Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1853-07-06

" disposed of, is worth more to the planter than
lands situated more remote. And railroads
penetrating into the interior and bringing into
close proximity the remote planter with re-
munerating market, necessarily enhances The
the value Of his lands exactly in proportion to
the facilities and eheapness thereby furnished
for the transportation of his produce. take it
for granted that the argument is admitted, and
shall therefore proceed with my tigures,-argu-
ments that never lie.
And now let us take trip along the line
proposed up the river and see if we cant arrive
Mt some definite understanding with the planter,
rs to the amount Of stock he should take with
certainty of being reimbursed. If we run the
road to Anderson Court House, which should
by all means be the terminus the track will be
about ninety miles in length and as there are no
mountains TO scale, grade or tunnel, and no
rivers 20 bridge, we may safely calculate that
the road can be built rs cheap rs any other
within the borders of the State, but to suppose
as liberal as need be we will assume that it will
cost $4,000 per mile, this seems to be the
highest estimate OF the most eytravagant, and 1t
certainly must be somewhere near the right
figure. 1t may possibly cost little more, but
in all probability it will cost less. Then as
su.ning that figure rs reliable data, we find that
it will cost US ST. ,350,000 to put the road in
operation. And then We will suppose that the
lands or twelve miles on each side the road Will
be raised in value one dollar per acre, and that
sum is far below the data upon Which we have
the right to base our supposition, and we have
the sum Of 1882 400, the whole cost OF the
road returned 10 the country rs soon as the cars
are put in operation. And thus instead OF the
country being impoverished, and the planters
bankrupt by u drain Of surplus capitol, there
will be general increase Of wealth, and the
planter will grow rich almost without an effort
II he does not chose to sell his land and realise
these profits at once, like the boy who killed
his goose for The golden egg, he will inevitably
realise CRATER profits in the easy, quick and
cheap transportation of his produce 10 market,
and in this way he will, in four or FIVE years. be
fully reimbursed Of his outlay in stock, for be-
sides the staple productions which he now
wagons over the hills and through the mud
to market, there are thousands of little articles
wasted around the farm yard that he could find
ready sale for were he contiguous to Il line OF
railroad, all Of which would swell the receipts
of the road and being wealth to the country.
The road therefore will be an advantage TO the
country and to every individual planter along
the entire route, and whether it pays 4 dividend
or not is secondary consideration, every man
should put his shoulder TO the wheel and push
with all his strength, and leave no opportunity to
"push aIong-kecp moving" There is wealth
enough along the line to bridge the Thames
and tunnel The Alps, and it is to be hoped that
on the lth day of July next, those who are in
terested-and surely all must be-wll come
forward with liberal spirits and pour small
portion Of that wealth into the treasury of this
great enterprise. Next week shall discuss
the second point Of my subject, viz: that the
stock of the Savannah Valley Railroad Compa-
ny will be Il dividend paying stock.
GOLD DIGGER.