The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-25


CHARLESTON, 8.
CINCINNATI AND CHARLESTON
The Cincinnati Enquirer, OF the 10th, pub
lisb es leading article upon the Southern rail-
| way, which ls as follows:
We had the pleasure OF meeting at the Bur-
net House, last evening" Colonel Adrian Terry.
OF Knoxville; General j. w. Harrison, Presi-
dent and Colonel James p, Low, Chief Engi-
or Charleston, s. c.; Colone, John II. Crozier,
V. n. Hturm. of Knoxville, and other gentle
] men. who are here tor the purpose Of impress
/ ing the business men of Cincinnati with the
by the wav Of Knoxville. According to their
showing, 1T will oe seen that the length of
road required to I'LL the gap between Paris,
point a railway is now Completed from Knox
Vile, is but one hundred and forty-eght
miles. at Knoxville this route connects with
the Blua Ridge Road, in process OF con.
with Charleston. The Blue Rldgo Road, it IS
asserted will be compile, ed whenever Knox
vile is named as the terminus, without q
while the connections made at Knoxville
would place us in easy communication with
| Chattanooga Dalton, Atlanta and East and
West West Virginia: It is understood that there Is a
| posed from Nchoasville to Chattanooga,
| distance OF two hundred and forty-nine miles.
This, the advocates of the other line claim,
| would bring US no better or nearer comn.uni-
cation with Onattan ooga than that which
Louisville already possesses. The advantages
which the Paris and Elk Gap route possess
over the ono last named, as shown by their
representations. are as follows "A Southern
connection can be formed with one hundred
miles less Of road; the road can be completed
in nom one to two years. less time, while the
country through which it passes is richer both
in minerals and agricultural resources.
| The gentlemen above referred to will remain
| at the Burnet House several days longer.
They ore anxious to ascertain the feeling Of IN
| carry home with them an OK PRESTON Of some
kind in reference to this great project. They
are prepared. with maps nnd statistical re-
ports, to present the claims OF the Knoxville
'tleman at their rooms as feel an interest in the
early construction Of the proposei new railway.
Their room ls No. 81.
| The following telegram was received yester-
day in relation to the projected Southern Rail
| road:
! .'KNoxv1ILE. May 10. 1869.
| Colonel a. Terry, Burnet House:
| You know the position always taken by the
officers of the East Tennessee and Georgia and
East Tennessee aud Virginia Railroads is to
pro rata per mile on any freight offered them
| ty any one Of their connections.
! President Galloway will telegraph the Presi-
| fully commit both roads to this line of policy
r. c. JACKSON, superintendent
| And the same paper contains the following
| lucid and cogent letter in regard to the Knox
| vile route
THE GRAND TRUNK RAILROAD. %,
The arguments in the papers Of the 18th
inst, in regard to the necessity Of the direct
foroibly stated fry the writer, but, unfortunate
ly for him, there are some errors or statement
that will not stand against facts in the case.
In the first place, what Cincinnati wants is
| ducts of the Great West and her own manu-
faotures. In the next place she wants q rail-
road line open at all seasons Of the year, and
lending to port through which she can ex-
OF the West Indi 8, South America and Europe.
In the third place she wants a short route to
the cotton belt from which she can bring
cheaply the cotton which she requires for her
own manufactures, as from her interior posi-
tion she can never become great cotton mar:
ket, that bulky arlicle always seeking water;
ttranap9ratGon Go Now the cotIaa region extends
ton Railroad southward. Chattanooga is to
the north and east OF, the great cotton re.
gion. Chattanooga is nearer by twenty miles
than to Onclnnati by the proposed air line.
All the region Immediately west Of Chattanoo-
ga is already tributary to Louisville through
river navlaation, and the railroad connecting
Nashville with Decatur and Chatt snooea.
The only region that Oincinnati could gain
by the proposed air line to Chattanooga would
be that lying to the south Of Chattanooga. , he
Wills Valley Railroad gives Chattanooga short
route to the mineral region OF Northern Alaba-
m& tnd the cotton region Of Mississippi But
In order to reach the cotton region or Alabama,
of which SELMA ls. as the writer remarks the
n cf
through Dalton, Georgia, which is fifteen miles
nearer to Cincinnati, via ROCKVILLE and the
route proposed by that city. than it is by way of
pace Now, Dalton, Georgia is not only the
point through which the Traffic CT Chattanoo-
ga with Southern and Central Alabama, and
the Important points Of Mobile and Pensacola,
must pass. but is also that through which she
must communicate with the whole Of Georgia
and South Carolina. It therefore results that
the route via Knoxville and Dalton glves the
advantage bv roads already built IN tho con-
mnnication between Cincinnati and the cotton
region. Cincinnati now manufactures to a
large extent the very articles which are most
needed by the States that produce the cotton.
1t follows, therefore. that the shortest line to
the cotton region IS the shortest line to the
region that consumes her manufactures and
surplus PToduSts and chat line s via Knox
built.
The advocates OF the direct Chattanooga
route do not even assume to compete with
the Knoxville route to the States OF Virginia
and North Carolina by roads already built, or
soon to be completed, cr via the Blue Ridge
Road to the entire State Of South Carolina; the
port Of Savannah, and the important INLAND
City Of Augusta. the greatest inland cotton
noarket OF the south, and the point from winch
CincinnAH can most easily and cheaply draw
her supplies.
Now The West Indies and South America
are the largest consumers OF those articles OF
whi,b CINCINNATI has the most to spare. viz:
the surplus products Of the West. and Charles
best port through whice that trade can 4
pass, open at all seasons of the year, and
on the shortest line between CincinnaEi and
Sc also the por: through winch sOincInuati can
best transact her European trade, being stu
afa fnidRAY haLwaal the ha,rr,cana roirnna rR