preliminary surveys already made
prove that the portion of the line between Coal Greek
and the state of Kentucky presents engineering
difficulties Of moment atnoukn some neavy woak M IL
found which would require about eighteen months tor
Its completion At Coal Greek however, we reach inex-
haustble beds Of iron and COAL OF excellent quality
which will ut give our road heavy freight ousl-
ness and make 1t apaying road Our local interests 90
not require further extension OF the road unless we
can mako through connection aud unless we are sure
OF such connection work will be done beyond tnls
point although the iberalty and public spirit OF the
| Legislature Of Tennessee has given the means
Will however state that the work the section be-
tween Coal reok aud tue State line thirty miles
In 10 9Th will be undertaken soon as va lind that We
can thus make Northern connection, aud that we be
ieye that we reach the State line with road 81
soon as our friends from the North ready to NEE
4 us.
deem 1t unnecessary to speak of the work done south
of Knoxville, upon tho Knoxville and Charleston, o.
Blue Ridge Railroad and Of the advantages which VII
cotton with the railroad system. of South Caro-
Ina AS these subjects have been fully laid before yol
by the gentleman from Charleston, will close my re
marks with the simple staement Of fact which proba
bly, is not altogether new to you VIZ that railroat
/ route to Knoxville Danville KY, will give your ot
ahorter routet to Georgia and South Carolina by IL