The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-09-05
THE c.. c. G. & c. RR.
WHAT WAS ELIOITKD FROM SEC
RETARY CAMPBELL.

RETARY CAMPBELL
Hearing that Major 5. L. Campbell
Secretary Of the Carolina, CHAMBERLAIN
Gap and Chicago railroad was in tn
city, and knowing the great interes
our local readers take in every thin
injected with the prosecution an
completion OF that great project, rep
resentative of The GAZETTE called a
the Cain House and sent his name u
to the Major. In few moments w
! were invited to his room and VerI
pleasantly received, though from tn
mass of letters on the table before hin
and the unfinished manuscript he wa
engaged on hen interrupted, it wa
e, ijent we had not struck him ar lei
sure time. After the usual salutationi
and congratulations on our part tina
he was again in our city, we mentisn
ed the great and growing interest Of
the people all along the line of his
road to gather the least information al
10 it's present status and prospects, TAX
ing it for granted that his present Wis
it was on business connected with thai
enterprise.
Mai C.-Yes, sir. am here on off,
cial business connected with The inter
ests of the Carolina, Cumberland Gap
Chicago railroad company.
Rep.-How many directors, Major,
has your company in this State?
Maj. c., counting on his fingers. j
Well, we have Col. o. c. King, Vice
President of the company, Judge VIM.
Mcfarland, Maj. A. II. Gregg, Maj. G..
w. Folsom and Mr.. c. ID. Merritt.
Rep.-Major, the people of all this
section sre deeply interested as to the
present prospects of your road. What
are theyf
Maj. CT can only say this Our fin
anciaI agent is now in Europe for the
purpose of negotiating our bonds, and
he writes very favorably.
Rep.-Major, are your directors all in
accord with the enterprise
Msi C.-With one exception they are
a unit. Our Vice President is not salts
fed, for reasons am unable to explain.
Rep.-Can you give me any idea,
Major, as to what your road will build
up when completed2
Maj, C.-Our line of road forms, as
you will see from the map, the shortest
route from the coal fields of Kentucky
to the seacoast at Charleston and Sa-
.L
Rep.-As to coal: what do you con-
slider the consumption of coal will be
on your line of roadG
Maj CT am satisfied that the rail
road consumption of South Carolina
alone, to whom w. can deliver their
motive power much cheaper than at pre-
sent, or from any other source they may
hope to get it, will give us not less than
100 car loads per day.
Rep = Have you any.other market for
your coal besides the Southeastern sea-
bsafds at Charleston and Savannah?
Maj. C.-My dear sir, mo pent up
Utica contracts our powers !" Our coal
fields are more than 500 miles nearer (by |
ocean) to the Cuban and the Southeast
srn Atlantic coast than any other, not
even excepting Baltimore; and you
know full well that coal cannot be haul
ID by rail for less than 4-10ths of one |
per cent. per mile. With our great adj
in distance by rail we can and
will be the coal fields for all the i'm
nense supplies to be furnished.
Rep.-How will your line be as to the |
Blue Grass region Of Kentucky, in traf-
ic for Eastern markets?
Maj. Give are more than 100 miles
shorter from Lexington, KY, and all
he Blue Grass region of that State, to
Baltimore and the Eastern markets. 1t /
nay be true that our road will get |
short haul to Morristown; but the East |
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia rail-
-oad will get long haul, and we are
simply giving to that system what /
belongs to them.
Rep.-YOur road will unquestIenably !
have large traffic South. But, Major,
will it pay you to haul your empty cars
Tor nothing?
Maj C.-In looking over the entire
situation, find that in building all our
freight and passenger cars the long leaf
Yellow pine of South Carolina is what
III the railroad companies demand. This
We have in unlimited quantities. And
besides this, we also find in the State of
south Carolina very rich and pure de-
,osits of manganese, which I am in
ormed is now largely imported from
he Mediterranean coast of Italy. This
tenn alsne will give us back loads for /
III our cars. You will excuse me, now, |
IS have number of letters to write. |