Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-07-14
BANDS OF IRON
That Connect Memphis With Paducab,
Louisville and Other Cities at
the North.
The Last Spike Driven in the Chesa.
peake, Ohio and Southwestern
Railroad Yesterday.

where the last spike was TO be driven
that makes a continuous line between
Memphis and Newport News. The ex-
cursionists were transported in the new
improved cars, which have six sets of springs
instead of four. The riding in these cars is
easy and velvety, and even a rough road can
not nullify their gool qualities. The day
was pheasant, and the air just wiry enough
to make the ride exhilaraiiDg. Every body
enjoyed the rytbmical glide over the new
were complete, and the excursion was marred
by no unseemly demonstration. Five
or six miles from the city, the eIcur-
sionists stopped to look at Colonel Bob
Gslloway's fsh-pond. Somebody said
the colonel had one of the most delicious
springs IN the county and started down the
little glen to get a drink. The crowd some
how caught the echo of the word "drInk, !"
and in a dreamy, mechanical way every
man on the train went down the glen to the
spring. Somebody said it was the work OF a
temperance advocate, but be that as it may,
several members of the party were intro
duced to a strange, mysterious liquid that
they had not known since the days of their
childhood. Mr.. Galloway's place is called
st. Elmo, presumably in honor of the spirit
ual medium of that name.
THE STATIONS PASSED.
This little excursion Frightened the party
up, and after homily by Colonel Barney
Hughes on the hollowness OF human nature
and the disease producing qualities of pure
spring water, the journey was resumed. The
next station was Woodstock, where Colonel
E. J. Wendell confines himself when he is
not in Memphis attending Democratic con-
vention. Woodstock is becoming sort of
lumber center, and some of the wood has
been pronounced by the wagon N q kers to be
the best they can get. Lucy Station, suggesting
the winsome Miss Lucy Norton, daughter
of Mr.. Extein Norton was passed in the
twinkling of an eye. When the train had
| spun past a few miles of cornfield and forest,
Millington, named after the chief engineer
of the old Mississippi River road, J. III.
Millingtop, was reached and left behind.
There was a time when no negro would
| live in the creek bottom this side
of Millington, because some half
dozen of them had been lynched there.
| Kerrville, named after DR.. A. II. Kerr, was
reached This place was formerly called
| Chester, and whenever anyone wants TO
| arouse DR.. Kerr he speaks of the place as
| Chester. Upton Station, the dividing line
between Upton and Shelby counties, was the
next station. Then came Atoka, a beautiful
little place; Brighton, Melrose, and, at last,
Covington. This town, which is older than
Memphis, is a pleasanl-looking country
| place, and is famous for its magniicent
| spring, which gushes out in a stream two or
| three inches in diameter. the Peabody
Hotel here is supplied with water from this
| spring. After short stop at Covington the
train moved to the Hstchie bridge.
THE ExcURsIoNIsTs FROM PADUcAH
had already arrived They numbered as
many as the Memphis gentlemen. The cere-
mony at the bridge of driving the last spike
was gone through with in a symbolical way
| Our worthy president, Mr.. D P. MADDEN,
| and Mr.. Charles Reid, mayor of PAducah,
| were selected to drIv- it in. Orr representa-
| tive did much better than the Paducah man.
II is well known that he has faculty for
| hitting the nail on the head, and he ''sot
! right down" to his work and seldom missed.
| Mayor Reid only took an aesthetic interest
| in the matter, and he struck several times
duced TO 90 in, and the VOWS between
Paducah and Memphis were considered
plighted. This ceremony over, the party re-
paired to convenient place to hear
The Speeches.
/ Major Holmes Cummips arose and said
that the Chess peake and Ohio road was now
completed. the last gap had been finished,
and it was meet that the people of Tennessee
and Kentucky should join each in copgratu
lations. He introduced to those present
Colonel II. ID. McHenry, of Kentucky.
COLONEL M'HENRY
spoke substantially as follows: "This is an
occasion of peculiar qualification to US all to
meet here The Chesapeake Ohio and South
western railroad has Just been completed, |
and now it takes in Louisville, Paducah and
Memphis. 1t is not merely road connect
ing Memphis and Paducah, but it is road |
thai connects with New York and that ex-
tends from Newport News to San Francisco. |
1t is an important link in the system in the |
United States, and it is in the future, the |
very near future, when this road is to be one |
of the grestest in the country. There is a |
line from Newport News to San Francisco. |
The link is supplied to-day. We have now
line between New Orleans and New York,
line from Louisville to Memphis. That
line occasions peculiar qualification. 1t
gives a stronger social and COM
mercial union to Kentucky and Tennes-
see. We are the same people. / never saw
"a Tennessean that 1 did not think he
Kentuckian, and 1 don't suppose a Tennes-
.ean ever saw a Kentuckian without think
ing he was a Tennessean. We have the
same hopes, the same feelings, the same as
pratlons. / was once in Canada when was
young man, and when was more boastful
than / am now. pointed out two men to
an acquaintance, with the remark that they
were Kentuckians. He asked me how /
knew. L told him l could always tell them.
Well, those men were DR.. Chatham and
Tom OConnor, OF Tennessee. We are here
to note the uni6cation of Tennessee and
Kentucky. This is the silver wedding be-
tween Memphis and Louisville. IT'S true
we first began our acquaintance about
twenty-five years ago through the Louis
vile and Nashville, and this may very ap-
propriately be called the silver wedding. l
reside half way between Louisville and
Paducah and business calls me to Louis
vile. 1 can speak for that city. L know it
will be glad to have another line, because
there has been a demand for il. 1t will
establish more intimate relations between
us. 1 have never been this far south on the
line before, and l must express my surprise
at the various evidences of fertility and nat
ural advantages. / feel that ] have too
long detained you. l thank you for your
attention"
MR.. CALVIN VANCE,
who represented Tennessee and Mississippi,
spoke as follows:
81 was picked up on the train by Major
Cummins-"
as was good pickup" said the major,
"And had 10 idea of speaking" continued
Mr.. Vance. you must excuse my rhapso-
dies ON this occasion. / assure you they are {
not due to the liquor on the train. / was
pressed TO drink, but declined to do SO. l {
want to cay right here that we ought to take I
off our hats because HOO miles of railway is I
now completed" {
"Of they come" said some one 10 the {
crowd, and about 500 heads were decorously
uncovered.
"This road" continued Mr.. Vance, ''begius !
at Newport News, runs through the tobacco ]
fields of Virginia and the Blue Grass region
OF Kentucky; then through The tobacco fields !
again, and cutting through the mountains ]
and on to the Southwest. 1t is a majestic '
work, gentlemen. 1t has taken millions OF
dollars to build it. We should bow before r
this majestic enterprise. When / was con- I
nected with the old Mississippi and Tennes- I
see road there was a man named E. S. Gran c
dali also connected with it. He contemplated :
getting charter for road betwe Memphis I
and Cairo. He used TO talk for hours on
the subject. People thought he was crazy. ,
He is dead now, think. Others took up +.
his idea, but did not prosecute it sufficiently,
aud it fell through. Sometimes they were ..
but wound up by becoming dis :
heartened. There certainly are men created
by fste-men like Huntington, Gould and /.
Vanderbilt. Whatever we may say OF them, i
we must give them credit for the genius OF
1t remained for G. P. Hun
tington to shoulder the work. He acct ,
dentally saw the advantage of this route, and r
adopted the idea OF completing the work. He y.
his capital on it as city con- =
centrates its capital. We may find fault :
with such men, but we can't get along with .
mt them. We should be grateful to Them.