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


Mn, EDI1oR,-ln these days Of 'inveu-
liun and impro, emcnr. il edu MOI Ell.
deavor To keep pace with our neighbor',
we will soon be left in the back ground.
While almost every other section of our
STATE is actively engaged in building Rail
Roads, &c, we are duins nothing Tor onr
District and Market Towns. five do
not make an effort, instead Of improve
ment,, we will sUon be retrogradiue. II
we have made few failures To build a
- Road. let not That entirely discourage
US. Rail Roads are too expensive for small
towns; where there is mot much freight
and travel. 1t requires all OF ihe income
10 keep iu repair the Road, Engines,
Cars, &c.
In the Empire State. (New York) the
State Ina, seems to be going ahead nj all
others in Internal improvement, the Plank
Roads are supersediug The Rail Roads in
the Interior; they are the most popular and
are found to be better adopted to The wanls-
of the farmer. They already nave built
and under contract, over one thousand
miles of those Roads. and doubt MT in n
few years they will have many thousands.
Hamburg aud Augusta, from their loca-
lion are tho best markets for The cotton
planters. We there have The chuice Of
TWO markets, and they have The River and
Rail Road to compete FOR their freight,
aud Charleston and avannah for their
trade. hence they are always ready to
pay the hishes, prices for our produce.
and in return sell Us oar supplies lower
haab Rqy5 qsy5taaR Refn lind BRyeb bur E6ods a6Sut
paying commissions, drayuse, or freight,
on Rail Roads. Ii is 10 our interest to
keep up the Hamburg Market, and il the
Planters and h'erchuuts.. and real estate
owners in Hamburg. will combine and
build plank road with branches to GER
laia points, | fYr one, do NOT believe that
The Trade will he dvcsted from her. |
would suggest 10 those most interested 10
apply TO the next Legislature, lnr Char
ter for a Road from Hamburg 10 Edgefield,
C. H., aud branch from there to Abbevile
e. H.. and another to Cambridge, to be
extended 10 the mountains if practicable.
When the Rail Road from Columbia to
Anderson e. H., is completed, il will be
nearer for me TO haul my cotton 10 some
poiut on that Road, than 10 Hamburg but
cannot IIlink Of carrying produce there.
then pay freight TO Columbia, then drayage
and Commissions there. then. freight,
drayage and Commissions on supplies.
The planters living near that road, will
ufer few trials abandon il, and return TO
,heruId Market, If we build these plank
roads and instead of llamburg's declining,
we will have a better and more perma-
nent market. 1t may be, said that the
planters will not use these roads after they
are huiI,? Any one that values time, the.
wear aud tear of trains and Wagons, will
soon see That II is his advantage 10 use
them. The planter living thirty, forty, or
fifty miles from market. will gain from
one to two days in The Trip. to. o.narke,, car.
rying from fifteen to twenty bales, instead
of eight or ten thereby gaining an entire
trip, his teams will not be jaded and ex-
haus'ed nor his Wagons out ofrcpair. All
of this will be saved, by paying two Or
lhrse dollars fur roll.
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 dollar will be sent out Of The
Stale 10 purchase the materials necessary.
No iron is wanted, lItIle or 10 engineering
and The grading is easily done. The
Road is first cleared, grubbed and lerelle'l
twenty feet in width, on, one side the mud
siIls or stringers Of AKA scanrliug. are
placed seven feet apart, and the plank s
feet long by 3 inches thick, from 8 10 ~
inches wide are placed on them. The
other part is kept in good order, so that
wagons may turn out, when meeting
another. The cost per mile, varies from
$1,000 10 $4,000.
one half of the Wagons aud other re-
hcles, that now 20 10 Hamburg, travel
these roads, paying moderate Toll, have
no doubl that liberal return will bc made
10 the Stockholder for tho money invested.
| would. therefore, ask all who are interest
cd 10 think over the matter, and after
thinking, lei us 60 to work in earnest and
build The roads, keep our trade al hOme,
aud improve our own section Of country.
A FARWER.
N. B.-Since wiring The above, per-
ceive that the GreenviIlo Mounlaineer and
Hnmburs Republican,. are calling The
public ailen.ionto The subject. and that
Nutice is already given in the above pa
pers,. that application will be made at he
next Session o. the Legislature, for "a
Charter for Road from Hamburg to
Ernnnuilln Keen Tho hall II, M atinn