Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-10-05
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS AND THE NEXT
IRG1SI ATTIRE


LEGISLATURE.
We pursue the discussion Of the Sp0rtan'S
attack ON the Blue Ridge Railroad, and we call
not help rcmarking here, that our contemporary
has shown i disposition to pick up imperfect
information and unaulhcnticatSd statements,
while the full and authoritative exhibits Of the
Company ara passed by. We noticed glaring
instance of this in our article of Friday.
Again, the Spartan selects Tor lis comments
the Presidents irrpurt III Clayton, which WAS L
brief summary only Of what had been done in
relation to the Georgia portion OF the Road
since The previous meeting held at that place,
white il must ur ought 20, have seen IN the
Charleston papers full report, made to meet.
inv here of the Stockholders under the South
Carolina Char or, in which report Is Il statement
of expenditure in detail, accompanied also by
the report Of the Eng inecrs and every lnturma-
ton necessary 10 Il proper understanding OF the
position and condition Of The several Companies
When the report to the Blue Ridge Railroad:
under The Gcurgia Charter, WAS made 1T Clay
ton, only Il small portion Of the Road i'll Gcor-
gia had been sub-let, and no payments had been
made, So that there having been no expenditure,
except for Engineering, there WAS, III Fact, 10
account Of expenditure 10 be furnished. Nor
WAS it necessary that anytlilng Should be said
about the estimated cost Of that part OF the
Road. because that had been twice stated already
in The repurls 10 the Legislature, III lc32 and
1853. which were published, and which the
Spartan could hardly nave failed TO see.
The Spartan says that willie tie report show
ed il strong probability OF an early completion
of the road through Tennessee and Kentucky,
aud would convey the impression that these
roads We're TO be connected wiki llIc Blue Ridge
so us tU make Il great trunk line between Gin
cnnal and Charleston, the people OF these
States, who were to own and build these roads,
had declared against The prnprlciy of making
the Blue Ridge Railroad any part of the great
trunk line mentioned" Now in all of this
statement the Spartan is utterly mistaken. 1t
is quite true that large meeting WAS held and
Il company formed, to construct Il road thlVugh
The Cumberland Gap Us staIed bat has any sub.
Scriplun of any kind been made 10 this road !
We have not heard of any. The Spartan is
wrong also in stating, or conveying the impress
sion, that the Kentucky charter was conllncd 10
Il road 10 piss through the Cumberland Gap-
On the contrary, The TWO parties united to get Il
charter from Lexington or Paris south to The
Tennessee line, and the charter permits them TO
BASS through Cumberland Gap, or Nhcecrs
Gap. or both, as they might choose; and we
state. bcyond all fear OF contradiction that
company has been formed for the construction,
Of the latter from Knoxville at the head of
which is w. ST. CEoZIEE, esq. OF hnoXviiie.
Surveys have been made, aud moreover rcsprc
table subscriptions along The line have been
obtained, leaving no manmcr ol doubt that II
will be built Indeed, Il party had conir"cte'is
as was supposed, for lis construction. bnt We
learn that il has not been cnnsummaicd, owing
probably to the difficulty of the times. Belt
remembered" therefore, that the Cumberland
Gan is not the only point" that has been fixed
for passinn the Cumberland Mountains by the
Kentucky charter"
Tn estimating the distance between Charleston
and Knoxville The Spartan. and all others WHO
have shown hostility to the Blue Ridge Railroad.
assume that The connection must necessarily he
by way of Columbia: and tIa! in the face OF
the fact tha, the Leg stature granted nj the last
session the privilege to the GrrcnyiIIr and
Columbia Railroad to constructs Il Road from
point near New Market To Aiken, and that every
effort is being made ut This time TO construct
This Road. That this Road will be built is Il
matter beyond doubt, whether the Blue Ridge
Railroad is ever constructed or not The ncces-
stiles Of all the Western portion Of the State
demands it. 1t is alike essential TO the interests
of the entire country below, around and beyond
New Market, to the cxtrcmi y Of trade and
travel, as it is to the Grecnville and Columbia
Railroad and it is equally important to the
country below Aiken TO Charleston. and IT, the
entire South and Southwestern portion of the
State bounded by the Savannah River.
Now. oy way of Aiken and The Blue Ridge.
the distance from Charleston to Knoxville will
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