The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1873-04-11

Iiminary rcbost 10 the Trustees Of the Cincin
natl Southern Railway. The report has NJ
doubt proved interesting 10 the peep'o alonN
the line q The various surveys, who have In
dulgcd in speculation and calculation Of OBJ
chances for final location Of the road on th'
route which would prove the most conduciv'
to the material welfare and commercial pros
pcrity Of that section Of country In which
they we're more directly interested. This re
port though not furnishing the data irlu
which anyone may DO enabled to say, wild
much assurance Of being correct, what surve,
will be selected, nevertheless sets forth paicn
reason. why va may regard the more eastern
and western lines as practically abandoned
Taking, for example, the Cooper creet
route" known in the engineers report So The
Kentucky Central, Paris, Richmond, Copper
creek, and military survey, the distance from
Cincinnati to Chattanooga is 3794 miles
being I've miles in excess Of the length Of the
most western line, which had, previous to ths
submission Of the report, been abandoned a.
not sufficiently meritorious to justify 4 de-
tailed description. Added to this great dia-
lance Of the Copper creek line are the heavy
rool, works to be encountered on it, southern
extremity. the heavy grade on the ascent from
the valley Of Dix river to the highlands, the
numerous bridges, a tunnel Of eight hundred
feet in length, AMI the fact that the mineral,
which was supposed to afford encouragement
for this route, is regarded by the engineer az
too thin to I've worked.
/ The most western route shows distance Of
3747 miles. This is commonly known as the
Danville and Sparta (renn) survey. The
most favorable course between these two
points was surveyed in 1853, and passes
through the towns Of Columbia and Burks-
Will The broken region Of country through
which this line runs, surrounding the head
waters Of Rolling Fork, snd which is some.
what a series Of spurs Of Muldrough's Hill
causes considerable DETECTION from straight
line and neccssitates an increase Of distance
while the heayiness Of the work is only partly
diminished. The fact that the engineer
makes no report Of his survey on this route
further so.h than the Kentucky line will
show al once that it is not deemed practicable
when contras,ed with other lines Of less
length and lighter work.
The Georgetown, Versailles, lIarrodsbury,
and Danyille line was surveyed by the ridge
route, and, in the matter Of distance, may pos
sibly claim degree of attention from the
Trustees which 10 not justified 10y the grade,
rsyines, trestles, rock cutting, tunneling, and
bridging which are to be encountered in the
construction Of the road on this route. The
distance is favorable, being but fraction in
excess Of 500 miles The bridge across the
Kentucky river, at the point crossed by this
survey, will, however, prove a serious obstacle,
and nccesfitnte the expenditure Of greater
amount Of money than at almost any other
point. l, will have to be los feet high and
900 feet in length The maximum grade is
50 $40 feet per mile. Near the point OF the
crossing ther. will be four tunnels, six high
tre-tlss across ,hsrp ravincs, from So to ls5
feet high, and from 400 to $40 feet long.
Without attempting to collate the disad-
yantagcs which manifest themselves in many
of the projected lines, il is enough to say that
from the r,port of the engineer II ia main 10
he aeon that som. one of lie central snrvevs
will furnish the location for this erca. trunk
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