Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-22

| length. From the State line to Nashville
| good line can be had the distance about
| "a miles. Col. BevieF, our Vice President,
| is now canvassing the counties of Robert
! son, Sumner and Davidson, in Tennessee,
and am satisfied we can get local aid there
| to the amount of eight or ten thousand dol
lars per mile. Nashville, l am satisfied,
| will take stock with US as far as she is able,
| becauss her intelligent citizens must see at
once that her only chance to become
| great city is to make herself the radiating
centre for the Southern system of railroads.
1t is the determination of the Directory to
run their road direct from the State Line to
Nashville, for which they have a charter
from Kentucky and have applied for char
ter through Tennessee. Our principal North
ern connection is with the Cincinnati and
Rockport road, now in course of construc-
ton, and which will be finished during the
present year, running from Mitchell, on the
Ohio and Mississippi road, to ROckport.
This road will afford us a connection with
all the Northern and Northwestern roads,
at Mitchell. ROckpOrtis on the Ohio river,
and is eight miles due north OfOwens6Oro.
We have 2l5 miles of road in operation
from Owensboro to LiveImore, on Green
river, and we have a steamboat in Green
river which brings a great deal of tobacco
and other freight over our road. It's about
a hundred miles from Livermore to the
mouth of Green river and forty miles from
the mouth up to Greensboro, which makes
the river equal to branch road of 40
miles in length. Green river tobacco goes
mostly to Louisville and by
shipping over our road from Liv-
| ermore to Greensboro, VIC save
~ Ls,,I-
ship this spring $500 h0gsheads of tobacco.
From Livermore to the crossing of the
Elizabethtown and Paducah Railroad, Is
miles, the grading is done and the iron has
Just been purchased and viii be laid by
May l. This will give us Louisville con-
nectioh, and also a connection with Padu-
cab. a fine iron bridge over Green river
will be completed in the course of ten days,
at a cost of 100000. The entire road,
from the crossing of the Elizabethtown and
Paducah road to the Tennessee line, is
under contract and will be ready for the
iron within this year, with funds in hand to
pay for the entire work. The funds arising
from stock subscriptions will be nearly suf-
ficient to do the entire grading. We cross
the EliZabethtoWn and Paducah road 3733
miles from OwensborO, the Louisville and
Memphis road II miles from Owens
borO, and we also cross the
Edgefeld and Kentucky Railroad,
giving us a connection seine 6 miles
less than that road. These roads give us a
connection with Memphis, New Orleans and
Nashville, and with all the radiating roads
South. Our road is the straightest in Ken
lucky, not departing from an air line at any
point over one mile. Our maximum grade
is 66 feet per mile, and our maximum curve
is 6 degrees. By examining the map you
will see that Greensboro, Russellville and
Nashville are nearly on an air line with
Chicago and Mobile. l am certain bridge
will soon be built over the Ohio at or near
Owensboro, for which a charter has been
obtained from the present Legislature,
when we will have all rail from the Lakes
to the Gulf, and by route so very direct
that we need never fear competition. A
company is now formed to build road from
Evansville to OwensborO, a distance of 30
miles, and when the MadisOlville and
ShaWneetOwn Short Line railroad is COM
pleted, the shortest that can be built con-
Meeting Nashville and st. Louis, which
gives a direct connection with St. Louis,
making the distance from St. Louis
to Nashville by this route, as short as any
that can be obtained. The road from
Mitchell to Rockport also crosses the New
Albany and st. Louis Air Line, about So
miles north of Greensboro. Our road passes
through the counties of Daviess, Mclean,
Muhlenburg, and Logan, which counties
raise and ship about 10000 hOgsheads OF
tobacco, and also large quantities of corn
and whisky, and we control the trade of a
rich country that annually ships over %, 900
hOgsheads Of tobacco In Muhlenburg we
run for Is miles through the best coal IN
Kentucky, and almost ineXhaustible guam
tity, and no other road can ship, either to
the Ohio river or Nashville, in near as short
distance as ours. We can reach the river
i in 35 miles and Nashville in 20 miles. AL
J along the line is to be found great quanti-
! ties ofthe finest white oak, poplar, walnut,
} and ash timber, and limestone and sand
stone quarries are to be found,
unsurpassed in quantity and quail
} ity. especially the white lime
stone of Logan, which is susceptible of q
polish almost equal to marble. The report
of Robert Owen, State Geologist, exhibits
( the fact that Muhlenburg is filed with the
2 finest iron ore. Our road will cost, when
completed, about 81, 100000, and we have
= already paid out on the. road, and have or
! hand, from county subscriptions, to be used
/ in the counties subscribing $l,2OO,OOt
in cash. This gives a very fan
E showing of finances, and the sale OF
4 our mortgage bonds will complete what
f I consider one Of the best roads in the whole
country. We have donated to us lands fol
= depot purposes, and also about 5000 acres
/ of valuable mineral lands lying close to the
{ line of our road. Our Board of Directors
consists of James Weir, President; K. 5. Be
A | vier. Vice President; and Robert Browder
| George R. Bib, S. D. Kennedy, j. W
: Belt, D. NJ. Griffith, and Cam
den Riley, Directors, all of whom are
=. wealthy gentlemen, living along the line o.
: the road-engaged in the business avoca-
! tons of life, perfectly responsible and rella
BILE. who have the best interest OF the enter
4 prise at heart, and who are determined tC
= push it to as speedy completion as posi-
: BILE, During twenty-five years experience
q in public works, have never seen the
y finances of an enterprise better managed
E than this. All of our bills have thus faI
e been met promptly, and our company owes
no man a dollar, and consequently Oul
. credit stands No. l. Our county bondf
f have all brought good prices, and nothing
: has been sacrificed. This is owing to the
= Iarge experience of Mr.. Weir, as an able
e LAWYER. a banker, and excellent fnancier
r and his deep interest in the welfare OF TIT
e road, Yours respectfully,
n EDMUND TURNER,
Y Engineer and Superintendent.