The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-04-16
RABUN GAP RAIL ROAD.


line of railway connecting the City Of Char
lesion with the railroads of Tennessee
through the Rabun Gap in Georgia, is at
tracing good deal Of attention, and elicit
ing much enquiry in certain quarters ut the
present time. 1t is IN enterprise worthy the
deep consideration of the various great inter-
csts to be subseivcd. The maturity of tlme'
coupled with distractions to commerce on
another line, has rendered the projection OF
such n road an almost absolute necessity, Il
requirement of trade, work that cannot be
much longer delayed.
Public sentiment in South Carolina and
elsewhere seems to be ripe for the prosccu-
ton of the enterprise, as is manifested by the
published proceedings of meetings OF the
people at different points A determination
to accomplish the work by those who are able
TO do it. seems to be manifest. Nothing aP-
pears to be wanting now but organization
a union and concentration Of opinion and ac-
ton. This can be effected only by uniting
all the local interests by compromise and con-
ccssion, and the selection and adoption OF
central route from Rabun Gap in the cxtcn-
sion westward South of that point there
will be no difficulty. The present works of
South Carolina will constitute Il long link in
the line, and the remainder to Rabun Gap Is
agreed upon. From the Gap, extending into
Tennessee, three routes are advocated. One
of them down the Hiwasscc, another down
the little Tennessee, and a third by the way
of the Tclico. Which of these is the pro-
pcr route, and the one to be selected, Will OF
course be asccrtaincd by critical examination
and survey of each. That the route by the
way of the Tcllico, if found practicable, will
be the best one to secure all the objects con-
tcmplatcd, can, we are persuaded, be demon
strateI. Our Southern friends propose Il
connection with the Memphis and Nashville
roads and with the road chartered to connect
Cincinnati and Knoxville. This can be nc.
complished only by making two tcrmini to the
Rabun Gap road. The TclIico route will be
the best and only one, in our opinion, for cf'
frctiny the object easily. A good and cheap
line may be adopted from Tcllico Plains by
the way of Maryville to Knoxville, and ano'
ther equally as good and cheap from the
Plains through Monroe to some point on the
present road in McNlinn.
Charters are granted for the road through
South Carolina, North Carolina and Tcnnes.
see, and every thing is ready for action.
A Convention is proposed to be held about
the first of July, either at Anderson C. H. in
South Carolina, or ut Franklin, North Caro-
lina for the purpose of consultation, organi-
cation, Sc. At that Convention the cOun-
ties of Bradley, Hamilton, Polk, McMinn,
Monroe, Bount, and Knox should be fully
represented, and it is hoped the citizens Of
these counties will see to it in due time.
These remarks are thrown out with hope
of bringing to the advocacy of this project
wiser heads and stronger hands than ours
We NAV, however, refer to the subject again.
s3g" We learn from the Lynchburg Vir-
ginan that the railroad coming in the direc-
ton of this State, has been finished from
I.ynchburg to Liberty, in Bedford county, a
distance of IS miles, and was formally open
ed on the 26th ult. The Virginian says the
opening WAS san occasion of much rejoicing
with the citizens of both places. Several
hundred persons, among whom were some Of
the loycicst ladies' of our town, accompanied
the ears on their first trip through"