Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-09-08
PEEP IN TENNESSEE.
By the Agricultural Editor of the
Cincinnati Gazette.

editor of the Cincinnattig Gazette;
= CHATTANooGA, Tenn, Aug. 1e.-l
Tue CITY OF Clnclnnatti, in corpo- |
rate capacity, has completed lie ad-
ing work OF internal improvement of
winch any great community might be
proud-a work whichgwill endure as a
monument TO the patriotism, and pub
lie spirit of her citizens after the last
column Of the coliseum shall have
sank beneath the ashes of Rome, and
the Pyramids of Cheops shall have
been submerged by the sands of the
desert. W.
THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY,
from the midst of our own city to
that of the fuurjshing. Capital of
southeastern Tennessee is at last
completed 10y the finishing of the five
mile terminus from Boyce TO Chatta-
noogal and from this time forth the
volume OF traffic and travel from end
10 end will 60 ON increasing, thus
insuriDg the permanence and pros
perisy of the work SO long as this ma
ton endures or The world stands. 1t
is not merely a great metallic highway
binding the traditional sections of the
union In iiheoFs not STEEL but 1t is
another thoroughfare of commerce
like a y new ONO or Missouri river
tidetyed through the bowels Of the land
| to mlnlster;to the sggrandizement OF
/ vast Communities at each terminus
and between, adjacent and beyond,
doubtless so aong as grass may gro"
or water run.- We who have watched
the struggles which attended the for
tunes OF The road since the ferguson
bill was ingenlously contrived TO
avoid the qulrks and quiddllies of a
s.ultlfyipg stat econslitutlon, and who
have yearned 10 witress the compile
tim of this splendid achievement,
have cause to exclaim Io tEiumpue !!
and accord due honor to the project
ers, the builders, the trustees, and
the enlightened, far seeing portion OF
our CIT zens, who have voted every
time for tue means necessary TO carry
Toward and complete the work.
Those narrow observers who had mol
faith in the people sufficient to war
rant the belief that the latter old mol
understand their true interests, and
who therefore, at every step opposed
the work and would have smothereo
llt In embryo, may nov sink back g
] ~ oh
OF time to cause welcome forgetful
Iaess of their shortsighted hostility
But few months since, when the las
installmentOf bonds was called fol
many Of tuese men boasted, that they
"had always voted against The road,
prophesIed it would never be finished
L and were sure the bonds would Away
endure permanent debt on GU
municipality, Who could no" nnd
Z corpotarsSs nard of these prophets o
evil, though aided by sheriff and
pack OF hounds? Well there are al
way . such peopie N sYery large con
Inunity, and have been since and Ion
3 before Tue tragic deathspf Galilso. 81
y q Inquiry at the Office: IN Cnc innae
will satisfy every friend of the wor
that the road is already "a paying III
It ltutlon," and although the rates IL
/ passengers and freight are leasonab
I and cheap, the profits for all concerl
Z "a ares satisfactory. No judge
= railway work can, as / have, spen
fdftp 4eigbt Z hours Gin deliberatal
riding over and viewing theline. wit
II ont cqpeIudlng thats slT9 hER1
3 ofits Rnd ID the lftited Ststes, Or
j any other country, considering i
length, and the character of the coul
Try 1t penetra' es, Starting by sui
}. stantlal bridge over the Ouio raDgir
8 acrosssthe jsrky hills and valleys
northern Kentucky; sweeping ov,
: tue famed blugrass paradise Of Il
. central portion of that state; sca'in
d 6he, limestone cliffs OF herpatron nv
3 2 By the graceful and boasted Jahf
ID prldge = burrowlng under class
ID Kasga Monneaths and fitting by u
ut uappy and fourlshlpg homesteat
y north Of the Cumberland scaling Il
cliffs adjacent, and shifting Il
q hreezes ofgthe mountains so soon
ds you pass the / latter; catching
gsai stimpse O. the, cosl works at Gree
II wood, whichS G inaug uratep immen
er mining enterprises on thenroa
% ! penetrating the twenty seven tunne
IS and Jraversing the graceful bridgg
Fa and yiaducts which seem constant
occurring through the devious dehle
a now skiTting the borders of pictu
nsy esque river, on the opposite side
eGE wnleh rises abruptly q f''hesven r. kl
III h Ing hill !" now dashing into q mile
iial tunnel, blaek as aEfebus; at lens
emerging by the Emory Gap on0i i
its lovely valley OF the Clinch; ID
ar haltlng for supper at the new city
on Roe kwoedo where but, Rfteen. We
Iost ago was q furry field, Gbofaefed
SITS hosFya Walden's Ridge, .wlsh,rr
:ipt wealth of ores and Goals ;.then, IN
ms darkness, ru inning on to GhatSsaos
w. for most of the distance through
Is. corn ana cotton med oss ofEhe up
Il ! TENNESSEE valley. II any sensi
EY te5ssiverT can nske9this trip with
mn arriving at these three conclusions