Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-12-13
RAILROAD NRws AND PEE.
sONALs.

The Mississippi Valley railroad,
which will connect New Orleans and
Memphis, the Atlantic and Pacific
next year. is now completed from the
former city as far as Baton Rouge, the
capital OF Louisiana. Regular trains
will be put on about the 10th inst.
FORWARDING SUPPLIES.
Nine car loads Of material left the
city Yesterday morning on the Missis,
sippi Valley railroad for Baton Rouge.
Among them we're three car loads Of
hshplates. The shipment Of so much
material is an indication that the road
is berg pushed forward to rapid CONS
ple1iOn north Of Baton Rouge. -[Pic-
ayune, IL.
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT PARKER
The Railway Register Of the 9th
inst. says: "Mr. G. o. Parker, Assist
ent Superintendent, has been appoint.
ed superintendent Of the St. Louis
Division Of the Louisville and Nash
vile, vice Captain Lee Howell, who
will devote his entire time to the
duties Of the Office of General Freight
Agent of the st. Louis and Hender.
son Divisions. [Picayune, II.
UNION DkPoTs
Chattanooga is said to have the
handsomest railroad passenger depot
in the South. and Atlanta comes next
Every effort will be had to make tn,
one in New Orleans superior to either
or both, as regards architectural beau
ty and size. All that is lacking is fol
some man to take a personal interest
10 the Union depot project, and just
worry the life out Of some Of the rail,
road magnates, or make them consent
to erect the structure. Il Picayune, IL.
There is a general freight boom
throughout the South. Twenty.
three cars we're loaded with outward
bound freight at the Msgnoli. sire.
freight yards Of the Jackson railroad
At New Orleans on Sunday last. Long
an | heavy trains are passing to and
fro over the rails constantly.
Plenty OF work, plenty oil freiRht.
little storage room, aud few cars, /.
the cry at the Jackson railroad depot,
10 New Orleans,s nd this cry is echoed
at the Texas and Pacific depot a few
squares above.
The 6rst through Pullman palace
buffet car on the Piedmont Air Line
left New Orleans few days since for
Washington.
One hundred and eleven car loads
Of freight were sent out on the Louis.
vile and Nashville railroad from New
Orleans on Saturday last. This is
said to have been the biggest day Of
the season.
Louisville has three competing
routes to New Orleans, viz; the Louis.
vile and Nashville. distance 9li m;les.
the Cincinnati, via Junction City and
Chattanooga, distance 500 miles, and
the Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwest
cru, in connection with the Illinois
Central lines, via Fulton, Ky, rs
miles There could be no shorter
route than via: Milan, Tenn, dis
tince 7i8 miles, but the Louisville and
Nashville won't. Of course. cour 1t
with the Illinois Central for half the
distance when they can use their own
track all the way. The distance from
Cincinnati to New Orleans via the
Queen and Crescent" the new nick
nAne for the Cincinnati Southern, is
81 miles, the distance from Louisville
to New Orleans By the same road is
8O5 miles. We are thus "a miles nearer
than Cincinnati by her own road.
From Louisville to Chattanooga by
the Cincinnati Southern is 3l2 niles;
BY the Louisville and Nashville, 1886.