Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-29

Iron Superstructure.
80 miles clearing and grub
bing, s 1900 90
92S, ,470 cubic yards Of
earth work, 559,97l 90
9 800 lineal feet of trestle
and piling, AZ, $50 O0l
400 lineal feet of open
drains, l,G00 90
lis, 400 cross ties, 1910 90
sS57, ,O6I 90
Five per cent. for contin-
gencies, 1ISO2 %
Total cost ready for the
iron, 1914, ,S6S 90
With the road bed completed and
cross ties delivered ready for the su-
perstructure, we apprehend no diff
Guilty in procuring the necessary iron
and rolling stock to put the road III
operation.
As we are at present more particu-
Iarlv interested in the line extending
from Jackson to the Tennessee River,
1 will state that the prospective
means for doing the local work on
this part Of the road, are about as
follows:
From jackson, Tenn, 100000 90
+" McNairy county, 100000 90
!" Purdy, Gf the line
goes thro' the town 25,OOO 90
" Hardin, 10000 90
Land, local, and work, sub
scription along the line, $4,000 90
Louisville, Evansville, St.
Louis and along the
Tennessee River, $4,000 90
Total Subscription, 100000 90
II Henderson county secs proper to
subscribe 100000, We can run if
teen mile branch from the Junction
! of the main line, passing near, or
/ through Mifiin to Lexington, and
thus connect them both with Jack
son and the Tennessee River, inwhich
case Lexington would be at the head
of the track and the centre for the
trade of all her surrounding country,
and at the same time put herself on
the same gauge, in direct connection
with Jackson, the Tennessee River,
and the great coal and iron regions
of North Alabama. In case Hender-
son county should not vote thc..Sl00,-
coo, we can take the straight chute,
and save about two miles IN distance.
l Will now mention some Of the ad-
vantages resulting from the constrUc-
ton of the road from Jackson, Ten
nessee to the Tennessee River and
Birmingham.
Ist. 1t Will reduce the price of coal,
said TO be equal to Pittsburg, from
ten dollars, which we now have TO pay
/ for the best quality, TO four-fifty, or
certainly to not over five dollars per
ton. Take for instance the city of
Jackson, which consumes about 1000
tons per annum, and it makes a,differ-
ence of five dollars per ton. or year
ly saving to the people of that city
of $40. 600, which being the interest
on 1888, 1881, shows from this one item
alone, that she could afford to sub
scribe over $500, 900, instead of the
800. 600 asked for, to say nothing OF
: the commercial benefits which she
may reasonably expect to derive from
its construction; or suppose it saves
, only two dollars per ton, and gets coal
: equal to Pittsburg, that of itself
, would be saving $1,000 per annum, the
2 interest at s per cent on the 800, ,00(
| asked for, TO say nothing of the Othel
! advantages. The same argument vii
| apply with equal, if not greater force
t to all points on the line: Let theread
l er make his own calculations.
| 2nd. It Will reduce very much tn
! freight charges on merchandise, a
e the largest portion of the goods vii
: come by way of tire Tennessee Rive
: and Pittsburg Landing, and in con
5 sequence of the great reduction i
: the length of rail transportation. TIL
A.
steam boats are about the same to a