The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-11-14
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MARION, MCDOWELL Co., N. O.,
October "a, 1889.

October "a, 1889,
This town is full Of activity, because
of the work Of the "three C's" railroad
builders. We have this week been
visited by Col. P. P. Dickinson, who
has the contract for finishing the gap
between Rutherfordton and this city,
and of building the line to the sum-
init of the Blue Ridge, which is the
boundary between this and Michel
county. Col. Dickinson is civil en-
gineer of great repute in the South
and what he says carrys conviction
with it. He was the contractor who
built the Air Line between Charlotte
and Atlanta, who constructed the To-
Goa & Elberton Railroad, who built a
hundred miles OF the Georgia Midland,
and whose name has for two decades
been we'll known to Northern people
as the chief engineer as well as projec-
tor of that splendid bridge which spans
the Hudson river, and by giving New
England manufactures cheap trans
portation from the Pennsylvania coal
fields, enabled them to prosper. He is
and has been for some time, chief
engineer of the Central New England
& Western Railroad, corporation OF
vital importance to that section. 1t
speaks well for the wisdom OF the
managers of the three C's railroad that
they were able to enlist at the very
outset OF their great undertaking such
able and experienced men as Major
Jno. F. Jones and Col P. P. Dickinson.
Both men could demand New En-
gland capital. Each was noted as a
builder who knew how to combine the
most economic work and reach the
best possible results. Neither OF them
has ever done piece OF railroad work
Of which he had no reason to be proud.
AS the railroad from Rutherfordton to
Blacksburg and the admirable man
agement of the same southern division
between the former place and Cam
den are standing compliments to Ma
jor Jones's skill and executive ability,
so the line Col. Dickinson has con-
tracted to build will, when completed
testify perpetually to his skill and at
tainments.
The writer had long conversation
with Col. Dickinson on his plans and
the policy OF the railroad management,
the whole OF which may be condensed
in one or two paragraphs. He said
~ have already given out my con-
tracts and set the wheels in motion.
By or before the 10Th Of December
nearly thousand men will be at work
By the first Of July next year, If not
before, my contract will be completed
That is the limit, but will get inside
of it as soon as | possibly can.
= The policy Of the three C's company
is to furnish transportation and gel
local traffic as fast as possible. 1t ID
probable that before the link between
Marion and Johnson City is finished
! the company will be shipping Goa
and coke to the South by way OF Nor
$ ristown, Tenn, Marion and Ruther
f. fordton, N. G.
The country through which l shall
Y build abounds with minerals, forests O
/ hardwood and fertile lands. There
y are also at freqvent intervals water
0 courses with sufficient fall and volume
to furnish, at merely nominal cos
+ for fumes and dams, power sufficient
: to run all the machinery needed fol
the conversion of the raw materials o.
the country into merchantable wares
There is also enough fertile lant
: throughout the entire section, that
settled and properly cultivated, woulC
supply food to very large popula
ton" SC.