Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-05-21
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A lively discussion is now going on as
10 which one of tie several routes sug
gested for the proposed railroad to the
South from Cincinnati shall be selected.
A communication in the Commercial of the
10Th takes strong ground in favor Of the
Nashville route. The writer says:
Ii we 60 by way of Knoxville, We pass
along a mountainous and poor region, al
fording little local trade, and commanding,
al the terminus, an anticipated connection
when a very expensive mountainous road
il buiit,) with North Carolina, and pres
ent connection with South Carolina and
Georgia. The length of road TO be paid
for by Cincinnati being about three hum
dreG miles.
five 90 by way of Chattanooga, We pass
through q similarly poor region, atfordlng
little local trade, and connecting with
Georgia. South Carolina, and portion OF
Alabama. The length Of road to be paid
for by Cincinnati being about three hun
bred and sixty miles.
On both these routes We only connect
| directly with the trade which l have al
ready explained must seek the Eastern
| seaboard.
But if we 60 by way of Nashville, We
pass through a rich section Of country
and meet two roads extending to New
| OrIeans, making our total distance to thai
city only $50 miles. We meet also, a road
to Chattanooga, with total distance Il
that city of 430 miles, or only seventy
miles longer than the direct route; anC
besides that, we connect directly with thu
western portion of Tennessee. az we'll al
with Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas
Louisiana and Texas. The distance o
road Cincinnati has to pay for on thi
route is only $50 miles, or twenty milei
less than by Knoxville, and eighty mile
less than by Chst anooga.
1t seems evident to me, from these con
| alterations, that there can be no possible
doubt on the subject of where ouI South
ern main line should go, since via Nash
vile we reach all the trade we can VII
| Chattanooga; we command the entir
| country have shown must be our futur
| market, which we can not practically d.
| ANYTHING with via Knoxville or Chaita
| poogs. and we do ali this with the ex
| penaiture of the least money for we bull
the road over a more level country, in
| shorter distance, and where We can get th
largest contributions.
| Before the passage of the Ferguson bill
always advocated the Nashville route
because we connect with the most roads a
that point, and, also, because we make tn
connection by constructing the fewes
| miles of new road-iuvolving the leas
time and expense.
Now, that the construction of new
road is not a matter of such extreme dill
6culty, flor 500 miles can be built in th
same time as fifty miles, when the mean
are provided the argument is yet on In
side of Nashville, as the total length {
road that must be paid for by Cincinnati
less than on any other route. 10 estimai
ing distance, / have not taken vision
airy air-lines, etc, but the prat
tical distances that would be feun
on road located to a point common
the three routes, whence those lines Nigh
branch off to the respective cities ind
Gated. Danyille is such point.
The road between Cincinnati and DaI
vile should be provided with doubl
track, 10 accommodate the business OF a
the roads.
i, therefore say Hurrah for Nashville,
and remain, very respectfully, M.