The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-25
Memphis and Knoxville Railroad.

The Jackson (Tenu.) WING of No.
vember goth ssys: Jackson Just now
St ems 10 be the center Of railroad ex-
tension in Tennessee. Our 1--we little
city, si'usted in the micst of fertile
Sgrlcultural section, at The crossing CT
two main moth and south lines in
West Tennessee, and nearly in the
center OF this portion of the State, our
fave rable pc ition as focus for future
rail I'D bu lding through this section
is beginning t. be aud raccgn ze1
The Ohio Val ey road is to m Ike us
a prJpo.ition. Hnntingdon's system
wants b an, h from D5eisburg here,
a. now the ia k OF road from Knox
vile to Memphis by jackson his been
revived. 9. +. Lillard, O. MurfIees-
boro, hes a lengthy ar icle on the
Mempf is snd Kuoxyille line in the
Mufrees5o o Fee Press from which
we take the following ca trac 8:
After several years have psssed, in
a2sin pr pc Jog this important ,ruok
line OF railway It is to be oped ih-t no
Tenntsseean will oppose it becaute be
may be a stockhold in Whist he may
consider to be good line. II new
line OF railway would develop the
great resources of the country, stimu-
ate new Industries and enrich the
citizens, there Can be no rivalry, and
jnst in proportion as the undeveloped
resources ere brought forth existing
IailIoa will he bent fittd. 1t would
be the grand trunk line of Ten
nessee, connecting the Est and
the West. TenDesseee is almost the
only State that has no trunk line of
railway, and it greatly Ietards the de,
velopment of her natural resources
in which she is the richest State in
the Union, The network of railroads
that reach such large number OF the
great produ ing fields OF Missouri,
Arkans and Texas that connect with
the roads leading to California and
Mexico, or in otner wol ds, controlling
the great transportation OF the
great southwest and the Pacific
coast, called the Gould system,
will soon have Memphis made
one OF its terminal points and the
railways Of the Middle and Sou h At
lantic coasts are ceDteIing at Knox
ville-so the proposed line connecting
these two cities would be the shortest
trunk line come ct'ng the East and
the West, over which all the most im-
por ant through eight and travel
could pass; beside, it would cross at
j 4ckson the Mobile and Ohio and
the linois Central, which con.
meet Mobile and New Orleans on the
Gulf OF Mexico with the North.
west, near Thompson's Station, the
Louisville aud Nashville that connects
the North est with the South, and at
Murfrt esboro with the Nashville,
Chattanooga and st. Louis, connect pg
the Northwest with the South, AID Il |
would also C oss the Cincinnati South.
ern, road that ruDs nearly due north
and s,uth, besides it would draw large.
ly from Tennessee river shipments OF
freight bound eastward and westward.
Bot this is not all; the Memphis and
Knoxville road would be the shortest
trunk line from the Atlantic ports In
Virginia and North Carolina now rap
idly building up to San Diego on the
Pacific, connected with the Gould sys-
tenn at FL Paso, over which ought 10
pass and certainly would pafs freight
and travel for these and intermediate
points, IS well as that to Asiaiic ports
in the old wor d, and the Gould sys-
tenn would be interested in encourag-
ingthiB route.