The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-08-09

part of the State in addition to its cn
dorscmcnt of the Company's bonds u.
before granted. The bill introduced
for this purpose passed the Senate, bu,
failed in the House.
The hopes aud expectations of the
Board OF Directors, however, were
ana arc by no means dampened by
this disappointment, rs there were
causes which contributed to this result
which they are assured will not exist
again; and 1T must not be Inferred that
the vote i'll the popular branch of the
Legislature is conclusive that the peo.
pie OF South Carolina are opposed to
legislative aid to this great enterprise,
III some more substanstial form than
thd endorsement of the Companv's
o"hus. There were several projects
opposed to us the las. session, which
its believed will not oppose us again.
Many thought that we should enter
more thoroughly on our work, and
make more progress before asking for
furtl'cr legislative aid, and others that
our surveys and estimates were too
general, and not sufficiently minute
and i'll detail to Judge slti ti,iac.orily of
the cost of the road.
IS the entire line in South Carolina
is now under contract, except the Tun-
mel ut the Stump House Mountain.
and as this as well as the entire route
through Georgia, will also :bc under
contract in iew days, this objection
Will soon be removed and, in relation
to the last, the entire line being finally
located between Anderson and Frank.
I'm Except small portion adjacent to
Clayton 4:ept III abeyENcc wiu;, view
to consult the interests .oud wishes Of
Is :ah:aa 5::aa:.s CO! as TIC =c.r;.;;,aa;
OF the route through North Carolina
| and Tennessee to Knoxville, (,he
Knoxville and Charleston Rail Road
having also been brought into union
"'.l' ti--- ei,n- Companies ond urdor
the contract with Mcssrs Bangs g. Co.
will be finally located also in the next
tc" weeks ; and moreover as the sur.
veys and estimates through South Car.
oiIna and Georgia. 1whcrc the mos.
! difficult portions of the work are Ioca.
| tcd) have had the confirmation of B
II. Latrobc, Esq, the distinguished
Engineer of the Baltimore and Ohio
Rail Road, this objection will also be
speedily removed.
The Directors, therefore, feel war.
ranted III the opinion that the leading
objections to State subscri ,tion be.
ing removed, the Legislature of South
| Carolina will no longer Withhold its
liberal and decided aid to an cMtcrprisc
so important to every interest in the
State, and to her future welfare and
position in the Union.
In the final location, the length of
the Road through South Carolina has
:, been reduced 40 SO , miles, through
Georgia to II l.2 miles, tilron h
North Carolina to II miles and the
estimates arc brought within those
founded on the cazl:er surveys.
The lIrs' 81 miles from Knoxville
: have been found on actual SURVEYS to
he much more favorable than was OK
pested, but the more difficult portions
ofths Road have not yet been reach.
cd.
as the Blue Ridge Rail Road is
only one of Il chain OF Rail Roads that
is dcstincd to unite the wallies of TIE
Ohio and Mississippi with the Allan
tic scaboard, it will not be out of
place here to state that charters have
been obtained in Kentucky and Ten.
ncsScc to complete the connection
between Knoxville and Lexington or
Psris, from which latter points rail
roads are already in the course of con.
struction TO Cincinnati and Louisville
That portion of the line in Tennessee
| having received the most liberal lcgis.
tive aid, will, it is understood, be very
soon put under contract, and the best
assurances arc given that funds will
not be wanting to construct the line
(somc so miles) through Kentucky.
lhc organization Of the companies,
and the certain completion of.the roa<f y,
render the several lines known as tile
Blue Ridge Road a matter ofnecessity
which nothing but the most short
sighted Ignorance can now defeat
bringing, rs they will, not only the
interior Of South Carolina and her sea.
board, but large portion of Georgia
aud Savannah nearer to Cincinnati and
Louisville, than these great centres OF
commerce are to any other city or the
Atlantic, and passing through o miner.
al region Of untold wealth and extent
the business .ofthis road cannot fail tc
be otherwise than large beyond any
calculation flimit, as the other great
trunk tsncs that have scaled the noun.
tains here already proved.
With these prospects, therefore, to
the Road itself, and looking to the
vast and mcalculablc benefit which il
must confer on all the States through
which it will pass, not only in our day
but much more SO in the future, it i.
an enterprise not only Of choice, but o
necessity, demanded by the wants, tn,
genius, the enterprise aud the spirit O.
y our people, and due as we'll to poster