Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-06-12
CUMBERLAND AND OHIO ROAD.

CUMBERLAND AND OHIO ROAD.
Annual Meeting of the Stockholders
at Louisville Yesterday-HOw the
Work of Construction is Prog ress-
ing.
The stockholders of the Cumberland and
Ohio Railroad held their annual meeting
in Louisville on Monday, and the proceed
ings are given by yesterdays Louisville
COTier-JOmndi.
Mai. E. F. Falcomet, chief-engineer of
the road, submitted an elaborate report,
from which we make the following extracts
calculated to interest citizens along the
line of the road as projected in this State:
FROM NASHVILLE TO GREENsBURa.
On the second division, from Nashville TO
Grensbufg; work has been going On for
about year, in Summer county, Tennessee,
north of Gallatin. The short tunnel on
Tennessee ridge is nearly completed, and
the longer one will be in about one month.
1t is to be presumed that the road-bed from
Gallatin to the State line can be completed
by the LIST of December next. In the latter
part of last year, the work between the
State line and ScOttville, Kentucky, was
let to responsible contractors, who will
probably complete that part of the line by
the LIST of December next. Several sec
lions have lately been let between Scott
vile and Glasgow, Kentucky, and probably
the line from Glasgow to Gallatin will be
under contract this summer.
The end of this year ought to bring about
the completion of all the graduation and
masonry of SO miles in the second division,
which would make an aggregate Of one
hundred and fifty-ive miles ready for
bridges and track on the whole road or
more than one-half of the whole distance
from the Cumberland to the Ohio river.
THE SPARTA BRANCH TO CHATTANOOGA.
This line has, since some time, been pro-
iected as a branch of the road from Camp
bellsville, KY, by the way of Columbia,
Adair county, and huntsville, Cumberland,
county.
Below Burksville the line crosses the
Cumberland river opposite the mouth of
Raft creek, and ascends the valley of the
same and over a ridge into the valley of
Sulphur creek, and reaches the State line.
There this line woHld connect with the
chartered and surveyed Southwestern Rail-
road, now the Sparta branch of the Mem
phis and Charleston Railroad. This line
was also surveyed as one Of the routes of
the Cincinnati Southern Railway. 1t
crosses Obey's river and Iron creek and
ascends Wiley's fork to the Highlands Of
Tennessee, extending along the western
base of the Cumberland mountain, passing
through the town Of Livingston and near
COokville and Sparta
At Sparta the lines for TullahOma and
Chattanooga diyerge. The first follows the
located and partly graded line of the South
western Railroad to McMinnville, which is
the terminus of the McAIinnville and Man.
chester Railroad, operated by the Memphis
and Charleston Railroad Company to Tul-
lahoma. The Chattanooga line, as surrey
ed for the Cincinnati Southern Railway,
south of Sparta, Tenn, crosses Calfkiller
and Caney Fork rivers and ascends the
Cumberland mountain by Cane creek val
ley and descends the same by the valley OF
Brush creek into the Sequatchie valiey,Eelr
Dunlap.
1t crosses the Tennessee river at the
NarTows, ascends the river valley, crosses
Raccoon Mountain, and follows the Nash
vile and Chattanooga Railroad route to
Chattanooga. The distance from Camp
bellsyille, byiColumbia and Burksville, to
Chattanooga is two hundred and eight
miles. The map shows this line from
Madison, Indiana, to Chat anOoga, Tenn.
to be very straight, and the whole distance
from the Ohio river to Chattanooga is three
hundred and twenty-three miles.
EXTENSION OF THE MAIN LINE SOUTH OF
NASHVILLE.
formerly the idea has prevailed to ex-
fand tho rod south Of Callafin via als
non, Murfreesboro, Lewisburg and Pulss-
ki to Florence, Ala, and to that effect the
county Of Marshall. in Tennessee, has ac-
tually subscribed, by vote Of the people.
the sum of S200,00O to the capital stock of
the Cumberland and Ohio Railroad Com
pany.
AT Lebanon, Tenn, or at some point
between Lebanon and Nashville, rail con-
nection could be secured with Nashville
by the Tennessee and Pacific Railroad up
on this route.
assuming the completion of this road to
Nashville by one or the other route,
Southern extension TO Florence, Ala, Gas
the most suitable point on account of rail-
way and bridge accommodations there),
either by way of Triune, Lewisburg and
Pulaski, through the counties of Davidson.
Williamson, Marshall and Giles, or else
through the counties of Hickman, Lewis,
Wayne or Lawrence, is suggested.
"The first route would PASS about half
way between the Nashville and Chatta-
noOga railroad and the Nashville and De-
catur railroad lines, through the center of
the Limestone basin of Tennessee, very
productive and thickly settled part Of the |
State, IN which, in addition to the Marshall |
county subscription, probably enough stock |
could be obtained to grade the road to the |
Alabama State lire.
''The second route, following the Nash |
vile and Northwestern railroad to the Vi |
cinity of Harpeth river, and thence passing |
through Hickman and the other above
mentioned counties, would pass through |
the heart of the great iron region for dis
lance of about fifty miles.
at is presumed that each county ira
Sersed by this line would subscribe more
Or less stock to grade the roadbed.'