Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-03-10
LonIsvIILE. March Q 1882

LOUISVILLE, March y, 1857.
Coming here on the Chesapeake
Ohio & Southwestern formerly Eliza
BEETHOVEN & Paducah) road, l fell il
with Colonel Robert Meek, the Su
perintendent, and had a long talk Will
him about his road. He expects to rul
his cars through to IN Memphis in Jun,
perhaps by the first of the month
and is working hard to get there al
early as possible. He says that the
road will be made of the uniform
gauge, SO that cars can be loaded any.
where east, north, south, or west
Of him and taken to their destination
without unloading or breaking bulk
intransitu. He thinks coal can be
taken from the Kentucky mines and
put down in Memphis so as to be sold
at fourteen or fifteen cents per bushel.
1t can also be loaded on the cars for
all points below Memphis on the
Mississippi & Tennessee and the New
Orleans, st. Louis & Chicago roads,
and carried through without change.
The tariff from the mine to Memphis
will be about four cents per
bushel. This will be about twelve
dollars per car load. If it can be car,
ried further at the same rate Cor even
a small advance where the distance is
short) coal will soon become the chief
article of fuel on the lines ofall the
Southern railroads. 1t is so to a con
siderable extent already, but when
cheapened it will be still more so than
it now is.
On reaching the city the cars
stopped at the same station at which
the L. & N. cars stop, and on reaching
the depot l was forcibly reminded of
the last time, previous to this, that
l visited Louisville. 1t was just six
months ago lacking three or four days.
The weather was warm, but the trip
was delightful. Changes have occurred
since, but this is a world Of changes,
and | have made up my mind not to
be surprised at any that ma occur in
the future, for l ana quite. sure that no
changes will ever occur, that can sur,
prise me more than did some that have
occurred.
The Inflated Parker lies under the
water near the indiana side, with
scarcely anything visible except her
chimneys.
Commodore Wise went down yester-
day to take a look at the wreck, and 1t is
thought another and finer steamer will
take her place in the line before the
close of the present season. His com
pany is said to be doing a heavier bus
mess this season than we before,
beth in freight and passengers. The
railroads EEL to be prospecting also,
and the train on which | came to the
city was pretty well filed the entire
distance.
Yesterday morning the weather was
quite cold, bu. a rain set in in the
afternoon and was still falling when |
went to bed.
Louisville seems to be very little, if
any, buster than Memphis, and the
effects Of the food seems to be felt
here much more than | had supposed.
At least the merchants talk it" more
than l expected to hear, and yet, what
they know about the matter is a mere
baggatelle compared with the expe-
rience Of the lower country tributary
to Memphis.
had the pleasure OF meeting the
lady poet l abhor poetess) of Louis
vile yesterday, Mrs. Sallie Neill
Roach, and found her a most charm
ing lady. She showed me a whole
volume Of unpublished manuscripts,
and among them a three stanzas poem
she had written during the morning on
"Hope-Life-Manl" She has prom.
ised to become a regular contributor
for a paper published at Henderson;
Further the deponent saith not"
Strange to say, l hear very little,
scarcely anything, about the new politi-
cal movement to divide the Demo-
cratic party, and what l do hear
seems to indicate much more likeli-
hood Of its causing a far more serious
breach in the Republican party than
in the Democratic. | expect nothing
else. Nous verrons.
expected to have found Emma
Abbott here, but the dear little
woman is gone, and is now starring in
Cincinnati.
There is really not much news Of
any kind stirring ia Louisville, and
| haven't met a Memphian since my
arrival, though l felt when l called to
see Frank Barnum, that I vas almost
with one, for he was one a long time.
Frank has recovered from the effects
| Of the disastrous fire that burned him