Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-08-09
TENNESSEE EDITORS TRIP
TO NORFOLK.

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the meeting of the Tennessee Press
Association at Bristol, proved most
pleasant finale to that delightful
meeting. The trip was made over
the Norfolk & Western Railroad, the
distance from Bristol to Norfolk
being 40S miles. This is the road Of
which the notorious VIM. Malone
was president for many years. Ma
hone built that portion of the road
between Norfolk and Petersburg, a
distance of 81 miles, and with the
exception of one long sweeping curve
to get into Norfolk, the track is as
straight as an arrow between the two
cities. Through Mahone's manage
ment the various consultations were
effected which formed the road into
one continuous trunk line between
Norfolk and Bristol. The road has
a number of important branches, be-
ing almost a rival of Tennessee's
favorite road, the Nashville, Chatta-
nooga & st. Louis, in this particular.
The schedule time for through trains
between Bristol and Norfolk is
twelve hours, but owing to the i'm
mense traffic over the road, there are
numerous delays, and it is a rare
thing for one of their through trains
to be on time. In this particular it is
very dissimilar to the n. G. & st. L.,
which has the best record in the U.
S., for running its trains on time,
with the exception of one little road
of less than 100 miles in length in
New England which has no connec-
tions to make. The n. & w. has a
large force of men at work now, how.
ever, laying a double track over
several divisions Of the road, and as
soon as this can be completed the
immense business of the road can be
handled with much more facility
and passenger trains can make better
time. One item of the roads bust
ness will serve to indicate the great
volume of traffic which it handles
We were informed that the road UNI
loads upon its terminal docks at Nor
folk, 100 car loads of coal every day
Our party left Bristol at midnigh
of Friday, July 25th, and reached
Norfolk at o'clock the next after
noon. For a long distance aftel
leaving Bristol, the road winds
through varied and ever changing
beauties of mountain scenery. Tow
ering cliffs, sparkling streams, rug
ged mountain sides, narrow and fer
tile valleys please the eye as the trav
eler is.carried swiftly around sharl
curves, over dizzy precipices, ant
down steep grades. AS the trail
rolls seward, however, the seen
changes, and one looks out over vas
stretches of level fields, pine forests
and swaps peopled by innumerabl
hosts of tadpoles, bull frogs, and mos
quitoes. Among the many flourish
ing towns and cities along the line G
this road between Bristol and MOI
folk are Abingdon, Wytheville, Rae
ford, Pulaski, New River, Roanoke
Lynchburg, Burkeville, Petersburg
Suffolk, and many others of more G
less note.
When our party reached Norfol
we were met at the depot by a con
I mittee of the Business Mems AssC
citation and members of the locI
) press. Street cars were in waiting t
to convey us to the New Atlanti
Hotel, where all were comfortabl
quartered. And we want to So
4 ! right here that a traveller does NJ
0 often meet with such pleasant an
genteel attentions, and such effor
to accommodate guests as we foun
3 at the Atlantic. The clerks SCENE
4 to find pleasure in answering que
|. tons and rendering every servi(
conducive to the pleasure of guest
!! and all of the servants and waite
were on the alert and responde
promptly to every request. III
house is first class in all Ofits appoin
ments, spreads splendid table, an
the rates are reasonable.
A number of the editors assemble
at the club rooms of the Busine
Mems Association shortly after a
rival, where several speeches of we
come and responses were made, an
beuntiful luncheon was enjoyed.
At5o'clock the entire party w
taken on board the steam tug, Port
. mouth, belonging to the New YOr
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