Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-10-02

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of the Nashville and Chattanooga Rail
: road to run the road until the meeting of
4 the Directors of the Nashville and North
western Railroad Company.
NASHVILLE, sept. q, 1859. .
8 .
3 Res0lUcd, That this road respectfully
requests the Nashville and Chattanooga
Railroad Company to continue to run the
road under the lease until the LIST of No
{ vember next, without any notice that will
q affect the business. Of the road; in consid-
r Grafton of which courtesy on their part
this Board undertakes that action shall be
taken on the proposition of lease by that
date.
true cepy from the minutes.
H. L. CLAIBORNE,
Secretary and Treasurer.
MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
NASHVILLE n CHATTANOOGA RAIL
ROAD COMPANY.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, September %, 1869.
At a meeting of the Executive Commit
tee, present +. w. Cole, President, John
NJ. Bass, Edward L. Jordan, Thos. C.
Whiteside and q. NJ. Fogg. G.. NJ. FOgg
was appointed Secretary.
The President presented the question to
the Committee whether the Nashville and
Chattanooga Railroad Company should
continue to run the Nashville and North
western Railroad until the LIST of Novem-
Der, 1869. 1t being reported by him to
the Committee, that a meeting of the
stockholders of the latter road would be
held'on the 18th of0ctober next, when the
question of releasing the road would be
acted on, the following resolution was
unanimously adopted:
ReSOlDed, That the President be author
lied TO run trains on the Nashville and
Northwestern Railroad as heretofore, until
the LIST of November next, unless pre-
vented from doing so.by obstacles that
may in his opinion render il injurious to
the Company. L. w. COLE,
President.
G. NJ. FoGe. Secretary.
AND PACIFIC RAILROAD.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors
the Executive Committee were instructed
10 purchase iron for The FIRST thirty miles
Of the road. Also two locomotives, vs. ]
passenger cars and twenty freight carr.
They were also directed to purchase tbs
balance Of the crosS-ties required for tho
road between nashville and Lebanon. The
President reported that he had 80 Jar ne
COtisted for the funds necessary 10 carry
0n the work Al very tstvOroble terms, and
expressed his obligations 10 many of The
city banks for the assistance they bad rem
dercd him. Work will be commenced.
laying the track, about The Isl OF Deem
Der. IL j. confidently expected that bv
that time all the work will be- so advanced
that no delay will occur in laying the iron
to Lebanon. Eleven Of the first twenty
| eight miles are completed, and the last
force return shows That there are now
95I laborcr= at work OF the road. The
| Treasurer was authorized to sell 81 900
each OF Wilson and Davidson county
bonds. The surveys have been 20 fag conf
/ pleted On the first eighty miles as 10 show
! that tina average cost OF grading, including
/ tisE and all naErnannUf NUnrL IN. guaa1.p Z
trestlesh will not exceed $4,000 per mile.
KNOXVILLE AND KENTUCRY RAILROAD.
The Knoxville Press uad Hsrald Of
Tuesday SAYS: At "a meeting Of the
stockholders in the Knoxville. aud Ken
lucky Railroad, held Yesterday, Messrs.
VIM. Heiskell, Il. y. Wheeler. &. J. Saw
Yer, ID. X. Young, +. J. Sanford, G.. NJ.
Mctihee aud T. II. Galloway were chosen
Directors on the part Of the stockholders.
The following preamble and resolutions
were adopted:
d" In view of the importance OF extend
ing the knoxville and Kemtueky Rail-
road al the earliest possible period, to tic
kentucky line, the stockholders in said
road, in their annual meeting assembled.
declare their desire and intention to use
all honorable efforts TO secure sufficient
aid 10 insure the completion of the work,
and it is by them
"Res0iCed, That the President of the
ADllldlN btt anu ne IL uGTEDN authorized
and empowered TO negotiate q loan, if |
practicable, by leasing the road, or pledg-
ing its earnings for a term of years.
ReSOIUed, any action which the
Legislature may take for the accomplish
ment of the object herein indicated, Is, on
the part Of the stockholders, fully ratified
and confirmed"
We understand that, in pursuance of
the resolutions of 1.-THE stockholders, Presi-
dent Mabry will leave the city to-day or
tomorrow with a view of negotiating, il
possible, a sufficient loan 10 enable the
company to prosecute the work on the
road to completion.
raj soUTH M NORTH RAILROAD.
Work on the North and South Railroad,
from Decatur to Montgomery, Ala. is
being pushed forward with great energy
and dispatch. A locomotive has been pur-
chased for the Decatur end of the road, 1t
is engineered by Charles Harrison. and
engaged with a construction train in con-
veying crossties from Limestone connty.
Ala, on the Nashville and Decatur Rail-
road, to Decatur, preparatory to the lay
ing of the iron, which work is TO com
mence shortly non chat point.
Trains will be running twenty miles
south of Decatur on the first of next JAM :
nary. This will carry the rOao to the J
northern foot of Sand Mountain. The {
distance over this spur is eighty miles. ]
On account Of the extrepe ruggedness of i
this portion of the road trains will be un- !
able TO pass over before the expiration of i
the next fifteen months. 5
On the completion Ofthe bridge, now in :
course Of construction over the Alabama 7
river, the track viii be laid fhy miles 7
~northwardly from that river, the road bed I
having already been built. Nc other work 4
save ditching and the laying of crossties
and iron will be required to put il in run-
ming order. \
RAILROAD IMPROVEMENT.
The hlling up of the space occupied by
the Sulphur Brunch Trestle, between Elm. I
mont and Athens, on the Nashville and '
Decatur Railroad, Will be completed \
within the next five weeks. The work of {
displacing the trcstle With an embank- l
ment was comnlencedin August. 1s63 1t r
has proved a herculean task. but when ]
finished, will add much 20 The value and y
safety Of road. \ steam shovel was )
used in the excavation Of earth and The I
OF cars. TIL trestle was $50 feet +
in length and 20 feet in hight. A fine,
substantial Stone culvert. 22 feet III
and % feet in hight has been built e
IN the center of the fill. The number OF II
ruhic yards Of earth contained in tho en- 4
hankment is SI,793. Work on Graee's q
between Lynville and Fountain a
Creek, zoo feet in length and 30 feet In Il
will be commenced on the compile q
lion Of the ill at Sulphur Branch Trestle. t
The company also propose to sweep away b,
Harris Trestle, 80 bv q feet, north of "
Grove, and build an emhank- p
IN stead. These vast improvements
are indeed ~cOrAmendable. Other eompa-
nies, having In view the reputation OF y
heir road aud the safety of travellers at
should follow the example instituted.
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