Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-08-30

l Will remark. tatt y Z! ttuitl' ucSCcu. vi .Co
10 40 feet fc the mi;ecoul be made by the
Valley of Whorilebcrry ,>rcek % the river g!
Bu, this would throw tisc Depot at least half !
a mile out o: the linaits of the town.
From the highlands on the East Of the !
frecdee, tic lever line, BY a curve ofabout
one and halfmes radius turns into its gen.
crai direction TO Marion Court House, and
traverses ground gently unduIatiHg, to lis
crossing the Ikcce Creeks. In its course
siigh: cnlbanS S;ncnts will be necessary, 10
raise the line above frcshes from tae B g
.Peedee. and across several streams: the
most important of which are Naked, Crook,
ed, and Muidy Creeks. Crooked Cree}
is crossed by descending gently thror
Ellerbe'S and Murdoch's plaata1ions, n
point where its swamp is three qua' @ =
mile through. The general lev feFs OF
gained on the opposite side bys <ei IS re-
cent along branch throushr gentle as IS
plantation, leading near ] Or. Crosiand 5
house. The swamps Of Thomasss oia
vary from 200 to 4Or the other streams
The line croses the yards in BREADTH
head of Gen. Car Three Creeks about the
its swamp is ApbelI's mil-pond, where
measured by lbout four hundred yards,
descent to Debeny and Townsend. A
about IS It may be affected al grade OF
land Of feet 10 the mile, by q long point OF
into the widow Eluggi ms. which projects
OF .he swamp. The elevation is rcgaIneo
the other side by the same grade, traver
S" r. another point opposite; which likewise
; reecls into the swamp. and leads the line
5,ko Dcberry's field. When survey is
s.rlade, rec mmend an examination OF the
Greek, with view to crossing it one mic
-iDelow Gen. Campbels mill dam; and to
cross Muddy Creek below the junction OF
the forks instead Of crossing each separa-
,ely, From Three Creeks to the crossing
of Catfish, q distance Of nearly % niles,
is nearly an uninterrupted level, except at
the crossing of the North and South forks
of Muddy Creek to each ofwhlch 1t may
be necessary to descend bya grade sof 80
feet te the mile, and ascend by the same
grade. The line descends by agrade OF 30
feet TO the mile, through Capt. JIG Etler-
be's plantation, to Cat Fish, and crosses
its swamp Immediately below. Mrs Tar's
mill creek, at which point it lis 400 yards
wide. Itthen ascends al grade of 80 feet
: 10 the mile. The face Of he country from
Cat Fish to the Little Peadee, is gNeraly
flat, interrupted by occasional und"lations.
In this distance, Smiths swamp, 220 yards,
and Bic and Little Reedy Greeks, each 100
wards across their Swaps, arc crossed.
Besides these, only two or three lnconsdcr-
able branches occur. TO closstle Little
Peedee swamp, the line descends lis bank by
a grade OF 80 feet TO the mile, which leads
"a point three quarters Of mlle.long, pro-
ting into the swamp. From this point
line passes TO the river by string of
Islands quarter ola mile in length.
yer is $50 yards wide, with firm
and at The highest water 10 TO ii
:. -. Il can ba crossed by truss
ridge Of simple construction, with
feet wide, to admit the passage
ais. From the river, the line
50yarls ofswan1p 10 San
;ch is a bank ofwhi,e sands
'ength, and quarter, of a
ed by "a growth of live oak
ing of islands stretches
! to the highlands, ads.
. alfmileS, of which a mile
islands, and the rest Of
tbe swamp. In eros.
no ohx,rnc,ion should
passage of the water,
uggsh stream, and
mp more than sew
-efore propose The
: the swamp 10 be
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