The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-27

OF this total of 274 miles, Ill are completed
and in actual operation, 15 more are graded
and ready fol the iron, leaving only 148 miles
OF road to be built.
Cincinnati to Nicholasville road comp'd. miles. 112
NicholasvilIe to Ken ucky River. road graded. 10
South Danville to Cumberland River, via SOM
Cumberland River t. State Lin: near chitwocd 81
Chitwood to Emory Gap. near Kingston. 50
Emory Gap to Chattanooga. a.................... IA
Total. ..........................3 1853
OF which total of 35S miles, 112 are completed
and in actual operation; 10 more are graded
and ready for. the iron, leaving 286 miles or
road to be built.
The distance from Knoxville to Chattanooga,
by the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad.
which ls in actual operation, ls 112 miles, maxi
ing total distance from CINCINNATI to Ohatta-
noOga, via Knoxville, Of 1856 miles, or 28 miles
further than by the Chitwood route. The City
OF Louisville, by roads IN actual operation, is
but 9S6 miles from Chattanooga, or ~ miles
nearer TO that point than Cincinnati would be
by the ChitwOOd or Bo-oaled air line.
1t therefore appears that Louisville, by the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, with it's con-
nectlons, must control the entire region west
OF Chattanooga. The only region, therefore,
left open to Cincmnati from Chattanooga 10
that lying to the South. With which Ohattapoo-
ga connects by way Of Dalton, Ga, and the
Western and Atlantic Railroad.
The distance from Chattanooga to Dalton is
80 miles, making the total distance to that
point from Cincinnati 396 miles. Knoxville
has also dTeot communication with Dalton by
road IN actual operation, ITO miles in length,
ii to Dalton via Elk Gap and Knoxville, 1884
miles: or IL miles less than by way OF Chitwood
and Chattanooga
It therefore appears that Cincinnati can reach
Dalton, Georgia, the common point on both
lines, by way Of Rockville with 81 wing Of
eighty miles of railroad construction,
which. taking the AVERAGE cost Of railroads.
will amount to at least So 600 600, and with an
actual saving in distance OF u miles.
Now, no one pretends to deny that Dalton,
Georgia. is the key, by roads In aatnal opera
also through the Selma, Rome and Dalton Rail-
road to Central Alabama and the I1dh cotton
region OF which Be ma is the centre, as web as
the important porte of Mobile and Pensacola.
are e. certainly % fse T from ali al bias, i ss they they
were complled from actual SURVEYS by the
ablest engineers in the United States service
for government purposes during tue war.
to the east Of line drawn due south from
Cincinnati. It also proves that Knoxville is
geographically the csntre OF the great valley
Of East Tennessee, and that it must always
control the immense trade which will arise
from the development Of the unsurpassed min
eral and agricultural resources OF that region.
The value Of f let Tennessee iron has been 80
well establish ed that it is unnecessary to CON-
ment upon it, and we have sufficient evidence
Of the value Of their coal in the fact that the
Knoxville and kentucky Railroad has been
constantly shipplng it to points from which
their tn eli m. mnes are nearly one hundred miles fur
We Will now enumr9erate some Of the advan.
tages offered by the railroads centerine at
Knoxville, from which we would be entirely
excluded II we were to adopt the Chattanooga
termlnps; Through the entre length of the
Valley Of East Tennessee from the State Line
Of Virginia to Dalton, Ga, with branch from
Cleveland. Tenn, to Chattanooga, extends
hA 1ev14 ~ To- FN1r l.
with 273 miles Of track in actual operation,
controlled by the capitalists Of Knoxville, who
offer to contract with Cincinnati to pro rate
over their roads for all Cmcinnati freight, thus
those roads for it's carr, ing trade. al the
State Line OF Virginia thess roads connect with
the Virginia railroads. and will give Cincin-
natl shorter communication than any
now available with the western and central
portions OF that Etate, and q competing
lme to the port OF Norfolk, until the COM
pletion OF the Chesapeake and Ohio Road.
vile, on the East Tennessee and Virginia Rail
road. the Clnclnnati,s Cumberland Gap and
Charleston Railroad diverHes 70 the south, 4of-
lowing the Valley Of the French Broad 70 the
State line OF North 0alohna st, Paint Rock. q
operation; The % state & OF North Caroiira is
Rusn.nS ies msskstfh tt a Tof.n Salouna haa1oaas
n s etat VII w.Sn - sne anUse IoaS AZ rslnt
au .i; ao1 .,,'ns ~
addition % to this they have COMPLETED ihear
grace 20 mles 1urtner 10 Marion. ana nave the
TON t. az Moiganto,wn % complete tnis seollon. sc
@ Snns pTac,,oany; e leay,ng e & gap q nns SS miles
North Oasolina. TO Al this gapln The connec-
uoh ne m os Ssate o. Mortn Carohna mas appr0pr1-
a.ea ~ W. 9VOls w o. ssass oonds; an amount wnicn
the work. as ger @ ssss als'snss IS IL
me Saliey "a ty; OF I'm, tne nienca Ere hroad Inc Eonpin
on no. i OF anas nnh whi y. connect knoxvle wath