Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-23
RAILROAD

The Southern R. r. Association
have bought the Nashville d Northwest
ern r. r. end will speedily extend q
branch to Jackson.
The Brownsville Bee Of the 19sh,
learns that the charter of the Browns
vile & Dyersburg r r. has been issued
and will be in that city il g few days.
Marrow gauges for elevated rail
ways have been the subject OF much ex-
pertinent in England Of late. A new
elevated road of very light iron and
only three feet gauge is nov ia process OF
construction between London and
Islington. The line will form
3 continuous viaduct, at an aver
age height Of eighteen feet. Per-
feet safety and economy of gauge less
than the ordinary one, il is asserted,
have already been proved by the expe-
Fience o; years, both in England and
other countries.
The recent action of the Memphis
and Charleston Railroad Company may
be regarded as a fair indication Of the
| spirit OF the South. This Company, i'm
itstiDg the example OF the managers of
the Great Western Railroad, in addition
to its other functions, nov undertakes the
task Of populating the back country by
selling lands and importing immigrants.
II also transports flr their use, free Of
cost, gypsum and mari from Virginia.
This far seeing policy will not only ulti-
mstely enrich the Railroad Company,
but will also add to the general wealth Of
the State and country at large.
The Psduesh Herald ssysthe sale of
4 tho raffrnnH on MnnHau 11rN a~r,,-,
hended only that portion of il lying in
Kentucky and on Thursday last the
City Council Of Paducah, the County
Court OF McCrscken county, and the
Board Of Directors OF the railroad, all
passed resolutions requesting the Legis-
lsture Of the State to adopt such legisla-
ton as Will empower the sale of that pOr-
ton of the road lying in Tennessee, to
the purchasers of the Kentucky portion
of the road, so that Immediate steps NAV
be taken to place the road in efficient
condition. This action is we'll taken,
and we nope the Legislature will grant
the request.
An English political economist writ.
ing on the subject Of English Railways,
states the fact as established beyond 3
doubt, that fifty per cent. 0! all moneys
hitherto expended o. railroads in that
country, have been swallowed IN by
freud and speculation. The New York
tribune, commenting on his remarks.
says: ia our deliberate judgment,
founded on extensive observation anc
inquiry, q full quarter Of the money
hitnerLO subscribed. and by confd-
ing stockholders in this country to build
and equip railroads has been stolen by
directors, engineers, ~fnanciers, etc,
while q fourth of their gross earnings
since construction, have in ike manner
been stolen by directors, agents, super.
intendents, conductors" etc.
The engineering party locating the
Canton, Aberdeen a3d Decatur extern
sion of the New Orleans, Jackson and
Great Northern Railroad, reached A5er-
deem on Saturday. The distance from
Decatur to Aberdeen, upon the cline OF
Location " is lis miles, q less Of but sew
miles in variation from an air line. |
The sur yey from Decatur via Moultor,
extends for thirty-twO miles, upon > tan
gent or air line, to McCluDg's Gap. the
lowest depression in the great dividing
ridge between the Tennessee and War
rior rivers, crossing st an elevation OF
four hundred feet ABOVE the general level
of tine MOulton valley this crossing OF
course neeessitales heavy grades, and
the approaches present engineering diff
ficulties which will probably require q
grade Of eighty feet to the mile, fifty be-
ing the maximum, as regards all other
OF the surveyed line. The line
leaves both Quincy and the toll gate
three miles to the north OF it, Athens
one mile, MiIlyille six miles to the north, |
while Pikeville will be left five miles
south OF il.
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ROAD.-The |
latest (Dyersburg) Gazette says, and says
with truth The success Of the Missis-
sippi River Railroad is a fsFegone con-
That it will pass through some
Of Dyer county is equally GER
tain. The only question ia, whether or
1t shall be built on its present line.
II the friends Of the present route will
forward and take privats stock TO
the amount Of S75 coo, they will get the
road. Otherwise, the road will certainly
be located through that portion of the
county where the people have the liber-
ality and enterprise to give the aid il Is
Justly entitled to. Then, 2 few miles
from here, a rival town will spring up,
and il takes not the eye of q prophet TO
see Dyersburg in ruins. 1.-THE friends Of
the present route will go to work,
the $4,000 can be easily raised. Then
shown that we are willing
to psy for what we get, the people
Of the county will eheeriully vote for an
appropriation of S1O0 600. We speak ad-
visedly. III you want the road, come
forward snd take stock. We are o
but we will take stock to the amount OF
$500, and pay the money any time the
company calls for it. Ii every mar along
the route will be half as liberal ia pro-
to his wealth, the stock can be
raised in t~wsnty-four hours. We are for
the railroad, without q ''but" or an "lf,n
just simply because it is an immense
benefit to every man, woman and child
in the county. ff 1t misses the present
route, DysrsOurg and thOss along the
line are irretrievably ruined. "HOW do
you like the picture Z"