Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-12-24

IL 10 tHercloIe Recommended tnat the peel
tlon presented at the last session of the Lcgis
laturc be renewed at the next session, for the
release, by the State, of the condition prccc
dent to its gmmntyihg one million of the
bonds of the company, and that the Lcgisla-
lure do give aid to the road, by Greeting thc
proper officer of the Stateto make that guar.
anty on behalf of the State
In behalf of the Directors,
EDWARD FROST, President.
The Report of the Chief Engineer, Col.
Gwin, is short and pointed We make such
extracts from it, which, with the President s
report, will enable our readers to fully under
stand the present condition of this great Ell.
tcrprisc:
Since the date of my last report, the com
pletcd. portion of the road between Anderson
and Pcudlcton has been worked successfully
and adyantageously, in the transportation of
passengers and freight in combination With
the hauling of stone and materials used in the
construction of the Twenty-six Mile Creek
Bridge.
The receipts have been 81 800 Although
no paying revenue has OF course, been looked
for, from SO small n fractional part of the
work, it is a source of satisfaction to know that
largely exceeded the amount previously csti.
mated. And the business of this section has
steadily increased from the opening of the
road.
The progress made in the work under con
tract during the past year, while it is but a
smallincrcmcnt compared with the amottnt of
work DONE, and remaining to be dond, is ncy-
crtheless large in proportion to the force CHI
ploycd, and will tend to show what may be
accomplished by the energies of the Company
with competent means.
In South Carolina rather more than three,
fourths of the grading has been done of the
tunnel excavation, over six-tenths in cubic
yards and sevcn-tcnths in lineal feet has been
completed; and of the square cssstia masonry
thrcc-fourths, and Of the bridge masonry two.
thirds are done, and onc-fourth of the track
laid
In Georgia upwards of seven. .scvcntecnths
OF the grading. fraction oyer one.scvcnth of
the tuhncl excavation, two-thirds Of the square
drain masonry, and two thirds of che bridge
masonry, lmyc been done.
The combined length of the road i'm South
Carolina and Georgia is but onethird of the
entire length, and yet its cost will be 50 per
cent of the whole cost of the road
In Tennessee about thirteen miles of the
track have been graded, and the masonry be-
tween Knoxville and Maryvillc, distance of
sixteen miles, has been completed, with the
exception of the abutmcnts and piers over the
llolston and Little Rivers and Pistol Creek,
and they are in a state of great forwardncss.
The distance beuwcom Knoxville and Mary
Vile is thirty per cent. of the length of the
road in Tennessee, and the cost of the grad ding
and masonry was forty-ono per cent. of the
costin that State, according to the original
estimate.
In my last rcpors I stated that carotid
and moss inmate estimate had Been made of
the quantity and cost of the parts composing
every description Of work done and remaining
to be done i'll South Carolina aNF Georgia
and in Tennessee, between Knoxville and
Maryvillc, which compose CT per cent of
the cost of the entire road, according to the
original estimate. And chat this revised csti-
mate had been compared with corresponding
component parts of the work embraced in tho
original estimate; and the comparison showed
that the road would be built within tic orig
ina estimates.
The result of the operations Of tic present
year exhibits saving over the revised csti-
mates of last year. [ feel confident, there
fore, that you have before you very correct
estimate of the amount that will be required
for the completion of the road.
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PonK. .KILLrNG.-T following receipts,
says the Due West Tclescope, furnished us
BY good North Carolina lady, VIC had inton-
dcdto place on the outside in the house -wilc's
department. But as they were overlooked,
we insert Them here lest they BE too lato in
the season. They arc reliable we have
tested the yBipc of one of them:
Bc rcSdS as the time of cutting ard sailing.
pork to grind sausage. Season it to your taste
with salt and pepper. Make cake of com
mon biscuit size. Fry them slowly and thor.
oughtJ without burning. When done, lay
them closely in a jar, and pour over them the
gravy Proceed thus till the jar is nearly full.
If the lard docs mob cover them, pour in heat
ed lard till covered. Set them away and in
tho spring you will have sausages as fresh as
when put up. Fhosc favouted With sausage
grinder and cooking stove may put up many
pounds In a few houta @
r Place yonr souco cake in n vessel of pickle
just strong enough to preserve see that it is
we'll weighed down. For use; slice them and
fryin batter This delicacy would keep lon
ger fresh than twill generally last
The backboncs and ribs may be preserved in
pickle several weeks.
Byfollowing the above receipts, there need
be no waste of offsl nor any necessity to cas-
strong or .old-tasted meat. 81