Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-15
MISCELLANEOUS,

The Alexandria, Washington and
Georgetown Railroad will soon be COM
pleted.
Several ladies and gentlemen Of
Memphis leave to-day and tomorrow to
be present at the hop to be given On Fri
day evening pY cur friends Stiffey 4 Ayd-
lett at the celebrated Iuka Springs Hotel.
A large party of onE citizens leave
on Monday for tie Mammoth Cave. Spe-
eial Fates nave been adopted, and those
who want TO join should call at Once on
Jimmy Spe d or Asa Hill and record their
names.
The estimated earnings of the Lou
jSVille and Nashville Railroad are, freight
S99,3 5 81; passenger Ss0,4 a4 Is; mail, ex-
press and miscellaneous $4,000; total
Sls6,Sl9 az. An increase of S2l,46 s 25 over
the corresponding month Of last year.
The first spire of the Southern Cen
trail Railroad, connecting Oswego with
Auburn, was driven Saturday, with i'm
posing ceremonies. The spike, which is
of solid silver, was driven into a polished
oak tie, by the President of the Village,
W. J. Jones.
The Montgomery AdCertiSer of the
10th inst. learns from the highest authority
the important and gratifying fact that the
iron for the whole line of the NcTth and
South Railroad, from Montgomery to De-
catur, has been purchased, and that its
delivery will ommence the first of
AUGUST.
Senator COnklin has telegTaphed to
the Secretary ef the Treasury that both
the Central and Union Pacific railroads
have been, IN his opinion, honestly con-
structed, and, considering the various
obstacles which they were compelled to
sUrmount, are, comparatively speaking,
in better order than the average of East
ern roads. He adds: As to safety and
comfort of travel, there can be no
question:
The Directors of the Tennessee and
Pacific Railroad held a meeting in Nash
Vile on Monday, and all were pleased
with the progress of the work between
Nashville and Lebanon. An order was
a directing the enginefS t3 send out
two surveying pa-tis5 between Lebanon
and KCcXvile+Oue party by way of Car
image, IN Smith county; the other to take .
the Southern route, through neIGalB,
White and Cumberland counties. The
berland MAINTAIN.
The Louisville Colrjer-J Journal says
one of BraY's patent refrigerator cars,
huilt at the shops of the New Orleans and
Jackson Railroad Company, arrived here
on Saturday. 1t contained a lot of fruits
and vegetables, all Of which were in
splendid condition. 1t is claimed that
fruits, meat, and other perishahle articles
can be preserved anv length of time BY
this method. The merits IF the invention !
VIII be thoroughly tested, and if the tests
are satisfactory the Louisville and New
Orleans Express freight line viii run a
number Of these cars between the city
and New Orleans,
Most travellers over the Pacific road
record one of disappointment in passing
the Rocky Mountains. The mind in the
distance naturally oonceives OF slowly as
cending an abrupt pinnacle and then pass
ing quietly a sharp, rocky gorge, descend
ing upon a plain on the Pacific slope, very
much like travelling over the summit Of
some of the rocky hills and moVQ.aiRs IL
Maine. But so gradual IS the ascent and
so gentla the descent, that the traveller
needs TO pe told When he has reached the
Summit, both of the Rocky and sierra
Mountains, The highest elevation
reached Is at sherman, on the Union Pa
0ifie road, 1924 feet above the level of the
sea, at a point $40 miles from Omaha.
The highest summit on the Central Pa
cihc road is some thousand feet less, l05
miles from Sacramento.