Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-10-07

llney pass is being. cultivated IKE gar.
den, and every portion thai they reach is
Supplied with ailthe necessariesyand luau;i
ries oflife in abundance, and q, cheap
rate. while their produce is transported 10
market expedifiously and al little cost
The condition of South Carolina renders
it imperative tha, we should useaevery,
exertion TO avail ourselves of the advan,a'
ges. this improvement presents. Although
not altogether stationary, our progress
has been slower than that Of our sister
States, owing Chiefly to the want of good
communications for the transportation of.
produce. The difference between hauling
TO marke, The products Of our Industry
over the execrable roads nov in use, at
the rate; OF Is or 90 miles day employ.
ing and using up an. immense numbeE OF
horses, aad wagons, aud the rapid. aud
chGnp transportation on Rail Road, must
obviously Influence greatly. the prosperity
of COUNTY,. The existence o: such a
Road, whereby the merchant can With
certainty receive his supplies at The season
they are wanted, and the farmer reach
The market at ihe. precise period when his
produce is ia, nost demand at its highest
price. The great facility it affords Of sop.
plying the DEFICIENCIES occasionally suffered
by one district from the supeeabundance Of
auoiher, er from The neighboring grain
growing States, which on such occasions
are. ready to pour their stores into the ports
that form the lower extremity of the Road,
the means it.nroydes for exchanging tho
surplus produce in years Of abundant har'
vest and conveniences Of civilized life,
excite the farmer 10 renewed exeFtions,
and give.an impulse TO lhe industry of the
people, which every where calls forth the
hidden capacities Of the soil and enriches
the whole land. If South Carolina neg.
lects much Longer to avail itself of these
obvious advantages, it cannot maintain its
station in lhe Union. The mos, active
and eulerprisiog OF the population will
leave the State to seek new homes in
countries where these facilities Of inter
course existed. Already the mountains
Of Georgia attract our fellow citizens from
The low country. They have selected
that Stale for their summer residence, not
because the scenery is more picturesque,
the climate more salubrious, or the lands
more fertile than in South Carolina, but
on account oflhe facility afforded by the
line Of Railway that exlends from the
seacoast 10 the foot Of the mountains of
Georgia, rendering that bsauliful region OF
country accessible at all seasons. On The
other side, in North Carolina, the utmost
activity prevails. and srea, exertious are
share ofthe numerous advantages resulting
from this wonderful improvement.
The Convention ventures 10 hope that
South Carolina will awaken. to its own
interests, and tha, their fellow citizens from
the seacoasl to The mountains will unite
in one effort TO maintain lis character and
promote its prosperity. The money con.
,ributed on ibis occasion will be expended
within The State; and the work in its pro.
gress will supply labor to those who need
4 II hS entrance r6s value q
your own lands and enrich your several
Districts it will give you cheap and rapid
transportation for yourselves. your pro.
duce and your supplies; it willrender you
independent oil seasons for your subsis-
tence; and above ALL it will place our
Stale on q level with, ils enlerprising
ueighbors. Nor does the Convention call
upon you 10 aid in extending these beue-
fits TO the country n, large from mere mo-
tives Of philanthropy or patriotism. They
are of opinion thai the enterprise they pro-
pose will remunerate the subscribers di-
recdy as well as indirectly. From inlor:
maliou derived through the best sources,
there is good reason TO believe thai mo.
ney expended on this Railway will prove
a profitable investment Of capital.
Iu:Fehruary last, very elaborate Re-
port was made on this subject by Com
mi,tee selected from the intelligent inhab-
itanls Of Greenvile, Laurens aud New
berry, 10 which the Convention would
respectfully refer to their fellow citizens.
and recommend its re. publication. 1t con-
tains accurate information with regard 10
the quantity Of produce and number of
passengers that would pass over The Road,
and presents candid and fair estimate Of
the probable cost Of The work. The con-
cIusion 10 which this committee: come TO
may be summoned up in the following
statement 2 .i.s
Probable cost Of the Road, S1,200,000
Gross income, arising from the
transportation Of passengers,
, produce and merchandise, $4,000
Annual expenses, $4,000