The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-08-10
From the Atlanta (Ga.) Republic.D
Air Line Rail Road.

mere are TWO uHOcCupiSC routes inr raiiro.J
| in upper Georgia which cannot and should m, w
main much longer unoccupied by roads. On:
from Atlanta or from some point on the State ~,
| between Atlanta and Marietta, or from some no;N,
on the Atlanta and LaGrange road TO Jacksonv;r''
| Atlanta, and thence TO such point or pon,s
shall intersecl the great lines of railroads now ~
| ing formed from Mobile and New Orleans 10 r."
| ro, Nashville, Louisville. and Cincinnati The oil
err route is from Atlanta, or from some pon, On ~.
| Georgia road between atlanta and The Sim
Mountain, to Anderson, South Carolina, and from,
thence to some convenient point on The Columh,
and Charlotte Road. 1t is OF this route we ais
10 speak in this article. Or this road there h..
been much talk in This section, bnt Of which, g
| far as we are aware, there has been nothing saS
by The press. 1t will he readily seen by eIancs
| at the map that in filling gap with road acros,
the country from Atlanta 10 some point on thu
Columbia and Charlotte Road, the country woulJ
have an almost perfect air line railroad from Mont,
gomerv, Alabama, TO Richmond, Virginia, and 40
on TO Washington city, and, indeed, the shortest
possible route from New Orleans and Mobile IN
the large northern cities. To complete such a
route with the lines OF road already in existence
and approaching completion, 1t is only required
to fill up the gap from Atlanta to some suitable
point on the Columbia and Charlotte road, a dis,
lance of about two hundred miles. To show more
definitely the great gain in point OF distance over
any other possible route, we have been favored
with the following statement by an eminent en-.
gineer; =? ,-..... -...
Air Line Railroad from atlanta via anderson
S. G., Charlotte, n c., DanriHe- VIrgfnia, 10
RicAmond.
Estimated distance, allowing l2! per cent in.
creaSe from sinnosities, Atlanta via Anderson
&c. To Richmond 523 miles
Distance 10 Washington via same line TO DlnvilIe,
thence via IVuchburU and AleXan.
dria 62l miles
Distance to Richmond via Augusta and Whining.
ton --.. 700 miles
10 Washington srme way $50 miles.
Add to each 25 miles for time consumed in pass.
ing bre,ks in line at Augusta and WlImins,on.
making them 725 and $50 respectively.
Advantage Of air line IN distance to
Richmond lay 200 miles.
Advantage "f uir line 10 distance 10 Washington,
via Lynchhurg 234 miles.
Distance from Atlanta to Washington vi, .Iron,
Knoxville and Lvnchburg 725 miles.
Do. via Anderson, Charlotte, &c. GIL miles.
Advantage in latter IO4 miles,
Ii Is seen, them by this route 600 miles Of di'.
lance is saved over The route nv Wilmington and
lO4 miles over the route by KHnxvIlle. when that
route shall be opened thereby saving on this nigh
cut lO4 miles over any other route ever possible
t. be had.
nPneSer Charter snail be Oblnlne0 ana
company org inIz"d, such are The advanlag AID
IN" promise oil remuneration 10 stockholders that
all difficulty in obtaining thu necessary capital for
its construction will be- easily surm"unrd. NJ
road IN the country Can show surrr gurrnnrrr,
OF a profitable re'urn. On the cheering return,
then, OF good crops throughout the country IL
proper Tor this rnterpris" 10 receive att'niiDn.-
Touching the adj accent interests OF Grorgi, AMI
South Carolina. it will traverse large srcon"f
Zach State, thickIy populated, and nb"nn ling win
large mineral aud vegetable resources, ana which
are yet without n raiIrnnd and likely remain
so except for This line. b. he c,nsrrucrin q! It
besides The large counr il would traverse IN
Georgia, the counties Of Lumpkn, Forsyth and
GIlmer, would be IN ,bIrd to he furnished With
branch and an outlet Ito the right and er. Arh.
ems also would receive encouragement 10 con.
struc' branch, tie Pby, Slimul,i ne enterprise
and prod"c ion in these and O1h, adjoining cuUn.
ties, and Increasing thereby tn. business "f ihs
and other roads already built. In S"uh Caro-,
ma it would cross The Rahun GIp or The Bus
Ridge road and The Spar'anhurg road, anil npe
rate 10 he mutual benefit Of all. The only in"r.
est in upper Georgia with which il might se"mro
come in conflict is that Of the G'orgia Railroad.
But even This road, taking the past lnfuenr" AMI
effect Of reads in Georoia-a as guide. would .ufT.r
no real de'rment. 1t is tn be hoped thcre(orr,
in these promising and hopeful times, rha, In.
pPop" Immediately Interested in such Dad will
consider the matter and take such steps ne will
secure charter for it both in Georgia and South
Carolina. word 10 the wise is sufficient A.,
anta is deeply Interested in The matter. and viii
doubtless stand ready to take part in the enter,
prise.
How To Make ono Farm Equal to three.
In recent address by 6. r.. Stewart. ESQ. be.
lore the Ohio Agricultural Society, he thus speaks
on this suh"ci:
Many farmers are destroying the productive
ness of their farms bv shallow work As they
find that their crops diminishing they think
only of extending their acres Of surlnce rs if they
snPPos d their title d"eds only gave them right
to six inches of earth. II they will take those
deeds, study their m"oning. and apply the lesson
to their fields, they will soon realize in three fob
crops the act that the law has given them three
farms where they supposed they had only one;
IN other words, that the sub~ol brought up and
combined with the atmospheric Influences and
those Other clemens which agricultural science
Will teach TO apply TO their ground, will increase
three fold the measure Of its producilveuess.
10 show TO what extent the fertility Of the soil
can be increased, refer to statement in The last
Patent Office Report. In The year $780, there
were nine competitors fo- the premium corn crops
Of Kentucky, each OF whom cultivated ten acres
Their average crop was about 1919 bushels PEI
acre. Al that time, the average crop of wheat pet
acre IN the harvest OF Great Britain on soil cult
al To- II