The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-19
NASHVILLE RAILROADS.
A MEMPHIS MAN TALKING UP AN
OTHER ONE FOR THAT CITY.
He Points Out Wherein the Wholesale
Merchants Would Cut OF Valuable
Trade From Their Louisville Com
petitors.

MI. u. W, moOTeS, Oh tlllS CITY, Is super
intendent OF the Memphis Coal and Min
ing company. He was at Nashville Mon
day, talking up the completion Of the
twelve-mile gap in the Owensboro Il
Nashville railroad from Adairville, KY,
10 Springfield, thus giving Nashville al
most an airline connection with Owens
boro. When spoken to about the matter
to a Democrat man, Mr.. Moorcs said
"Thc article in the Democrat on the SUBJ
iect ten days ago attracted great deal of
attention along the line OF the road in
Kentucky. The newspapers are publish
ing pieces about it, and the people every
where are talking about II. j have talked
TO number OF leading citizens OF Nash
vile today" he said, "and find that they
all look with favor on the project. Vice
President W. III. Smith, OF the Louisville
q Nashville, said when spoken to that he
would take the matter in hand and give
it his consideration. You sec the louis
vile & Nashville feels more inclined to
build the road than ever before, because
new road owned by rival company is
now being constructed down tho Ohio
river from Louisville through Greensboro.
This road will naturally cut into The trade
OF the Louisville d Nashville at Owens
boro, because il shortens the distance TO
Louisville, and the remedy would be for
the Louisville & Nashville 10 finish the
Owensboro x Nashville and bring that
section closer TO Nashville than the dis
lance 10 Louisville by the rival road.
81 am especially interested in the road
because want direct southern outlet Tor
my coal, II the road were completed the
trade OF our coal mining company Of Be-
vier, the Mud River mines and the Cen
trail City mines, which amounts TO $780,
600 year, would come 10 the Wholesale
merchants OF Nashville.
"The wholesale merchants of Nashville
would reap great benefit from its con-
struction, for the trade Of nearly all the
country along the road, which now goes TO
Louisville on account OF direct connections,
would then come TO Nashville.
"There is q movement on the Kentucky
end TO get up big excursion TO Nashville
of citizens along the road, in order that
they may come here and confer with the
board OF trade in regard 10 the best method
Of procedure 10 secure its construction.
81 have written to President Norton, Of
the Louisville 4 Nashville, and expect TO
hear from him.
"Owensboro IL more anxious and takes
much more interest In the road than Nash
vile. You see when the Ohio is bridgcd
and the Nincennes road is built Owens
boro will have direct northern connections,
and the construction of this one little piece
OF road from Adairville 10 Springfield will
| give her direct southern outlet"
"Mr. q. A. Parks, superintendent Of the
Owensboro & Nashville road, with head
quarters at Russellvillc, il in full accord
with the citizens along the road, who de-
sire a direct connection with Nashville and
| the south, and SAYS that II IL is put
/ through he will run daily train. leaving
| Owensboro In the morning and Nashville
| in the afternoon, In this way allowing
| people along the line 20 come To Nashville,
do their trading and return the same day.
The road passes through Auburn,
with a population Of 1000; Lcwisburg,
with population OF 500, and surrounded
by q farming and lu,ibcr country; Dun
more, with population OF 500, an agri-
cultural and lumber town; Pcnrod, with a
population OF 400, and having branch
! road running four miles out to the celc-
bmted Mud River coal mines, one Of
the best in Kentucky; Bevicr, with pop
ulation OF 800, at which place is located
the mines OF the Memphis Coal and
Mining company, with a daily output Of
200 tons OF coal Central City, with pop
ulation Of $500 and next TO the most ox.
tensive coal mines in western Ken
lucky, with an output Of 800 tons daily;
Greenvillc, with population ol
1000, il seven miles from Central
City ON the Chesapeake 4 Ohio rail.
road. and Is one Of the oldest and most
noted tobacco manufacturing towns In the
United States; Carrolion, with population
OF 200; Iliycrmorc. with 200, and Lewis
station with 600 population. Then comes
| Greensboro.
All along the road are, besides the towns
mentioned, numerous thrifty villages and
stations that do considerable business.