Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-11-28

Change Of Gauge Of the Western
North Carolina Railroad.

see has tiken place, aud | have not
seen any net ce OF il in any OF our pa-
pers. The gauge Of the Western
North Carolina railroad, which will
next year meet the Morris )wn branch
st Paint Rock, has always been 4!
while the road t connects with t.
Richmond, Norfolk, Newbern, and
Beaufort, n. c., is feet, and all the
Tennessee and Olher southern roads
are feet, as also the Cincinnati s uah-
ern and Louisville and Nashville.
You can readily see that this Change
will give the East Tenn essee, Virgi LA
and Georgia railroad another route t)
Norfolk and Richmond, new one to
t1e famous harbor of Beaufort, n. c.,
and another route to Columbia and
Charleston, 8. G. For tAe informae
| ton Of your readers, L give you few
| figures Of distances:
From Knoxville to Raleigh, n. c.,
will be $50 miles.
From Knoxville to Greensboro, N
c., will be 270 miles.
From Knoxville to Salisbury, n. c..
will be 220 miles.
From Knoxville t, Charlotte, -vis
Salisbury, N. c., will be 260 milee.
From Knoxville to CoIumbi via
Salisbury, n. c., will be $40 miles.
From Knoxville to Colum bia, vii
Atlanta, now 466 miles.
From Knoxville to Charleston, vi.
Salisbury, N. c., will he 500 miles.
From Knoxville to Charleston, vi.
Atlanta, now 5l8 miles.
From Knoxville to eeacoa>t at Beau
fort. 495 miles.
From Knoxville 10 Richmond, vi.
Salisbury, 459 miles.
From Knoxville to Richmond, nov
via Bristol, 4Gl miles.
It is very evident that by tlis roa,
will be opened new and large marke
for our coal.
The Pennsylvania b.tlninous coal
travel from
ClearfieId to Philadelphia, 265 miles
Broad Top s. 249 ''
WestmOreiand 1872 /"
West Virginia to Baltimore, 301, 80
and 355 miles.
} West Virginia t. Richmond, 295 t
328 miles.
On the other hand we have the mag
netic iron ores of Madison county, n
c., reaching Knoxville in 100 miles
, and the ores Of Cooke county in
miles. 1t seems to me that the chang
of gauge OF this road and its compile
ton, which is now certain, will be c
immense benefit In building up on
, mining and manufacturing indus
tries. HE C.
GOOD NEWS.
, | Cincinnati Gazette: The followin
special dispatch was received fror
Richmond. KY, last night: HoI
George II. PeDdleton, William Erns
, ESQ.,, president of the Kentucky Cen
| tral, and l.. Alexander, tf Pari5, KY
committee appointed by the direct
ors of thu Kent Icky Central to confe
with the citizens of this county in r,
3 gard to what aid might be expecte
q from Madison county In the construC
ton of that road from either LexiDe
ton or Paris through this place, tt
connection with the Knoxville brancl
which latter road is to be extended
once to Knoxville, Tenn, were he
to-day, and met committee Of Cit
= Zsns at the court house. Views wei
u interchanged in regard to the p!oposs
(. extension. The plans Of the KeI
= lucky Central having been fully e1
planned by Messrs. Pendleton an
p Ernst, these gentlemen stated that tL
j road was to be extended and at q
/, early day, and they desired to kno
g what Madison county would do.
& number of citizens also addressed tt
!, meeting, anu it was generally agree
:, that the people CT this county wouI
y be willing 10 subscribe 5000, 900
~ stock. The feeling here is that tt
! Kentucky Central will be ext ende
south, and that work on the road WI
!. begin as soon as the spring opens. I'll
r Richmond and Three Forks railros
Q is also to be built from this place
Il Beattyville, in Lee county, a contra
q to that effect having been alreaC
q signed by the president of that con
II paDy and the Richmond aud SoutI
's wee tern railroad. Work will be begu
also on that enterprise in the spring.
g KNOXVILLE AND AUGUSTA sURvE7
!, Maryville Index: We are indebte
y to col. T. J. Saunders for the follow
- ing interesting news:
- Mr.. Smith, member bf the eng
neering patty at work along the line
Il the Knoxville and Augusta railros
following the Little Tennessee rive
was in Maryville on last Monda
n Starting at the Georgia boundary, f
teen miles south of franklin, n. {
and twenty-five miles north of Il
Atlanta and Charlotte Airline roa
the corps has come forward in this 6
rection some seveLtg-five miles al
ID are now about twenty five miles fro
Is our place-in fact will soon emer
| from the mountainous to the op
!. country this side Of the Chilhow
- range.
Il; Tue work is being prospected deli
n erateiy, evidently with the intep til
" of knowing exactly the feasibility
= the route and what difficulties are
- be encountered in the way of gradin
% tunnelling, bridging, etc., inspiril
- tho belief that it is The intention to i
stitute early action which will rest
in placing Knoxville and Cincinn,
in connection with the deep water
the ocean at Port Royal
Mr.. Smith says there will be b
% few bridges and only one tunnel
= any magnitude. AS we understo
70 him, the latter will be about folty.f fl
miles from Maryville and three tho
= sand feet, or re- sther more than half
= mile in length. The maximum gra
IL is but forty>two feet to the mi
g This being the case. it will be rece
ia nized at once as being superior in Il
ar respect to any mountainous road
tn the country, and verifies the asserti
IL often made that the true route to
south from this region of country a
the Ohio river is along the Little TIE
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