The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27

branches forming said Poplar Creek.
New River Railroad Company-From
the Anderson County Coal Company's
Railroad in Anderson County, via New
River, via Burch Fork, to the Cincin-
natl Southern Railroad, in Scott County.
Hiawassee Railroad Company-From a
point on the Cincinnati Southern, in
Rhea County, via the valley OF Hiawas.
see, Cog Hill, in McMinn County, and
Gus Creek, in Polk County and the
Spring City or Big Emory Gap, 10 Boyce
| Station or Chattanooga, in Hamilton
County, through the counties Of Meigs,
McMinn, Polk, Bradley and James.
Kingston & Emory Gap Railroad Com
pany-From, or near the town OF Kings.
ton, 10 point on the Cincinnati South.
ern, in ROane County.
Roane Mountain Railroad company
From point on the East Tennessee,
Virginia 4 Georgia Railroad rompany, in
Washington County, TO u Iont on the
Tennessee and North Carolina State line,
on the borders Of Carter or Unicoi coun.
ties.
Kings OH & Cleveland Railroad Com.
pany, from point in Rosne County
through Meigs County, via Itiley's Creek,
to Cleveland, In Bradley county.
Sweetwater & rellicoe Railroad Com
pany--Frcm STeetWater, in Monroe
Comfy, via jacksonville, to rellicoe in
Frentress County, with the authority TO
connect with any line runnii K from
Murphy. y. c to connect with the Gin
cinnati southern Railroad, extending
through Scott County. and The counties
Of Monroe, MCMinn, Roane, L0udon and
Meigs.
Emory River & Careyyille Railroad
Company-From Emory Gap, in Roane
County through Anderson County, TO
Careyyille, in Campbell County, via
Mountain Fork OF Poplar Greek, and
Stone Coal Fork aud Weldon Fork Of
| Coal Creek.
Tennessee Central Railroad Company
From Rhea Springs, in Rhea County,
through McMinn and Monroe counties,
to the Tennessee and North Carolina
State line in the direction Of Murphy,
NC.
South Atlantic Il Ohio Rairoad-From
point in Sullivan County, on the Ten
nessee and Virginia State line, through
Carter County, via Elizabethton, to the
Tennessee and North Carolina State line.
Rogersylle & Manchester Railroad
Company-From Rogersville, Hawkins
County, through Hancock and Claiborne
counties, to the Tennessee and Kentucky
State line.
Tennessee & Ohio Railroad Company
From Rogersville, in Hawkins County, TO
point on the Tennessee and Virginia
State line.
Knoxville X New River Railroad Com.
pany-From Robertson, In scott County,
10 the summit OF the divide between
Birthstone Creek and New River.
cambridge Il Messy Creek Railroad
Company-From cambridge TO Messy
Creek, In Jefferson County
Tennessee, Iron Mountain Il Carolina
Railroad Company-From Vanderbilt,
Unicoi County, along the line OF Nola.
chucky River, to the Tennessee and North
Carolina State line.
North Carolina, Cleveland q Chatta
hooss haIlroaa oompahyIrrom p0ih'
on she ieilh p anu NoLtn .aroIins
ls~ 1v;a rla n Un ona sme U 50 Shat
tsnoops in Hamilton Conntv " ~
Clinton. POPLAR Creek 4 Huntsyill,
Railroad Company-From clinton, II
Anderson County, through Campbell
County, via Donegan Gap, in Waldrer
Ridge, Hellenwood and New River u
such coal mines as may be open In scot
county. c nj, r,,.
p. JiinohS.l uleun E n Lasns'I ~
nau;dann Co"n p"" ,hronnh Sumnnr 81; !,
Galla,inI IN a noint nm tho Tennessee,
and Kentucky state line. This com
pany proposes to construct their ROAD
under the charter of the Cumberland 4
Ohio Railroad Company.
Atlantic, Gulf & Northwestern Rail
road Company,,-from point on rh'
6ihGinnati southern hailroad az or nea
hoc .s IN hoahe oounIy th.ougn
pO a po,1 u onu uuto V ,ha Ta p,a nenel,s
Gsoreia st,te line " '' "'''
With ,hirtv.one of The counties in IN,
State which have mot one foot nj "a;
in their confines and the silence n
their groves sill unbroken bv a train
} all are nrovided for with rhartere,
roads Taking the counties nj Can
non. CLAW. DeKalb Fentress JACKSON
Macon Moore Overton. Pickett Pr,
: nam smith Trousdale Van nuren
, Wayne and Whitehall oi Middle Ten
nessee-the .reragc rnlues of land pre
sent an APPALLING consequence 10 h
visited upon those who deferred tn
: shirt of Improvement from their bo,
, ders. The lowest average yalne r
r land in these counties is ~ cents y,
; acre IN Fe,iress and The bighsst Sl2 I'd
: smith, phile The general Grerage Of n
: land in all these fifteen counties int,
o anted by railroad is less than -. 90 D,
a acre. With railroad through then
3, deyelopinp and furnishing an outl,
;, for the inexhaustible iron, coal an
n timber in which Killebrew, Hawkir
and McWhrter tell us in their report
q thew abound, il would be fair Thong
). comparatively low estimate) TO "a
y that these lands would be enhanced
:. three times their present value. an
thus enrich the people and enban,
- the revenues of the state. The,
l. counties had REPRESENTATIVES in n
last Legislature who should NOT ba,
l. been deferred from doing their neon
n service, vet under the lash Of i
e party thew aided in the commissio
, folly, rather doing the misdeed
u wronpine their country than to stan
! the penalty OF being arend out of Il
!, Dnrty' for daring to onpo,