Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-11-11
RAILROAD BOOM.
From the ohio to the Sea.

ted Charleston, Clncinnau q Cnlcago
Railroad Company.
This railway enterprise Is n Of the
most extensive, and so far as the Gem.
mercial interests of Charleston are con-
cerned. n of the most important that
has been projected since the yar The
consolidated lines represented in the
company bring Charleston one hundred
and ffty-eight miles nearer the Ohio
river than by any other route. 1t is,
therefore, of the greatest importance
that the road should be built and, from
the representations that have been made
there can be little doubt that 1t will be
completed from Sumpter, S. c., to Ash.
land, Ky, on the Ohio river, within the
next two years.
The plan OF the company is to have mi
system Of railroads under one manage
ment running from the Atlantic ocean
TO the Ohio river, and from that point to
make the most direct connection with
the entire West and Northwest. The
distance from Sumpter, the most south
erly point to which the railroad will at
first be built, to a point where the line
runs north to johnson City, Tenn, Is q
distance of two hundred and forty FIVE
miles. In this distance the road inter-
sects eight other lines Of railway and
traverses one Of the most fertile and rich
farming sections in the United States. A
fine location has been secured across the
Blue Ridge mountains and with q light
grade, This crossing over the noun
tains is believed TO be less difficult than
any that has previously been discovered.
The contract for the consolidation of
the roads embraced in the project was
adopted and ratified by the stockholders,
and Il was resolved that, for the purpose
of raising money to be used in the con.
struction of its railroad and for other
purposes in connection with the success.
full operation and maintenance of the
railroad to issue first mortgage bonds to
the extent Of $50, 900 per mile, to bear
date October /, A. d., 1889.
For the purpose of securing the pay.
ment Of the first mortgage bonds and in.
terest. the president Of the company was
authorized to execute and deliver a deed
of trust, OIL mortgage, containing a power
of sale to the Boston Safe Deposit and
Trust Company, in the Commonwealth
Of Massachusetts,, OF the railroad and
its franchises extending from its south.
ern terminus in the, city Of Charleston,
:. C., to its northern terminus upon the
State line of Tennessee.
Another resolution was adopted pro
viding that the Boston Safe Deposit and
Trust Company act as the trustees of thu
stock. trust mortgage and bonds to bt
issued, and O contract was made will
the Massachusetts and Southern Con
struction Company for the beginning o.
work npon this grand enterprise, which
promises so much for the country through
which it passes.
Charters covering the entire line of til,
Ohio river have been secured, and tn,
surveying corps, under the direction O
that experienced engineer. Thomas 4
Matson, now are engaged in locating tn,
line through Virginia and Tennessee,
The local business on that section be
tween the mountains of North Carolin,
and the Ohio river will unquestienabl,
tax a single track road seriously. Rail
road experts and men of business VIII
have become familiar with it, unani
mously declare that a single track cannc
do the business which will flow to Il
The section Of country around Ashland
Iopposite to which Is Ironton, en- n
Ohio river, is known as the "Hangin
Rock Region" and in this section al
! already built over sixty complete iro
works, most Of which are now idle fror
the want of suitable ores for the profit,
| BILE, manufacture of steel.
Q In Wise county Va, the line Of til
= railroad will cross almost boundless bee
: OF excellent coal, which is said to be tn
$ best in the world. and is admirable an
peculiarly adapted to smelling 'Besst
mer steel iron"
The newly projected road will ru
!. from the rich and populous valley
the Ohio river, across the coal fields {
s Kentucky and Virginia, across the Low,
=. ly valley Of East Tennessee with its bed
. Of brown hematite ores, across the mouI
. tains of North Carolina, with their inc,
haustible supply OF magnetic iron, the
mica, asbestos and kaelin beds, into tn
mild Piedmont region, and there, In tn
northern part Of South Carolina, near Il
Broad river. the road will pass throug
= the rich and limitless beds Of rich maj
ganese and brown hematite ores. He
lies the old Cherokee furnaces now idl
waiting for that rich and uneQualle
coke Of Virginia and Kentucky.
The Government appointed a'commi
sion for testing the different ores of Il
country in making canon, and they ha,
recently reported that those In the Che
okee section, near Broad river, are Il
5 best. On further south this road pass,
through the best cotton sections OF Sout
Carolina on Its way to Charleston. I'll
camel coal together with the producI
OF the Tennessee and Kentucky valley
are precisely what North and South Ca
DINA stand in need Of.
Col. X. A. johnson, the general man.
ger OF the Construction Company, sait
We are surely going TO the mountain
We have q line surveyed over the Blu
Ridge; we have 4 corps Of surveyor
now In Virginia surveying the lin
through TO the Kentucky line. w has
our arrangements all completed, and
part Of the road built from Blacks ST,
ton on the Air Line Railroad. We hay
graded forty-fve miles, and are layin
6Ot pounds steel rails at the rate Of a mil
a day. We want TO connect the mour
tain country with Charleston at the earl
est possible moment, and / can assur
you that we are going to build the roa
as rapidly as possible. We shall have
line from the iron ore country across I'll
Blue Ridge mountains within the cours
OF two years. and a line 10 Sumpter, an
from there 10 connect with Charlesto
I within the next twelve or fifteen month
Our road passes over a coal bed in Ker
lucky. which is eleven feet thick, and 0
the very purest quality mined in an
r part ofthe world.
t Gen. ]. T. Wilder. recognized a. u
pioneer Of the iron manufacture OF Cha
I tanooga, being thoroughly conyersaE
with the iron business in ali Its branche
visited Ashland, on the Ohio river. an
the parties in interest there and Ia Iro,
ton, Ohio, were ready to make q contra
guaranteeing TO take at the market pris
1000 tons of these ores per day Il
two years. The same parties were read
and DESTROYS 10 contract for coking coz
1 Gen. Wilder, states the one model
= built blast furnace. Of A canacitv ~ IN