Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-27


trade Of the South. The West has the
breadstufIs and provisions, while the South
has the cotton and sugar, with outlets to
foreign countries that may be made valu-
able feeders to the arteries of inland COM
merce. Cincinnati has her projected road
extending through Kentucky and sweeping
past Chattanooga on the coast. Louisville
(not strictly Western city, thought has
control of line reaching down to Mont
gomery, and she is looking with wistful eye
over into the port Pensacola. "Due South"
comes down the cry from Chicago, which is
urging the building of an air line from that
city by way of Owensboro, Kentucky, to
Nashville, that she too may reach the Gulf
and the seaboard. The Chicago Tribune
says this route possesses great claims to the
consideration of the citizens of that city.
This enterprise has been laid before promi-
nent railroad men of Chicago by Mr.. Jas.
c. Rudd, of Greensboro, Kentucky, and is
meeting with much favor. The Tribune
says:
"Chicago is already connected with Vim
cennes by way Of Danville and Terre Haute.
The links to be completed are seventy
miles between Vincennes and Greensboro,
and portion of the route between Owens
boro and Nashville. The advantages of
this important proposed railway connection
will be seen at glance. OF the large and
wealthy agricultural region, of which Ow-
ensboro is the centre, much is already
known, and of the benefits resulting to
Chicago from direct connection with the
great Southern railway system, and centres
OF trade, it is not easy to write too glow
ingly. As 10 stage of
completeness, the line between Greensboro
and Nashville is entirely completed
TO SIoude City, thirty-six miles from
Owensboro, the track is laid from
Stroude City to the State line of Tennes-
see, the road-bed is graded, and ready for
the ties, and thence to NASHVILLE, thirty
three miles, it is untouched. Work is pro-
crossing theoretically all along the route,
| and there is little doubt that the cars will
be running between the two termini within
eighteen months. The company pushing
this great enterprise is largely composed of
Greensboro capitalists, and the tobacco
counties interested are assisting literally.
The distance from Chicago to Nashville by
the proposed through line is 440 miles. At
| this point it touches the center of the great
Southern network Of railroads, radiating
to all parts of Tennessee, and the northern
parts Of Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia,
a vast district, having Loundless wealth in
cotton, most of which goes to the East and
to Europe"
While these movements have been going
on, st. Louis has been at work in earnest,
and already has two lines of railroads to
the South, which she is shortening and per-
fecting for more rapid transportation and
still larger trade. The st. Louis RepubL-
can makes this report:
"Now for the southern railroad connec-
tions from st. Louis. First, then, we have
the st. Louis and Iron Mountain connect
ing with the Mobile and Ohio railway east
and the last named line has connections in
Tennessee with the Nashville and North
western at Union City; with the Louisville,
Nashville and Great Southern at Hum
boldt, and with the Mississippi Central at
Jackson, Tennessee. At Corinth, near the
southern border of Tennessee, there is
connection with the Memphis and Charles
ton railway. Thus by this route we have
direct rail connection with Memphis, Mobile,
Grenada, Jackson, Canton and New Or
leans and general connection over the
various intersecting lines with all the princi
pal cities of the South. By means Of the
recently completed Arkansas branch of the
Iron Mountain and the Cairo and
Fulton railways there is direct connection
with Little Rock and points along the Ar
kansas and White Rivers, which streams
are very seldom blockaded by ice, or OBJ
strncted by low water during the winter
season.
But the most important of the railways
between st. Louis and the South is the st.
Louis and Southeastern, extending via
Mount Vernon to Evansville, and on from
Henderson TO Nashville. The only draw
back to complete realization of all the ben |
efits to be derived from this line has been |
the want Of transfer facilities between EV- |
ansville and Henderson, break of about |
twelve miles. The company, 'loweYer, are |
supplying the deficiency at this point, and |
with cradles and transfer barges, almost |
ready for use, will soon be able to transfer |
one hundred cars per day. But the diff |
Guilty On account Of the break at Evansville |
is likely to be provided for in another way. |
The company is building short piece Of |
road-about so miles between Shawnee
town on the Ohio and Madisonville,
there connecting with the road from
Henderson, and reducing the dis.
lance between st. Louis and Nashville,
Tenn, from 319 miles to about 200 miles,
making almost an air line route between
the cities named. There are about % miles
of this Shawneetown and jacksonville road
already graded, and 1T is the purpose of
President Winslow to push the work for
ward to an entire completion during the
present year. By consulting a map it will
be seen that the removal of the obstacles
which have hitherto interfered with the
traffic over this direct southern route will
bring s.. Louis In connection with the
great southern centres of Nashville, Chat
5anooga and Atlanta, besides affording IA
cilities for close connection with the rail
road systems of Northern and Central
Alabama.
ave, therefore, conclude that what is
most needed by shippers at st. Louis a.
present is a filling up the gaps or breaks in
he st. Louis and Southeastern road, both
It the Shawneetown and the Evansville
|
ielay at these points removed or obviated,
We can see no good reason why the atten-
ion of the citizens here should not be di-
'ected toward any project of building a
lew road TO Memphis, or any other South
,rn point, as has been suggested by con-
temporary, since it is believed that the
Dads we have named would afford ample
ABILITIES for the transportation of all the
reights offered Curing the seasons of low
water and ice blockades in the river.
sit seems that it would be better to en-.
courage the controllers Of the roads men
Toned to complete and fully equip their
oads to meet the demands of business here,
ather than enter upon new enterprises.
We really do not need road to Memphis
It present, if only the existing roads are
,rought to a proper condition to be used 10 ,
heir utmost capacity"
SUNDAY IN BOSTON.