Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-06-05
THURSDAY, JUNE 5. 1879.
RAILWAY CONNECTION WITH
LOUISVILLE.

We recently called attention to
what we consider the feasibility of
an early railway connection be-
tween the city of Louisville and
Knoxville. That such an enter
prise is very desirable, and that Its
completion would contribute largely
to the prosperity of the two terml-
nal cities as we'll as to all Eastern
Tennessee, we take it will be unan-
imously admitted. 1t would give
us all the benefits that could be de-
rived from a connection with the
Cincinnati Southern Road, Uia the
Knoxville and Ohio Road, to Chlt'
wood, and a great many additional
advantages. In former editorial
we showed that it would cost less to
construct a road from CareyVille,
the present terminus of the Knox
Vile and Ohio Road, to the State
line. where a connection could be
made with the Knoxville
branch of the Louisville and NashN
Vile road, than it would to build
the road to Chitwood, to connect
with the Cincinnati Southern. We
also mentioned that the President
Railroad Company Company mas ASSURANCES
from the city of Louisville of tel
thousand dollars per mile to com
plete the Knoxville branch to tn
State line. We know that the en-
terprising gentlemen who contrC
the Knoxville and Louisville an
the Knoxville and Ohio roads Wi
not be slow to see the advantage
that must accrue from the compile
ton of the link connecting the tw
roads.
Some of the more far-seein
business men of Cincinnati hay
been studying the situation, an
readily see that by little effo
and at an outlay below what tt
Cincinnati Southern Road has a
ready cost, a system of roa'
can be constructed which W.
prove the most impOrtal
to the northwest of al
vet built. A correspondent of Il
Commercial calls attention to t
presence in that city of gent
man connected with the shippil
interests of Port Royal HarbC
which is known to be one of I
best deep water harbors on the A
lantic coast. A company repl
scented by the gentleman in qu'
ton is to open regular lines
steamers with Liverpool, Marsaill
South and Central America and I
West Indies, by next August
September, as soon as the colt
and grain seasons are open. I
correspondent in question ur;
upon Cincinnati to take steps
once to secure a direct trade W
the countries named, ria z,
ROYAL, and shows how much nea
it would be to reach those mark
ria Port Royal than New 70
he adds:
IF Cincinnati is deaf and blinC
her own interest, Louisville will v
likely not be sO-and her own Lot
willie aud Nashville Railway Co
many, one Of the most successful a
wealthiest railroad corporations of
South, having direct connection "
ST. Louis aud Chicago, and all o
the West, Southwest and NorlhW
and having possession of the Lo
willie and Knoxville branch, of WI
only sixty miles are to be compile
south OF London, Ky, to com
through with Knoxville, Tenn, WI
sixty miles will cost less and car
sooner completed than the ninet'
mile branch to connect the South
Railway with Knoxville betW
CbitwoOd and MoTrOwville, and if
Louisville and Nashville Rail-
branch reaches Knoxville before
Cincinnati Southern, as ii will be
case, said road can connect with
cinnati via the Kentucky Central,
then by its reaching Knoxville,
distance between Cincinnati
Port Royal RaTbOr, Cha
ton, Savannah, Brunswick
Augusta, via the Kentucky
trail and the Louisville
Knoxville Railroad, will be ne