The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1847-01-13

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uibsnn, = dam. CTossing i he rivers n, tliis
| fslace, and the river swamp, two miles II,
'txtent, The route q fter cruising Polk sw ann,
I!pllnWs The ridge betweeii@EI ghi,illahd j. eff
fries creek, TO q point hear the road leads
ing from Darlington Court HouseYto :Ebe.
nezerssclinrc6 CHI. From thenee ,Iic route Ii
conlir0etl s.rnight. crossing Lake ana
Sparrow. Swamps,s fiynche' 'sScreek, Black
river, scane mi! r oCky Bluff Swamps.
asPoig1 SOUTH 0f.nnd near S1mterville,a a
distance Of flbiriy4seven .WiIes. -
j :lhus far theescOiluIry over which tho
line has passed, is generally SO <lIt anluni-
form as to present but littts variety, and
with some few nnimPorlant exceptions, it
,Iabounds il. timber of thevery best quality
forttlie CONSTRUCTION OF ,be road: .t4fl
T.. The graduation il,rongh heut will be com
[paratiyely slight, and :of easy execution,
,Econsisting, excepting where streams and
fIswamps ure crossed chiefly. Of light en,..
Ihnnkmen,s, sufficiently high ID 'proiect.the
road tfrnG, the water ,lia. usually remains
Iupp,i@the ,ftmarkably Nn, surface or The
cart, inSixrt weather. 49,, !,
Fromi iStlmttryilie, the route Itasses over,
cnhntry. presenting similar appearance
70 that already described, until i, reaches
Col John Mooress plantation: Passing
about a quarter ofBas mile to the south of
his House, il tcrosscslfe{ head of ,..McRae's
Mill Pond" and ascending from this.
strikes in Mr.. Rees:ftlls lhesrihge Of Hills,
commencing below Manchester and Dor.
dering upon theslow groundsSof ll.e, Wa,e.
rec ver,3kntwn asiihe "Iiigh hills of the
Santoc. i'assing the ridge atils lowest.
p''int, in Mr.. Rccs field at an elevation or
thirty feet above tide: water, and about one
hundred and seven,y-li<e fee. above the
Fcamden3braIich road. the route, by cons
Eli"uous curve. of from 1000. To 5000 feel
radius. with Il grade Of fifty feet 10 Tie mile,
and:with some heavy excavations and en-.
bankmenls, connects with The Camden
road. :,
Thus presenting road 1853 miles in;
length. nf which ISL miles are straight,
aud The balance, except that immetlialely
III The connection, Of curves, ,of over 5000
leelradius;w with fewer heavy grades, and
win Tess ssexcavatiOnnnd cmbankmem than
my road{"f similar length in the country.
/ may be proper heret state tl,at we are
Ini the opinion that further examination
would demonstrate The rracticabili,y ofn
better rpntc over ."lfigh hills uf, The
! S"ntrc" being f",rnh, ,hat the Que here pre-.
scented; time with us, bring limited. pr G,
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minuttly uswe would otherwise have done.
Brire proceeding with the estimates. II
description Of The kind IF road estimated
Is inscnded for single track only. am. con-
Issis Of excavations with sl"pes Of Sd horii
zontal 10 ] PERPENDICULAR. !,
! The supcrstruciure IL consist Of subsills
Ia by 10 inches under The bearing Of The
trails, and lu.ddcd so that their upper sur
faces shall be two inches belnw the graded
surface Of The road, and al their Joints res
ling on cross pieces Of similar dimensions
ION these the cross ties or silIs s by and
3 feet long, arc placed three feet apart
from cenlre TO centre; every other one be-
ing rnotched onNits,uppcr surface for the
reception Of the rail; The alternate sill be-
ting brought ,o a levelwilh the other by be-.
ing gno,chrd on the under side and etdoWn
upon the snbsill. Upon the sills .he ruils,
q by Z, four feet l:2 ,inches apart, and
chamfered on their inner edges, one half.
inches, are placed; being confined 10 The
notched sill by moans Of wooded kew.
and kept in It's place on the other by a
wooden bIncket on the outside of the rail.
Over streams and swamPs. Lattice bridges
and TrcStir walk hns been estimated for.
A''S A'''''' VA A'"hS pau, ToOlcu ana
weather boarded to protect them from the
weather, and Of these, there are four, viz.
Three ol one span each, across Living ton s
creek. Lumber, and Little Pee Dee rivers,
and one of two spans, With draw over
The Grea. Pee Drc. VS.
The,rcs work where, us in the Grea,
1Pce Dee swamps, il is moi over twelve feet
\ in height, is on the plan adopted on the
South Carolina roads; The piles being cap.
ped and cross-braccd, with string pieces
10 by I4incl,cs no,ched on The caps and
secured by means Of wooden keys, and on
lhrse strings the road laid. III the Great
Pee Dee swamp, Trcs,les ofthc form us.,
ON The Wilmington Road have been es.i.na.
ted Tor, in consequence of the height &,
which she swamp has TO be crussetI,io pro.
tee, the road from the action Of freshels.
For road built in this manner, will q
plate rail2 l-2 by inch, double The weight
, Of that ordinarily used, and consequently
costing about i,l00 per mile;more: (and
f'at II will unswcr well all the purposes for
: which j. is intended We think 10 one car
doub! we present The following estimates
7 viz: y
For Excavations and Enhankmcns,
including grnohins and clearing, 272,5Sl &c
For Supcistfuclure, including Turn