Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-08-22
FOR THE ADVERTISER.

FOR THE ADVERTISER.
Mn, EDI1oR,-ln these days Of inveu-
liun aud impru, emcnI. il we,du not ell.
deavor 10 keep pace with our neishbors.
we will soon be left in the back ground.
While almost every other section of our
State is actively engaged in building Rail
Roads, de-, we are dung nothing Tor our
District and Market Towns. lf we do
not make an elorl, instead Of improve
ment. we will Suon be retrogradue. II
we have made few failures to build
Rail Road. let not that entirely discourage
US. Rail Roads are tno expensive for small
towns where there is mot much freight
and travel. 1t requires all OF The income
TO keep in repair the Road, Engines,
Cars, NC.
In the Empire State, tNew York; the
State that seems to be going ahead of all
others in Internal improvement, the Plank
Roads are supersediug The Rail Roads in
the Interior; they are the most popular anl
are found to be better adopted TO The wants:
Of The farmer. They already nave built
and under contract, over one thousand
miles Of ,hnse Roads. and doubt nut in a
few years they will have many thousands.
Hamburg aud Augusta. from their loca-
lion are the best markets for Ihe cotton
plauIers. We there have The chuice Of
lwo markets, and they have The River and
Rail Road 10 compete for their freight,
aud Charleston and :avannah for their
trade. hence they are always ready 10
pay The highest prices for our produce.
and in return sell US oar supplies lower
!haab anX nSXdtahH hHsaf lind %R %B our s5Sds WITHOUT
paying commissions, drayase, or freight,
on Rail Roads. 1t is 10 our interest 10
keep up the Hamburg Market. and il the
Planters and. Merchants. and real estate
owners in Hamburg. will combine aud
build a plank road with branches to Ger
tai:i points, tYr one, do not believe that
The trade will he divcsted from her. |
would suggest 10 those most interested 10
apply 10 the next Legislature, lnr Char
ter for a Road from Hamburg 10 Edsefield,
G.. r., aud hrarch from there to Abbcrile
G.. H.. and another to Cambridge, 10 be
extended 70 the mountains if practicable.
When the Rail Road from Columbia TO
Anderson e. H., is completed, it will be
nearer for me TO haul my cotton 10 some
poiu, on lha, Road, than TO Hamburg ; but
cannot think Of carrying produce there.
then pay freight TO Columbia, then drayaee
aud Commissions there. then. freight,
drayage and Commissions Oh supplies.
The planters living near that road, will
ufer few trials abandon it, and return 10
their old Market, if we build these plank
roads and instead Of llamburs's declining,
We will have better and more perma-
uent market. 1t may be, said tha, the
planters will not use these roads after they
are built! Any one that values time, the
wear aud tear of trains and Wagons, will
soon see that il is to his advantage TO use
them. The planter living thirty, forty, or
fifty miles from market. will gain from
one TO two. days in The Trip To- omarkeI, car.
rying from fifteen to twenty bales, instead
of eight or ten ;. hereby gaining an entire
trip. his leans will not bo jaded aud ex-
hausied nor his Wagons oul ofrcpair. A
of this will be saved, by paying two Or
three dullars for Inll.
Planters taking stock in these roads, by
taking contracts. can pay off their stock
in work, without interfering with their
crops. The construction is very simple
aud not one doIlar will be sent out Of The
State 10 opurchase the materials necessary.
No iron is wanted, lItlle or no engineering
aud The grading is easily done. The
Road is first cleared, srubbed and ierelled
All, TDnf IN, IL l. MI
sills or stringers Of AKA scanrling are.
placed seven feet apart, and the plank s
feet long by 3 inches thick, from 8 10 20
inches wide are placed on them. The
other part is kept in good order, SO that
Wagons may turn out, when meeting
another. Tho cost per mile, varies from
$1,000 10 $4,000.
lrone half the Wagons and olher ye-
hcles, that now 20 TO Hamburg, travel
these roads, paying m oderate toll, have
no doubt that liberal return will be made
10 the Stockholder for the money invested.
| would. therefore, ask all who are interest,"
cd to think over the matter, and after
thinking, lei us 60 10 work in earnest and
build the roads, keep our trade al home,
aud improve our own section Of country.
= .- A FARMER.
N. B.-Since wiring The above, per.
ceive that the GreenviIe Mounlaneer and
Hamburg Republican,. are calling The
public altenlionl 10 the subjecl. and that
Notice is already given in the above pa
pers,. that application will be made at The
next Session o. the Legislature, for a
Charter for Road from Hamburg to
GrecnyiIle. Keen The ball in l1ation.