Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-02-08

ploys other means to carry off his produce his out
coings are two fold-his own lost time, and the
amount paid out for carrying.
Then the Plank Road system is the cheapest: is
it so expcditiousl will look into the facts and see.
1t is reasonable to suppose that, general rule,
two days will be consumed by the planter in placing
his sixty bales on the line Of Road or at station
and from the known negligence and careless indiffer
encc Of Rail Road Companies, it may safely bc as
surpcd that one day will be consumed in E'ading,
one in transit, and one in discharging After this
the cotton goes into the hands of the Factor, in
whose warehouse it may rcmain for one, two
three, FIVE or ten days, as the may be; that
ten days may, with all safety. be set down as the
time required for the shipment, sale and return of
the proceeds. This is two days less time than the
sixty bales can be transported in with only one team,
which of course, in that case mikes the r. Road the
most expeditions but j, is seldom the case that the
planter desires to sell his entire crop at the sane
time; i, is more frequently the case that he finds it
inexp dent, and to his advantage to srnd it o as he
gins and packs t-saY one or two loads ut time
In Ibis case, will be seen, that the Plank Road is
BY Gar the most expeditions.
If have succeeded in establishing my premises,
and the truth appears that Plank Road facilities. for
social and agricultural purposes are equal to those
afforded BY Rail Roads; the rule with which act
out is applicable, and the appreciation Of landed in
tercsts by the construction Of Pnnk Roads, is equal
to the enhancement under the operations Of Rail
! Roads.
few words. on this point, Mr.. EDITOR, and
shall clasc my argument upon this branch Of the sub
jcot
The history Of Plank Roads, and their influence
upon the prices of land, show invariable and NJ
most incredible rise in the value of real estate. In
the State Of New York where this system has been
worked TO greater extent than in any other por-
,ion Of the country the increased value Of land, in
consequence of the acquired ractrs for marketing,
is double the usual increase OIL the line of Rail Roads
Albany has three Rank Roads, upon all Of which
the price Of land has increased 30 per cent ON the
Amsterdam and Fish-housc Road il has increased
| 80 per cent; on, the Fonda and Car"ga Road 800
per cent OH the Farm Roads, converging towards
Utica, 25 per cent; on the three Roads radiatng
from Rome, 800 per cent on the five Roads leading
out from Syracuse 700 to 1000 per cent; the two
Oswego Roads, so pvr cent; and on the Rochester
Roai, 80 per cent What cheering results on
nineteen Plank Roads, in one State, the average in
crease in the value oflandcd property is 2S2 per Ct
In our sister State North Carolina the same results
have been experienced. The t"wn Of Fayrtrillc "
the conYergng point Of five Plank Roads, which
sravcrse gr, at deal Of poor pine lands, well
extensive areas of .ood farming land these Roads
are c"myetrd TO the extent Of near three hundred
miles, ard the average increase in the value Of the
lands lying adjacent to them. is estimated al 200 20
300 per cent. Although could ahdu.e instances Of
this sort from every State in the Uniun where the
Plank Road system has been adopted t" any extent.
as Also from the Canadas where the system is hcd
in high estimation more instance will suffice
my purpose as with it the most Of your readers are
familiar. aulr to the Hamburg and Edgcf. ID
Plank Road Upon the line Of this Road the in
crease value Of land varies according to the distance
i, lies from the lower terminus for the first eight
miles from Hamburg. the increase is estimated a,
a5 per cent, Get it be remembered a, this part
Of the Road there is wood timber, it a having
been cut and carried OFF years aso); above this the
increase in value is gradual until ut the Pine House.
distance of twenty miles, it reaches Oh per cent.
and varies according to locality. All these brncf-
cal and profitable results, the effect Of acquired
and increased agricultural and marketing facilities.
No such results characterize the Rail Eoad system,
unless it be in the minds Of inter, s.cd enthusiasts,
whose objects are to "sccure the charter" -.
have now done with this branch Of the subject.
| Mr.. EDIron, and submit what is written TO your
readers, with promise, that, il they and think th'
aborvr worthy Of his hire, to pursue the first and
third truths stated in the brginng-but more par
tcularly the third-viz: that Plank Read Stock is
the best dividend paying stock in tllr country.
Yours in esteem, CAROLINA. .
II AIN indebted to Mr.. KISGswASp for valuable in
formation relative Plank Reads in New York
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