Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-24
ANOTHER NEW TRUNK LINE
From Chicago TO the SeabOard.
Shortening The Route via Louis
Vflles
Louisville Courier-JoLTndl.

A Courier Journalist Yesterday, in con-
versatiOn with DR. Standiford, learned
from that distinguished and farsighted
gentleman that the consolidation of the
Chicago and Indianapolis Short Line
with the Louisville, New Albany and
Chicago Railroad would stimulate the
nearly SO as practicable, from Louisville
to connect with the network of railroads
branching from Asheville, N. c., to the
seaboard at Charleston or Wilmington,
and especially to the larger and more i'm
portant city of Charleston, which already
enjoys large foreign export trade.
With DR.. Standiford, to determine to
do thing, it is already more than half
accomplished, because he can bring to
bear on such projects almost unlimited
resources of means, added to his en-
lightened and far-seeing views, and his
indomitable will and force of character.
His financial views are always based on
clear insight into the results. and are
remarkable for their uniform success.
To form trunk line over the shortest
route to the seaboard from Chicago, via
the city of Louisville, is now occupying
the attention and deliheration of this
gentleman, and, when completed, will
not only be the shortest and cheapest
route, but will be the best paying trunk
line to the sea. 1t can be built at about
one-fifth of the cost of any route to the
sea coast
Two routes from Louisville to Ashe.
vile are practicable, one by way of
Pound Gap and thence via Bristol to
Asheville, where are met the important
lines already constructed to WILMINGTON
and to Charleston, The other, an air
line, would pass through Morristown,
Tenn, by some of the gaps through the
Cumberland hills, and would follow the
valley of the French Broad through the
Blue Ridge, and pass near the Warm
Springs.
There is already road in operation
from Morristown to g point few miles
from the Warm Springs, while from this
latter point it is only short distance to
Asheville, where it would connect with
lines to Charleston and Wilmington.
The line to Pound Gap will pass through
the garden of the bluegrass counties and
the great carhoniferous fields of Eastern
Kentucky, with an area of over II, 900
square miles, exceeding the area of the
Pennsylvania coal fields, or the entire
coal fields of Great Britain and Ireland.
In addition to these immense beds OF
bituminous coal, there is the largest area
of camel coal found in America, the
strata being very thick and of the best
quality.
This medico-thermal line is the hap.
piest conception of the railway mind
yet presented, and will on this account
be favorably received by shippers and
merchants, while to travellers from the
Northwest to the winter cities" Of
Charleston, Wilmington and Jackson
vile, it will afford every variety OF
beautiful scenery, mountains, rivers,
soil and productions.
1t is seldom that a large enterprise
commends itself so promptly to the clti
zens of the counties through which il
will pass, and it is believed that the en-
tire population of the Three Forks
country will have their sympathies en-
listed in this route. and move as one
man to secure its early completion