The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1847-07-01

,,,fbeient 10 drive machinery and manuiac.
tories, in part to supply the State; manu-.
c,etoties may here be reared, that will
Greatly add to the increasing business aud
aro6ls OF the ioad without The facilities
q The road, the attempt would be idle aud
visionary, but with them, At Is altogether
possible and probable.
As TO which Of these roads we prefer
and recommend, the committee are diva.
ded and give no opinion beyond what they
regard are expression d facts, aud far
conclusions, and what each ls entitled to.
The adoption Of ether, should the road be-
c.n al Camden, Is question for the Judg /
mrnt olthe stockholders, after lis Engineer
shall have presented scientifically IA detail +
their respective locations aud advantages.
Ia relation Ia their cost, the committee
will observe, that they have had an offer,
from responsible aud etiicien, gentleman
10 grade 3 miles 0! the ridge road from
Labaits cross road 10 tile ;. {. line Tor
$1,000 per mlle-and also, similar offer
10 grade / 3 miles Of river road IN Llncas.
ter District, from a different, but equally
responsible gentleman, for $1,000 per mile.
1t is believed that from these oilers, The
whole line from Camden TO Charlotte by
either route, can be graded for $500 per
mile. Assuming, as tie committee has
been informed that the iron aud lay az
down wall not exceed siX thousand dollars
DER mile, aud the lumbct aud other c&peu.
ses about $1,000 per uilc, 70 make the
road from Camden, either way, cost So.
500 per mile; aud - mlle5 beng IT'S
lrngth, will make the road cost S637 800.
This the committee cauuo, bot believe too
favorable al estimate. but Il at The same
time, assures and consiuces them, hai HE
Camden and Charlotte road eau be bul.t
for a sun not exceeding ; $4,000 per m.le.
The distance from Camden to Charlotte
by The River Road, as uow measured and
posted, lncludlng rs bends ana tneaudcf.
ipes, Is - miles the al Inc by tic same
Is % miles, and The direct me g.! mles
The committee, from these hcl-, bcuete
ihey are safe 10 assuming pfac,cdhie Raj,
kuad ltae between these points vail not
cScecd > mules.
10 relation TO the profts. l,is Ne tcr.
must look ior 'he great aud Increasing
support Of the Road Tins - TIC s. -
Which travel, tfafa ~ - t'iVuI1s 40
rcr,.- ,sts muH ue lie reservoir ta,
vi,l pour the productions sud tusilcss i.
las received upoa the L al. Does Char,
'9'le sui western Noun C.t,lo4 oti-t
reasonable hnpc dat sac caa supply ISIS
reservoir LOOK l., some ~ rcb. fU#e
anj productive Counties ln western North
Carolina, that must necessarily arHg !heif
produce, freight and travel 10 this icfmsn.
Us, 80 long As It remains such, lhcy must
eli centre there she has 10 other mole
eyaNable outlet, and Nhal mas not be &.
pected vhen her resources arc luliy deyei.
oped and he energy QUO cDtcipr4e Of her
population sllmu'ited bY the road passing
through the cenlfc OF ,husu Counties, ter
utnalng nj Dluviie and totnans it.b ii
the afcat cham Of Ral lta,l, which 9i.t
conuec, the c1tremiuos 81 lnr Inou, and
,ormn. the great nltud thltouGhiifc ul
tao United States We took 10 Charlotte
1nly us temporary term.aus II al Roads
should have no termiaus, shca IheiC g.
tenscn IS ] manjcd ~ he wants aud ALL.
mes 81 a country % rtqHie ani support
them Tas Nil afford increased auj 20
cfelsing profits, especially "a the Road
that must receive the baeAess ha' II has
been 10 seafch oL
Tbs Camden ard vharlaue Road q,
lien. practicabl, Il Wll have no gitat
physical dtihculIts 10 contend with i, can
BE- built as cheap, a. auy Road q the
came length, - miles, m 'he same 'aii.
,uje, costing from $. 900 70 slo,to0 per
mHc--that The cOuutty arVlad ~ ermH.
u.al Charlotte Is sulaegcer 10 yicll t-ir
remunetating profit even without the way
travel and tfeishi, ani mlsl increase q"
tine progresses, Bot bgw do"s thc Road
from Camden compare aaJ ditl2r from the
Road rom CulumbIl The Camden route
offers a nearer Road rs - Of Ieas', and
probably - miles, It the Road passes
through Yotku.,e, The Camden road
either way, will not exceed : > miles, the
Columbia not below Toe or ia miles and
although tho wealth and population Of kcf-
shaw aud lancaster Districts are bejo"
the population and wealth Of the Districts
on the other side Of the CatUbl, Yet The
committee think thai to the wealth aad
population Of korshaw aud L1scosIcr should
DO added largo portion, or a, any rate,
that portion d the wealth and population
o. Chester aud York Districts that would
be accommodated by lhts route, and also a
porunn Of Mcckiguburs, and The whole
Of Union counties, aud a large portion OF
Chesterfield District, that cannot be &C
commodated the Road passes from Char
ioue T. Columbia, THIS vii nearly, IT not
altogether make the wealth and population
OF the lines uquat Assuming Tins TO tc
50 what constitutes he difference between
The two routes We answer, Tho Cam|ea
Road is from % 10 80 miles the shortest;
We have no river TO encounter "A more
level country a greater abundance Of ma
'enaI for constructing the Road aud for It's
purposes and, with duo drtercuce TO Co
Iumbla and along that line, sc think NC
need II more to dovelupe our resources,