The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-04-06
Our Rail Road.

omple,ion Of the Charlotte and s. c. Rail
toad. We regretted TO see so much cool.
ess manifested on their part, when they
we're TO be the entire recipients Of the IA.
,ors that were TO flaw from this section.
Charleston has subscribed only $4,000
If We were 10 estimate her opinion Of
he enterpfz. by the amount Of her sub.
.crip,ion, We should say she had very
poor one of The advantages she was 10 de.
i've from the completion of The under,a.
king. Bu, we hope change will take
place in the feelings Of her Citizens and
that they will step fnrward and take LID.
eral portion of tho $3.50 900 that remains
10 be provided for furnishing and stocking
the road.
The Charlotte and 8. G. Railroad.
We fsar that the community Of Charleston srs
not sufficiently alive 10 tho import OF this I'M
pt"vsulent The Charlotte Road has already
made suck progress a. 10 insure is uliinats CON-
greatly shorten thai period sud place them IN The
moro immediats enjoyment o. iis Advantage
There has been Subscribed IN the CITY OF Chsfles.
ton only about 5 900 TO tits enterprise while
he subscription OF tho country amoUa,s 10 about
SS75 ,000 aud that Of tho State to about $3.50 600
There still remains TO lie provided Tor the sum Of
$500 600. 10 make up the hole amount el,ims
ted for finishing aud stocking the Road. Such
has been the vgor with which the work hss beea
prosecuted, that the graduation and masonry of
The first section OF tho Road 10 Winnsborourh.
will he completed early in tic Fall. Tue second
section to Chcst.rvlle is making repid progress:
aud Oh the third section. from Chesirrville TO tho
river, tie contractors arc all at work and The
mlsorry ofihe bridge acro,. the Cstsab, IS ma.
hing due progress. under The energetic and faith.
ful management Of Nr. Murdoch. The fourth
.nd last section Of the Road q distance Of tween.
ty miles from the Casters bank of the Calasba
! TO Charlotte. will be lot on the 20lh of April
and thus the whole line of the Road will be IN.
dor contract. The Company have uade saia
factory exhibit To the Comptroller Of one hun.
drod thousand dollars paid 10 aud expended. and
are nov eniitlej TO one hundred ihanssrd dolsn
OF the az per cent soath Carolina Railroad
bonds subscribed cr ;he part II tho STATE; ADD
arrangements have tsen made y which III. ites
for the Road from Coloinbia - h. Ea,,efu bstk
Of the Csiasba i, about 10 10 offered. Such i,
a LIlef h,,ofy OF thl. soad and was II 10 Ter.
inmate at ChIflotir Il would he OF inealeuiasls
benefit 10 Charleston. Bot It's Importance hn
teen much ac.S-.~A ~ lie system Of ,lierpsi
improvement which hiss been .s'sly PROJECTED ~
the state u North cArollna. b. an act Of The
late Legislature, Company hss been ineofpo's.
ted with capital Of three millions Of doiliD.
Que million OF which isto be ,akan bs individuals,
and the. remaining tvs millions by The siaIe 10
construct a Riirosd commencing ., 80 sd'b9fe.
on tie Wilmington snJ Raleigh Railroad, and
passing through Raleigh. and thence By The
most practicable route. via Salisbury. 10 Char
lolie. and thu, placing Charleston in eennse,ioa
with this enterprise. which Is 10 psn eeriis'y
through North Csroins. and giving her an easy
access to the trade OF tie fertile valley Of the ca.
tawha aud The Ysdkia.
However striking rsy be III. great anderias.
ing, u falls far short OF the full development, II
the designs and works in progress By North Cat.
olIm, Her Legislature, sss part Of her system
OF Improvement, went much further; aud ineor,
pointed company with $500 600 ca pilal to build
plank road from her Weston boundary on tbs
state Of Georgia, through Rutherford, and l. G.
coin. and Salisbury. 10 Fayetteville. on the caps
Fear River. OF this, the State iskrs $40 600 !.
and asarly sli the L4ianea has been subserited
already IN Fayetteville. She aso appropriated
s25. goo 10 open tho navigation Of tho Calsats
River. from where the Charlotte RIA l'oad crosses
!, up into tie mountains, making a neAls feeder
for this Road from It's ssliays Of remarkable let
illiy 10 Pleasant Gardens, ono hundred and
iwenty mile, shave an example sell sotsby The
, nist,on Of South Caroltna.
1t Is evident. from the whole scheme Of Ter
internal improvements, that IL ,s designed 10 bold
up tho cities Of her own State, which y CON.
msHdIb!e act Of patriotism NV Tho part Of bef
D.tft = H.. A tt4at.
large portion Of the trade Of Western North CAT
ollna will concentrate a, Chorlst,s AMI salsba'
~, and s'll necessarily pass dasn 10 cor cry
over the Charlotte Road. which is the uasral
channel for thai trade. Ey refer nee 10
Railroad map accompanying tho survey q No
Manchester and Wilmington Road II would sp'
pear that the town Of Salisbury would he dlsiinl
by Railroad from WllminEio aboO, two hundred
aud forty miles and dsiabt from Charleston
about tso hundred and Eighty mites Nhsih''
this difference In distance 10 not more Than com
pcnsated by cur greater facilities Of shipping
ara abundance Of capital will depend upon ths
oniefpri.e and skill Of our msrehats; and
most earnest sppeal IL made 10 our public sPtti
to carry oct Immediately the enterprise Of ne
Charlotte and South Cafolina Railroad, and 10
give direction to that trade. which, when once
established. it will BE- difficult to change.
II is not 10 North Carolina alone that eEen"
are IN progress to srre't our attention; 'Hrh"
10 also up and at work Her Legislature ~"
adjourned has chartered Company TO balla
Railroad through her Western counties into h"'
Tennessee by Abingdon. From Abingdon
expected to reach Knoxville, iiiwssseo and p'''
ton, IN Georgia. making a route for the southern
travel from sll tho Southwest 10 tho Not'h. ron
four hundred to sir hundred miles shorter 'hsn
our lins Of Railroads. TO this Road The Stale .,
Virginia sub.cribes. We believe. two millions "
dollars II is time for Charleston to loos 0I''
II Is tho part Of prudence to hasten, by tme!
aid. tho finishing OF those channels The na"'
roads to Charlotte and Granville. which WI az
.icipa:e, and perhaps prevent, the loss oil va
trade and travel which the rich regions o. Wv
West ofar to tho hrs, who conipists ,hoH h'AS"
-Chor!tstsn Mercury.
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