The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-08
CH HARL.E S TO N.
TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 8, 1869.
Our western Connections.

(lur NofthVy esteru Connections.
In our issue Of yesterday morning, we
informed our readers that the Atlanta In
telligsncer, Of Saturday, contained tele'
gram dated Cincinnati, 4th June, to the
effect that the Common Council of that city
had adopted resolution in favor Of the
Chattanooga route. This will be submitted
to popular vote on June 26, and we learn
that, the Attorney General will test che oon-
stautionality Of the act under which this
action is taken.
The announcement of the choice Of Chat
tanooga has produced in cur community q
feeling of disappointment and depression
We share in the Disappointment: But we
feel that there is no cause for the depres-
sion, and we confess that we were not en-.
tirely unprepared for the result
The advantages to Cincinnati Of the di-
rect Knoxville route were so manifest, that
the fact tthatthe Chattanooga route was being
at aD seriously considered, was conclusive
evidence to us that there were influences at
work entirely independent Of, if not en-
tirely antagonistic to, the true Interests Of
that city, We had hoped that those infiu-
ences, of whatever nature they might be,
would not. be sufficiently powerful to con-
troll the action of the Common Council and
induce them to, sacrifice the interests Of
their constituents. In this we have been
mistaken. -. H.
1t must, however, be borne in mind, that
this % action on the part Of the Common
Council is not final, and that the next step
to be taken is to submit their resolution to
a vote Of the people. The influences that
may have been brought to bear upon the
Council may fail to exercise the same con-
troll over the people, and we look with con-
6denoe to them to reverse this decision. =
The articles which we have republished
from the Cincinnati papers, and the report
of Mr.. LATTE, furnish evidence 30 conclu-
.sive of the paramount advantages to Gin
cinnati, and of the incidental advantages to
ourselves, of the direct route to Knoxville,
that we shall not enlarge upon this topic.
What we desire is to convince the people
of our city and State that even should the
Chattauooga route be finally adopted, we
should not relax enc lola Of our exertions
to complete the. Blue Ridge Railroad, at
the earliest possible day, feeling satisfied
that whatever may be the 6usl action Of
Cincinnati, we must certainly be placed in
direct communication with both, Cincinnati
and Louisville, as soon IS that road shall
l.Laye been completed. 1t is true that the
connection will not be quite as short and as
direct ss it would be were they to adopt the
Kpsxyille route, but this will result infn-
itely more to their disadvantage than to our
own.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company have charter for the extension
of their Lebanon branch to the State line
of Tennessee, near Elk Gap, the northern
terminus of the Knoxville aud Kentuoky
Railroad. This branch TO- virtually compile
tad TO London, leaving only forty.fve miles
.ef rosd ye4 to be built This portion Of the
road has been surveyed, and the estimated
cost IL $1,SsO,OOO. OF this sum, the City
of Louisville, we are informed. has sub
seribed ST, zoo. 900, to; be paid as The work
progresses. OF the Knoxyille sca 8 Ken
tuoky Road, nineteen. miles romaiu to be
thdflt, at an estimsted cost Of r$760, 900,
makings total Of s.. no. 900 as heaproba'
Bile cost Of the roads to be built. The propos-
ed road to Chattanooga crosses this line at
.Dasvills, and the distance from: Cincinnati
to Knoxville, by this route, will be three
hundred and fifteen miles.
The advocates of the Chattanooga route
have recently advanced as an. argument, in
favor OF their route, that by building q
[:brapsh road from Chitwood's to Elk Cap, a
distance Of only twenty-five and half
miles, they can reduce the distance from
Cincinnati to Knoxville, by their route, to
two hundred and ninety y-six miles, or only
twenty-five miles more than by the propos-
ed direct route; the distance from Cincin-
natl to Knoxville, by the direct Knoxville
route, being two hundred and seventy four
miles. We would add, that by this route,
we would be brought somewhat nearer to
Louisville than BY any other. This advan
tsge of Louisville will ultimately compel
Cincinnati to build road from Paris to
London, which will give US precisely the
connection we have all along advocated.
We shall, however, not insist upon this
point, as it is not essential to our purpose,
our connections being sufficient without it.
Taking these various routes, the ddtau.
ces between Cincinnati and Charleston are
as follows
By the Louisville Road via Danvl.le 725 miles.
By the Chattanooga route, adopted
by the Common Council, and
diverging at Chitwood''s, ,..... 705 miles
BY the direct route to Knoxville. 80. 684 miles
This proves, that so far as We are con-
cerned, the final adoption Of the Chaltanoo.
ga route will add only twenty-five miles tt
the distance between our city and Ciucin