The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-31

| mug Vnat you snouId bulid, own and control the
Knoxville, we being content with our branch
road connecting us with your main trunk at Lou
don; but u you decide to diverge to the west and
our own State. lying south Of Louisville, and
also to tap our own connection with Chatta-
nooga, we will extend our road from London to
TIE .aaEessss State line, distance OF only
| the Tennessee and Kentucky road, thus con-
| trolling this great trunk hne and Che trade
east, south and southwest Of Knoxville by the
railroads converging at that point"
whether 1 am correct or not in attributing
these sentiments to the people Of Louisville,
there can be no doubt that they will adopt this
policy II Cincinnati should adopt the Chatta-
govern in all such matters, and chis powerful
motive leavesno ether course open to Louis
vile. 4h$ve been told that the Louisville anL
Nashville Railroad Company now have char
is 81, 400, ,0O0 and further That some years since
the City Of Louisville subscrihcd $4,000, 600 to-
wards It's completion. tose paid as the work
progresses. 1T this inf0rma tlon is correct. it
would only be necessary to raise 81 100000 to
complete this road.
Should this road be butt Cincinnati would
be connected with Knoxville by the road now
to the distance, they would be compelled in
self defence to extend their road from Paris
to London, distance Of eighty-four miles.
giving US the same connections with Louisville
II. nO.
in Tact, the road would be upon the exact line
Vile.
It will thus be seen thatawe shall. in all hu-
man probability, be placed in direct railroad
communication with both Cineinnati and Lou
isville, quite as soon As we can complete the
Blue Ridge Railroad, whatever may be the
choice Of Cincinnati in locating her road.
we have, however, direct interest in the
choice OF routes to be made by Cincinnati, as
our interests. as stated BEFORE are to great
extent Identical, and it is important that the
owned and controlled by Cincinnati and not by
Louisville.
Very little has been said Of the Importance
OF our connection with Louisville. 1T has not
Srisen from any desire to underrato it, as it
our connection with Cincinnati.
This report has already greatly exceeded the
limit had proposed when I commenced, but
to our city md State, and / make no apol.
ogy for extending it still further, in
order to show to our people the absolute
necessity OF completing the Blue Ridge Rall-
complished within two years, and before the
lapse OF that space of time we should, and
hope will. be in direct communication with the
great West, and reaping the bounteous re.
ward Of years OF persevering efforts to accom-
plish that end.
Our efforts to form this connection have beon
stimulated by q desire to reap the advantages
w Oo uoKAvou HOu1 tu0 CraOo IN their agrICul-
tural products; and but few persons in our
community have any conception Of the extent
OF their manufacturing Industry. Cincinnati
mas population Of about 400. .00o souls. and is
scarcely single article which Re now purchase
from the Northern and Eastern States, except
Ing cotton fabrics, which we cannot also OBJ.
tain from Cinclnnati. Their interior location,
used, gives them q very decided advantage
over the North srn and Eastern cities in most
OF the branches Of manufacture. Black walnut,
maple, cedar. hickory, ash. sn9 I'LL other woods
cies, agricultural implements aud wooden ware
are here found in the greatest abundance and
OF 9. the best quality. Cedar is 80 abundant that
The value OF ready-made clothing nnanufac-
tured in Cincinnati last year, it is claimed, ex-
ceeded the value Of that manufacture aan any
manufactures OF furniture, one OF which has a
cash capital Of 81, ,OO0, ,OOO and their premises
cover more than six acres Of land. Stoves are
made In imense numbers, together with every
satisfied myself by actual inspection that in
these two Last branches they have the advan-
tage over tn Northern cities, both as regards
quality and price, Iron and. coal of the best
quality is near at hand and their moulding
sand is OF exceptional quality, which enables
them to pre- duce castings OF unusually fine
finish. Hardware and wooden ware OF every
description. VEHICLES Of all kinds. agricultural
are among the leading articles OF man.
ufacture. This list might be extended so
as to include almost every article OF daily use.
Apart from the advantage of lower prices,
most OF the articles examined presented the
appearance OF being made more with view
to durability than those We have been accus-s
toned to purchase elsewhere. whilst the fine-
ness of fioish is at least quite equal.
Gle we need and as we are purchasers of every
article they make, it would be difficult to over
estimate the amount OF trade that must spring
up between US upon the completion or our
connecting roads. ef
Nothing has besn said Of the value to us OF
the connection with East Tennessee. The ad-
vantage Of this connection alone would be
complete the Blue Ridge Road. l shall notice 4
but one article Of their product, to wit: coal,
and but one article that they must get from u.s.
to wit: :-sait: It must not be supposed that
ae that woul be to ignore their rich agricnl.
tural products, their iron, copper, marble,
and other minerals which they would send to
US. and also that they consume largely, Of
ami South American products. But the
traffic in these two articles alone would
furnish in short time sufficient busi-
ness to support the road. Goa: OF the
genuine cannel coal sbounds in East Tennes.
see, and they have q bituminous coal go free
from sulphur that It is used for smelling iron
without being coked This is an advantage
which I believe is without parallel Ibis coal,
taking the present rates Of transportation
charges by the East Tennessee and connecting
roads to Nashville, Augusta, and other poirts
upon ordinary platform cara, oould, upon the
completion OF the Blue Ridge Road, be sold IN
this city at something lesa than 50 per ton
OF 2240 pounds. Tue use Of regular coal cars
would, Of course, diminish the cost of trans-
portation and Of labor.
East Tennessee as we'll as Cincinnati con-
sumo immense quantities of salt. This article
can be imported here at o minimum OF cost.
The sacks are OF little or no value to the cor.
sumers Of the salt. and yet odd greatly to the
cost In Europe and to the duties here. The
cars which bring us coal could be returned
with salt In bulk. and from careful caicuIa-
tion made. could be delivered in Knoxville or
Cincinnati at q reduction OF at least so cents
upon present prices. Our road would also
have its coal cars fully loaded both waya,
which is an advantage that is, perhaps, not
enjoyed by any road engaged in the transport
tation OF coal.
Largely as our city would be benefited by this
oonneci the people or the interior of our State
would be benefited to an equal, IL not great.