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

CHARLESTON, s.
| CINCINNATI AND CHARLESTON. =.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, OF the 18th, pub
lisbes leading article upon the Southern rail
way, which Is as follows:
We had the pleasure of meeting at the Bur
net House, last evening, Colonel Adrian Terry
or Knoxville; General J. W. Harrison, Presl
dent, and Colonel James P. Low, Chief Engi
neer OF the Blue hdge Railroad; j: B. LAftt,
OF Charleston, 8. g.; Colone, John d. Crozler
Y. n. Sturm. OF Knoxville, and other gentle
men, who ere here for the purpose of impress
ing the business men of Cincinnati with the
importance Of Southern railway connection
BY the way Of Knoxville. According to theil
showing, 1t VII oe seen that the length o.
road required to fill the gap between Paris
Kentucky. and Elk Gap, Tennessee, to which
point railway Is now completed from Knox.
vile, Is but one hundred and forty-eight
miles. At Knoxville this route connects with
the Blus Ridge Road, in process OF con.
structloB, thus opening up communication
With Charleston. Tho Blue Ridge Road, it Is
asserted. will be completed whenever Kuox-
vile is named as the terminus, without q
| whiIe the connections made at Knoxville
would place rs in easy communication With
Chattanooga Dalton, Atlanta and East an
West Virginia. II is understood that there is q
rival route to the one referred to which is pro-
posed from Nicho'asville to Chattanooga, q
distance OF Two hundred and forty-nine mules.
This. the advocates OF the other line claim,
! would bring Us no better or nearer comm uni
| cation with Cnattanooga than that which
| Louisville already possesses. The advantages
which the Paris and Elk Gap route possess
over the one last named, as shown by their
representations. are as follows: Southern
connection can be formed with ono hundred
miles less Of road; the road can be completed
in from 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 Burpet House several days longer.
They are anxious to ascertain the feeling or ln-
terested citizens upon the subject, and wish to
carry home with them an ex PRESTON OF some
kind in reference to this great project. They
are prepared, With maps and statistical re-
ports, to present the claims OF the Knoxville
route, aud will be'pleaeed to see ss many gen.
tIeman at their rooms as feel an interest in the
early construction ofthe propose new railway.
7 Their room Is No. 81.
The following telegram vas received yester-
day IN relation to the projected Southern Rail
road:
"KNo1v1LLE, May 1S. 1869.
Colonel 4. Terry, Bu:aet House:
You know the poeitlon always taken by the
officers of the East Tennessee aud Georgia and
East Tennessee aud Virginia Railroads ls to
pro rata per mile on any helght offered them
ty any one OF their connections.
President Galloway viii telegraph the Presi-
dent Of the Board OF Trade to-day. You can
fully commit both roads to this line of policy.
B. C. JACKSON, Superintendent"
And the same paper contains the following
lucid aud cogent letter in regard to the Knox
vile route:
TIE GRAND TRUNK RAILROAD.
The arguments in the papers Of the 17th
inst, in regard TO the necessity Of the direct
line to the South fromy Cincinnati, are very
forcibly stated Ly the Witer, but, unfortunate
ly for him. there are some errors OF statemsnt
that will not stand against facts in the case.
In the 6rst place, what Cincinnati wants is
region which abe can supply with the pro-
ducts OF the Great West and her own manu-
factures. In the next place she wants rail
road line open at all seasons OF the year, and
leading to port through which she can e1-
port her surplus and import the products OF
of the West Indi,s, South America and Europe.
In the third place she wants short route to
the cotton belt from which she can bring
cheaply thecotton which che Requires for her
own rz1anufz0so<0ss v-ss0~f- NsS
ton she can never become great cotton mar
Now, the cotton region extends
ton on Railroad southward. Chattanooga Is to
the north and east OF the great cotton re. |
gion. Chattanooga is nearer by twenty miles
TO Louisville by railroads already constr 1cted
than to Cincinnati By the proposed air line.
AM the region Immediately west OF Chattanoo- |
ga is already tributary to Louisville through |
river navigation, and the railroad connecting
Louisville with Nashville and Memphis aud
Nashville with Decatur and CHAT tnooga. |
The only region that Cincinnati could gain
by the proposed dir limo 10 Chattanooga would
he that living to the south of Chattanooga. he
Wills Valley Railroad gives Chattanooga short
route to the mineral region OF Northern Alaba- |
MA md the cotton region OF MISSISSIPPI But
in order to reach the cotton region OF Alabama,
of which Selma 10. ss the writer remarks, the
centre, the trade OF Cincinnati must pass
through Dalton, Georgia, which is fifteen miles
nearer to Cincinnati, via Rockville and the
route proposed by that city, thsnlt ls by way OF
Chattanooga and tue proposed air line to that
n ace. 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. 1t therefore results that
the route via Knoxville and Dalton gives the
route proposed by Knoxville fifteen miles The
advantage bv roads already built 10 the COM
between Cincinnati and the cotton |
region. Cincinnati now manufactures to o |
large extent the very articles which are most |
needed by the States that produce the cotton.
It follows, therefore. that the shortest line to
the cotton region is the shortest line to the
region that consumes her manufactures and (
surplus products, and that line is via kuoI-
vile and Dalton, Georgia, by roads already
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, CT VIA the Blue Ridge |
Road to the entire State of South Carolina; the
port OF Savannah, and the import ant inland
City OF Augusta. the greatest inland cotton |
mar ket Of the south, and the point from which |
Cincinnati can most easily and cheaply draw |
her supplies.
Now the West Indies and South America |
are the largest consumers OF those articles OF |
VIII, ,b Cincinnati has the most to spare, viz: |
the surplus products Of the West, and Charles. |
ton is unquestionaby the nearest and
bost port through vince that trade can |
pass, open Mt all seasons OF the year, and |
on the shortest line between Cincinnati AMI |
that immense body Of consumers. Charleston |
is also the Dor; through which Ciucinnau can
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