Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-08-30

J REcAPrTULATIoN
1otal number miles railroad In
Hiuude tennessee. .--..................... 6776S
East tennessee. se76l
Total number miles in Tennessee 2,10s. 4
1t will be seen that of the ninety.
SIX counties IN the State, Hirts-ts0c
one tRtrd hare no railroads at all. Mid.
9le tennessee, by reports of Kille-
Drew, Hawkins and McWhirter, rich il
everything, from a smiling sky to a
teemlng land, and peopled by high,
proud people, skunk along, and now
skulks behind poorer places elsewhere
located, with its soil and grand re.
sources, has fifteen counties as yet UNI
traversed by single foot of railroad,
while three of the twenty-five
counties which have railroads have
only 154 miles.
The same may be said of both East
and West Tennessee.
From the following list of railroad
charters-wHich compose only forty
i've of near one hundred on file in the
office of the Secretary of State-it viii
also be seen that the still-born rail-
road schemes-if the Railroad Com
/ AA4ESAOA AcQ AAOI btlCtn DClOIC luC
breath of life came upon them, and
they had Justify lived-would have
| put a railroad IN erery county in Ten
nessee Trace the lines of railroads
marked by these charters and you
may form some faint idea of what a
load of actual wealth might, under
favorable auspices, have been poured
into the State.
The following existing charters in
Tennessee are Of record in the Office of
the Secretary of State:
Charlotte, GAINESVILLE & Bon Air Rail
road Company-From any convenient
station on the Nashville, Chattanooga &
ST. Louis Railroad in Dickson County,
through the town of Charlotte, via Cum
berland Furnace to GAINESVILLE in Mont
gomery County.
MOBILE, GAINESVILLE e. Evansville Rail
road Company-From some point on the
Tennessee and Kentucky State line
through Montgomery, Dickson, Hick-
man, Lewis and Wayne counties to
the Alabama State line, to Mobile via
Florence, Ala.
Tennessee & Kentucky Railroad Com
pany-From a point on the Greensboro
& Nashville Railroad through Robertson
County to Nashville, in Davidson
Memphis & Bristol Railroad Company
From Memphis, in Shelby County,
through the counties of Fayette, Harde-
man, Madison, Henderson, Decatur,
Perry, Hickman. Maury. Williamson,
Rutherford, Wilson, Davidson, DeKalb,
Putnam, White, Fentress, Cumberland,
Morgan, Scott, Anderson, Campbell,
Union, Claiborne Hancock, or Granger,
Hawkins and Sullivan, TO Bristol, on the
Virginia and Tennessee State line.
Sparta 81 Cincinnati Railroad Com
pany-From Sparta, in White County,
through Van Buren, and Cumberland
counties to some convenient station on
the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Pacific
Railroad in Morgan County.
GAINESVILLE & Kentucky Railroad Com
pany-From GAINESVILLE, Montgomery
County, to point on the Kentucky and
Tennessee State line, in the direction of
Princeton, KY.
Nashville & Knoxville Railroad Com
pany-From point on the Cincinnati,
New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railroad,
in Scott County, through Fentress, Over
ton and Putnam counties, to the Cum
berland River, in Smith County, with
branch to Sparta, in White County.
Middle & East Tennessee Central Rail
road Company-From Gallatin, in Sum-
ner County, through Trousdale, Smith,
Putnam, DeKalb, White, Cumberland
and Roane counties, to Knoxville, in
Knox County. Lc "
Grand Belt Railway Company-From
Gallatin, in Sumner County, through
Wilson, Rutherford, Williamson, Mar
shall, Maury, Lewis, Hickman, Dickson,
Houston, Stewart, Montgomery and
Robertson counties, back to Gallatin, in
Summer County.
Tennessee Southern Railroad Com
pany-From point on the Mississippi
and Tennessee State line, in Shelby
County, to Memphis, through Upton,
Trousdale, Dyer and Obion counties, to
the Tennessee and Kentucky State line.
Brownsville & Jackson Railroad Com
pany-From Brownsville, in Haywood
County, to Jackson, in Madison County.
Somerville & Jackson Railroad Com
pany-From Somerville, in Fayette
County, through Haywood or Harde-
man counties, to Jackson, in Madison
County.
Nashville, jackson & Memphis Rail-
road Company-From Nashville, in
Davidson County, via Franklin, Centre
vile, Linden, Lexington, Decaturville,
Jackson, SomerviHe, through the coun-
ties of Williamson, Maury, Hickman,
Hardeman. or Haywood, Fayette, to
Memphis, in Shelby County, or via
Waynesboro, Savannah, Adamsville,
Purdy and Bolivar. through Lewis,
Wayne, Hardin, McNairy and Hardeman
counties.
Alabama & Tennessee River Railroad
Company-From point on the Tonnes
see and Alabama State-line in Wayne or
Lawrence County, through Wayne or
Lawrence County to Centerville in Hick-
man County.
Valley Mountain Railroad Company
From Sparta, in White County, to Bald
win Knob, in Van Buren, County.
Sparta & Southeastern Railroad Com
pany-From Sparta, White County, Van
Buren, County to Tennessee & Sequatchie
Railroad in Cumberland County.
Selma, Marion & Memphis Railroad
Company-From Memphis, in Shelby
County, to Tennessee and Mississippi
State-line, in the direction of Selma,
Ala.
Tennessee River, Rhea Springs & Cross
vile Railroad Company-From Bradys
| to Crossyille in Cumberland County, in
tersecting with the railroad project from
| Nashville to Bristol through the counties
of Rhea and Cumberland.
Griffith Creek Coal & Railroad Compa-
ny-From Victoria in Marion County to
Tracy City in Grundy County, via Grit
| fifth Creek, Miller's Mill and a point
where May Creek empties into Collins
River.
Tennessee & Iron Mountain Railroad
Company-From Elizabeth, in Carter
County, via Limestone Cave and Erwin
| through Unicoi to the Tennessee and
North Carolina State-line.
Tennessee River & 0oltawah Railroad