Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-16
OHIO AND TENNESSEE.
The Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Eighty Miles OF she Line OF the Road
L.Ocatesi-Contract ON Kings Noun.
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mence at Once.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer, Dec. Is.
The Trustees of the Cincinnati Southern
| Railroad. after two days deliberation, YES
terday awarded the contract for the con
struction of the tunnel through King.
| Mountain, in Lincoln county, Kentucky
| They also located about One-foIuth of the
| line of the railroad.
The line located takes The Burnside mil.
| itary route, well known to railroad enein-
| GERS. Commencing at South Danville
Boyle county, Kentucky, it passed. through
Lincoln, Pulaski and Whitney counties &c
| near Chitwoods, ON the Tennessee Statelin
The distance is between eighty and eighty.
five miles, or abOut one-foJlrth of the en-
tire route. After leaving South Danville
it passes in Lincoln county two miles west
of Waynesburg, and in Pulaski scounty
through Somerset. 1t crosses the Cum
berland River at Point Burnside, and
thence follows the ridge line to Chitwoods,
on the Tennessee line.
About the middle of this line is Kings
Mountain, the contract tor the tunnel
through which we shall speak of fur
ther along. This line in no part has a
GiduC VI ONOl my iSOO W JliC 1Oo Vi
ovation varies from eight hundred to about
twelve hundred feet above tide water, or
about five hundred to eight hundred feet
above low water in the Ohio river. South
of the Cumberland river the line to the
State boundary follows ridge nowhere
more than twelve hundred feet above the
level Of the sea. Parallel ridges, some OF
them within ten or twelve miles of points
in this line, rise TO the height of twenty
five hundred and even three thousand feet
above the sea. 1t goes through timbered
land and through the heart of the coal and
iron regions. There can be no longer any
doubt as to the direction the road will take
for the next seyenty-five or eighty miles
south through Tennessee. The Burnside
survey is the only possible continuance of
this route. 1t is the middle route, and
has better grade than any of the four or
five other surveys made. SIT passes within
| thiIty-tive miles Of road already built TO
Knoxville, and can easily connect with
that. The Louisville and Knoxville road
is in operation to withinten miles Of the
Kings Mountain tunnel.
The contract for a tunnel through Kings
Mountain, complete, with approaches, in
Lincoln county, Kentucky, twelve miles
south of Stamford, was signed, sealed, and
delivered late yesterday afternoon, the
the award being made TO Bibb * Tabler, OF
Lexington, Kentucky. The total cost OF
The work on the engineers estimates OF
quantities is $4,000. Tie contractors
agree to receive in payment currency bonds
at par or currency, at the option of the
trustees. The contractors are to commence
work on or before the 22d day of Deem
Der, 1874, or within ten days Of the sign
ing of the contract.
The time in which they agree to finish
the tunnel is eighteen months, or about
July l, 1875, and the trustees are confident
that they viii have the entire road con-
structed by the time this tunnel is COM
pletcd. The contractors have all their
machinery within forty miles of the work.
They contemplate working from both sides
of the mountain, besides working both
ways from one, and perhaps two, shafts let
down through the mountain. One hum
bred and sixty men will be employed at
once, and all the time as many men as can
be worked to advantage.
From the Chattanooga Commercial Dec. II.
Now that the Immediate building Of the
road is no longer question, the route by
which it will approach Chattanooga be-
comes an interesting one. The choice
seems to lay between two, one OF which
crosses the river near the ROane Iron Com
pany's minis, and strikes the valley at the
foot of the mountain, not a great distance
above the Suck" the other to run up tie
river on the south side and cross over about
eight miles above the city, near Tom
Crutchfield'S farm. Each route has its adj
yantagcs and disadvantages. The former
is said TO be about three miles farther,
while the latter and shorter route will re-
quire a considerable amount of trestling
along Chicumauga Greek. The former has
one advantage outside of distance and cost
Of construction worthy of consideration.
The Crow coal mine, almost i'll sight of the
city, and the purchase of which, for devel-
opment, by gentlemen of Ohio, we noticed
a few DAYS ago, is located very near
where this survey will pass. The sup
ply of coal i'll this mine is said to he
inexhaustible, and of the finest quality,
and the location of the road on this route
would enable Chattanooga to obtain coal
at rates as cheap as it could possibly be got
anywhere in the United States. Think Of
an inexhaustible supply Of coal only eight
miles from the city. and within mile or
TWO Of this road, and Of the boundless sup
plies Of iron ore in every direction, Of easy
access, and imagine, If you can, the posi-
bilities of Chattanooga as a centre for the
manufacture of iron. Pittsburgh has
grown immensely wealthy upon the indus
try although her supply Of ore is imported
from Lake Superior at a cost per ton OF but
little under the cost Of producing ton Of
iron here. The people Of Chattanooga are
quite enthusiastic, but they have not yet
dreamed of all the advantages their city
possesses, and Of the wealth that will at no
distant day be accumulated here from
them.
From The Knoxville Press and Herald, Dec. II.
The line has been finally located from
Danville to the Tennessee line. From tins
point southwark, the route has been agreed
on, but the exact location Of the track is
vet TO be determined. This is called the
Chattanooga road, but although it will be
pushed with vigor, its young citizens may
be old, before the line reaches that village.
This line will pass within from eight TO
twelve miles Of our old Kentucky route,
and will of necessity, be tapped as soon as
soon as it reaches that vicinagc. This Will
give vent TO the commerce Of the North
that is urging for a Southern passage. Then
the road will be completed, not as neceS-
sity Of commerce hut rs a work Of leisure.
We say to the citizens Of Knoxville again,
as we have urged before, we will soon be
in ten hours ride of Cincinnati and Louis
vile. Don't wait coldly for the connec-
ton, but meet the mountains, and help the
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