Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-29
Railrnad Miscellany.

The Denver Trg9sfrEt speaks Of
busy scenes on the grade of the Colorado
central Railroad. Between thirty and
f9rty teams are at work near the crossing
Of Ralsteni a portion ufthem are at work
upon the east side OF that stream, where
good progress is being made.
A party of thirty Chicago merchants
going to California, chartered two of Pull
mans cars-a sleeping ear and a commits
sary car-at Sl2j a day; o their own
provisions and cooks, and will live indie
pendent of hotels and eating houses all
the way. ahe tllp Will lie likaiY " eaST
the party nearly 500 each. The fare rom
Chicago To san Francisco is sl57, currency.
A Nashville exchange says of the
Tennessee and Pacific road: Work is now
progressing on nearly all sections on the
road. II IS expected that the road will be
feady III ae1als IA JdtHats OF E5ErVa4Y
hext. A psrty 81 engineers are surveying
The saHthern fo9te BIZ Cherry Valley to-
ward the Caney Fork, and viii D sur
yey the northern route by the way OF
Rome, Carthage and Chestnut Mount. IL
is believed hat this route will be adopted
as the final location if Smith and Jackson
counties will subscribe the necessary
stock. If this is lone the work as far as
Pea Ridge will be let in the fall.
|i,e F.sss "A ilse beIaA AIS AKlsl1a
If he Ffie Rsilgiay runs" arouHd noun
tains, skimmiRg along the edge OF pTect-
pices and crossing water-courses at I'M
mense elevations. Trains upon it are pc
culiarly liable to misfortune. 1t is a sec
ton Astounding in sharp curves, high gra-
dients, and other engineering devices to
avoid ratherthan overcome the topOgraph-
zeal difficulties cf TIC uOete. ActAQTer,
us.til leCe4tiy it va al a singse'trsFck.
BY the present Infringement, however,
The necessity for double tracking the d.
Vision was lQng since appreciated; Bgt
ire coal IS tTighttai. To lay a aaAale
tFaak, preGipitnus mouRtain sides have TO
De quarTied out, vast abysses TO be filled,
ravines to be spanned, before the rails can
be put down. All this labor involves an
expenditure of not less than 100000 a
mile, or nearly ten and a half millions f0~
I#agesyI mfsaidl abHtYEaRe mics aFs
bamnIeted, and armies Gf men are blast
ing the rock, filling the valleys, and ear
rying forward the enterprise with unin-
Permitting energy.
An enterprise has recently been I'M
dertakep nv q Dartv e EL,eI, ar capital
ists, he+aed hsaSlafshaitL K6tertr, GsdL
Of Kew York, which, though not Of so
gfedy magnitude es the Pacific Railroad,
fgfully equal TO il in commercial impor-
lance. 1t is the building of the tDrP
talked-of Railroad agrass .f;s lstAehss 81
4~sAsaateaeSj "a sletifa. X AeW and ia
yprahle giant has been obtained from the
Mexiran government, a company incor-
porated by the Legislature OF Vermont.
and Mr.. Roberts has inst Signed a bond.
in tine penalty Of sle0. ~ 5oia, for tho
Aastraq tsa, pyttttn elghtben mohths. III
wharfage rbad'and 3 t~ai6graph'line along
t4Ie whole route ofthe projected railroad,
to assist in the building of the latter
The railroad itself is to be c-Gs.saaeneed
within two x2ar2, 'aad completed within
tlrsg Yeas more, 1T the rate of fifteen
leaghes, or about one-third each year.
It is'to be a hrst-elass road in every re-
spect, and capable of meeting all the re-
quirements Of the extensive traffic Whlgh
Is eeTtsiE Z f2E efsf1t