The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-05-11
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Cincinnati Commercial

Cincinnati Commercial |
Mr. John, G, Eve has addressed a
communication to the Cumberland |
ChrOIdcl2 advocating railroad con
nection from LOUISVILLE via Cum
berIand Gap to the Atlantic seaboard |
at York, Wilmington, Charleston and
Port Royal. He shows that Charles
ton is nearer to Louisville 1873 miles
by the Cumberland Gap route than
by Nashville, SO miles nearer than
by Knoxville and, Blue Ridge route, |
and sc miles nearer than by Knox
vile and Morristown that Charles.
ton is 158 miles nearer Cincinnati by
Cumberland Gap than by Chatta-
nooga. He says that the company
downing the French Broad route,
from Asheville to the Tennessee
State line, in the direction of Cum
berland Gap, are determined to com
plete said road at once.
Of the Kentucky Central move=
ment towards Cumberland Gap, he
says:
81 now understand that Mr.. In-
gals, the new president of the Ken
lucky Central Railroad, was not
acting as agent of the louisville and
| Nashville Railroad Company in buy.
ling up the controlling stock in the
Central Road I learn, furthermore,
that the Kentucky Central Railroad
! Company propose to extend their
road to Gum berlaAd Gap, and thence
to the Atlantic coast Since my for
mer communication / have CORE
spOnded with officers Of the Spar
tansburg and Asheville Railroad, and
with the management ofother roads,
and learn thai the Louisville and
Nashville combination do not have
control of the proposed road from
Cumberland Gap to Bristol, FROM
, Cumberland Gap to Morristown, nor
of the Kentucky Central. ! learn
: that they do have eQntrQl Of the
! Georgia Railroad running from At
lanta to Augusta, and the Georgia
, Central, running from Macon to Saw
annah. Have they control of the
| railroads from Chattanooga to Allan
ia and Macon? Even though they
had these connections, have they cos
mopQlitaA ideas sufficient to conclude
that this is better than European
connection with the head of naviga-
, ton on the Western waters of the
, United States at Louisville? Pardon
J me for suggesting that the Louis
| vile and Nashville MIs-management
! as l understand, propose 0n the
event the Kentucky Central Railroad
| Company intend to make road te
1 extend their line to Cumberland
Gap. Well, who thanks them for
: any such thing? Who thanks them
when they are forced to do some.
thing for their own benefit? Do
l you know that this combination
: have railroad by way of JacksbOrO
: and Knoxville to Chattanooga Dc
g they control the railroads from Chat
/ tanooga to Atlanta? If they do,
D what does it amount to, except al
2 internal connection ?-and not mgct
2 of a one at that, as compared with
= the Atlantic seaboard connection
. heretofore spoken Of Do you know
: that these two roads make almost {
: circle, and that the Cincinnati South
7 ern Railroad is the diameter of tn
7 cirele2"
J. After claiming that the Louisville
: and Nashville Company will not ex
=, tend to Cumberland Gap OF elsewher
|. except for purely selfish motives, In
e asks the people of Louisville ifthe,
t know .... ..........-... ..,.e
"That we do not care anything
about the louisville and Nashvill
Company extending their road t
Cumberland Gap? We know tina
;. the Kentucky Central Company ar
: compelled to extend their road t
8 Cumberland Gap or become bank
S rupt. We know very well that tn
e Chicago and Atlantic Company
t which proposes to CROSS the Obi
River at VeVay, Indiana, will b.
compelled, by force of circumstances
: to go through Cumberland Gap
}. So unless the Louisville and Nash
s vile Company show aplittle NOR
Y energy and enterprise, they will b
= crushed between the upper anC
; neither mill-stQnes-pT, in othe
e words, between the. Cincinnati
n Southern and the Kentucky Central
d or the Chicago and South Atlanti
Railroad"