Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-03-17
Ras,road Mention.


By reference to our telegraphic dis
patches il viii be seen that an accident oc-
cnrred yesterday on the Evansville, hen
derson and Nashville Railroad, caused by
the high water washing away q portion OF
a trestle over West Fork, short distance
this side Of Hopkinsville. No damage oc-
CURED further than is mentioned in the
dispatches, though it was rumored about
town, yesterday evening, that the whole
train of cars had run off the track and that
only three passengers had been left to tell
the tale. So much for rumor with her
thousand tongues
Three lengthy arguments were made
yesterday in the Chancery Court in refer
ence to the plea in abatement filed by the
Memphis, GAINESVILLE and Louisville Rail
road, an extended report of which is given
in another column. The great railroad
suit, however, is branching out into so
many manifestations, and is progressing SO
tardily that, like an Alexandrine verse, it
''drags its slow length along" and will
continue to do so for some time to come.
Capt j. S. Woodford, for many years the
road-masteI of the Louisville and Nash
vile Railroad, has received the appoint
ment of the travelling agent of the Green
Line Company, with headquarters at the
Stubblefield House, Atlanta, Ga. The
''green line" has trains on the Nashville
and Chattanooga, Louisville and Nashville,
Nashville and Northwestern, Western and
Atlantic, st. Louis and Iron Mountain,
Georgia, Selma, Rome and Dalton, South
Carolina, Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta,
Atlanta and West Point, Western of Ala
bama, Macon and Western, Macon and
Brunswick, and Atlantic and Gulf Rail
roads. Capt. Woodford is required to
pass over these roads at regular periods,
70 see that the cars are properly used.
He is the very man for the place, and if
the whole country had been searched,
better selection could not have been made.
A square box arrived by rail yesterday,
from the South, and while at the Louis
vile depot it was the subject of much COM
ment and inquiry. 1t was said to contain
the body of man, in seven pieces, and
was to be shipped to Cincinnati We
were informed that the box contained The
remains of man who was passenger on
the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, a
week or two since, and who, while under
the influence Of liquor, in endeavouIing to
pass from one car to another, had missed his
footing and fallen upon the track. 1t is
said that the entire train, except the en-
CINE and car in front, passed over his
body, horribly maDgling him, and causing
instant death. His body had been inferred
near the track, but his friends ct the
North, hearing of his sad fate, had sent for
his remains, which are TO be taken to Gin
cinnati, in which city, or i'll its vicinity, We
are informed the unfortunate man had his
home.
The Milledgoville Record says the Ma
con and Augusta road is doing a splendi d
business.
1t is stated that several Of the railroads
OF Illinois paid more the past winter to
clear the snow from 'hsir tracks than they
originally paid for grading.
The Mobile and Northwestern railroad
has secured the services Of Lewis Troost,
Esq, as consulting engineer.
Considerable damage has been inflicted
upon several railroads, and the running
time of trains materially interfered with by
the heavy rainfall of Wednesday night
Among others we note the fact that several
of the trestles on the Nashville and North
western Railroad, between Johnsonville
and Mckenzie, have been washed away or
displaced from their positions Some parts
Of the road-bed also, running through the
lJwlards, have been inundated, impeding
the passage of trains. Owing to these &C.
currences, the trains made no connections
yesterday. A force has been put to work
repairing the damages, which are not very
serious, and the trains will resume their
regular schedule time to-day or tomorrow.
Mike HALEY, an emplOye of the Louis
vile and Nashville Railway Company, fell
from the platform at North Vernon station
Wednesday, and fractured his hip-j Joint and
left arm near the shoulder.
Mr. r A. Bacon has been appointed
General Northwestern Agent Of the South
and North Alabama Railroad, in Louisville.
By the completion of the link from
Coleva, on the Selma, Rome and Dalton
Railroad 10 Montgomery, Ala, the route
via Dalton and Coleva is the shortest and
quickest route to the South, and is des-
tined to become the great hoiougbfaTe.
A Railroad Convention YVES held In
Vicksburg Wednesday, having il view
the enhancement of the interests and the
securing of the success of the long con-
templaied railroad between Canton and
Yicksburg. The special committee of the
City Council Of Alexandra, to whom the
matter had been referred, have held a
meeting, and determined to report to the
next meeting of the Council a resolution
giving the Washington and Richmond
railroad the right of way through the city.