The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-10-19
4 GREAT LINE.
The Nashv.ils. chsatanooga q &. Louis
 Railway.

NME&MX 03wWl0N4MR MH sources of a state That ia admitted. But ssrsk las example of this n soaad ln that of the Ks.h vile Chattanooga g. Louis rAilroAd ana iss vAlus to the state of Tsnneasss.
 glance ai the map shows that this road one of the great trunk nes of the south. the tire breadth Of the t0aehing utth .a brAn<hs nearly every important commercial esntr
 Tenneases is So miles In length from te wesf. and ever too miles wide-Ioe mile. is the extreme oreadth-with sa area of mors than q ooo square miles. lying mostly in the Mississippi valley wish Virginia and Kentncky on the north. North CAro lima on the east. Georgia. Alabama and Mississippi on the south. and the Ml.sissppi nvsr. which sep araass t from Arkansas and Mi.soaFi. on the west. h most favora6ly located ia the center sf portion of the country in which during the past few years there hsve been great advaaces. and ia which the.e ts coatinaally increazing intellectual and industrial life.
 There are over soo square miles ef coal l-bearing strata The fact that the coal aelea of the state have from two to six more workable strata kee them of great value; for considering the comparAr nveiy small area, the amount of mineral fuel m eHormous The Tennessee coal neld is part of the great Appalachian coal aeld. which tends from western Pee nay lyAniA Co central Ala bAna- The coal ts etumInoas, bat generally cou- tains small amount of suiphar only and ia thers- lore adapted to many purposes. especially Co sme4tlnE. The supply is ample. oaiy for ths furnaces and mARufactoriea of that regio0 but for the sseamboAss. locomotives and family of this and the adjAcent states ages Co come. The coal measures are coextensive with the Cumberland table laad. of which they form the superficial GOV srtnS. varying In thickness from 60 to 30o feet They form an irregular anadrilaterA I'll milea wide At the northern end. 70 ai the southern ana cover portions of twenty counties of the state
 Tennessee has also many millioas sf acres Of tim o@F land. including a great variety tf valuable wood. Ma hville lum eerms alone handle seventy. two million feet of inmeer per AnEum. Fruit tress and small fruit are ASundant. of the oest quality.
 so great is the variety Gf the aercsi rodacas ot the state that it has said if she were snr. rounded by an impossible barrier she could prodnc. within her borders every thins essential 10 the sub sistencs of der popuiatiSn. Tue estimated prin- cipal productions for Iss7 were as follows: C1rn. Ss.os9 ss6 beshels. wheat. s,nS 7ss bush<ls. oats S.16.ss oashels; tobacco. US a0 pounds: cotton.
 sl 2is bales. Ali crops of Isss. except wheat were greatly reduced by drought The better systems of cuit alton and the indlcous of ferIlizers are suPesssding the primitive methods. There are mil lions of Acres of upland now untouched. which can easily be made to yield bOnntlful crops of grain or grAas: and much of the low land by a system of dI Ainage, oe made productive as any land in the world. For rAising stock large por,o1s of the state are admirably adapted and of late years much attention has been to the introduction sf the best breeds of horses aud Cattle. The estimated number Of horses in January Iss was z7e 7as value sis. SIS ss4; mules, ssiS. value tl5t071s; milch COWS. 3toaSs. value ess,7 sD; other cattle tsi I6s value g. so1 7o; sheep, I.ss value essi :1s: hoxx l.u7 ess. value. sea 2s Total intrinsic value of live stock. e0.62I .2n.
 Through such a magnificent territory the Nash. vile. ChAttanooga and st. Lotus road starting at Hickman. Ky. runs for s2i miles in southeastery direction across the state to ChattA .oosa- The country on either hand aooands in objects of spe- ciAl interest alike to tourists. pleasure seekers health seekers aud scientists. The scenery along the route Is always entertaining. and at times grand. On the highlands crossed by the road in regions of purest air, numerous delightful wa terinE places and summer resoTta, where sparkIinx carbonated sulphur, magnetism. chAly bs ate and cold. clear freestone waters from the earth in profusion. Numerous streAms are intersecsed, whose banks supply coveted ha1nts for fishermen and whose valleys diversity the surface. The fol traversed by the road. each having It's character isttes and points to be noted
 I. The Plateau country between the MIsslssipp. and Tennessee rivers. checkered with cotton, to- bacco and nelds, and strips Of aative foresss From rver to river through this section is ninety. two miles. The higher wooded Plateau. more than fifty miles wide. between the Tennessee river and the greAs Basin Of Middle Tennessee. s The Great Basin itself. the gardenspot Of the stAie in which Nashville Is located. and across which the road runs for eighty eight miles. high Plateau about twenty i've miles wide. on the southeast side of the bssin, the counterpart of that the west TBiahoma. thousand feet above the sea- is located here. B. The Cumberland mountain. or table land resion. The road. after passing through a long tuanel cut in solid limestone passes this mountain region in wild canon. bounded by precipitous cfs and Alpine ceclivities. and at the same time de scends rapidly to the immediate valley of the Ten nessee river. the istance being twenty-five miles