The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-11-14
RAILROADS.

The Waco Tap will intersect with
the Texas and Pacific Railroad at
Fort Worth.
THE longest tunnel on the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Rai)road-oycr a
mile in lengths completed,
The South Carolina Railroad now
runs fourteen through freight trains
daily, and can hardly fulfill its en-
gagements.
OVER two hundred men are en-.
ployed on the North Carolina ltlil-
road, which will connect the ruil-
roads Mt Greensboro.
The Port Royal Railroad has been
COM leted from Augusta to the Sa-
vannah River. An excursion party
passed over the road on Tuesday
last.
THE contract for building fifty
miles on the Texas Pacific Railroad,
west from Longyiew, has been given
to Col. VIM. j. Budd. He will set
5000 men ut work at once.
For the first time in the history of
the Nashville q Chattanooga Rail
road, it is now shipping more
freight North and South. They are
carrying wheat from Middle Tennes-
see and coal from the Sewanee mines
to St. Louis.
The bark Wentworth, from Car
diff, Wales, freighted with nine
hundred tons Of railroad iron for
the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio
Railroad, is reported ut Hog Island,
in James River, below City Point, on
its way up to that destination.-Pe.
terSJurg Mdcr.
HoTaroN & TEXAS CEYTnAL.-It is
said that this company will shortly
commence the construction of the
Northeast Branch. This branch will
begin at n point on the main line in
Navarro county, and run through
kaufman, Hunt, Hopkins and Delta
counties, to Paris, in Lamar county,
II distance of about one hundred and
twenty miles.
MEMPHIS & LITTLE RoCE.-The in
clined plane on the Memphis side of
the river having been completed, the
first train Of cars from Little Rock
vas transferred across the Missis-
sippi by ferry,boat, October T.
Hereafter all trims will start from,
and II to the new depot on Wash
ingtOn street, Memphis.
The Flyton, Corinth and Tennes-
see Company proposes to build a
road from PIttsburg Landing, south
west, about 100 miles to Birming-
ham, Alabama. The line, which
has been surveyed, passes through n ,
country rich i'll coal lands, but as ,
yet almost entirely undoyeIoped. s
A WRITER Of repute has calculated &
upon the average, every 500 l
miles of railway adds $l20,O00,0 900 l
to the national wealth, which t
s enough to pay the interest of the t
rational debt. If we call the addi- Ii
ion, however, but half Of this
estimate, or $50, coo, 900 per c
the result would be satisEac. s
Dry enough to all reasonable peo- +
,le. 7
RAmEoAD CoNDUcroR's CONVENTION. Il
The Railroad Conductors Life In S
urance Association recently had a D
and imposing convention at D
louisville. The report of their pro- ',
'eedlngs show II prosperous and D
healthy condition in financial affairs. Il
The Grand Secretary reports the re- I
at $l47,32l, "A, aud an cxpcn- S
Of $l38, lOLl5. The different +
roads and divisions represented, t
number 2l4. The members were 4
sustained in Il most hospitablo man !
ner by the city, and had "a good /
generally. The following is 7
.he list Of officers elected for the en- "
suing year: q
Presidont-James Marshall, of the S
Hudson River railroad. t.
First Vice President-J. G. Cor
nick, of the Illinois Central. b
Second Vice Presidential. Spain C
Jay, of the Memphis and Charleston. o
Secretary and Treasurer-Joseph t.
3. Culbertson.
Executive Committee-Jos. w. @
Edward Morell and Isaac n. A
Iorner. !,
To deliver tho next annual address 81
j. +. Redmond, of the Southern o
'acilic. !,