The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1916-08-17
Extend Railroad
In SeOier Count,

Knoxville, Aug. ID A twenty
six mile extension is to be added to
the Knoxville, Sevierville and East
ern railroad, which will carry that
road to the state line. For the pur-
pose, application for a charter for a
railroad company and and for con-
struction company have been filed.
The entire construction is complete
ly financed. Work will begin in
thirty days. 1t will be finished in a
year.
Application for two charters have
been filed at the office of the county
court clerk. The Pigeon River Rail-
road Co., capitalized at $4,000 has
asked for a charter through L. S.
Hall, Frank A. Carpenter, R. H.
! Simmonds, Jno. P. Mofitt and Frank
fP. Gaut. The Pigeon River Construc-
ton Company asked for charter of
incorporation through David G.. Mad
den, Walter Mccoy, Irwin S. Saxton,
Charles E. Gentry, and W. A. Mont
gomery. This is to be capitalized at
$4,000.
The X. S. & E. road was complet-
ed from Knoxville to Sevierville in
1909, and the road has been doing
good traffic in passengers and freight
since that time. 1t is the only rail
operating in the direction of the
railroad to the sea-, which has for
many years been the dream of the
people in this section who have en-
deavored connect Rockville with
a nationa lie of traffic from the
centre of the country to the sea
coast.
Announcement of a twenty-six
mile extension of thirty mile road
is one more step towards the reali- |
zation of this dream. Col w. ]. Oil |
yer, who will own the road on it's
completion, said yesterday that the |
entire construction program had |
been fixed, that the road had been
financed, no natter how much it |
would cost, but he did not mention
any figure in connection with the
cost. He also said that the entire
rights of way had been acquired, ex-
cepting some small holdings that
would have to be condemned, and
that it was the purpose of incorpo-
ration at this time to organize so
that the rights which had to be pro-
cured by condemna ton proceedings l.
could be gotten az. Col. Oliver
would not say as to whether the road
mad been financed from Knoxville,
Dr. from southern or eastern capital.
In this direction, all he would say
was that the present incorporates
would not be represented on perfec-
ion of the organization.
General Frank Maloney, chief en-
engineer of the new road in Sewer
county at this time completing the
of the line as it will
,e built. The surveying has been in
progress for many months, and is
ust being brought to a close. The |
is through a territory {
hat will be expensive to build in
md the building program will call I
or the expenditure of several hun '
red thousands of dollars. The high 7
Expense is due, of course to the Q
regions which are to be
for the first time by a 9
and it is said that at no t
lace will the maximum grade exceed I
ne per cent. ~ |
Great Natural Wealth.
The district into which the road
yill be built contains some of the N
reatest natural wealth of the coun-
ry. Large tracts of virgin timber
vill be opened and access to new
ION fields will be provided for by
ne new line. h
On completion, the title of the U
ew road will be held by the Pigeon .
liver Railway company, which it is q
nderstood will lease the Knoxville, .
evierville and Eastern road. q
The route of the new road will be VI
cross Pigeon river above Sevierville
Y way of Pigeon Forge. 1t will fol- y
wv the river for a considerable dis g
ance and much bridge work will be l;
instructed as the road will span the u
;ream several times. A standard "
'ack will be constructed with rails a
hich will accommodate heavy rolling
Jock.
In speaking of the construction l
rogram, Col Oliver said yesterday: o
Surveys have been in progress for :
lonths, and they have been running u
lie line for the road for the past .
vo or three months. All the rights d.
{ way have been secured excepting
,me smaller rights of way that will ~
ave to be condemned. Everything W
perfected as the financing of the NJ
,ad."
The construction will be under the W
ersonal supervision of LIE. Wooten IN
no will be an official of the con- ID
ruction company, an organization,
I'd who is now general manager Of Ut
e X. S. & E.