| From the Talladega Alabama Reporter |
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| February 25, 1864 |
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| Important Railroad Branch |
| The Centreville (Ala.) Enquirer says a
branch railroad is being built commencing at Ashby (formerly known as
Centreville Depot,) and is designed to run to the Bibb Iron Works and
from thence to the rich coal and iron regions on the Cahaba river, and
ultimately to Elyton, Jefferson county. The route has been surveyed,
grading has been commenced, and the iron will soon be laid to the Iron
Works, if not the whole. We look upon this work as a most important
one, as it will develope the resources of a section of country, which
in mineral value is not surpassed by any in the Confederacy. It will
give Bibb a prominence which no other county has yet or ever will
attain in manufactures and coal and iron. As a friend of progress we
are glad to see this interprise going on, and predict its early
completion; it is in the hands of three parties -- private
individuals, the Government, and the Alabama & Tennessee {River}
Railroad. |
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