The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-28
SOUTHERN PROGRESS
DEVELOPMENT ALONG INDUSTRIAL
 LINES CONTINUES.
Railroad COnstructiOn Which Was Ne- cessary to Meet the Demands of the Agricultural, Mineral
 and Timber Trade.

Baltimore, Jan. 27.-(special. )-Cor-
 respondence from Middlesboro, Ky, in
 this weeks issue of The Manufactur-
 CTS Record tells of the rapid progress
 made toward the full development of
 the Big Sandy coal field in Kentucky
 through the extension of the Chesa-
 peake and Ohio Railroad up the val
 ley of the Big Sandy, this week mark
 ing the entrance of the first train into
 Pikesville, in the center of the field. It is believed that the completion
 of this extention to Elkhorn City near
 the Virginia fine will be made by the spring and that before that time &C.,
 tual operations will be under way in the coal fields Estimates of the num- Der of tons of coal that may be ex- pected to come down the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy from this great field embracing Pike, Letcher. Lawrence,
 Johnson, Floyd and Knott Counties, placed the total output at 46,496, ,000 tons before the region will be exnaus- tied.
 From the valley of Tug Fork, an- other branch of the Big Sandy, it is estimated that 670.72o,0e0 tons will be
 obtained before the field is exhausted.
 making total of 2,217,21e, 900 tons for
 the Big Sandy Valley. government
 CAS PAaSES titOSS AtB utCo lpO SiAidAl
 by more than fifty per cent. Esti- mating the amount of coal required by the Great Lakes trade at S0,000, 900 a year, the Big Sandy region has coal | enough to supply the entire lake trade for over seventy five years.
 Other important railroad construc- ton which has been under way in the South during the past year or two to
 meet the demands of agricultural, min eral and timber development Is now fast approaching completion. The very valuable link of the Seaboard Air Line | between Atlanta and Birmingham was recently finished. The long connec- ton of the Missouri Pacific Railway s low grade line along the west bank of the Mississippi between McGehee and Latour, Ark. is very nearly ready for use and 1t is expected Clat a few weeks will witness the operation of , trains between the two points as well as one the rest of the Memphis, Helena and Louisiana Railroad, which is the name of this route.
 The Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad is pushing construction
 of its line northward through Missis- sippi and into Tennessee, the Tennes- see end of it, formerly known as the Gulf and Chicago Railroad, having al- ready been converted from narrow to standard gauge. Work Is progressing rapidly upon the projected short line of the Louisville and Nashville Rail- road from Cincinnati to Atlanta, the principal piece of new construction be- ing the building of the Knoxville, La
 Toilette and Jellico Railroad, this
 part of the work being finished with the exception of one mile where a tun-
 nel must be made.
 South Knoxville. on the Atlanta Knoxville and Northern Railroad | changes of line are being made which | practically amount to the construction of new road, while between Etowah Tenn, and Cartersvile. Ga. an entire 1 ly new route Is being constructed for | eighty-seven miles. The St. Louis ! Brownsville and Mexico Railroad is working in Texas on a line 140
 miles long from Robstown to Bay 1 City and on another twenty-six miles ! from Robstown to SInton. Extension
 of the Trinity and Brazos Valley Rail 1 road northward from Cleburne to Fort : Worth and Dallas and southward from
 Mexia to Beaumont and Houston will require the laying of from 300 to 400
 miles of track. 8 job which it is ex
 pected to finish as nearly as possible this year.
 | The White River extension of the
 Missouri Pacific Railroad northwest
 from Newport, Ark. to Carthage, Mo.
 is one of the heaviest pieces of con struction now under way, as 1t goes ' through a mountainous country beset
 with difficulties. It is reported that
 the company Is preparing to build one or two important feeders to this line The Western Maryland's extension from Hancock to Cumberland, Md, Is
 another line demanding much heavy
 work, yet 1t may be finished this year. two of the important tunnels be- ! ing already bored through. The build
 Ing of the Louisiana Railway and Navigation Gompany's route to New Orleans must not be overlooked, as il
 is proposed to complete 1t by next
 winter. It may also be noted that
 the Southern Railway Company has | just started a survey for important | coal connection line between Marion,
 N. C.. and Johnson City, Tenn.