Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-11-01

Tnsnas T1nsrnr fsse; (. GREEN, Sub Committee.
GcRHAM D. ABBOTT, Secretary.
Neac. Nork, October IL. 1887.
/, CINCINNATI AND CHARLESTON
RAILROAD.
A correspondent of the Charleston Courier
in letter dated, Flat Rock NC gives an
account of the proceedings oftle company
for constructing this road from which we
extract the following:
Gen. HANE,.president readsthe first an.
nual report ofthe President and Directors,
giving a highly, satisfactory account Of the
manner in which tie surveys had been ex.
ecuted by the able and inelIigigent Engn.
GERS associated with the company, furnish.
ing abundant proofs of the practicability Of
t great project in contemplation, and re-
commencing measures for the welfare of
the Company. II appears from this able
document, that the corps of engineers, from
the Sd April last, had surveyed lO46 miles.
manyportious ofwhlchwere trayerses 2 or 3
times, from Columbia. S. C.. to Lexington,
by and from Louisville to Cincinnati, Foul
lines have been surveyed eastward, begin.
ming at the summit Of the mountains.
But Mountain, Gap is stated, to be the most
eligible pass Of the mountains;it being only
2l6S feet above the level Of the oceon,
.rhlo the Saluda GaP. Creek Gan ond Rec.
dy Patch Gap are at the elevations respoc-
lively of 21ss feet, and 22ls feet, besides
possessing inferior advantages iI other res
poets. In the whole distance Of l35 miles
rom Butt Mountain to Knoxville, the de.
fcent does not average more than 8 feet g.
sOths per miie, and there ore but one or
l O miles where ii reaches 20 feet. The
whole route can be accomplished wilEou
an inclined plane, and is cncumbercd with
no importont curyatures. The report con.
cludns with the following resolutions
Resolred, That practicable and eligible
route for the passage of the Blue Ridge,
at the Butt Mountain Gap, by locomotive
engines has been found and that, connec.
nected as it is. with the Valley OF the
French Broad River, which has already
been definitely established, by the uuani.
nous vote of the Company as the route of
the road, The mountain pass affords not only
peculiar advantages, but we have every rea.
son to believe is decidedly superior to every
other 10 be found within 'he limits Of our
charter, or indeed in the whole exton: of
the mountain ranges, dividing the A..2;:t'c
from the Western States.
Resolred, That the various routes below
the mountains afford all the necessary fac
ilities for the construction of Rail Road
from Butt Mountainn to Columbia o. its
vicini y, but that the relative merits OF ith o
seve, cl routes have not been sufficiently
ascertained to cnablo us to decide, which
should be preferred. Assuming. however,
Columbia as point to or near which our
road should be carried from the mountains,
it will, in our opinion, be necessary, before
any one shall be definitely adopted, that oil
of the routes lying between the Ca:awa
and Saluda rivers, which may afford any
convenient passage for the road from the
Butt Mountain TO the point, which may be
selected for lis termination, at Or near Co
lumbia, should he carefully examined and
surveyed.
Resolued, That some convenient point at
or near Columbia be, and the same is here.
by established, as that to which the road
shall be extended from the mountains.
Rsso3red, That the connexion OF our road
with that of tho South Carolina Canal and
Rail Road Company, either by purchase
OF otherwise, is extremely desirable: and
that in our opinion, Committee of the
Stockholders should be. appointed to treat
with the Agen,s of!ha; Company expected
here, to ascertain on what terms such con.
nexion can be formed, and to recommend
the proper measures to be adopted on that
subject.
Resolued, That, in our opinion,the 70 lowing
measures should be adopted, at this time, in
reference to the further prosecution Of the
work, VIZ Isl, That an application lie made
to the Legislaturas Of Tennessee and Ken.
lucky, for their, concurrence in the act
granting banking privileges 1othe Company,
and ha, an earnest appeal be made to lose
Staes for pecuniary aid, with a frank decla.
ration, that without such aid, j, could hardly
he expected that funds could be supplied
from other quarters to extend the road into
those States, and that a similar appeal be
made TO the Legislature Of North Carol!na,
at tbcr nex. scss;nN---'':G. 70 'ntucr tha