Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-09-08
Is safe to say be is blinded by preju-
! i. That tie Cinoihaati ssoashern

9 safe TO say be is blinded BY preiu- |
lice, viz: r,wS cw0 gosoA
l. That3t the Cincinnati Southern |
Railway is not only wen constructed, |
iut economically also-at cost of
500, 100000. 49,, -ooJ
Q. That, the increasing Settlements
and resources of the country, along
the line we'll warranted the citizens
Of Cincinnati in seeking to secure
direct connection aud participation
therein. i a-1 "a ~ = "a - 81 s~s
8. That the road was honestly
Quilt, and if as we'll managed in the
future as during its ihcipiency, 1t will
prove not only self sustaining, but
source of revenue to its owners, the
taxpayers Of Cincinnati.av e TEE
And then, when We call TO mind
the political significance Of the
potent connecting link between the
northern and southern portions of the
union and notice the9great rsyste ms
of railway, in either section, , which
The Cincinnati Southern is the very
unbibical cord, $50 as toyspeakl,ct is
we'll discerned that it serves forever
as a band Of union. the force of which
can not be estimated. It'll well rec
objected that during the civil war,
when Gen. Burnside desired to trans
port men and munitions from Point
Isabel where thefG. Ssnow crosses
the Cumberland river to Knoxville,
that commander urged on the governs
ment the necessity OF building a rail-
way between tie two points, as a
measure OF economy. Cincinnati has
since supplied the want, and it is
hoped he-anoble work may never be
needed save to foster and promots the
arts of peaee.T / vy NuA
Some of our readers4nay ash, w by
| cumber this page OF the Gazette with
a disquisition on the Cincinnati
| Southern railway? But moments
reflection BH gsaftice> tefsHggests that
the three Ieadsng Sinterests Of Sppi
| country-agrienltare, nianufaetaree
and commerce-are each and al
mutually dependent, In one sense
they form the tripod on which is sus'
tanned the prosperity Of the land
| Farmers, manufacturers, and miners
are the producers of the country
wealth merchants are Che distribu-
| tors. It is best that the direct inter
ests Of each class are sspar ate, thong
tue motto Of tue Union, Z Pluribu!
Unum should be that of all. Because
tue greet distinctive indus ries OF on
people are various is the best warran
for the prosperity of all. And thus
when we discuss the topics of thi
spirit with our agricultural read er
we are addressing them asSpertln e nj
! ly as though we were meotibg tt
copies of planting germipatsen, talage
stock raising, or any other stFct.
bucolic theme. a q
| SPEAKING OF STOCK RAISING
A days halt at the Cumberlan
coal mines, few miles south Of th
Cumberland river, and q tramble
eight miles on foot through the Wood
and among the defles of that reglo
reminded me of the impressions mad
in 1866, during a protracted sojoul
among the Tennessee mountains {
that time. Altheug the civil war ha
i. but just closed, and the recesses
those. alpine Businesses had bee
foraged by contending armies; y
there were thousands of cattle, shee
and hogs subsisting on the vildyinni
! and heritage which up-sprang spor
taneously and fourished for the SD
D .sistence of the brute creation whe
e the Footprints of civilians seldo
+ penetrated. The considerable nrn
l.. sbers and fine condition of the catt
and swine which ranged tar rough {
r woods were pro6f positive ofthe al
y agitation Of s,the regieIsteallse zsto'
|" husbandry, and ofthe justice of Pr
d Killebrew speeuiiar rscentiobserv'
8 ions on the subjects which, We ] "a
# recent, y commend ed,to the aattenti
a of readers. .sI9dvva
n EYEEBU~ e WALDEN RIDGE, ~ 81 5
q as is is extensively known, is a, contir
. Iousr mo untain, the 9seatheaste
, boundary of the Cumberland syste
. c-ossingD the, state Of Tennessee dla
!; ona,ly, and, extending from sout
= !, western Virginia nearly to the G6i
= gsa line. The tide of this ridge fyi
u toward this Salley-is rich IN iron OF
" ~ and Goals, which for ages to come y
70 afford the, bases Of industry. q
~ wealth. The. furnaces founded TIVE
u years ago at Rockford, and the @
T. mines developed there and velsewh'
y toward the .Clinch and Tennes
: valleys, above and below that plla
already given to Chattanooga the Oh
ST acter of the Tennessee Rittsburg
in and opened a vista of increasing pr
is perity delightful to contemplate.
n daily accommodation train on
b. Southern railways kept busy ha
ng ling the cars of pig iron, coal
of coak.sent from this Astounding distr
er and returning passengers and go
he intended for, it, It is. safe to pres
~ that new manufacturing focus
er beabuilt up there, ION the isoih foH
ia alton already laid, sThe aGiE 3
SIC ng4Ha VALLEYS afsjof fHE i :itfpEE T EESEssEr
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