Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-11-09
rho Manchester and Wilmington contin.

sleep npon the subject Of Il Rail Road through their
hcaniin Country, and the Mount Ebalircs and their
confrdcraes of Columbia having called oH their dogs
for The present. appears that the Wilmington Il
Manchester Raj! Road Company now about to
wake up and make an effort in the same direction 1t
will BE- remembered that this Company obtained a
Charter las. session. empowering them to continue
their Road directly on from lis present Southern ter
minus 10 Hamburg. Hitherto, lille or nothing has
been said Of this project, and the calculations have
been That the Charter would not be saved. We see,
however, that the matter has been bruachet Of late,
and the necessity Of prosecuting The enterprise strong
IL urged upon all Interested. Should Tie spirited and
energetic gentleman. who now occupies the highest
poSiilnn in that Company, take hold Of this business
with lis accustomed uim. twill not he likely prove
so complete case OF all smoke and no fire. the
Columbia tI Hamburg Road promises 10 I've. We
speak lhuS Of 'lis last named Road because there
seems he nothing doing in lis behalf The surmiSes
are that the lower route advocates. equally with The
Ridge men, have, after all. but slim hopes of being
blessed with the Railroad facilities they have been 50
fnndly pcturing 10 themselves for n twclvemonih.
And, say the truth, the whole affair admits oi Il
good deal Of doubt at lasl-we mean. rs To is feast
II
vc>lnen' &c. Since tie project Of building n Road
from Columbia to Hamburg first started. other
schemes have been struck upon which will Of rar-
rirsl ONT initiate very seriously against its evcnuaI
success. Among these, the proposed connection of
Chester with Newberry, and then of New berry with
Hamburg. is. 10 View lie most threatening. That
This will be shorter route through Stale in
Nur.I.casery direction than any one yet proposed,
does not admit Of contradictions The difference in
lis favor is variou>ly estimated from forty 10 tiny
miieS. We observe that meeting has been called in
Ncwbrrry TO take measures for beginning this work.
Here there is prospect not distant hut immediate of
rivalry with the Columbia G. Hamburg Road tshori9
both RogdS BE- carried oRO which right possibly kill
the latter il lis infancy. The consideration at once
suggests Itself would il be wise 10 risk million of
dollars in work which might thus bring heavy losses,
il not inter ruin, upon all concerned We imagine
this consideration will have lis propcr weight with
the principal movers and friends &C the Hamburg &;
Columbia project and. if 50. we fear it may prove
grievons damic7 upon their enterprise.
But The Wilmington & Manchester Company occu-
py different ground. They have not only embarked
in bnl have nearly completed great work. The
struggle 10 make this work successful is become
OF If. ana death with them. They had supposed
that their Road would necessarily be link in tie
great line OF Northern and Southern travel. In tins
they are about 10 be. TO great cxc;i;, mistaken.
Having vciurcd deeply however, they will doubt-
less Use every means 10 save themselves 1t
b. regarded By them point Of the las;
sequence 10 effect. speedily possible, dirSc,
nnion with the Georgia Rail Roads al Augusta They
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and iealon,ics Of the South Carolina Road and
respectable portion Of HE travel between The
North a"si tls Sou!h, whatever competition may arise.
At all events, They regard This experiment we'll
worth The trying. Our Own opinion is that the vii.
ninglun Il liancheStrr Road, thus continued may
sill Prove Dc a!l lis nri.naiurs ever contemplated
for it, Let il be borne in mind thai the Stale Of North
Carolina is doing everything in her power Ia increase
tie wealth AMI Importance Of The Towns on her Al.
iaaiic coast. The result of this effort on her pari
will probably be The building III Of one
ports of great consequence. The Wilmington & Au.
grlsta Road would be the channel for all the South
Western trade and travel which might TINS bc at
r;tclrd in that direction. Besides This, the Whining
ten 1: Augusta Road would conlcrn pretty succcss
fully, with even tie Chester X Hamburg road for the
run VI al! p"!So!s S"iiiS -uIll
instance who preferred the Bay lines ria Philadelphia
and Baltimore (anh there are thousands who do su)
would take the Wilmington road Augusta This
roas! would, furthermore. be the remarkable
perhaps in the United States for regularity of grade,
and consequent combination Of expedition and safe
". 1t would, indeed, he nearly level for much the
greater part Of its length. 1t would a!so in all proba-
billy, be better managed (bcing under one and the
direction throughout! thanany interior that
might be snhj@ct 10 the action Of several different
pariics These several circumstances would certainly
draw large part Of the travelling custom of our
country. Then, there thousands Of travellers who
like 10 go one way and come back another for mere
rarety's sake; and thus also would tie Wilmington
road reap many, many hundreds
But we did moi design at the outset making mo'e
than a single remark, and it is: that really
pleased to see movement making 10 continue the
Wilmington d. Manchester railroad on 10 Hamburg
Augusta.