| From the Memphis Appeal |
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| March 20, 1861 |
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| Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville R. R. |
| Many of our readers are,
doubtless, not aware of the importance of the link of railroad now
rapidly approaching completion here, to the business interests of the
country at large. We happened to be present at the convention of
railroad presidents at Washington city on the 26th of February, called
by president Humphreys, of the Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville road,
for the purpose of considering the interests of this route from the
northern and eastern cities to Memphis and the South. The entire line of
roads from Baltimore to Memphis was represented by the presidents of the
roads, and the route was conceded by all to be the most practicable and
reliable, in every respect, for passengers, freights and mails. So soon
as the road is finished through, arrangements will be made, schedules
will be changed and close connections affected, so that the time between
Memphis and the North and East will be shortened beyond the possibility
of competition by any other route |
| Clarksville Jeffersonian |
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