The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-04-07
OCOEE ROAD.

rauised under the new cnArter' why ""''
Il loan from the State OF S2O,ooo,
which is to be expended rs soon as conven-
lent. They wish to sell stock to the amount .
of $50, 900; and we do not hesitate to advance |
the opinion that the stock will soon pay dlvl-
dends Any one at all acquainted with the
Copper interests in Polk county cannot fail
to see that this Road is Of the utmost impor-
tancc to very large scope Of country.-lt
will concentrate the entire Copper product at
and not only that, but the sur
plus of large erea Of farming lands will
have equal access to this point, or to the Cop
per region. This affords better market now
than Augusta, Savannah, or any other point
in the South. Of course it is not extensive,
but prices are high, and the supply from that
section must always remain limited Duck.
town is still in its infancy.-Companies are
organizing and immense capital is being in
are moving or making ar
rangcmcnts to locate in Ducktown. In two
years it will control Polk county by popular
suffrage. 1t will always be mining district
and must be supplied with provisions from
the low country. 1t is upon the whole, the
most extraordinary Development Of wealth
this side of California and Australia.
The Company has elected President well
known as ~ man Of energy and practical sense,
and the best results will follow under his ad.
ministration.
G. A. Proctor, civil Engineer, showed us
profiles Of the road us now located along the
Ocoee River There is descending grade
from Congdon's mines to Shields Mill, of
near 1000 feet. Some of the curves are
ratles sharp for II rail road, but we are salts
fled that the locomotive will one day run over
this very route. 1t must be 50. 1t is the on
" outlet in the direction of the Il. II. e. Geo.
Road, and the necessities Of trade will de-
mand railway along the route of this Pike
and Plank road. The stock will never depre.
ciate, under the present charter. The road
along the river can be kept in perfect repair
at very small annual cost--and every body
and every .hins that goes to Ducktown from
lower East Tennessee must of necessity
travel it,
TIE GREAT WEsr.-We have been shown
large and beautiful work, under the title Of
Historical Collections Of The GREAT WEST,
by HENRY Howe, ESQ., famous for valuable
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narratives Of the most important and inter.
csting events in Western history, rcmarka-
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romance. A thousand events Of the most
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with numerous engravngs, some Of them Of
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postcrity. The book contains 40 large oc-
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bound in embossed leather, with gilt backs.
Subscription price So per copy. No subscrl-
Der is required to receive the work unless it
comes up in all respects to what is promised.
F.S. SMITH, Agent, is now canvassng
this county for subscribers.
CONVERSATION TO MISUNDERSTANDING arc
truly gratfied TO learn from the Washington
Star that the House Committee on Post
Offices and Post Roads, have unanimously
agreed to report bill increasing the compcn-
sation Of the Postmastcrs in the United
States.
Under the bill, as agreed upon by the
Committee, their commissions will be rs fol-
lows, viz: On the first 500 per quarter, GO
per cent: OH the next $500 per quarter, so
per cent. on the next $4,000 per quarter, 40
per cent on all over the last sum, Is per
cent. The increase being ten per cent. on
the commission of each quarter.
The bill Of the Committee proposes to al
low the Postmaster General the discretionary
power of increasing the compensation ut dis
tribuing and separating offices.
~" last Monday was County Court day,
and the time fixed for installing new county
oiliccrs-Shcriii, Trustee, Justices Of the
Peace and Constablcs. We were pleased to
see so large turn out of people from the
country. We don't rccollcct to have seen so
many for ''lo, these many days" Since the
Railroad has opened ready cash market for
all the surplus produce, the farmer has no
time to spend in coming to town, except on
extraordinary occasions.
o. We see by the last Register that tho
City Council Of Knoxville has passed an or
dinancc, loaning Corporation bonds to the
amount of $4,000 to company for the
purpose of erecting water works for the use
of the city. Good by, Lem, "Othcllo's occu-
pations gone"
stJ"T'he County Court of Knox county,on
Monday last, 81 inst, directed the issuance OF
the bonds of tho county for 100000, the
amount of stock which the county has taken
in the Rabun Gap Railroad.
The Washington Star has reason to be-
lcve that on Monday the nomnOtion of llo-
ratio King, ESP, Of Maine, SO long clerk in
,b. post Orire Dcnartmcnt 10 he First As