Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-04-09
KNOXVILLE TENN: SATURDAY MORNING APRIL g. 1881.

s Luasad by the bOndhoiders for one
huadred and eleven thousand dollars.
The new company was organized,
payment anticipated, deed exe>
cuted and possession given. Mr.. r.
Y. McAden, of Charlotte, becomes
president; w. III. InmaD, of New
York, vioe-president. and James An
derscn, of Spartan burg, supeTinten
dent, Arrangements We're made for
an immediate completion of the road
10 AsheviIle. The Spsrtanburg and
AsheviIle Railroad Ia seVenty miles
long. and at the time of the roads
going into the hands of receiver, in
1878. the grading had been completed
to Hendersonvilie, n. g., distance Of
fifty miles. Steps will now be speedi.
ly taken to finish up this most lmpor'
tant link in your western connectloD.
1t is confidently as eitod by the
authorities of the Western North Car
Glina railroad that their WORK will be
finished this year to Paint Rock, on
the Tennessee Stale line, 40 miles dis
tsut from Aaheyilie, where connec-
ton is made with a branch of the
East Tennesses and Georgia Railroad,
which is about as mi!l3 in length, and
connects with the main line at Nor
ris,oWn-42 miles above Knoxville.
Thus Asheville, 80 miles distant from
the East Tennessee and Virginia and
Georgia connection, is destined soon
to be 8 distributing point for through
freight to the CarOlina', aside from the
abundant and varied agricultural ard
| Tnineral products Of the rich valley OF
Z 3st Tennessee that for many years
nave reached the markets OF q Orth,
5outh Carolina and Georgia by slow
and expensive methods. But far
more than all, recent developments
point 10 an early completion of the
Knoxville and Ohio Railroad, to a
connection with The Lebanon branch
Of the Louisville and Nashville Rail-
road. The rni sing link here is about
eighty miles # uugraded wOrE, nine@
teen in Tennessee and sixty in Ken
| tucky. Its completion places Knox-
vile wjthin E65 miles OF Louisville.
and by connection with the Cincin-
natl Southern near Danyibe, Ky ,
within 279 miles Of Cincinnati.
The main thing just now, then, to
connect the Augusta branch with this
growing Carolina railroad system, is
to closely nin Greenwood where your
line Of the A. & z. railroad ends, with
Spastauoulg, where tue new line be-
aims. To-day. then, an important
| meeting Of the friends OF the Spartan
burg. LaugeCa and Greenwood railroad
was held. Engineer Kirkland report
ed the survey completed, with good
line, six y~six miles in length, grad
ing aud masonry costing two
hundred and thirty eight thousand
/ dollars. st eps were taken to organize
company and submit the question
of 3 county subscription of seventy"
| five Thousand dollars each 10 the vo~
ters of Spal.anburg and Laugens 81
an early dale. Stirring speeches were
made Mr.. Eugene F. Verdery, presi>
dent Of the Augusta and Knoxville
and Knoxville Railroad, and others
| Work will commence az soon as
| county subscriptions are voted, and
will be pushed to an early completion
| 1t will thus be seen that when tht
| gap from Greenwood to Spartanburg il
closed up, Augusta will be in fai
! way to clasp hands with Knoxville
| President Verdery is making sure o
every connection, and is closing uI
every gap on his line. He has already
shown himself considerable of a rail
ROAD tactician ard capable of manag-
ing combination as great as th'
| Augusta and Knoxville is soon des
lined t) be.