Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-12-11

Z
lsans settles the matter that Chattanoog
) the point to which the railroad d
Fectiy Southward from Cincinnati mus
! run.
Il seems ehat a. c. Lord, Esq, th
President of the Company, whose roa,
| is to connect Cincinnati and Chatta
uooga, Is now In New York eOmpIetin:
| acquisitions for the reserve funds for thi
completion OF the road. The Railr0GC
| Record says: ave have reasons to say
that We know that be will, upon his re
turn, report bis mission successful, pro
vided certain amounts Of funds and stocA
are subscribed by the citizens OF Cincin
natl, the total sums OF which are 80 triv-
isl that II they are not Immediately
raised we shall conclude that our citizens
do not want the road"
A bill Is before the Legislature Of Ohio
TO authorize the city Of Cincinnati to
subscribe large amount OF stock to this
proposed road, and 1t will undoubtedly
be passed. The Record thinks thas the
rosd should be built By the private en-
terpriss of Ciucinnstians. TIE Ciueln-
naCi Enquirer says: We have often
discussed it fthe bill before the Legisla
tGre) and always TO commend II. Gin
einnsti needs this Southern railroad
4er People havo foIt ito zSCessIEy Tor
more than twenty years"
The Cincinnati Chronicle says! "The
importance OF Southern railroad, which
the CsTonicte has often urged unon our
people Is at last beginning TO be real
ICED The Cincinnati Gazette says !:
" Cincinnati needs s. railroad directly
South to connect with the extension sys
TEN Of railroads to the Gulf States in or
der to secure her future progress. This
is the great want Of our people. That
accomplished, there would be general
that the growth Of the city
would continue TO be commensurate to
the growth OF the whole country. With
cut that, this confidence will be lacking.
And the lack OF confidence il the future
is 10 itself blight upon It's increase"
Again it says, the only question, there
'ore, that remains, is whether this road
directly south from Cincinnati, IA so es-
sentiai to the preservation OF the pros-
peTlty of Cincinnati and to the continu-
ance other place OF growth as to demand
that the city shall take the work upon
her shoulders and carry It through by her
1wn capital and by E o7edit funded on
neF own vast property in addition to the
work itself.il
The Cincinnati Commercial has long
article in favor OF aiding the railroad d.
'eetly south to Chattanooga, and says,
We may observe that there is apublic
that something must be
lone by Cincinnati for Cincinnati
EAST TENNESSEE AND WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA RAILROAD.
rem the Jonesboro Unisn Flag
Let your readers draw 3 straight line
rom Louis gille or Cincinnati to the near
st point on the Atlantic coast, and he
viii tqd the Eastern terminus Of the
inc to be at or near Wilmington, n. c.,
md the projscted road from Johnsonls
Depot, on the East Tennessee and Vlr-
,inis Railroad, to Morgsnton, \. c., to
constitute an important link in the great
hahn. Wilmington presents a fine hsr-
'or, and with this great line connecting
iEectly the waters of the Ohio and the
completed, would at once be- .
ONE the eutrepot of Western commerce
nd trsDs-A tlsntie importation. A large /
orti0n o! the West will find its natural I
1d most reliable outlet to the Atlantic
y this route. The local benefits Of this
rest enterprise, viewing it simply as 3
itate improvement, are various and i'm /.
ortsnt. Aside from the fact that this
all Communication will open 10 us tbs /
iatur2l market for CTR products, by s
cute cheaper and NOR direct than any /
ther-it will tend more than any exist. 1
ng line 10 the development OF the vast .
OF mineral ReaIth-irOu, cop.
er, lead, manganese, ksOlin, Steatite,
to-, etc., which are known to exist in .
1st part Of the great Appalachian chain /
raveFsed by this road. Under the
lsgie influence or such system OF i'm
roYements, these mineral deposits
7oUld be developed, and become
be source of large revenue, both
, the road snd to the State. The sound
{ the pick and the sledge In the
lines and the humming, whiTring, elat-
sring, roaring machinery will be heard
Il along the Doe when this road is done.
q all cur rsInbles, we have never seen q
tre2m which supplied such abundant
over for manufacturing purposes.
With such q line eompleted-with the
asst mineral wealth referred to existing
] the contiguous unOGntsins-vith water
over so abundant and SO cheRp-and
ct, Withsi, our viciRags TO the cotton
rowing States, why should we not be-
1me to the rest Of the South what New
,ngland is now 70 the Union?
1uO AlSt ECCtfOu VI AtlAAGEn LILIES OA
Ir. Simmerly's road was let, we be-
eve, last summer F; and, under the vigil
mt supervision o. President simmsrly I
nd Of Col. Nee, chief, and Capt. Wins
N, assistant engineer, both gentlemen
Ing and favorsbiy known to our COM
lunity), three-fourths of the work are
ready completed. The approaches to
Ia tunnel, through the mountain above
liz lbethtown, are finished, and rsgu.
T day and night tQToe Is now engaged
q eaeh Side Of the tunueF.r HIS +
Spseted, viii De completed and the
aek laid to this point by the first Of
lne rext. The tunnel will be some 275 I
500 feet in length. Cross ties are be-
Ig furnished, aud the whole work is in
state ef foFwaTdness higaly ereditable
the eneEgy and general efficiency OF
,s President and engineers.