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The Daily Dispatch: September 22, 1863., [Electronic resource], A Glance at the condition of Affairs in East Tennessee. (search)
y, to be employed in the construction of military roads in that State. It is intimated that the Central railroad, which extends from Covington (opposite Cincinnati) to a point fourteen miles south of Lexington, is to be continued across the Kentucky river, and that the Lebanon branch of the Louisville and Nashville railroad is to be continued southwardly, in the general direction of Knoxville, which place it is intended to reach, no doubt, by the proposed military highway. "A large portion of the grading," says the New York Times, "which is needed for the road between Lexington and Danville, has been completed some years, and abutments constructed for a wire suspension bridge over the Kentucky river, quite superior to those sustaining the suspension bridge at Niagara Falls. The work needed to extend the railroad from its present terminus to Danville will be comparatively slight, and may be finished up in a few months by a small part of the force impressed by Gen. Burnside. Th