Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-02-15
WEEKLY CHRONICLE.
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THE NEW LROAD&MOVE.'
Possibilities ETA Direct keute frem
Nashville to Knoxville and the Sc a

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According to the Louisville Courier,
journal. The A. NJ. & o Railroad was
sold last week to director fthe Louis,
vile and Nashville Road for SO 695,C0O
The Courier-Journl says: rszzss
The chief rivals, in its own territory, Of
/ tie louisville and Nashville road are, first
the Wilson-McGhee Cole combin ton,
extending from Memphis to. Norfolk via
the Memphis and Charleston, from v en-
phis to Chattanooga (31O miles, and via
the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
road from Chattanooga to Bristol COS
n,;lesl and from that point to Norfolk via
the A. NJ. O.. These lines have formed
tbrouoh route 10 Norfolk, and through
hills Of lading have been issued in re NJ EN-
nbis to Liverpool, and they drained The
very heart of the country tributary to tue
| /. and'N. system, touching Memphis,
Chattanooga and Knoxville. FIR M VEN,
| oh it has carried a large quantity of
| cotton to Norfolk, and it was in q eondi-
| ton to form an alliance with the sCincin-
natl Southern, under certain eontingen=
| cies that would be most formidable.
1t is plain TO see that the last coup was
| essential to the malutenance Of the IS
| cendancy of the L. and n. in the South
1t is not to be supposed that the L. and N
| will, or can, use the p wer thus gained in
an aggressive warfare against cole, Will
] son and NJ cGhee, but it places the Louis
vile road in a position to dictate the
| terms OF peace. Nor can one believe that
il will be used to divert trade from chan
nels to which it has grown accustomed
L. ,oSnn n ItIn nd
while it cuts its rival line in two it also
diminishes the possibility of the Cincin
matt Southern becoming dominant pow
er in the South.
| A dispatch from New York says: "Nr.
/ Newcomb, who appears have been the
| guiding spirit in this little trick. when
sked ii ii would not give his company
command OF the fed, replied Supp Sc
when we were getting through to New
Orleans had bought to Mobile, our Oh.
polents had bought the NJ obile and New
Orleans road, wouldn't they have been ia
command of the zsituation?' So while
The A ~ and o., from this view of The
case, will form no part OF the l.. and n
system, it was essential il should be in
hands friendly to the com pany
Butlt is to be remembered the Louis
vile system of roads is not complete, By
The first Of July, 1882, the knoxville road
will be finished. To stop at Knoxville
would not be Ill accordance with the spirit
of the times. After Knoxville, what?
From Louisville 10 Norfolk via Knoxville,
| Bristol and Lynchourg is a. shorter dis
lance than by any route Ibis city now has
to New Y TX. BY building connection
from Bristol to the north of Knoxville
would give the Louisville aud Nashville
control of the entire line rom this city to
the sea. From Louisville to Living ton
is 40 from Livingston to Knoxville is,
say, 10; from Knoxville to Bristol, 131;
from Bristol to Norfolk, 408. Total from
| Louisville to Norfolk. 789. From Louis
vile to New York, via the Short Line, is
about one hundred miles further. f a
direct connection should be made from
Bristol this distance could be materi lily
shortened. just VIII this amounts to
| cannot be known until more accurate WIS
is received from New York, but these
facts and figures max it evident that the
purchase of the Atlantic, Mississippi and
Ohio road by the Louisville and Nashville
Company, or by parties friendly to it will
have Il far reaching influence upon the
. entire railroad system of che South east of
the mississippi.
PROF. COTTON ON THE MOVE.
Prof IL Z. Cotton writes as follows tc
, the Nashville American:
| The announcement that the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad has bought tile
Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio, from Nor
folk TO Bristol, coupled with the fact tina
the Nashville and Cha atanooga Road viii
this summer extend is Lebanon branch Il
. Carthage, and perhaps further, woulG
Y | ip6ioatp hat Nashville NAV NOT opIv no ".
! route to new coal-fielos, to Knoxville
! and thence 70 Oh ,rleston, but also to tn
i SEA at Norfolk, and perhaps tap region
of East Tennessee rich in minerals ant
! greatly needing the advantages of raj
u road, Riding along the line of NJ
8 Falconets snrvey with one OF the bes
IS engineers of the day, we came to his ter
q mlnal point at Clinch River, two mile
4 north OF Clinton; and he remarked: 'Thi
q is a splendid line but can imagine VIII
s. he brought it here instead of INTO The 10 WI
q unless his idea was future extension t
i Bristol" At that time / did not kno
8 that such was his idea, bat the repol
s which he made to the president and direct
81 ors Of the lie nessee and Pacific roa
u recommends hit the charter be s
s. amended as "to construct railway on th
a IN st practicable route from Nashville to
8 point on the Knoxville and Ohio road nea
= Clinton, and thence to point at or ne;
q Cumberland Cap" and later adds that
Y should also include the privilege of MAX
81 ING the terminus at Bristol.
= A very tayorably route to Bristol -froI
s. Clinton can be had by skirting the caster
. face of Pine ride, the " hiteoak mofiDta
sS OF Ooltewah, and crossing Clinch moul
p tain where the Mocasin fork of the Hol
% ton breaks through. Hai Falconet est
So mates the distance to Bristol as 27S mil
b from Nashville, and N ashylle to Ne
as ioIh py tins route as 1902 miles. Anotht
q favorable route from Clinton would be
IS pass around the southern emf of ClinC
81 mountain, up the valley at its base, V
SD RogersVllle and thence to Bristol.
81 might be shorter than the other. but
ii would not develop the immense ouantiti
81 of iron ore in Pine ridge nor accommoda
Isl the persons now working the large dep
s* its of zinc in Claiborne and Union. mu,
10 more of which exists Untouched
To the strictly actical man this schen
u of road may appear Wild, but many pts
= that was thought much wilder has BET
az successfully accomplished, and is there
III railroad which can be built that would
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