Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-04-28
Union aud 1ispatfh.
OUR RAILROAD CONNECTIONS.
The NerthM e-a-saGeresGGaE Letter
GrOttt Gen L. r. Bowie

tHasAsa Deus ,. u. boyle
BY tlse kindness OF Sam. ID. Morgan,
Esq, We are permitted to publish the fol-
lowing letter from President Boyle Of the
Evansville, Henderson and Nashville road,
ia regard to matters Of vital Interest to this
city and region:
LOUISVILLE, KY, April %. lS68.-COL.
S. ID. MORGAN, Nashville, Tenn DEAR
SIR: Your letter of 18th March, ult., was
received at my house during my absence,
and on my return / was called away TO
Evansville on important businSss connected
with my railroad. have Just returned
again, and Trusting il will not be too late,
/ write You in reply 10 the inquiries you
made in regard to my road and its connec-
tons.
The Evansville, Henderson aud Nash.
vile railroad, detecting slightly q The
vest Of North, will connect the terminal
points on the Cumberland and Ohio rivers,
running from your city through the State
Of Kentucky, TO Henderson, l4l miles, and
to Evansville, l5l miles.
At Evansville we connect with the
Evansville and Crawfordsville railroad,
extending about due north TO Terre Hsute.
This road is built to Rockville, twenty
three miles east Of north beyond Terre
Haute, and a road is projected, if it is not
now in process Of construction, from
point on this road north Of Terre Haute di-
rect 10 Chicago, ria Danyille, Illinois,
called the Terre Haute, DanviIe and
Chicago railroad This line Of railroad
from Nashville TO Evansville, thence 10
Chicago at the head Of Lake Michigan,
passing through Vincennes, Terre Haute
and Danville, runs nearly with line of
longitude ten west from Washington. This
line by the Nashville and Decatur railroad,
southwark, filling up the gap from Deca,
tor TO Montgomery, thence 10 Pensacola,
on the Gulf Of Mexico, will give us a line
Of railroad nearly straight from north TO
south, deviating but a few miles from a
line Of longitude between ten and eleven
west from Washington, passing from near
ly the forty-second degree of latitude to
the thirtieth degree Of latitude You will
see by reference 20 the map that the longi-
tude Of Chicago is between ten and eleven
west Of Washington, and between eighty
seven and eighty. eight west of Greenwich,
and near the forty-second degree of lati-
tude, and Pensacola is situated between the
same longitudinal lines and near the thir-
tieth degree of latitude.
You make mention and inquiry in regard
TO the projected road from jacksonville,
in Hopkins county, Kentucky, on the line
Of the Evansville, Henderson and Nash
VILE railroad toShawneetowu on the Ohio
river, thence to ST. Louis and to Chicago,
and desire me to furnish such information
az have in regard to the probable con-
| struction Of them.
The Legislature of Kentucky granted a
| liberal charter for a road from jacksonville
to Shawneetown, and they have a company
| organized called, / believe, the Shawnee
town and Edgewood Railroad Company, to
build road from Shawneetown, Gallatin
county, Illinois, on the Ohio river, to Edge
wood, in bingham county, on the Illinois
| Central railroad. This line of road Wonld
pass through Galatin, White, Wayne, Clay
| and bingham counties, Illinois. learned
: few days since from a prominent ard
we'll informed citizen OF White county, r.
| linois, that the four first named counties
propose to donate $500 600 in county
bonds, and 10000 acres of swamp lands,
| owned by the counties, to secure the build
/ any 81 AlAt lOdNs Ad1idAll NOuulh mas Ill
| ready voted 10 give or donate 100000 in
bonds and IL, 600 acres of land. believe
some of the other counties have also by
vote made donations of bonds and lands,
and no doubt ia entertained that all the
counties will make appropriations Every
| confidence il felt that this line of road will
be built. The interest the Illinois Central
railroad has had in it, the great advantage
il will be TO that road, il would seem, ought
TO secure the building of the road The
counties of Union, Webster and Hopkins,
acting with the liberal spirit exhibited by
the counties in Illinois, with the aid from
| the Illinois Central Railroad Company,
| would insure its construction 10 a junction
with the Evansville, Henderson aud Nash
| Vile railroad at jacksonville. While this
road would prove a rich feeder Of the
| Evansville, Henderson aud Nashville rail-
road, and render our stock valuable and
profitable, il would add largely to the i'm
mense receipts Of the Illinois Central rail
road II would give TO that road a branch
due south through the central Southern
| States Of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama
and Florida, and by lateral intersecting
roads, with all the States between the At
! lanlc aau Mihsisslppl.
A railroad is also proposed 10 be built
from shawneetOwn to Tonti, on the Hi
nois Central railroad, crossing the Ohio
and Mississippi railroad, afiording connec-
| ton with 81. Louis and Central Illinois.
| Many wears ago the ShaWneetoWn and st.
Louis railroad was begun, andtwelye miles
Of grade, beginning at Shawneetown, COM
pleted The counties Of Gallatin, Hamil-
ton, Jefferson and Marion, in Illinois, are
much interested in this enterprise, and
some OF them have taken stock, but its sue
Cesaiul completion at an early day il not
Anticipated 10y those apparently we'll III
formed This line would give by the
| Evansville, Henderson and Nashville
railroad, the nearest route and shortest pos
sible line Of railroad between Nashville
and 81, Louis. II would be nearly seventy
miles nearer than by the Nashville aud
Northw estern railroad.
But the great base line from the Gulf al
Pensacola, cia Nashville, Evansville and
Terre Haute 10 Chicago, on the Lake
crosses all the roads running from east Il
west. from the Atlantic to the Mississippi
and 10 the Pacific, aud furnished connec-
tions to our rosd with all the great centers
of population and commerce, both on the
eastern sea board and the Mississippi. Al
| Nincennes we connect with ST. Louis by
the Ohio and Mississippi railroad, aud also
with Cincinnati aud the Eastern cities Al
Terre Haute We connect also with 81. Louis
by the ferre Haute, Alton and ST. Louis
railroads, aud by the Terre Haute aud In.
dianapolis railroad, we form connection
With New York and Philadelphia by the
several lines running east from indianapolis
by the lake shore and through Pennsyl.
yanis. These connections give us the
shortest line 10 ST. Louis and Chicago, and
bring our road within completing distance
with other roads for freight and passengers
to and from tie East For all business be
tween Northern and Northwestern States
and the central Southern and Gulf States
the Evansville, Henderson and Nashville
/ railroad mus, afford the best and cheapes
! hciliiies
IL il believed by some that roads runni %
with the liner ol latitude will paw. and th5s,
? running with the lines Of longitude have not
and viii not pay. Whatever Of truth ther,
may be in this view, 1t does not apply L
b. the Evansville, Henderson and Nashvili,
railroad, for lis connections impart to i