Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-10-14
For stlte Adrertiscr. s,,. 49,.
EDGEFIELD. AND; AIKEN RAIL
ROAD.

"i. CuLtot " o. piViifoCu .tuN oot di :
,icle in the last number Of your paper, 10
throw out few hints cn The profits likely
10 arise to this community, by the Rail
Road, when completed, from Edge6eld
Village 10 Aiken. la our desire 10 be
brief. we will simply furnish an alalysis Of
thesuhjec, sleavingir 10 The practical men
of,he Districtto make their own calcu la
tons, aud drawiheir.own deductions.
The profits may be ranked under Two
classes. First.thoSe arising directly from
the Road: as from passengers, fright,
carriage Of The ma,ts, and from conuenien.
cies Of various kinds. Secondly, ,huse aris-
lug indirectly BY the enhaucenen. Of
rea! estate, sc.
Under the first head, let US consider lst,
the prospect for; passengers. Even noD
the emost of sihet travel To Charleston rom
thefupper Districts Of the western part Of
the State, is through The village OF Edge.
field. There are two lines of stages run
ming Gom the back country ,hrougl. the
Village, aud one line we know 10 be highly
profitable. The passengers, masl Of whom
are destined for Charleston, would Of
course take the Rail Ro.M TO Aiken
Again great many travellers from the
upper part Of the State, from Eas, Ten
nessee, aud fro,nths western part Of North
Carolina, who pass. at present through
Columbia, would take The Rail Road al
Eiesfeld, as il would briug them num-
bsr oe miles nearer to Greenv,lle, through
which place they pass in their journey to
Tennessee aud North Carolina. For the
same reason, the most of the travel from
thel0wer Districts ID the back country for
the purposes Of summer residence, De-,
would be over this Road. When u,w we
add to these, the increase OF travel IN the
Road by the growing population Of the
Village. and the increase generally which
always takes place by multiplying The IA.
cililies Of travel, we will have a source Of
prof, from the Road Of no incousidrrable
value. Aud this is All item Of The first
magnitude in estimating the profits Of a
Rail Road. -.
SeconL The prospect for freight. The
do'cnwlrd freight from the Village will
csnsis: principally Of Cotton. O;her ar
.icies OF produce may, aud doubtless, will
be transported but as they are likely TO
he unimporianl, will not take them into
the estimate. The quantity u! Cotton will,
OF course, depend much upon the growth
of the FiIlase.i.upou the market here es
Isblished for the sale Of this article, and
-t'r the porchasesof supplies by the plau-
ter. IT is said tha, 20. U01 bales pass an.
snnaliyiiiroush Hamburg in This District.
Suppose EdsefeJ were 10 obtain third
Of this. tand this. we think, is 40 :unrea.
sspnlhle calcistation,) it would give This
Roat the carriage ol innre Than s23 900
bales, free from oil compeli,ion. Sn much !
Tor Tho freight down. The upwrrd freight
will surely be greaer. Ii will consist. in !
The tilsl place, ui all the merchandise in
ten.Iea for + lsr6eli Village. Ghe amount
of which is likely 10 have a gradual in
crease 20 suit the Increased prosperity of
The I.lare. and most of thai intended for
the District. bu, likewise Of a great pro-
porlrm Of that ttlesisned iuf the upper. Dis
iricts, in the western part OF the Sla'e.-
When We consider the vast quantity OF
merchandise necessary for the planters,
and for supplying the large number of
,nercha TITS in the country, this will he no
small matter. Superadded to these, the
large quantity Of merchandise carried at
present on wagons from Augusta and
Hamburg to Norih Carolina and Tennes
see. will be brnush, upon this Road.
Third. Profits from cirrying the mail.
First. we shall have a dall y mail Iru'n
Edeefield 10 Charleston, which in addition
10 its great utility aud satisfaction, will he
- ,ha
Road. Secondly, the Western mail,
which now reaches US from Augusta by
stage only tri-weekly, would be most
probably made duly mail, and would
he carried by Aiken OH the Rail Road TO
Edseield Village ssH
Fourth. Profits from conueniences Of va
rious kinds. To men Of practical reflection
il is unnecessary to remark that .'conver-
ience is profit" The political economis,
serves TO save time, labor or trouble, may
add to The stock of productive capital
Thus iu works on political economy,
mint, the retail stors-keeper, The banker,
broker. &C., are regarded as labor saving
machines, because they save labor aud
trouble to the business men OF the commu-
nifty. On,a much larger scale is a Ra,l
Road a labor.saving machIue. /, affects
more or less, nearly all the interests of So
cietv. 1t hasiens Communications Of all
kinds, and thereby saves time. 1t brings
an ample market within nearer limits,
and thereby is the immediate saving Of
capital. Blu, all these savings add just so
much 10 mans productive capital
Take but a single instance out Of bun.
dred that could be used to illustrate. If
the merchant a, present pays SO cents
per hundred for freight from Aiken 10
Edge6el6.e and can obtain it by the Rail
Road for e5 cents, is there not here clear