The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-08-31
SOLID TRAINS WILL COME
INTO PADUCAH FROM
NORTH.
TENNESSEE CENTRAL MAY
BE ON DEAL WITH
c. & E. |.

party into any community leads Il
more kinds of speculation than one
would think the average mind Il
capable of, and in this guessing con
test the newspaper usually play one
OF their chief roles.
The Nashville Banner OF Monday
contains a story that the Burlington
railroad Is coming to that town, and
from there will proceed on to the
southeast Atlantic coast. The article
states that the Tennessee Central will
be the spur used from Nashville Il
the Ohio river TO connect the Burl
ington, and then proceeds to print
two or three columns of a story thai
sounds very plausible to the unini
ated.
IL says Tennessee Central survey.
ors are already at work at Hopkins
Vile, from whence the line would be
extended here. and also has a dis
patch. under a Paducsh dating. that
Tennessee Central engineer was In
Paducah looking over the field.
OF course The Sun is fallible, like
all newspapers, but II has its railroad
information from such an authorize.
tive source that II does not for 9
moment doubt IT,
The Tennessee Central Is not com.
ing to Paducah, and thence to Me-
tropolis to connect with the Burling
ton. There Is no doubt that the line
is coming to Paducah, as with many
other systems II has realized that Pa.
ducah is to be an Ohio river crossing
and a very important point, and It Il
anxious to get here. Once here, u
viii naturally seek connections with
northern system. and expects L
find a northern road anxious to gef
a southern connection. That Is plaus
ible, in fact Is conceded by high rail
road authorities. But II is tipped of
by persons. who seemingly know
that II is the c. and f l., with which
the Tennessee Central will connect
at Metropolis. instead OF the Burling
ton.
bufiiblou Has Afftaut huut toh
nections.
The Burlington system, as told n
The Sun some days ago. has already
made an agreement with the ~, c
e. st l.. for a southern outlet, and
the L. & n. which is a big stock
holder in the ~, c. & st. L., has
crew Of engineers and surveyors II
Paducah now surveying for cit,
terminals. and running a survey t
Metropolis to take care of the Burlini
tom Milton II. Smith, president o.
the l.. & ~, sent for the Paducai
Northern maps, and copies of the or
dinances some time ago, but II Is no
announced. and probably has no
been decided whether the compan,
will use that survey and franchise Of
not.
Five Roads Headed for Paducah.
A reporter for The Sun showed the
Nashville dispatches to a prominen
railroad official. now in the city. ant
he said: Never In my experienc,
have | seen so many big railroad sys
tens headed for one point as ther'
are at present seeking an entrance
into Paducah. The next few year
you will in all probability have thu
Burlington, the Wabash, the BIZ
-Four. the C. & e. l., B. & @ and th'
Toledo. New Orleans q st. Loui
from the north, with the Tennesse'
Central and one or two more iron
the south. II may take time for al
OF them TO get in. but | see unmistak
able signs that they are coming"
A gentleman who has been so
journing in southern Illinois, stated
today that Hurst, near Herrin, the
C. b. & Q. construction crew has cui
through the woods there along tbs
surveyed line, and that the actua
work of construction has started al
Herrin. the upper end of the Herir
Southern. which is the Burlington's
route to Paducah.
Knoxville. Tenn, Aug. 31.-W. J
oliver, of this city. owner of tbs
Knoxville. Sevierville and Eastern
railroad, which is now under con
struction. denied the report of {
probable combination of his road. the
Tennessee Central. Burlington anC
Seaboard Air Line. MIR. oliver said
when shown the Nashville report:
"There Is absolutely nothing ii
that story. The plan. as set out FOL
the combination of these roads, anC
the establishment of a new through
line from the lakes and the Missis
sippi to the southeast Atlantic coas
I is clearly logical. / believe it would
work out. However. / have had n,
correspondence or interview or othei
negotiations, either directly or indi
rectly, with anyone looking TO such {
deal. The Knoxville. seyierville anC