Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-11-27
RAILROAD NEWS.
T.. T.. Va. & Railroad.


New York Evening Mail: General Man
ager Henry Fink, of the Tennessee, Flr-
ginia and Georgia Air Line, reports more
business offered at stations on the line OF
the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
Road than can be done with the present ia
clities in a month. An order for 1000 ad-
ditional cars has been given. The report
on the street that the East Tennessee and
Norfolk and Western Roads have disagreed
is pronounced absurd by officers of the
companies. The extension of the Ken.
lucky Central Railroad to meet the East
Tennessee Road il progressing SO rapidly
that its completion is probable by the first
of June next.
Memphis Appeal: Ths litigation likely
to ensue between the stockholders of the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad and the
lessees represented by Col. Cole has already
enlisted a strong array of legal talent. For
the former we learn that the following
named gentlemen have been engaged !:
Estes & Elicit CAN'T 4 Patterson, and Fay
lor / Carroll, of this city, and MIR. Ed
Baxter and Col A. S. Colyar, of Nashville
For the Cole syndicate the following
named gentlemen have been employed ::
Humes Il Poston, of this city Evarts,
Southmayde d Choate, of New York, and .
leading law firm of Chicago, name not given.
From this it will be seen that both sides are
preparing for close, perhaps q protracted
and bitter contest We have the most pos
tive assurances from high official quarters,
in addition to that of the Memphis directors
already published in the Appeal that the
| Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
is in no way nearly or remotely interested
in the movement by, the stockholders
/ to control and direct the Memphis
! and Charleston Railroad, nor is it likely to
! be. The stockholders believe they have q
| good thing and they intend to manage the
road in their own interest and that of the
| public whom it serves.
! Augusta Chronicle: Ths Memphis and
Charleston Railroad lease was drawn up by
| Evarts and Choate, who stand at the head
/ of the legal profession in New York. If they
cannot draw an instrument that is unassail
able before court of justice, what IL the
sense of railway companies employing law
yers at all
THE AUGUSTA AND KNOXVILLE.
Augusta Chronicle The track of the
Augusta and Knoxville Railroad has now
been laid to a point thirty miles from Au
gusta, and large force is progressing a
! the rate of over . third of = mile day. The
stockholders at Greenwood will be able t.
I ride over their own road to attend the an
nual convention next May.
The road has just purchased new loco
motive nom the Port Royal Railroad. Thi!
engine, which has never been used, ha,
been named the "R. Fl. May" in honor o.
Augusta worthy mayor.
public meeting will be held in this cit,
in short time, to take some action i'll re-
gard to the Savannah Valley Railroad,
which connects with the Augusta and Knox
vile at Dorn's Mines. The stockholders Of
| this road are anxious that it should be in
corporated with the Augusta and Knoxville
and run under one system. We understand
that it requires only 1875, 900 more to finisf
/ the grading of the road to Anderson Court
House, and if Augusta will sub
scribe this amount she will secure this i'm
portant enterprise. With the Savannah
Valley Railroad, the Spartanburg, Union
and Laurens, and the Greenville and Lau
rens with the Augusta and Knoxville, ths
| latter will control 215 miles of road, tap
ping large portion of several of the most
| productive counties of South Carolina. Au,
gusta would then secure a large trade from
that State, adding not a little to her pros
perity With 1915, 900 subscribed to the
Savannah Valley Railroad, and $25, coo to
/ the Spartanburg, Union and Laurens, this
can be accomplished beyond a peradventure
If we lose the opportunity now we may
never again have it in our grasp.