The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-10-18
"A Trip TO Wilmington.


Directors Of the Wilunn gton and Man
! chester Rail Road. enjoyed through and
through ride. to The good old N orh State.
Tie bridge arr''s' the great Pee Dee had
nst been completed and tho Cars enabled
thereby to pass from one State to the other,
and we were all ANXIOUS To make the trim
ana sre this great work--",he pioneer o
ITS kind in the South A, Seven. br,rh,
and early, we left our Depot in Com
phny with some eight or ten others and
were soon RAPIDLY moving over the ground
towards Wilmington. As we arrived nj
the different stat ms or the Road, fresh ac.
ccssionS were added to our numbers until.
when we arrived at oar destination We
formed quite crowd.
The regular Cars run over this part OF
the Road, as ii is known hy niyhl-,his.
ride, However was by day, which gave us
a better opportunity OF observing the cnun.
try, the Road and The improvements along
It's line-a privilege which we were dispo.
sod 10 make the hest of: and now propose
noticing some things in connection viii
each, for The benefit Of those, who have no,
cnjnyed similar opportunities.
The country along the entire route of
the rond is as level as il is possible tn OIL
ccve o, "and eros cd but by lew streams
OF any si5c-which, together With the
fact, that tie road IS almost a straight,
line from beginning to end nay account,
in measure, for lis unparalleled cheap
ness and for the great exemption from
acc ''en's which the road has enjoyed over
all others within our knowlcd re. We
could but reflect that the chances of acc j.
dents upon thus road arc a hundred per
cent less than upon some Of the rinling
and up and down hill roads, will, which
our country is blessed to no little cx,en,
and that IN all prnba'nlny, the PreSidcn, OF
tic Road would Obtain IL wish he EXPRESS.
cd so 30 ont oi Office without killing any
one who should nS,rust their life to hi
management"
The Land aong the line Of the road, as
n general thing, is not well ad,p,cI 10
pla"ting-ocras.on,Il though ynu pas,
some very cxrcl!cu, farming land Amos,
the whole country, for many miles off The
Road, is one continuous pine forest, we'll
adapted to The lumber and lurpcnt,ne hus,.
ness, which, judy from the number Of
saw.mtls, and stills. with their piles tC
! lumber and hundreds of burrcis and
Tens Of thousand nf hoxcd trees around
them, hls been largely enlb ,rkcd in
ny the e"lerprIsing owners. You pass
quite number OF little settlements,
which appear To be determined To merit
the appe'latmn of r,Nnye, name
Which, has bee given to s,n. ui them.
Aud hot least among these is Tinrnonsy nile
quite an active and cnlcrprislng pacc.
$. runs INTO existence since The construc.
ton OF The Road aud owing lis origin 10
The worthy gentleman from whom i, takes
| its name.
The Bridge at which we arrived abou,
| lO o'clock. is indeed a master pisca Of
work, aud worthy OF beng subject oI
congratuiaIion and glory to The Cumpany.
IL has heen built at cost oi some hun.
d5cd thousand dollars and seems destined
I" dely the tloo:i's worst fury. Unlike
any other bridge IN the South it rests on
IRON cylinders cmbedcd firmly IN The bot
ton OF lht stream and flied with concrete.
The draw attached To it is some 100 feet
! ION; and works upon PIVOT ui..n vh.y,
! II turns reri'cnd.ruilrlv lrrus> the ROAD IN
| order 10 allow pasSage 10 L.ats instead
oi running back upon Il side track as is
u>ualiy The case. The whole structure is
| pcriec'ly firm and Stcudy and W: sl,nuL,
Judge Ytc. Al > o'clock +. NJ, we all
landed safely 1T Wilmington ana we're
! coni"rlahiy quartcred All IIoRNEs' HhcI.
we remained here couple OF nights and
frnd good nppnriun'Iy OF seeing aud Oh
sersn" the improvements o, this cn,rrpri
fins and iionrIshsng rival ol our own queen
| CITY. Wilmington is quite business and
iiours;'Ing and growing town. 1t is sirua-
! ted, It rs true, upon "A sandhill, but we
: were informed that even those sandhiHs
had risen many hundred per cent. IN value
s'nce tn. construction of the Rail Roads
running mo the plncc. There were III,
( lots to be had but At an cuurlnnus price,
and We were shown one which was
bought some years ago tor ciyh, thousand
and six hundred dollars, which could no,
now be had Tor one hundred thousand, ana
oher, we're p MEL out winch had risen
III proportion. The bar of Wilmington,
for which large appropriation has jusr
been made by Congress, il beng deepca-
ed and ii is thought 1t viii soon adnn
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