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

at the Depot on the Waccamaw, and thence
be Shipped by Steam Boats and other YES
sels, 10 Charleston or any other MARKET
These considerations would operate as in.
ducemen.s therefore 10 the merchants, 10
prefer the. use ofthe hail Road, whIch,couId
always carry atrates never exceeding ana
generally less than by the river. An add'.
tional Inducements Ike wise held out"m
the saving of INSURANCE; as the Rail Road
Company will be responsible for merchan-
die and produce conveyed byit. .
From the Petersburg and Roanoke kall
Road, branch is nearly completed from
Belfeld to Gas:on, on the Roanoke river.
| 1t is proposed 10 connect CASTOR with Raj
eigh by a rail road, ard at the last session
of the North Carolina Legislature, char.
ter was obtainedt to build road from Ral.
eich to the South Caolina line, in the d.
rection OF Columbia, intending to- pass
through the town Of CLeraw. This would
| bring to Cheraw a great accession OF trade
from the Southern par Of North Carolina.
In the article Of Cotton, Cheraw would have
the advantage over an? port in North Car.
DINA; for it is a fact, that Cotton shipped
from South Carolina, commands, in the
foreign market, from one cent to one cent
and half more per pound than when ship.
ped from North Carolina.
A connection with the Petersburg Road,
will complete nearly a CONTINUOUS line OF
Rail Road from Cheraw to Boston. A line
of Steam Packets, established between the
Depot on the .Waccamaw and Charleston,
would be the last link in the chain of rapid
and easy communication between Charles
ton and the North Of which the only por.
ion bv sea would be from Charleston to
the Georgetown Bar. a distance Of about
60 miles. Many persons who now travel
bv s.camboa.s and by packet ships TO the
North, will doubtless prefer this interior line
of communication by Rail Roads. The
General Government will rather send the
mail on this route, by which it will be trans.
ported erery day from Charleston to Che
raw n ten hours, instead of every other day.
Sc hours, as is now rhe case blythe way Of
Georgetown; or 49 hours by the. way of
Columbia. I-leave the further discussion
Of this subject 10 the committee, satisfied
that they are fully adequate to appreciate
the advantages and proceed now 10 con-.
slider the probable income of the company.
By the Rail Road, Cotton can be trans
ported to the Waccamaw river, throughout
the year, at IS cents per bale. Whence to
Charleston it will not cost more than it now
costs from Georgetown 10 Charleston>-
Goods can be carried at the lowest river
prices. An average number of2o passen-
gers per day now pass through Cheraw BY
stage. I will assume this number only*
in making my estimate, although am sat-
isfed it is minimum. The Sage fare from
Charleston to Cheraw is now about SIT |
will assume So as the fare from Cheraw TO
the Waccamaw and from the Wacarnaw
10 Charleston, by Steam Boat, it will be, j
presume, not more than So Tor each pas
scnger.
Then the business Of the company may
be estimated as follows, per annum:--
25,OOO bales of Cotton from
Cheraw to the Depot on .
the Waccamaw river, at
75cents per bale, slo,75e oo
Up frieghts on merchandise, -
&c to Cheraw, 5U,OOO W
Seven thousand bales of cot
ton, at IS cents per bale,
from Marlborough, and that
portion OF Marion which lies
|. TO the East Of the Big Pee.
dee, $3.50 90
Up freights to Marlborough
and Marion, 3,2oo w
For 1900 passengers, SO
each, 43,eoO 90
Transportation of the mail from
the Waccamaw river to Che
raw, 10000 90