Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-05-04
RHEA SPRINGS LETTER.
The Cincinnati SOutbern-GOod Luck
Fishing, &c.
RHEA SPRINGS, April 3Og1879.

Fishing, &c.
RHEA SPRINGS, April 30S1879.
Mr.. EDITOR: If you had been
here yesterday your heart would
have been in your stomach, or
mouth, just as you please. A party
CT the gentlemen went a couple of
miles down Piney Creek for a fish.
As they took a party of handsome
ladies along, and any amount Of
good victuaIs, no one thought the
fish they caught would amount to
much, but ali were agreeably sur
prised when they came back with
thirty-eight pounds of frst-class
game fish. One jack-fs weighed
sixteen pounds, and the largest
trout weighed four and a half
pounds. Only few weeks ago
another party caught jack fish
weighing thirty-two pounds. The
fishing here is undoubtedly very
good, and many fine trout have
been caught in the last two or
three weeks.
The Cincinnati Southern Rail-
road is slowly moving up this way.
On last Saturday night the track
was in a 1000 feet of the Soddy
mine road. Want of cross-ties has
delayed them very much. They
will cross Soddy and make about
three miles this week. 1t is ex-
pected to reach here about the mid
die of June, and certainly by July
1st. From here to Emory they can
lay track very fast as the ballast
will all be ready and ties on hand.
They should average one and half |
miles a day from here to Keegan's
Tunnel. The people of this place
have subscribed $1,000 towards
erecting a depot at the nearest
point, about two miles, and now
called Spring City. When finished
the Cincinnati Southern Railroad
will certainly be one of the best
roads in the world. 1t will be no
trouble for trains to make forty
miles an hour in few weeks after
it is completed. The ballast under
the ties is six inches, deep and after
the track is laid more is piled in
to the top of the ties and thorough
oughly rammed. The tressels and
bridges all have guards, so that in
case of a run off, the wheel is caught
on another rail. Cincinnati is al
ready bidding for the trade of this
section and after the road is COM
pleted Knoxville will have to look
out or she will lose it. Three Gin
cinnati drummers have been here
it the last two weeks. Last night
we had 7. o. Teller, of O'Conner &
Co and Mr.. Payne, of Knoxville and
three Nashville drummers, all in one
night. There are two stores in the
place and one at Spring City.
Some excitement has been stirred
Up in the iron mining business Of
ate, from the commencement of
work on this side of the river. Here
.ofore no one on this side would
ease because the royalty, Is cents,
paid on the Southside, was not deem
ID sufficient, but lately DR.. Aber-
lathy & Sons leased the ore on
heir farm at twenty-five cents
nI work has developed a vein of i,
cry superior ore over six feet
hick. Messrs. Hill & Tarwater y
hink there is over three thousand
ons to be gotten above water level.
1t this and other mines on the
outh of the river over one hundred
ands arc employed. The ore goes
0 lockwood, to Chattanooga and
south Pittsburg. It keeps one
teamboat busy towing the barges.
The proprietor of the Springs
ere is receiving letters from per-
ons all over the South as to sum-
ler board. It is evident that many
a the South intend this year to flee
1 advance of danger. =
1 as pleased to learn yesterday
nat our mutual friend, Maj. Jas. a. .
.eagan, of Sweetwater, is to come G
ack on the G. S. R. r. again in the
ngineer corps. As you and {
now, there are few better mel in 8
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