The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-01-13

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Frcs, the Rs'elg Register.
C. G. Memminger. Esq. a member vt
the South Carnllna Legislature, y al pre-
sent in This CITY. whliher he has come
as the agent uf the stockholders OF the
Louisville. Cincinnati and Charleston Rail
Road. 10 obtain the enncurrehre of our
General Assembly IN the acts amendaIory
Of the chatter OF this Road.
II will be seen tina, Col. Memminger
has been invited 10 take sea, within the
bar Of the SENATE, and N address that
body in explanation Of the objects Of his
mission.
The principal object desired by The
friends III this great enterprise. we believe.
IL 10 obtain the assent Of North Carolina
Ca the Acl which has just passed The
Legislature OF South Carolina. confer
ring banking privileges on the stockhold'
ers Of the Rail Road Company. II Is
estimated iha, il ~lll take Sl2 O00.0o0
90 complete the Road. whlch sum II Will
be impossible to raise unless this back
ing privilege d allowed: and the QUESTION
RISES whistler the wishes ol ihnse int
rested IN the road shall be accrued "a.
"r this immense work ahandoned.
From a letter of great interest and
ablllty, addressed IL Governor SpaIgh. by
Gol. Memmiager. and by him transmit.
ted la the Legislature. ne make the fnl'
lowing exusrts. showing the importance
oT this Road I0 North CarOlins:--
The importance vt this rnad To North
Carolina has been long ago seftied. In a
CnnvealI0n assembled ~ 1898. compass
Ell of the must enlightened men ia this
state. the lden,Icai project was recom-
mended In public favor and A. this slate
has 'he honor oI originating this maRnl-
fcent scheme. 80 is her faith incidentally
pledged to AID IT, accomplishment. The
advantages Ia result from Il have been
So frequently brought To view by these
able men, that u is tot necessary To- re-.
peat them. | will however merrly refer
to one or Two Of them BY way Of Illusua
ton
| The most obvious is the outlay of be-
tween two and three millions Of dollars.
whlrh must be made in North Carolina.
, in the direct line OF the route. without
taking into consideration the lateral
branches which will eventually join. LEI
any practical man consider the INN nsr
henef.s when will be produced by 81
large an expenditure tn the western part
| Of the state and say whether the founda-
tons Of national prosperity may not be
laid in II.
/ But when it is considered that the rosd
which South Carolina now proposes tu
make across The mountains Is the very
one which will develope the resources
Of every one oi the interior counties. the
argument 10 suIl more IN its favor. The
YsGkin Rail Road from Fayetteville TO
Beatle's ford is 10 the direct ch inntl oil
unlno FIR The Charleston Rad. The lat
,-rwsIj hung thu Suulb Western passen.
9ets scrUss the MOUNTAINS. and The Im>
meust numbers whIeh will then gu
through the state IN theT nay North will
d,f1use stream 81 prnsprty throughout
lis course. Fhuse INLAND d'strlcls which
now have no outlet iar any u theli con
nodIues viii finn . mark-t broughl home
IT, thin. sH'I the value III land will in-
crease Throughout the whole line.
Bur the districts which .conlaln the
mineral wealth II the state Will at once
feel the impulse. Lincoln. Rutherford,
Meckienbutg. Burke and all the counties
near the fadkin. will al once have a
channel opened to market which need,
all they can produce. |, is venturIng
very lille To say tbs, every fall Of water
EVERY mine Of iron. ar any other met.
al; even the grazing and grain farm,
throughout this region. will soon find
employment for their means. Even the
Eastern counties will be benefited in q
material degree. The travellers who %
. To Charleston and thence to the Norm,
, will Of course take the shortest Steam
a Bdai communication by sea. They will
: land at Wilmington and there take the
Rail Road Tor the Roanoke. as their bes
means Of reaching Norfolk and Baltimore
, Few men are aware Of the immense in
crease Of travelling which these Roads
: produre Before the Rail Road wa,
: made between New York and ibila,lel,
: ph'a' about so ~ 100 passengers daily
. l~aS III" Usual number; now /, has in
A creased to Between 1900 aud 2,O0Q.---