Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-12-09
RAILROAD NEWS.

A NuNBER Of Nashville merchants hsVe
zone 10 st, Louis on an excursion Utd the
Evsnsyille. Henderson and Nashville,
and the st. Louis and Southwestern rail-
roads.
THE Nashville Banner Of Thursday
SAYS: wilnsm PeDdergrast, who hss
been yard-msster at tbs Chattanooga de-
Dot for the past fifteen or twenty years,
1ss severely injured yesterday morning
bv having his thigh crushed between two
cars, which be was endsaVorlng 70
couple"
A DISPATCH FROM ST. LOUIS says the
Kansas Pacific reilwsy, which has boon
blocked by snoW, is now clear from X an
sss CITY TO Cheyenne, and the Union Pa
rihc mails are coming over It from the
west, Mid winds and sunshine have set
eled the snow so that there is no further
danger Of drifting.
Az OHAHA DISPATCH says that five
passenger trains from ths west arc snow
bound at Laramie ststtOn. Trains nom
the esst have arrived st Cheyenne, but
the road is still blocked on the summit
between Laramie and Cheyenne. The
temporary winter bridge across the Mis-
souri, river st Omsha is completed.
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF the Chica-
On Continental and Baltimore railroad
eoppaay were filed with the secretary OF
state OF Indiana yesterday. The Indians
portion OF the proposed line will run
through the counties OF Lake Porter, La
porte. stark, Marshall, Fulton, WABASH
Kosciusko. Wells and Adams, distance
of one hundred and slxty-hTe miles.
Capital, s, 600, eco.
TEE Shreveport Times states that 8
letter has been received from Governor
Mitchell, inclOsing g letter from Hon. X
s. Sterns the chief manager OF the Mis-
souri. Kansas and Texas railroad now
running to Fort Gibson, assuring the
governor that that management VIII use
an their infiusncs in favor Of the early
completion Of the OklOhams railroad. in
order to get speedy connection with New
Orleans, VtG Shreveport.
THE work OF laying new iron on the
NASHVILLE and Chattanooga railroad is al
nost completed. Only small gap now
remains to be closed, when there will not
he a fner and safer road in the United
states. The new rails have been laid
down in a thorough msnner and the road
put in frst-clsss condition. Trains easily
run 70 Murfreesboro, distance OF thirty
two miles. in ffty-three Minutes. There
are few roads in the south that viii sd-
1nIt of that time being made.
AT the last term Of the chancery courl
at Athena. 3 company, known IS the
ssKeotuckv. Tennessee and Georgia rail
road onpsny," was incorporated 70 Guild
construct and equip 8 railroad through
this State. beg nnlng at the Georgia line, a
or near DuektoWn, IN the county OF folk
in the State Of Tennessee, and running
through the counties Of Polk, GcAinn-
by and near the town OF Atbens-koane
Morgan, Scott and Fentress, 20 the STAT
line of Kentucky, in the direction o.
stanford In said State
Of dofr
November 16sh, ssys that dealing IN
American railroad bonds sre yet OF I
Iimfted charcter. Some Of them have
besn more inquired for, however, such as
Central Paci6cs, Missouri extension
Onaahs. and st. Louis Southeastern. The
Quotation were Central Pacific, s75S; Mis-
sour Pacific, u; South (MissouIi) Pacific
1S; California Pacific, Sc; idem EKtenslon
eSx idena State Aid, 50; Kansas Pacific
Al. Orecsn and California, 731z; st. Loui
and Southeastern, 75H; New YORK snt
Ogwego Midland, s2Zi Bockford anS
Rock Island, As; Union Pacine komans)
sOh.
pRoRARLR that the Nashville ana
Dooatuv railroad viii be taken possession
~ Nv the Louisville and nashville Eall
road company before the day agreed upol
IN tbe terms OF the lease, July l, lSlz
According to present lncicsbionss an ~
chanee VIII possibly be made by the mrs
Of January. The Nashville Banner no
tioes that the disabled engines Of the roa'
are being sent to Louisville Tor repair, sn'
that an inventory is being taken Of IN
machinery, tools, etc, In the car-snops
Nashville. Five new passenger coacne
for the road are being built a. LouisVliie
and viii be ready by Christmas. Al
rangements have been already made VIII
the Nashville and Chattanooga rstlroal
managemsDt for the traI sfer Of cars from
the Louisville to the pecasur depot, b.
Wey Of the connecting nestle.