Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1872-02-23


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line 10 Norfolk will materially check
this course of shipment, and attract
to Louisville, as a depot, a large
share of the grain of Indiana. Illinois,
and Missouri,
BY this line the overland portage
from the great fails of the Ohio to
Eastern navigation is shorter than
by any other line, the distance from
Louisville to Ilynchburg being only
511 miles, where the railroad touch-
es the James River and Kanawha
Canal, leading to tidewater. At
;.ynchburg we also connect with the
Lynchburg & Danville Railroad,
which will put is in communica-
tion with the railroad system of
North and South Carolina.
HOW THE LEBANON BRANCH WILL BE
HELPED.
BY the completion of this line the
Lebanon branch of your road. which
cost $1,000, 900, which now pays no
dividends, and which as yet is only
an unimportant local work, will be
converted into productive financial
Investment, becoming the main stem
of yO;:l' Louisville & Nashville Road,
81 part Of one of the most impOr-
tant ralToad lines of the continent
~ exteh,,iIg this branch to Cumber-
Ian, Gar, it will not only connect
there viii The Virginia Road TO Nor
folk, and t.,us with the entire railroad
system of Virginia. but it will cause
the completion cf the road already
commenced between Cumberland
Gap an Mo-ristow forty-oae miles
il lea gt'i. T.,;s correction will
place your city il rect cOmmunica.
ton, t,,i.ug.'l NJ r,stown aud K -
vile. with tie State of Georaia.
Soath Carolina, and Mt Carolina,
and la, by reaching Gu 'berland
Gap, yoa will open up the markets of
four States for your manufacturers
a"d for your pork and other staple
products.
TRADE 20 BE GAINED.
The opening of the L.. e will bring a
l. &C POI zion OF The trade Il those
co'Li.es o. VI. ,inia west Ga the Ale
"a: y suo..I., VIZ: Mon tgOmeTy, PG-
!aski, Wv.he, s rvlh, TaZeweIl, Car
Ill, G.aysoh, " asDilg.On, E.Issell,
Wise, Sco,. ald Lee, to Louisville.
We til: Tx the hogs o. LCe, Scott and
Wise Counties will Ue sent here for
sl,ughier, The people OF that very
fihe a d 3rOsperO,.s region Of country
WI purchase here he 'inituTe which
t,:ev row buy at Richmond or Dalti-
moe, of north ~ i.lal..facture. Mill
machinery, c... ages, hardware and
CASING will aisI be tought here, and
Louisville VIII find, i'll that quarter
new anG .sIciitabIe customers Ter ma
NY other o.. i.er nOGucts.
This line will also furnish direct
and cheap transportation, to The 9ra-
Zing farms OF Kentucky for the
Which we have : e:haustable sup
ply Il SGny,h and Wash. .agJOh Coun-
t.e.j, GlUg giving new stimulus &c The
&ITe-Gy prc@..e.O s g-Iz' 9 lie -'ests
ot t,!Ose po: .Gns g -o"r late Til uLa-
~ to It's ro,l anu D .ouisvl;e.
The IaGge quantity o.
V4.yEEC LADS
In Virginia cnd sosGo DoTtions ct Ken |
lucky open az attractive I.eid for I'M |
IN :: a.; and surely there cn"ld
Q no more layo ale To.ht !. L che |
Ian ing of cop .. iIaLi. 4. t., es-
.scia!ly Grring The vi - :..Jii,hs,
i'm No .I':, o. = favOraO iiae
O railway 5yf Heir Lransl o-tatiOn than
Du-. will be between NORFOLK and Lou
isvi:le.
THE MINING INTERESTS,
Both s., coa. and iron, whic; will be
opened up along its Inc, by this road,
grant labor. and fo' ihCse whose desii- !
isrille wi! be IGsor2JIe poi: I from |
which to seek uliii.ig.e homes in every
direction.
PE.sGAI4JN. |
We have thus pTeseIied what seems |
10 US to be he leading coneidera!ions
which shou ! simulate y j:r city 10 |
promnt action in this imror ant mat |
ter. o. her and stronger arguments |
VIII occur 10 yC1r intelligent mind. |
We are here asking nothing for our |
DWsf CO Dry. we CbIuO O1.tlllls5 W
e ns;Ilc5 nearly twice as much road in |
V g;nia as we cdii ,.HOE you to con- !
:. ,uct in Kentucy. We propose to
lay out twice As much money on our |
size OF the State line as we call upon |
you 10 lay out on your side. We do |
not press you 10 DO anything; but |
meaning to have an outlet to the West,
and prefering 10 come to your city, we
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nitely whether or not you will meet US |
1t the Cumberland Gap, and when.
If our mission fail now, it will never |
be renewed. We must push on west /
ward without delay; and if we are not
o join hands with Kentucky and Lou
sviiie, we must do so with Tennessee
md Nashville.
We are respectfully,
Your obedient Servants,
r. w. HUGHES,
CHAS 8 STRTNGEEIIOW