The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1882-02-01

vas connected with the Marietta
and Cincinnati railroad as purchas-
ing agent. He is now here as the
representative of Messrs. Child 4
Oliver, of New York who in turn
syndicate OF capitalists.
/ called on him this morning and
secured the following interesting
facts about the road which promises
to do so much to develop the COM
mercial interests Of Charleston and
the State. Col. Campbell said
owe have already concluded a
contract with the Atlantic and
French Broad Valley railroad from
Fdoefield to the North Carolina line,
distance 129 miles. We haye also
arranged the preliminaries of a con-
tract with the Aiken, Trenton and
Edgefeld railroad, distance % miles
This gives us total distance OF l52
miles in South Carolina. We have
already arranged to extend the line
northwardly from the State line
across North Carolina and East
Tennessee into the Kentucky coal
fields at Cumberland Gap, a distance
of $50 miles. We propose to build
a Zine from Cumberland Gap, 43
miles, to connections with Louisville
and Cincinnati railroads, already in
active operation. The roads with
which we will connect are the
Louisville and Nashville, the Gin
cinnati southern and the kentuck
Central. The entire length of our
completed lines, reaching from the
: Kentucky railroad connections to
Aiken. South Carolina, where we
= will connect with the South Caroh
! ma railway, will be 375 miles, form
ing the shortest possible line that
r ever can be built from the South
: Carolina coast to the great North
d west. This line traverses a greatly
diversified country, opening up the
finest and most extensive coal fields
= on the Continent, bisecting every
n known variety of iron ore, develop
l. ing the rich marble deposits of Ten
q nessee and her zinc, lead and cop
= per mines, furnishing an outlet TO.
. the timbered wealth of q hitherto
5 undeveloped region of country, ant
a supplying the Northwest with al
e, open and easy route to the Soutl
= Atlantic coast and the ports of Eu
- rope and the world. The continue
- ton of this road, or lines of roaC
$, will bring the coal fields of Cumbel
&c land Gap nearer to Charleston tina
,e any other coal fields, and will max
a Charleston one of the most impol
- tant and cheapest coaling station
1e on the Atlantic coast. 1t is estima
s. ed that the coal traffic alone of til
or road will fully justify the buildin
or of the road and pay the interest Q
= the capital invested. Being I'll
" shortest line to the Northwest tn
ST. road will also furnish the cheape
ed and easiest line of transportation II
e. the grain and products of the cOul
re try through which it passes al
- from the great Northwest beyon
'a' "The line completed, CharlestC
will be able to compete successful
he with the Baltimore and NOrthel
av and Northern markets. Charlest(
Go is nearer by five or six hundr'
miles than any other importing CT
MS in the Union to the coffee grown
eat regions and the sugar producil
IN countries and to the rice fields of t
ST world. With the proper improv
ment of the entrance to her harb
An and the cheap coal that this ro
'en will be able to lay down at her doe
On. to supply outgoing steamers wi
ZAP fuel, and being the shortest possit
nm line to the grain fields of the Mort
-: west, it is confidently believed th
Ills the groceries to supply the Mort
)ur west will hereafter be largely il
icy ported by Charleston houses.
he "Another most important bran
- of business that will be developed
81 the trade in yellow pine lumber
he which there is constantly incres
is ing demand among the car builde
nld drought the entire North.
nd "The road can be constructed
a moderate cost, not exceeding a
'eS' tai cost per mile of $4,000. Tl
IAN includes the road completed a
BOD ready for business. There are
ON grades in the line over seventy-f
no feet to the mile.
The conditions of the contra
lao which has been made with the I
me lantic and French Broad road g
his that Child & Oliver, who represe
a an independent syndicate of ca,
Ia talists, complete the road by the 3
u.u of December, 1884. They expect
h!p complete the entire line of 375 mi
the by that time. 1t will take sol
wn time to complete the consolidate
of the several roads of which t
line will be composed, but act
ST work will be begun in a very sh
time. Until the consolidation
TO completed the work of construct
ELL the French Broad road will proct
THE under the old direction. OF the
tire line something over fifty mi
:, have been graded" J. c. II