The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-11-21
THE THREE C'S.
FREIGHT DEPOT TO BE BUILT AT
ONCE...THE LINE TO BE
CHANGED.
A~sheville, n. c., to be Touched by the
"0pen Sesame"

Officers car No. IS OF the Charleston,
Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad was
side.tracked in Johnson City Sunday
night. 1t contained General Manager
R. A. johnson, Maj. Jones, Superin-
tendent of the Southern Division, DR..
Black, OF Blscksburg, S. c. Judge AL
bin and the General Managers Private
Secretary Frick.
Col. Johnson is quartered at Vice
President Gen. ]. T. Wilder's, while in
the city.
Col. Johnson was visible to the
COMET q few moments yesterday
morning and although suffering with
a cold contracted in South Carolina
he was so gratified with the progress
OF the work in this section that he
talked cheerfully and pleasantly about
the intentions of the company.
II has been decided to commence
work at ence on a freight depot to be
located near the junction Of the Three
C's and E, T. V. & G. roads. The
building will be OF brick and will be
30x150 feet with platforms on both
sides. The building to be built now is
intended for temporary use and is
really only a wing or section Of their
freight depot proper. Gen. Wilder
win put a force at work on the foun-
dation just as soon as the weather
will permit-perhaps tomorrow. This
will be good news to the contractors as
they can have their goods unloaded
there and distributed with more
promptness on account Of the poor ia
cilities for handling freight at the E.
T. V. & G. depot.
s. w. Wilson, engineer OF the syn
dictate of New York and Philadelphia
capitalists who purchased the bonds
of the road, went over the line with
Chief Engineer Wordsworth Monday
and left Tuesday night for New York
to make a report of the work to his
people. He was astonished at the
amount OF grading that had been done
and was especially pleased with the
manner of work. He is an expert rail-
road engineer and says there are some
points on th5 line so rough as to al
most deter an engineer from attempt
ing to get o road through, but the.line
is first-class in every respect and is a
remarkably fine piece Of engineering
He complimented Chief Engineer A.
N. Wordsworth very highly on the
line. He found 24h miles OF grad
uation ready for the ties and says by
the 18th OF December all the work in
Washington county except bridges
will be finished. There was no use,
he said, in sending him out here as
the work was progressing rapidly and
perfectly satisfactorily.
Col. johnson says he expects to com
plete the line from Minneapolis to
Johnson City and from Johnson City
to Erwin as fast as possible. Contrac-
tors will be started to work all through
Unicoi county at once. Some have
already selected their work.
Mcdonald, Shea Il Co. have the
contract from Erwin to Minneapolis
and are pushing the graduation with
characteristic rapidity and are doing
excellent work as the report of Engin-
eer Wilson will testify. Col. P. P.
Dickinson, one Of the oldest and most
prominent railroad builders in the
South, has the contract from Ruther.
fordton to the top of the Blue Ridge
mountain. He has the entire dis
lance from Rutherfordton to Marion
covered with hands and will have the
work between these points completed
in six months.
The entire amount Of steel rails nee.
essary to lay the track from Erwin tC
Minneapolis has been purchased and
is ready for shipment. The first trair
load is expected anytime.
NEW ROUTE FOUND.