The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-25
timore Ind ph,1 Railroad, and twenty-five less
than that b the Pennsylvania Central Rail.

North of Clinton the road has been located
to the State line with maximum grade o
sixty-six feet, and has been 30 constructed to
it's northern terminus. while the estimates fol
the cost of It's completion are based upon thai
location. The twenty miles between Knox
VILE and Clinton were originally located witt
grades Of but ffty-three feet to the mile, anc
can be reconstructed, il necessary. with nc
heavier grades than the remainder Of the road
net load OF one hundred tons OF coal over these
grades, and a single pusher put upon this
section conld easily assist three full trains
each way daily, at very small ex-
pense On the Chitwood route the engineers
admit that they have grades Of elghry feet to
the mile, and it's advantages ought not there.
fore to insist too strenuous'y on those OF the
Knoxville and Kentucky road. On the Chit
wood route again there are ninety-six miles oi
| mountain work from Cumberland River to
Emery Grap, and that IN country which
hardly produces enough to feed it's sparce pop
ulat,on, while on the Elk Gap route there are
but thirty miles of mountain work, and fifteen
OF these are already graded. The writer's
argument, therefore. in regard TO the wrough
country through which the Knoxville route
passes, falls to the ground.
As to the immense saving OF distance claim
| ed tor the direct Chattanooga route, as it ls
less than thirty miles further to Chattanooga
| by the Knoxville route than by his air line,
how does it happen that he saves III miles IN
distance to the southwest? We will close with
this question, and the ascertain that instead of
connecting with only 3400 miles of railroad,
the railroads ceutering ut Knoxville connect
with the entire railroad systems OF the United
States and Canada. =
The Cincinnati Chronicle, Of Thursday,
prints the following leading article on the same
subject:
The important question now before our peo-
pie is the establishment OF the southern tor
minus Of our great railroad. A number Of gen.
tlemen have been IN the city presenting the
special reasons why their respective cities
should be named by the City Council in their
resolution submitting the matter to the vote Of
the people, snd the fact has been fully devel-
oped that the people OF the whole country,
south, southeast and southwest Of US. are.
and for years hayo been exceedingly ANXIOUS
to cultivate the most intlmate commercial
rela IONS with US. The only wonder TO
those who have studied the matter is that Gill;
cInnatI las 80 long stood indifferent to the de-
sres and efforts Of those who have been so
earnestly struggling to come to Us and help
onward in the road to commercial greatness.
Without. however, stopping to regret the past,
1t now becomes Us to 20 energeticallY and
earnestly into the great 1oIx. Not too hastily,
not in ignorance OF what we arc doing. but,
ignoring individual interests, and in the light
OF the best informal on, the great work should
be proceeded with in the mann, to accomplish
the greatest practical good with the least e1-
pense and risk to the city.
In another column We print statement IN
favor OF Knoxville as the southern terminus.
which will we'll repay persual. 1t ls clear and
succinct, and unless its assertions can be dis
proved it seems to Us that the writer makes
clear case IN favor Of thai city. In order that
the article may be fully understood. tho reader
should have constant reference to map OF
the country through which the proposed routes
run. All OF the routes which have been DIS
cussed present eneinee ing difficulties, but
this, il seems to us, is the least objectionable
on that score, while it may be completed at an
earlier day than either Of the others.