Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-15
AILROAD EATERS.

The cars on the EVANSVILLE men,
derson and Nashville Road are now run
ming &c > point four miles from MADISON
vile.
John Whiting, Of Montgomery,
President Of the South and North Rail
road, died, q few days since, n New
York.
The President of the Augusta (Ga.)
and Port Royal Railroad has applied TO
the city council OF Augusta for right OF
way, donation of land for a depot, and q
subscription OF stock.
The Savannah RepUbltcGn an
noupcss that the first cargo OF iron for
the Montgomery rad Selma road was
brought TO that city per steamer on 1881
Sondsy morning was : week sgo-'s very
large amount.
-. c. Maccabe, Z a., Secretary, OF
the Iron Mountain ana Helena railroad
Company, is in the city. Mr.. Maccsoe
gives Us the cheering information Inat
1 work on this road will be commenced al
q very early day and be prosecuted WIFI
great vigor.
The time table on the Mississippi
and Tennessee Railroad has been changed
/ aud nov run two through trains daily,
from Memphis to New Orleans. Inc
through maiileRvssM Memphis st4:l5p M
I aud tie through Express at $50 an. Inc
Express from below arrives in memphis
| Al $50 a. N. and the mai at S:l5 p. M
The stockholders Of the South Caro-
lima r lilroRd and Of the Southwestern
Railroad Banks met In Charleston on
me lG5h instant for their regular snnusI
convention, James Ross, the cashier,
who has served the company fer thirty
wears, resigned his position. A new
cashier will he elected bsfore the coz
: vention aGjourns.
The preliminary survey Of the route
for a railroad from Gsllatin 10 Lebanon
commenced from the latter point yesteT-
fay. Major W. e. Foster and Capt J.
K P. McFalI, Of the civil engineering
urm Of Foster, Allen & Co, have charge
OF the work, and their known energy 4
capacity are . guarantee that 1t will be
well done.
An error in the types converted the
figures f0r which the PsdOcah Railroad
| wss cold, In cur yesterdays issue, into
! $50 COO. The amount should have been
! SSsOI50. We are informed that we were
| also in error in saying that MT. Norton
was n of q ceTtsin ring" He is, on
the contrary, bitterly opposed to the said
"ring,"
John p. Branner. President OF the
Fsz, Tennessee and Virginia Railroad
Med at his residence, near Messy Creek,
IsE Monday. He was In the 4Sth year
of his aga, The East Tennessee and
Virginia Railroad to his energy, sa-
| gaoifv and financial skill the restoration
n inst comuauy from bankruptcy snd
| ruin. He wss largely engaged IN many
/ impOr.sat enterprises.
At the last meeting Of the Georgia
! Railroad 8 proposition was submitted %
| rae efFscs that If three hundred thousand
! dolIsrs were subscribed by the people
! here, Northern capitalists stood pledged
10 advance the amount necessary TO lts
| completion, and inst the road should De
oosned to Augusta by the Jrst o. neGt
Oc,Ober-forsy-six miles OF 1t being
graded, aud the balance OF the distance
requiring but little Labor.
There Is now z bill before the Senate
| providing that all railroads indebted 10
/ the State shall be allowed the privilege
! of paving such Indebtedness IN COMBS OF
/ tee Slate, with the Eight OF Issuing nrst
mortgage bonds to an amount equaillg
/ fbst T.id the State, said bOndholders to
| Ssvatls came lien upon the rOsds that
fha Stste nov holds by virtue OF the
h0-ds which she issued 20 these corpora"
tioos. L was, after much discussion on
Wsdraadav. rscommitted TO the sudlci-
arv Committee. 1t IL looked upon IS
one OF the most important measures
which has been introduced ia the Legis-
lsture.
The result Of last years business OF
the Pacific road shows that no excess was
msus by the uuCst ssnguine IN calculating
! In b-usingss to be done over this route
TGs fsrisht receiptss were 5000, 3 10;
n-esgaDger Sl.O24 COS 81; MATS $50, go %
| e-0ntractors' material 1858 4SO 81; govern
meut o SlO4077 II; government
freight S449. 40 SO; contractors men
! sol 1863 90; and miscellaneous S9l 90
| 27-loounE Up q total OF So,O66, COL 81.
Every mile added gives new revenue
while each settlement, as It grows, IN
~creases Its original volume OF business.
Senator Kellogg introduced q bill in
! the Senate, on the 18Th Ult., TO iocorpo'
I rate the Cairo and Fulton Railroad Com
In,auv. The route proposed is from FuI
n 20. ark, crossing the Trinity river De
"a cen the 32i and 33d parallels, to y
| Ps 40 en- the RIO GFande, thence through
Ne Mexico and Arizona to a point OF
the Rio Colorado, near the southeastern
boTpldsry Of California, and thence t
San Francisco, with a branch to Sal
Diego. and = branch from the CROSSING
on the Trinity TO connect with IN
Sofeseeort and Marshall road st the lat
Ter place.
The Southwestern Pacific Railrosi
Is IN a fourishing way, and an g .ri,
con- mencement on tue WORK Is locke
Tor. But two things remaln 10 Dc oont
saws Mr.. Pottg, = leading New YORK cap
- sz Hhn aranQE0 nj the AT
, tarprTsa, in order TO remove al anxiet
: existing in the minds OF those represent
ing the company on financial question:
r and 10 eneble them to secure aii the cap
tei nseded. First, q certificate that To
: road is accepted, and that State Aid WI
! be forthcoming SIS soon as the requirt
ments Of the law are complied viii
Second, that the payment Of the on
standing Indebtedness Of the state shs
be so nrOvlded for as TO render the Doni
OF some marketable value by enhancir
the value OF our State credit.
Texas Convention has adopted q
/, ordinances chsrtering the New Orlean
!, Mobile and Chattanooga Railroad Con
papy, and comforting on II the power
3 CORPORATION Ia Tex&s. The charter pc
r mits Ire company 20 U q railroad fro
, aDy point on the line between Tex
and Louislsns, Ia the counties Of Dram
or Newton, 10 any point on the K
: GrapGe, in the counties Of Webb or Ma
4 er;ck; also, to run another line from al
:. point on the Texas line, in Newtt
county, to any pests on the line Of Ne
Mexico, il Ell PasO county, and then
K TO connect With any railroad, by way
10 FL Paso to the Pacific, or to run fro
said beginning point 10 any point on I
Northern or Western boundary Of Texi
to connect with any line by way Of a
beYoue or Santa Fe to the Pacific; a.
TO connect the main lines by branch
II, with any other railroads, mines or ma
d, ufactories in Texas; TO build and n
D steamboats, in connection with tn
Ie, lines or branches, and TO use steam
r., other motive power. The State Is
endorse the bonds Of the company
. $40 500 for each mile constructed, VIII
g, forty miles OF the main track are CO.
10 pleted, and twenty sections OF land
mile are granted for ali completed will
!, ten wears. The road is to be eomplet
from toe State line to Houston will
r. twenty-four months, and IA to psy TIL
psr cent. to the State on its divtdeG
~ Other important privileges are gram
j to the company.
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