The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1895-09-12
THE BLACK DIAMOND RAIL
ROAD.
10 Fighting Battle Royaf In Camp
bell With the Southern and SO
Says the Advance Sentinel.

BAYS the Advance-Sertinei.
The removal of the Southern
corps OF the Ohio River, Knoxville
and Tidewstey Railroad from
BlOunt County to CampbeFhas a
Significance which our citizens
should. not underestimate. Since
the plans of the new road were
perfected and placed on foot Col.
Boone and associates have slept
with one eye resting upon the
Southern raaroad. us every ore
knows, the Knoxville and OsiiO
road is an arm OF the Southern
system, and fiat it fseights all coal
into Knoxville that the entTn.'
Southern system HsdJes. TIE
Ohio River, Knoxville and Tide
water road will penetrate tha livery
heart of:the Coal Greek alpts Jellico'
coal fields, and while the X & o.
charges one dollar and five cents
for coal to Knoxville, the new road
obligates itself to- freight it for
sixty cents, the same rrSe applying
to Maryville. Thereupeuwss con-
ceived and brought forth tins La
Fallette Railway comgxny, pro-
posing to buisaia line on railroad
from Jellice to Knoxville, rwnning
through the La. Palette cenpany
property eighteen miles, is having
several thousand acres % land in
body. This gad, like tSe+ Boone
road, is asking Campbell aounty to
take 100000 stock, AM tn further
complicate masters the Southern,
though La Fa1nette, is seeking to
occupy the a~ailable nepu"ws
where a railroad may pass-between
the mountainns, That ia,-. There
seems to be but two natural ways
for road to, get thrCugfn the
mountains ami. the La EAlgeiie
company is see:nsmgto occnpyliath.
The Boone ryssd now has two
surveying colIs-- at wCrlct>in that
section to the ssaddthat shey may
cover twice tha.amount CGsHgn0und
as the la F'alleSse cOmpanNNn the
same length Of time.
Blount count.nis justly Interested
in the fig ut now. on, since we look
to the Boone reed and to JaiHphell
county for cheap, coal with which
to speed the wheels of industny we
now hay and the many more we
hope to have in the nearr fisfure
The figt t. is to certain extent Oul
fight. \nd if they need assistance
over tn at way-we stand ready tC
render it. The. TIMES believes
that Ca mpbel, county Will be- found
on the right side of the question, il
favor Col. EsOne's BlaeaDiamond
road.
All 'epOrts-from the county ar,
to the effect that the people ar
undec eived !, that they are aDxiou
to des i with the La Falette com
pany at the polls, so as TO foreve
silen' ,e his company and Temov
it as an obstruction to the develop
men and prosperity oEtli~ eour tS
Conc ,erning the question of railroa
the Northumberland, tn
onI, newspaper in Gamabell CT
say 8:
- The CONSTRUCTION of the OH
Ri yer, Knoxville 4 Tidewater rad
ros I'd frora Jellico to the sea wOuS
wi thout doubt, prove a. damag&h
&C mpetitDr to the 4. 4 y. roa'
Y hat the X. 4 O., wOa,ld trys
tllwart the buildingOf q eompesin
fine is sS natural aS tine laws {
.gravitSsion. Any. reader OF tt
MISUNDERSTANDING if he owned tt
X. & ~, would try to defeaA IL
construction of tAs line-he Won
not serve his own interests if /
did not, and the. IL. 4 0. o0rpor
ton is nothing but an aggegatiC
;. of individuals, So, if anyol
doabts that the X. & ~ won
fisnt the Ohio River. Kno
, vide & 'ridewater, let him for o.
rsoment assume the ownership
she X. d o. and the douAt will
longer exist
Where is. the X. & @. fighAir
= and howS :, Did it meet Boone o.
~ his lieuieaants in battle array
KnoXvillG and Knox county, n
for there were but fifty-twB vot
cast against them in the eoun
i Is the x. & o. fighting Boone q
=, lieuteaants in Campbell count
To this good hour not word
been heard from them, notwi
standing the Boone road prOpO
to reduce freights on coal to Kn
Vile one thiid. Some may ans,