Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-06-24
WORK On THE CINCINNATI ROAD.
Lively Times en- the Lines-I 500 Men
Pushing work and More coming.

Corespo ndence Knoxville Chrou Gle
KINGSTON, TENN,
June 18th, 1874.
The Cincinnati Southern railroad is
a reality. The importance of this
great work in its relation to the material
growth and development OF East
Tennessee can scarcely be realized and
now, during the progress of the work,
it stimulates trade and furnishes
ready and profitable market for abund-
ance of produce and, q, dear, how
our farmers on Clinch and Emory
rivers did miss il when they sold their
corn last spring for 55 cents and ship
ped it to Chattanooga. Now they could
double their money and sell it at home.
But if they can stand il can. How
ever, am DEPRESSING.
Mr.. Nichols, of Athens, Ohio, has
miles Of the road under contract and
i. working 20 hands.
w. H. Cox, Cincinnati, Ohio, builds
9 miles and is working about 100 hands.
Mahiney, Jepp & Co., of Frankfort,
KY, are cutting the big tunnel at New
River 2, $50 feet. They are working a
large force and operating in two places,
viz: driving from the lower end, and
sinking a shaft in the middle from the
top.
Il. G.. Huston. of Poplar Plains, Ky,
has three miles To build, and is work
ing seventy or eighty hands.
NcCabe Bros, Havre de Gra-. Md.
take seven miles for their share. About
sixty men are in their employ They
also cut a tunnel ! 40 feet long. Thi.
contract IL in Morgan county, about
twelve miles beyond Wartburg.
Cooper d Lineback, of Hamilton
nfxy nhfn n Nynrly inn ahnHrF IL ffx
men at Montgomery.
Hugh Carlyle, Of Gillen Station,
Tennessee, builds five miles including
three tunnels, and has a force consist
ing of $50 hands a work.
McCaDn d Higglesworth, Of Steu'
bensville, Ohio, have contracted Il
build two miles, also including two
large tunnels. Their force is consider
able.
Mcmahon, Gibbons & Co. are work
ing about 80 hands and have agreed
TO build two miles.
Thomas, Lucas x Co., Of Maysville
Kentucky, have taken five miles and
are doing business with $50 men.
Kerr & Scott from Mt. Sterling, Ken
lucky, puts four miles in readiness
and has a force of 100 men.
Fitzgerald, MalarOy and Flynn, O
CnarltOn, lOWa, take thirteen miles
and have just commenced with large
force.
NJ. J. Condor, Of Knoxville. Tenn.
agrees on three miles, and il hard a
work with a vigorous force.
There are thirteen tunnels 60 ! & Gu
this side of the Kentucky line, anC
much irregular, hard, rough, ragged
surface to level; but the work can an,
UiH be done. Nothing is impOssibl,
with the brains and muscle o
America.
Much indignation il manifested bl
all parties at the killing % Osborn,
railroad hand, by Capt, Glover, of tn
steamer J. T. Wilder, and the stranges
of all is, that so far as we have beef
able 10 learn he has never been brough
70 Justice or even arrested. Why
this? Shall a man be killed withou
prOvocation? Knocked i'm the heRt
With handspike, like a brute, and TIA
often der 20 Scott free? Passing strange
But woe betide the black man VIII
steals five or six pounds Of bacon I
satisfy his hunger. The whole com
munity will be summoned 10 arrer
him, and the county will be taxed fou
or five hundred dollars 10 send him {
the State prison.
Tuesday night last, the wife OF Rev
It. II. Russell was still living, but quit
low with pulmonary consumption,