Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-04-24
KNOXVILLE AND CHARLESTON RAIL
- ROAD.
The Road 10 be comprehensive broad
Gauge and the Marrow.


Col j. j. Patterson, President of the Blue
Ridge Railroad Company, arrived il this city
on Sunday from Nashville, whitherho had gono
b. pay over to the State authorities the sum of
$4,000, purchase money for the Knoxville
ndCharestonRailroad,b bought at the sale by the
Commissioners in this city. On yesterday after
noon, accompanied by DIR. JAS Rodgers, Maj.
Thos. o Conner, Col. Jno. b. Brownlow, Judge
Andrews, Il. Ii. Richards and other prom inent
gentlemen of this city, Col. Patterson vi sited
Maryville, the terminus of the road, making an
examination of the condition of the roadbed'
and bridges the entire distance.
He is fully satisfied of the great need of COM
pleting the road and the indications are that
vigorous steps will at once be taken for this end.
The people have been disappointed SO often in
ject, but they will be agreeably surprised to see
work commenced, and that soon, and within
twelve months the whistle of the iron horse
will reverberate along the banks of the little
Tennessee, while his avannt couriers, the piol'
and the shovel brigade prepare the way for his
onward course.
The point on the Little Tennessee alluded To-
above is about sixteen miles and the track will
be the same as that from Maryville now con-'
structed, and indeed its entire length possible;
to Anderson. courthouse, South Carolina.
The cost is roughly estimated at be-
tween five and six millions of dollars, but so
determined is Col. p. to run the road through to
its seaboard connection that if 1t can be done in
no other way he will construct a portion of the
line on the narrow gauge system. The corpo-
rntion he represents is amply able to finish what
was so ably. designed, but which heretofore
aside from the convenience it has been TO Knox
vile and Maryvile-has been a burden to tho.
people and loss TO the State.
The completion of this line will open the
trade of section attainable by no other means
and by rapid transit place the products of the
West Indies at our disposal in all their fresh
ness, taking in return therefor our surplus farm
Qngn hat tho
Charleston and Atlanta markets, which latter
has regulated our prices in the past. When tho
last rail is laid and the last spike is driven q
new era of prosperity will dawn on this section
which will be alike beneficial to South Caro-
lima.
Gard from DIR. Fairfield, of Newport,
Dr. G. d. Fairfield of Newport, sends us a.
letter, under date of April 10th, which is in
reply to Mr.. Ed. X. Halls account of DIR.
Nat. Lyle's surgical operation of last Febru-
airy, on Mr.. Powell Wright, of jefferson coun-
ty. DIR, Fairfield feels aggrieyed because Mr..
Hall leaves the impression in his letter that
he is a practicing physician, and that he had
treated this case up to the time of the opera
ton On the contrary DR.. Fairfield says he
mas not practced his profession for seven years,
and only went once 1.-TWO days before DR.
Lyle's operation) TO see the patient He went
then only at special request and without
instruments or any information as 70 the case.
il ana not agree to meet Or; Lyle, he save,
but on the contrary told Wright he probably
could not be there at the time agreed upon, for
he had no horse. He thinks tine hernia was not
as severe as represented, and that strangulation
was not complete
These are the facts necessary for his defence
and we refrain from publishing his letter in full,
as would only lead to a surgical controversy in.
which our readers would not be interested.
We do not think there was any intention TO mis-
represent DR.. Fairfield, as neither DR.. Lyle or
Mr. Hall would have any motive to do So
EDS CHRoNICLE.