Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-01-13

| uictduCe CAu III D6 30 CU6aply pdSscu no
on the line you have selected where
the entire chain is cut by the French
Broad River, down which your line
runs @ al
sWhelkjt Is taken into consideration
| that the Western States are consumers
OF every article exported by the states
of North Carolina, Virginia, South
! Carolina and Georgia., and when 1t Is
| further considered that these states
are large consumefs Of all the produc-
/ lions Of the great West, the import
| anee of furnishing a direct rail connec-
tion between these two sections, so de-
| pen dent upon each other, must strike
| all who ref ect upon it as D matter of
| great concern to the people of your
entire State. @
/ repeat again, there is not single
article exported by the State of North
| Carolina OF which the West Is not a
consumer. f-a,
In order to showthe adyant ages to
be derived from the prompt construc-
ton. of your road, / will state that
from Chicago to your own port at
Wilmington, when your road is con-
structed, the distance will be only 8S4
miles, while from Chicago to Balti-
more the distance Is $50 miles; from
st. Louis to Baltimore the distance is
go miles st. Louis to Wilmington
the 0istan ce is $50 les.
The distance between Louisville and
Baltimore and louisville and Wis
mington is practically the same.
Thus you will see that even your
seaport city, which is of course further
from the West than any OF your in
terror country, is reached on a shorter
all rail line than is' the far famed city
OF Baltimore, which has made such
strides ia building up foreign grain
trade, and / see no reason WHY Will
mington may not rival her in this
business. .as
The advantage OF distance is OF course
very much greater TO all your interior
country than to the seaport, and your
road must command an immense traffic
in the productions of your State, which
will seek market in the West, and
give to her people greatly increased adj
vantages for marketing their prodlic-
tions. r..
l feel warranted In stating that from
the great benefits which will be de-
rived by the people of your State, of
commercial character, that you would
be justified in the construction of this
road, even if it never paid d liar up
on the investment. do not, however,
hesitate to say that the road, when
completed. will not only paw upon the
investment, but will become to the
State of North Carolina what the
Western and Atlantic road il to the
State of Gee rgia-a great source of
reyepue-as il will b. the short line
connecting the immense population of
the Northwes with the Eastern At
Iantic seaboard. To be convinced of
this IL ia only N acessarv tn look at the
tahla of cornSarstjve distances which
shows that evary citv IN the sasboard
hetween NorfoiS and Charleston will
And vopr line its shortest outIat from
tho Atlantic coast IN the North wast
II ia fonnd in the eynarianoo ~ roll.
FOOD r,an tbot ,oaJs oarr,,;,r, tyas,ar,,
nro1I,os 90 ,,oar,,Soo,nrs, - a. w.,
~, rao;on - H. 1877 80 au ~.
bao,, tha ,1rodnoto ~ 80 S",,tSSa ans
faI'Is fnroets ga ,,oi,1aa - tbo 49,
r1,ost haro ,,aintainnd 7. ,,,,,nb Ioro,ar
o,,d ,,ore -a,Snno,ariy,o ht,s;,as. Is,
CIV ntbor eiasa 80 ,oada ga - ~
ars ~ danrassion thr"n%h NJ, ~, nc
have rassed thev have haen ahio 70
nresarpe thair ravenre or n,nob
biSher standard ,han roo5s ,hat rai;od
II nnn carving cotton tn Tho Eat ond
hrinoina RacS n,srnhandiso II, ratnrn
tn tbe Nest, Yonr road will enjoy a
large share ~ the nrovision trsffic fron1
the West tn the Atlantic seaboerd and
i'm return nust aend Immense unantt-
ties NJ naval stores cotton ana other
nrodncts from the Atlantic States
As am Informal. won have now
overcome the pbysical difficulties
which were in vanr nath east of Ashe-
Vile. and will have built vour road
early in the spring to that point. We
are here for The purpose of ascertain.
ng definitely at what time we NAV
expect your company to construct the
| remaining portion OF the road TO Paint
Rock, and to assure you that the Lou
isville, Nashville and Great Southern
| and the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railroads will commence the
construction of the links between
Louisville and Knoxville, so as to
have a continuous line from the city
| of Chicago, via Louisville, to the
| Southeast Atlantic States whenever
you shall have laid your last raj be-
| tween Asheville and Paint Rock.
/ deem it unnecessary to say more
upon this subject, and feel that in the
remarks / have made upon the inn
portance OF this connection I have
been only repeating the ideas that
have occurred to every intelligent
man who has given the subject any
thought.
am not surprised that the State of
North Carolina should have under
taken the construction of this road, in
oil nF tho hopofi to ia ara IN