The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-12
SOUTHERN RAILROAD PROGRESS
What the south is Doing in the Way
of Railway Construction.
from the Railroad Gazette
VIRGINIA.


This seems beggarly account, but
it is nevertheless true that there mas
been unusual activity in construction
during the past year in this State. The
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poto-
mac company has very nearly COM
Melted a short extension of its QuanticO
Branch to the Potomac at Quantico
Landing; the Alexandra and Freder-
icksburg road has been graded and
made ready for quick completion
considerable progress has been made
i'm an extension of the Washington
and Ohio road from Hamilton to Win
chester, the LyncAburg and Danville
road has been graded for large part
of its length; and the preparations have
been made for the construction of
other important lines.
Winchester q Strasburg. : Com
ple.ed frcm Winchester southwest to
Strasburg, 10 miles, forming an eX-
tension of the Baltimore and Ohio's
Company's Shenandoah Valley line.
cay = WEST VIRGINIA.
Cheapeake and Ohio. = Western
Division completed from the terminus
of the road at Huntington, on the Ohio
river near the mouth of the Kanawha,
eastward 10 the mouth of New river
at Charleston, West Virginia, ninety.
eight miles. .s- r. -.
a. NORTH CAROLINA.
We think that one or two short
lines have been completed in
this State. The names and locations
of which we have not been able to
ascertain. Preparations have been
made for the construction OF line
from Salisbury Southeastward TO
meet the Northeastern road of South
Carolina Some grading has been
done for lines which extend westward
from the line between Danville and
Charlotte, and there are rumOrs that
means are secured for the completion
OF the road across the mountains to
East Tennessee.
Chatham Railroad from
HAYWOOD (twenty-nine miles SOUTH
west of RIleigh) southwest fifteen
miles to Sanford, on the Western rail.
road.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Port Royal Railroad.-Track laid
from the deep water terminus at Bat.
terry Point, on Port Royal Island,
northwest IL miles.
Wilmington, Columbia and Angus
ia. A branch was constructed from
Sumter west 10 Columbia, AZ miles.
GEORGIA.
Besides the construction noted be-
low, a number of lines in this State
have had a considerable amount OF
work done during the year. The most
portant of these, perhaps, is the At
Ianta and Richmond Atlanta and
Richmond Air Line, on which a large
amount ofgradins has been done, both
in Georgia and South Carolina. A
considerable portion of the Brain
bridge, Cuthbert and Columbus rail-
road, from Columbus southwest, has
been graded, and also the Brunswick
and Albany, between Albany and
Eufala. Grading has been commenced
on branch of the Southwestern from
Albany southwest to Blakely, and on
other roads.
Brunswick and Albany.-Track ex-
tended from Willicoochee, 100 miles
west of Brunswick, west to Albany,
~ miles.
Cherokee Railroad.-Track was laid
on this railroad (late the Gainesville
and Van Vert from the Western and
Atlantic railroad at Gainesville south
west to Van Vert, % miles.
FLORIDA.
A very important contract was
made last summer for the completion
of the Jacksonville, Pensacola and
Mobile westward about 200 miles,
entirely across West Florida, whose
traffic it will be able to carry. Work
is i'm progress on this line.
Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile.
Track extended from Quincy west
- miles.
ALABAMA. H.t.
A number of lines had sections
completed, or very nesrly so, at the
close of last year, and il Is possible
that some of these had part of their
track laid in 1871. The most I'M.
portant of the lines completed Is the
Alabama ard Chattanooga, which
completes the shortest existing line
between New Orleans and New York.
An important line in progress, with
considerable grading done north of the
comp,eted section, is the South and
North Alabama, which will complete
a short North and South line from
Lake Michigan to Mobile and Pen.
sacola. General Forests. Selma, Ma
rion and Nemphi=" road has been
graded nearly across the State, and
was to be completed to Columbus,
Mississippi, by this time. A very long
line nut under contract lately is the
Mobile and Northwestern, most of
which, however, will be i'm Mississippi.
Very little progress, so far as we can
learn, has been made with the Mobile
and Alabama Grand Trunk or the
Selma and Gulf.
South and North Alabama.-Ex-
tended from Calera (62 Miles north of
Montgomery north "a miles to a
junction with the Alabama and Chat
tanooga road at Birmingham.
Mobile and Alabama Grand Trunk,
Track laid from Mobile north 20
miles.
Tuskegee Railroad liue of three
feet gauge completed from Chehaw
southwest to Tuskegee, five miles.
LOUISIANA.
New Orleans, Mobile and Texas
Completed from a point opposite New
Orleans up the Mississippi to Donald
sonville, 81 Miles.
TEXAS.
The lines completed in this State are
chiefly important and promising. The
International will be probably be the
longest within the borders of any
simple State. The Houston and Texas
Central will soon be completed to Red
River, opening mail communication
between Galveston and Kansas City
and the Great Lakes. The construction
of the Texas Pacific is likely to be COM
meneed during the current year. Also
a connection will be made with rail-
road across Louisiana to New Orleans,
which is very much needed
Southern Pacitic.-Extended from
Hallville west TO Longview, 10 miles.
Houston and Great Nortbern-Co Com
pleted from Houston north, 65 miles.
Houston and Texas Central.-Fx-
tended from Kosse north to Corsican-
ma, IS miles.
Western Division extended from
Burton west to Austin, 30 miles.
International. = Completed from
Hearne, on the Houston and Texas
Central, 100 miles above Houston
northeast to Jouitt, so miles.
ARKANSAS.
The work done i'm this State is dis.
appointing. At the close of 1870 there
was a large mileage on several differ.
ent lines nearly ready for the iron and
the completion of the Little Rock and
Fort Smith, the Little Rock, Pine
nrloops ond con.