Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-06-19
MISCELLANEOUS

A telegram from Augusta (Ga.) OF
the 10th says the first through train from
the Columbia railroad arrived this after
noon from Charlotte.
a correspondent of the st. Louis
Republican, writing from Waterloo, Mon
roe county, speaks most encOuragingly OF
the Cairo and St. Lshis railroad project.
He says: To-day (the 9th an election was
held in this township, at this place, upon
the question of authorizing the trustees
70 tUke stock in the Cairo and st. Louis
railroad in the sum OF fifty thousand dol
lars. Two hundred and forty-one votes
were east, Of which two hundred and forty
were in favor of subscription.
The Greensboro (Ala.) Beacon OF
Saturday informs US that a party of en-
gineers have been engaged for two or
three weeks past in running lines from
Newbern TO Eutaw, to determine the most
feasible route for the Selma and Memphis
railroad. The air line runs some four
miles south Of Greensboro. Aproposition
for a county subscription Of $50, OO0, 600
will soon be submitted to the voters of
the county, and one for a town .s9bscrip-
ton Of $4,000 TO the voters ofthe town.
We learn from the New York ITi-
6ane that the managers of the Memphis
and Ell Paso Pacific Railroad have recon-
mended operations on the road, independ-
ent of Congressional aid. and have adver-
tised for proposals for putting the first SEQ
miles in running order by October, 1870.
The remaining 5l3 miles Of the main
trunk in Texas, as well as about 200 miles
of its arm from the BrazOs river TO Mar
shall, running on the S2d parallel, and
also 200 miles of the Pacific division of
the road, between Sat@Diego and Fort
Yuma, the company expect to construct
and complete within three years. An eff
ficient representative of tho company,
Gen. Morton c. Hunter, late member of
Congress from Indiana, d on his way by
Iail TO San Francisco, to start operations
from San Diego, under the supeEintend-
N of Col. Thomas :. Sedgwick, en-
gineer for the Pacific division Of the road.
The Nashville Banner of Thursday
says: We are gratified to announce that
work was yesterday commenced on the
Tennessee and Pacific Railroad. For more
than q week past the shanties and quar-
ters for men and OVerscers have been
building on several Of the sections, and
yesterday Z. J. Breen, contractor for Sec
ton Nc. >. j. Sloan Il Co., No. ., I. Brady.
No. /, NJ. Nestor Il Co.. No. >, T.. j. Casey
No. 2, broke ground. We learn that near
~ all the contractors have secured a full.
complement of hands M that the labor
will now move forward briSklY. This
great enterprise will give employment to
q large number ofmen in this section of
the State, and will in the course of time,
the hands begin to be paid of, have
a sensible effect on the money market.
We only regret that we cannota at all times
have some such project in constant pro-
gress for the benefit of helabOring as well
as the other classes Of the community.
The contractors on the road are mostly
Identified with the interests Of this section
of the State, and the requisite supplies
which they will require will be mostly
from this market. We expect ne
fore the lapse of many months 10 chroni-
the commencement of track la4ing,
and then very speedily thereafter the run
ming of construction, passenger and
freight trains.