Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-02-04

Kuoxyilie's Three Projected Routes
to the south Atlantic.

iAohuRy NNsOb-o q WV |
orial to railroad movements, the
blowing extract, from which Will
- found interesting reading:
The early completion of lines OF
railway connecting the whole Norm T
western railway system with hnoX, J
Vile Ia now assured. At the annuai
meeting of stockholders, held lat
week. the directors Of the Kentucky
Cen,ral Railroad were author z4d 10 I
extend their line to connect with the j
Knoxville branch of the Loui'vlile
and Nashville Railroad. The ezt4n-
sion will be from Lexington t. Z 'und-
stone, a distance of IS miles, or from
Paris to the same point, q distance OF
IL miles. The cost will be about
81 600, OOO By building from Paris,
instead of running down to Loxing>
ton, the Kentucky Central will get
nearly straight line to knoSviiie, and
the Paris route, for that reason, VIII
mos likely be chosen. In the presi~
dents report to the stockh 0ldets me
reasons for pushing II the South
are frankly given, ard they
dispel som; of the clouds which
have surrounded recent railroad move |
ments in the West. The new combs
nation, which looks to Charleston as
the objective point on the South
Atlantic, ia not primarily Cincin.
natl project, for the benefit of that
CITY. The active force is the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad, which needs
an independent route to the sea. Ihls
road has determined to extend lis
| Knoxville branch from Livingston,
the present terminus. to The Ienpea-
see line, where it will connect with
the KNOXVILLE aud Ohio Railroad,
which will be built as rapidly az prac-
ticable from its present terminus at
Careyville to that point. The compile"
ton of the Louisville and Nashville
extension and of the Knoxville and
Ohio extension will put Louisville
and the whole West and Northwest 10
close connection with hno&Vilie'
while the Kentucky Central, by It's
extension to Roundst1ne will connect
likewise vita Knoxville. At KNOX
Vile, connection is made with
, the Tennessee, and Virginia
} roads, and freight and passengers
, can 90 down to Chattanooga anG At
! Iants, or up to Baltimore, Rich mond
and Norfolk. But there is little to
gain if the line is to halt and be de-
, fIqcted at Knoxville. AT aut, and the
) Virginia ports can be reached without
this, The purpose is to get snF
/ South Atlantic without touching Chst-
3 .apooga and Atlanta. AS We have as"
serted confidently for years, snort, Oh
= rect and independent line from 'he
!, Northwest to the South Atlantic Cnas
. ia au imperative necessity. THOUSANDS
of miles of railroad. with an enormous
business, cannot afford t, be depeuu'
ent on the single railroad which con
meets Chattanooga with Atianta-tnt
only lallroad connection, at present
8 for inc Northwe.t and Southeast. be
u xeen LyDchburg, Va, and Mont
|, gomery, Ala.
ments which have been made, IN
s. railroad business OF the Northwest aa'
l. West will be ready to pour down L
70 Knoxville. What next?
st There are, at least, three prof 1cte'
3, routes from Knoxville TO the 6out
= Atlantic. One of these is by way @
the East Tennessee and Virginia Rail
v road to MorristOwD, and thence
ia Wolf Creek. From Wolf Greek T.
p Hendersonville, 63 miles, the road re
d mains to be built. The SpartanbQr
"a and Asheville Railroad is in operation
from epart4nburg (where it connect
49, VITA Charleston) TO Hendersonviile
. and the grading is done TO Wlthln
- few miles of Asheville. 1t Will tak
less money to reach Charleston by III
a Asheville route than by the Blue Ri0g
- routes: aud we are Informed that o
" building about seven miles OF ne'
road between Spartanburg aud Hen
IL Jacksonville the grades can be llghtene
81 sufficiently to allow heavy fTe'ghts
es be carried economically and easily.
"a A second route is by the Blue Ridg
rs Railroad. This road is in Operatio
IS, from Anderson to Walhalia, and fror
Msryville to Knoxville. A rough es
rs innate is that the road can be com
It. pleted for about 5000 600, but III
sc knoxville and Maryville Railroad
,g now owned by Mr.. Sibley, Of the A
a Line Railroad. This route, If tn
%. Savannah Valley Railroad be built,
lit a line from Ninety Six 10 Aiken
ct constructed, will give the shoIte
>. practicable route to Charleston. Sc
eral million dollars have already bee
lis spent upon the road.
to Another route is by the Eastat'
hnss Gap. and is described in letter fro
.ra Senator Butler, of South Carolina,
&C. Senator PendletoD, of Ohio. Th
Ike Route is described as a recent discover
use of pass through the hitherto impas
-. able barrier, the mountains, where
es' line of road may be built, as he is i
formed, without tunnel or trest
and with grade of not more tn
,lv seventy five feet TO the mile" T
-,S letter concludes as follows:
for What is wanted is road to Knoxvil
and thence through the mountains
ess' some convenient pass direct to
sal Atlantic coas's Our people in Sou
Carolina would take hold of such
g. project with earnestness and zeal, a
afford every assistance in their pow
to make it one of the finest com N
cial highways in America. We b.
will spent vsst amount OF money
,ht. Blue Ridge Railroad. which was
tn, cross the mountain at the Rabun u
and but for the intervent on of the W
the road would have been com plet
Perhaps this route might still
adopted with advantage. but fr
ing what have heard of the Easta oe {
var route, it would doubtless be chea
''o' than the Rsbun Gap route. Eth
however, would accomplish the OF
to which I take the liberty Of cali
lass your attention, namely: A short,
best rect, economical tronk line from Z
cinnati to the Atlantic coast.
Senator PendIeton, in his req