The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-07-14

under the same disadvantages that he sells;
he and the district at large, pay for the ex-
pensive and inconvenicnt mode Of transport
tauon for every species of fancy and domes-
tic goods and neceSsariCs that are sold here
Our people are sensitive upon the subject of
taxation, but here is n tax they pay annual
ly, the extent and amount of which, they
never think of calculating. If we had n
rail road connection our market " oud be
upon an equal footing with other markets !;
the transition in affairs would exceed the
expectations Of the most sanguine; mani
fold interests would spring up; competition
would enliven trade, and new order of
things would be inauguratcd. Every class
of our people, however crcumstauccd,
would be benefited, but more especially
the poor who are tied TO home market
Ii is well known to most of us that real
estate in this District is far below its true
and proper value. We have been in most
Of the Districts in this State that are on
about n lattudnai line with ours, and we
believe that the lands in Lancaster, in their
natural state, compares favorably with any
of these Theirs have been fully develop
ed and made 10 yield II rich return TO the
husbandman, while many portions of our
District yet remain in its virgin purity--un.
cultivated wastes, requiring only the hand
of science and of agricultural enterprise
and industry, TO make then. as productive
as any upands in the State This NAV ap-
ply peculiarly TO the Eastern and Southeast
crn sections of the District. Lands can be
bought in those sections for five dollars per
acre, which, if situated in any part of the
District of Fairfield, of Chester, of Union
or of York, would command readily twen-
ty dollars rer acre. This discrepancy is the
consequence Of our isolation from the rest
of the world we have never rcsortcd TO
the proper means I" bring our lauds into
notice and competition with other places.
and their qualities are unknown beyond our
own borders. The day that the whistle of
the engine is heard nj Lancaster G.. H., the
real estate of the District will be enhanced
to the extent of not less than half a mil
lion of dollars. If ATTY man is of differ.
point with him.
We intended TO say something of the
practicaLiIity Of building road from
Chester to this place, but our article is al.
ready spun out longer than we first design
cd it. We will forcgo this for the present,
merely saying that if the proper mon will
move in the matter, the road can bc built,
whether 10y the equitable plan proposed by
our correspondent or by voluntary subscrip-
ton. There must be leaders in an enter.
prise of this sort, or it can never succeed
and il is the duty of the prominent men,
who possess the confidence of the masses
and who have wealth to back their opinions,
I" make the first move. II is useless for n
few to talk who have not the means to
back their Judgments. Let such men as
Mckcnna, Barnes, Wilherspoous, Clinons,
Crawfords, Curetons, Brown, Massey,
Wyiic, llasseltine, Adams, Stevens. Dunlap,
Cousart Cunningham, Gooch Foster Faulk-
ncrs, ,Crockctts, Reed, Cotfev, ,Ilcglcr, Welsh.
Robinsons, Clyburns, BIackmon, Cau-
thens, Ingram, Hammond, Twitty, MagilI,
McCardle, Mollwains, Ballard, Mackey,
MOblcv, Stewart, and others that we de not
think of, make some tangible dcmonstra.
ton ard tho mass Of the people will believe
that the project is in serious contemplation.
If these men will lend their influence 10
the building of road, the result will not
be doubtful.