The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-08-04
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Rail Road Meeting.

Greenwood on the 24th July, for the pu
pose of considering the project of buildin
Rail Road from Columbia, through AT
beville, to Grccnvilc village On motto
OF Maj. Eddins, Gen. Gillian was called {,
the Chair, and Mr.. +. A. Conner and D,
J. Marshall appointed Secretaries.
The Chairman stated the object of tn
meeting, and solicited that degree of inte
rest in the subject that its Importance de
manded
Mr. Nance, Of Newberry, was then cal
led upon, and responded in a speech O
sound sense and practical views, showing
the advantages of Il rail road.
MIR. Perrin next responded to a, call and
ne disappointed some OF his friends in the
warm stand he took in favor ofthc road. He
showed, satisfactorily, the cause of his luke
warmness on the subject for some months
past, and vindicatcd himself by an cxposi-
ton OF his own course, at various meetings
OF the stockholders in Columbia, during the
session of the Legislature, which was con-
tirmed by several of the Newberry dele
gates, and which showed that, as he said.
he always had been, and was STILL friend
to the road. We think it due TO Mr. Per-
rim to be thus particular, because he evi-
IDENTIFY has been misrepresented.
MIR. Pope, of Newbcrry, was then called
upon, and he showed the Importance of Alb
bcvlllc's pushing forward this route: that
the chance of getting road to Aiken was
hopeless-because the people of Edgelied
were opposed to it-and she would be
thrown entirely on her own resources to
build it if She ever got one: that Ncwbcrrv
was in favor of this route: that Columbia r
was, and that the practical business men
Charleston would be: that the enhanced
value OF land in ten miles of the roai would
more than pay all the stock that would be
taken i'll the District: that the pine lands
on the Charleston and Hamburg road had
advanced from so cents to three or four
dollars He appealed to the Chairman to
Of Of using Isl iii lie s52 f5ad and his ho'ghbor5 Hh
not, whether he would give his tor two Of
his neighbor's. ).
Mg, Heller gave us a fine speech in a
rich giew Of sarcasm, denouncing "master-
Iy inactivity" in building rail roads :5}that if
NE wanted a road, we must 60 to work in
earncst; speeches could not I9lisl blisdl tit
would take money and wesmdst not be-
gin at the top of the pile where the small
bills are placed, but at the bottom, and
draw out the large one and good many
of them.
MIR. Summer, of Newberry, also made
an interesting speech of mitch information.
He said that as rail roads became older
the net proceeds increased that the bust,
ness of certain road in Massachusetts, had
increased to such an extent, that they had
it in contemplation to lay down another
track by the side of the old one, &c.
Mr.. Fair also made ssome interesting
statements in reference to the business ant
plans Of the direction, &c.
At this stage of the proceedings, onotAe,
SUBJECT was brought before the meeting
by y.thesfeating committee" which was dis
cussed inssrtens6 by. the whole assembly.
In the afternoon, M. Read, of Anderson
charmed the audience foIssome time in
brilliant speech. Hs gavsiit as bis opinio,
that the surplus funds in the Statetreasury
would be appropriated to the building q
roads: that three or four roads were i,
contemplation, TO run through differen
parts of the State: that the people were in
terested. in the subject of rail roads: tha
they wanted the fund, and ought to have i
; that there was no chance for the Aikel
} road that it was to the interest of tn
: stockholders to cross the Saluda-becaus