Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-09-10

lot these branches, the rich commerce of
the West, whilst the Atlantic Ocean brings
| 10 Ills that of the Old World q g
The idea, which i have recently seen
wellicXpreSscdih ih reference to our branch
railroads IN South Carolina, and the ne
l1cessity-of havinga mhinitrun extending.
over the mountnins.'to the great Father of
IrWaters, by the sac"eious and Intelligent
\ iSuperintenden of ,tr. Georgia, Railroad,
in II npriSate lettcr to frientt at Greenville,
seens to have been duly appreciated and
! adopted blythe Legislature of South Caro-
Pitha, d few years since. In order to. carry
lit ont; the Blue Ridge Railroad WAS char
4-tGrcdi lThe Legislature authorized sub
scription on tho part of the State ito, the
amount of one million of dollars, anil the
tehdorscmeht of the bonds Of tlicpompany
for one million more.au The city Of Char
/ flCstoh subscribed one million. and the, State
Eof Tennessee, gave liberal aid.:N1'he citi-
! Eens of'South sCnrolina,1 Gcorgid, North,
Carolina and Tennessee, subscribed for
4 IsomGthihgp over half uiHion'. Bangs &
fCompauy agreed tot, tho contract; and
rcceNe'ior their work ohe-tourtlf in stock,
Hand the bonds of theaoompauyf for r,aHother
\ .fouYthsi. Under these circumstances the
work was commenced, All felt, the live
Hest t.interestin. the'plUsocution aud ,coiAplo-
tion. They had seen and heard 'of the
kwonderful effects of this. railroad connec-
E'tiDh with the West on the middle and nor
thcrn States They had grown rich aud
RprDsPerous by it, whilst South Carolina had
btoonre poor fopthp want of it. The peo-
pie of Virginia quickly perceived it's ad-
yantages, land ut, an expense to}thut State
kof teAimilliont of dollars her Legislature
butt the Virginia and Tennessee Railrohd.
hGeorgia, the Empire State of tho South,
] lSith,nH the "gDr aHd energy of youth, di-
rectcd by sdom and enterprise, threw
I hcrsel { into'thei scramble for III Z share in
this golden prize, AT an expense of, FIVE
:or six millions OF dollars the Geofgia Rail
road was constructed by that State She
had the sugaoty and b6ldncss to make this
appropriation out of her Stute Treasury. -
That road 'now1defrnyS all it's expenses and
repairs, aud pays into the. Treasury of the
StateetlIe sum ofsone uthousand. dollars a
d,y every day in the year! This payrheBt
I'ot'one, thousand dollars ~ day. in cash, is
bmades like observation-disclosures interestA-
mo deductions allowed for Sundays,, rainy
Hdups oY'nights.M ~. ,-. y = .1,- ',,..
Had the oEgn5l contractors, to whom
the construction of the Bhie Ridge Rail-
road WIS first let, been able to- carry, out
their contract there would have, .boeu no
difficulty IN che eompletion of the worli.-+-
The endorsement of the State Of South
i-Carolina would have been made. But, il.
koohseqnence iof the failure OF 4SRvou Bangs
and Co., new contracts lad to be made for
huilditgs Tie, .rnadJ ,G6nsoqrieutly the
Bluaafidgo Railroad Company had to ap-
ply, last winter, to the Legislature to re-
tnoyRfh6 Restrictions which stood ii the
,maY,Dfhheir obtanimg the >pronised Stnte
endwsscmeuts7,. No additional appropriation
Mas asked of tiierEe9islature They wore
simply requested to. do, uncondihoually,
what their predecessbrsshad agreed to do
under eedain resticti6hs:' This was not
an unreasonable an inrppnper request to
make to this, Legislature, under the circum-
4 Stainless when the great object is consider
cd fE.which this humble favor was osked.
"'I,Tis true the Legislature we're distinctly
told thntt this would not ehaBe the 'eompa-
! fy to coniplets the road Further aid of
onG millioiYdf doliafs' moro would have TO
be granted. But the question; Was also
| pFGscbted't to tl,c LcgislsturcY in one other
point OF. View, which ought to Have had its
| Influence on 'tb9h decision, They wore
Informed that unless furthcr. aid was Civ:
| eh, this great cnterPrise, Which was to in,
6rease sd 'itiibcS the Commerce, wealth. pow,
Grand: pfosperity Of the State; had to Be
abahd6Ded..N This was too gfgantic ah Gn!-
dcftaklhg to be carried out by private SUB
scriptions The, ,benefcihf results anticipa-
ted we're entirely to tho State, aud to Tie
whole State, TT was there, fc, most .aiipS mp,
prdPrihtely aState enterprise. I 80 =. :
| 7 The question; thus presented to the Leg.
islature of continuing or abandoning the
Blue Ridge Road, was one of great respen-
sihility,,if the yoad had to be Abandoned
a9da connection witlfthe uwest, by rail-,
waE given lp lforeserys Lot it be borne
IN tpipd tllat,the I4egislatnfe5 of ,lnat winter
hsd notAHls TO do with theorisinal undef4
tskiggsniThoy found the road commenced,
1T had been s6.ordered.b byfap peviousiLcg4
islaerFc.rs' ObeImiIhon of dollars had been
i,aphopejated outrof, tbe,Stdte Treasary, f6p
itetcdast; suction, and actually ezpdudeds--,
The city ,of, 4lsaflast0h and .the.peop!efof
South carolina had, likewis9,. contributed
op8 million and a half hieh was also oxti
JolAOd .,6; Tile 6tatc of;aTennesseea had
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ssliielr ,wSre alsoSnx.
pended t.oaSke Toads .Ghege expenditures
4 anaouuted to upwards of shree miflioR and
| ashale in the whol6.ntH Hins road had keetil