Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-10-03

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| and will be put down as fast as received. The
contract for the roliiD gstock binds the bidders
70 deliver in such quantities as may be required
AZ ne points named in sixty days notice or all
OF iaborers now at work in the various depart
ments Of construction on the entire line is about
Twelve or thisteen hundred The bridge at
it will be great feat accomplished If the con-
| tractors complete. it this wihteF. They have
1 until October, 1870, to build the bridge and run
TO Lime Kiln yet they fully expect to accom-
| pIish that much BY next April. They have a
| large force under Denwead and Robertson, ex-
perleneed and responsible railway builders. at
work on the Decatur end-the first twenty
| miles Of that end TO be in complete running
| Sruer by anuary lst 1871. and thence to Blount
Springs as soon thereafter as practicable.
Inc c9ntrsetoIs who have undertaken the en-
| tlre WoIk or construction and complete ecuip
| ment o. this line of road under the name and
style OF Gam. Tate and Associates" are as fol-
Sam. Tate. President Southwestern Railroad
A; u. West. President Mississippi Central Rail-
road Company. 1855 -
NJ; J: ,Wicks. President Memphis and ca arles-
W. J. sioss. President Nashville and Decatur
Railroad Company. t. - :
W. B. Greenlaw. President Peoples Insur-
ance Company. Memphis. ~
Campbell Wallace, formerly President East
Tennessee and Georgia Railroad Company, and
late Superintendent Georgia State Road.
W. ID. EElcuaru. Clfli Engineer,
VIM. Smith i Son. Lessees Alabama Peniten-
tisry. III fls. H ~ -
In the organization of this great firm of prac-
teal railroad and ssgacious business men. these
contractors made themselves Individually liable
Tor every debt contracted, and con-
stituted Major Campbell Wallace. their
general manager" with exclusive power to
maze contracts, receive and pay out funds. etc.
etc., thus deYolvlng upon one of their number
the responsibility and management Of the
constructlon and equipment Of the entire road,
with Col: M. ID. Prichard as his Engineer-in-
chief- Ihe high reputation OF Major Wallace
as an old railroad manager and builder, and that
OF Colonel Prichard as an engineer, JUST fed
their selection by the contractors as their aetive
agents IN the execution Of this great work and
| the vast amount of labor performed and the ex-
traordinary progress made thus far, show that
Major Wallace. with the increase Of years and
experience. has added amazingiy to his already
wonderful tact and efficiency as q railroad
man" He Is one of the most accurate and sa-
gaeIous Judges of the capacity and capabilities
| OF men It has ever been my fortune to meet
with; hence his remarkable. almost unvarying
success as an administrative officer. He Is
strict Enthusiastically requiring every
man to do his duty, and at The same time seldom
fails to gain he affection of all who enter his
employment With his right srm"-Prichard
he can and does accomplish wonders in railroad
building. happen to know that Major Wal
Lace engaged In this duty as general manager
Tor the contractors with great reluctance aud
after much hesitation, for he earnestly desired
TO be allowed to rest, for leW years, at least
from the arduOus and unremitting labOrs in
which he had been employed; but when be did
hnsily consent to accept the position. he did so
with full appreciation of all its cares tolls
and responsibilities; and also with determina-
ton 70 urge forward the work with the same
energy aRd vigor that have always marked his
career as = railroad man. His large aequaint-
Anee with reliable and responsible contractors
and efficient working men enabled him to gather
about him in very short time some Of the best
material of this kind in the country
and the result was that every contract
OF Importance necessary to the success
full accomplishment Of this great work
was made, and the sub contractors at work IN
an incredibly short time. The Advertiser
from which the Banner quotes, may well say the
progress has been wonderful, " when it is re-
membered that it was near the lst of June be-
fore the contract with the South and North
Company was completed and perfected in all It's
parts. so as 10 enable the contractors to COM
menee arranging details preparatory to going to
work. - - ~ '..'
It will thus be seen that the South and North
railroad, while not yet ready tor '370 cars and
20 locomotives" to be laid down atMOntgomery,
Is being put through" with all the vigor, tact
and skill which are the Distinguishing character
istics of the general manager" It's early com
Pletion Is indeed, a contamination 'devoutly TO
be wished, not only by Montgomery and other
Southern cities. but BY Nashville, as the first
western city likely to be favorably affected by
It. The capital stock Of roads connecting with
1t Will derive an advantage from its successful
accomplishment, not easily oyerestimated.
The stockholders of the Nashville and Decatur
railroad can scarcely fail to perceive the won
9eri9l influence which the completion of the
South and North road must exert upon their
property. The Memphis and Charleston, and
various other roads might be mentioned as
iKely 70 be benefited by this new line-and
some that may be injuriOusly affected thereby.
Ihat 1t VIII detraet from the value of the West
ern and Atlantic railroad. is very evident, as il
Will divert much Of the trade and travel which
has heretofore sought that route. To show the
saving Of distance to be effected BY means Of the
South and North railroad. look at the follow
ing: ............
Miles
Montgomery to Nashville. via Atlanta .....464
Montgomery to Nashville. via. Decatur.
Distance .............l59
Montgomery TO Memphis, via. Atlanta. s22
Montgomery to Memphis. via. Deeatur.......36S
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Distance
Montgomery to Dalton, via. Atianta..........Z75
| Montgomery to Dalton, via. Limekiln--...-.235