Check on the Louisville and Nashville line. (L & N). In TN, the L & N constructed a 94-mile liine from Brentwood to Athens, AL, via Lewisburg (Marshall CO.) and built a new line from Knoxville to Atlanta. In the 1890s Smith's (the president of L & N) stubborn style proved less effective in facilitating the management-labor relations In the 1890s Smith's unwillingness to comprmise with unions landed the L & N the reputation of a company unfriendly to labor. Sherry