Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-19
MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE RAILROAD.
MISCELLANEOUS.

The change ~of gauge on the Mis-
souri, Pacific Railroad will be commenced
to-day, to be completed in about three
days.
Mai. Deucla, President of the Little
Rock and Fort Smith Railroad, passed
through u city yesterday on his way
East.
Mr.. J.. II. Brewster, a gentleman
who was well known in railroad circles
throughout the country, died, after a short
illness, of consumption, 2 few days ago at
Indianapolis,
The Georgia Railroad is transport
ing two thousand tons of railroad iron f0F
the Wills Valley Railroad, and four hun
dred tons for the road from Knoxville
into Kentucky. The iron is shipped from
New York,
the Nicksburg Herald contains an
able leader advocating the construction of
a railroad from Nicksburg to Little Rock,
Ark. On all hands we hear of eontem-
plated enterprises, which are based upon
the prospective improyementin the finan-
cial condition of the South.
The Columbia PhOnir says that it
has reliable information that a pre-
liminary contract was executed, a day or
two since, between the Executive Com
mittee of the Blue Ridge RaiFaaa ClpJ-
pany and Messrs. J Y. CrisViile, John ].
Patterson aRd ,Iames NJ. Sellers, Of
Seuusylr6uia, for the construction of the
toa1., Including tunpeling and super
structure, etc, the entire road to Knox
Vile to Ice completed in two years from
the lat Of August next.
Mr., Grant recently made a recon-
nOissance of a route from Athens to
Rabun Gap. The result of his inVestiga-
ton was satisfactory the greatest obsta-
Gle in the way can he overcome bv q grade
Of siKty feet to the mile, a distance of
three miles. Rabun Gap is in Northeast
Georgia, in Rabun county, and very near
the line of North Carolina. Al the Gap is
to be found the head source of the Little
Tennessee river, and at another point il
the Gap the head source e sSv Fh85ta5
hoochee rivey.
Bhe S0ma6,R Eagle says, as We are
often asked the names of the gentlemen
who leased the Mississippi Ce4tFal HAIL
road last year, faF siSts6h yeaIs-known
AL their collective capacity as the south
ern Railroad Association, we herewith
print them: Henry s.. MeComb, of Will
mingtOn, Delaware Josiah Bardwell, f.
D.. Jordan and Chas. A. Lombard, of
Boston, Massachusetts, II. Winthrop
Gray, Cyrus II, Mccormick and Junius
b. Alexander, of New York; John l..
King, of Springfield, Massachusetts,;
Horatio ID. Newcomb, of Louisville,
Kentucky; Sam. d. FELTON, and Henry
Lewis, of Pennsylvania sam. Tate;' of
Tennessee
4he ASh6eg County Times says, we
are frequently asked what has became N
the Little Rock, Pine RlUf and New Or
leans Railroad. The desired information
we are unable 10 give. We would be under
obligations If sOmo one viii advise us
what the commissioners at Pine Bluff are
doing, what they have already done and
what they intend doing in future, and
what they desire the citizens along the
line to do, to facilitate the construction of
SAID road. We wish information for the
satisfaction of our friends and readers.
We areunable to state anythingdefinitely
in relation to the quantity of land that
will be subscribed, but we think the cit.
zens of this county, although exhibiting
no great degree Of excitement, vet many
who were at Arst somewhat indifferent
are nQW feeling a deep interest in the
success of the enterprise, and have great
anxiety to be advised in relation to its
progress. -