The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1859-08-03


th'- deficiency ? The stockholders, uu-
. qucst'onabiy. Why, then, the first loss
/ will be the least for all parties. And |
can assure you that there are more roads
in the United States in this condition,
than You are aware of that YOU need not
suffer yourself to he any longer deuded
with the idea that, because the South
. CaroIiua Railroad and the Georgia roads
! are profitable. that the Blue Ridge must
necessarily be so. 1t is just AS logical to
! tell the farmers Of Carolra. who cultivate
! poor laE"s. that because they are farmers
they must rIake the same quantity Of cot
! ton as those who plant the rich lands of
Arkansas, louisiana and Mississippi -
| Common sense tells us there is as much
difference in the productiveness Of rail
/ roads rs there is IN that Cf farms. But
+ II Is SAID, admit what you state TO be true,
/ that we are getting a large and profitable
/ business ior Charleston over the Georgia
| roads; We should be dependant upon
/ them for II but we must have "A road Of
! onr own which we can control. a road
/ OF our own! Pray, tell me how many
miles of the Blue Ridge are upon our own
7 =,
/ are "a miles of road within. and l4l bc.
I yond the limits of The State. and through
: Georgia, at last, We are dependant for a
/ part of tive iiue.
Now, II that State, actuated bv Spir
/ ii of jealouslv towards us, on account Of
| the business which her railroads take TO
Charleston in preference to Savannah,
were drSpostd u adopt discriminating
/ tar'tfe OF trelghts IN favor OF the latter city
/ agrinst the former, in SO doing she would
/ have to tax the railroad stocks of her
/ own citizens, which would be a gross act
Of injustice. And how much more prob
| able Is II that, If she found tue Blue
! Il dSe Railroad interfering with the busi
! uoSs OF her roads, she would tax the busi.
! ness Of the road, and the more especially,
I as shc woniI be taxing the property of
, the citizens OF another State You have
heard mach of thlS charter whici. the
/ State Of Georgia has granted this GONNA
| ny, that II Is SO favorable, that that uf
/ itself should tnducu us To build the road.
/ rs we may never have the chance apaIu
: "f dong ii. For myself th;nk the scheme
one Of wnm;igated evil, and the sooner il
7 Is arrested the Eette: for the State and
/ the other stockholders Now, will YOU
believe me "hcm tell YOU that have
/ read ,hnt charter carefully, and did not
iin" u restraining clause prohibiting the
! S;"i" "t Gcor-iH from taxing the proper
ty "i the company at any time. and To-
what extent she may think fit How
very Ind"pruhent, then. have We made
| onrs",ves Ui others. 10y undertaking To
| build the road No, Mr. Editor, we need
not suppose, for a moment, that Georgia
viii hc influenced py any such petty no
tions. She has always been guided Lv
! liberal policy in her railroads. and they
| have been more successful than the roads
/ Of any other State She looks with com.
/ pIacencv, II not with compassion, upon
/ our llercuean and fruilIess undertaking.
/ remembering the line OF Horace
"ho"tcs pdrt,Ti,o't, rid,.cl,s Nus nascitur."
In conclusion, permit me to say that
TINS Blue Ridge Railroad is wholly un
necessary, because produce can Le
brought 10 Charleston from the Mississip
! pl and Ono Rivers 10y the present modes
7 of communication cheaper than it ever
can be brought by railway from Cincin
natl to Charleston, if one existed. | have
examined the subject, and find that ba
con and other articles taken by weight
can he sent hy STEAMER from St. Louis to
! New Orleans at lS To 20 cents per 100
/ pounds, and from New Orleans to Char
! lesion At about so cents per loo pounds.
SO. also, know that bacon can he sen,
from Cincinnati by steamer, and by the
. Baltimore aud OHIO Railroad, and then
again by steamer To Charleston 65 cents
per 100 pounds. Now. well any officer of
the Blue Ridge Road undertake to say
that the same kind Of produce could be
sent from Cincinnati TO Charleston over a
railway, At any thing like the same price,
I or less Than double Why, look to the
freight OF bacon over our own railroads.
/ The price is 60 cents per 100 from Char.
lesion TO Charlotte. and It is so cents
from Charleston to Greenvile Mr.. Edi-
tor, let us no longer be deluded by men
who are honestly deluded themselves
know that you and Others are alarmed at
the idea OF losing the money that has al
ready been spent on tins enterprise, and
1t Is this alone that dGrers men from ar.
resting the work Bnt reflect that a very
large amour, Of this money has been ev.
( pended on the road between Anderson
and WaIhalia. 1.-THE company will not
do 1t let the Legislature grant aid to bur.
chase the iron and isy the supersuucture
over the section, il can be done al com
/ pnratively but little cost and probably
will save about twodhirds Of what has
4 been spent. lsay, then, unbesi,atinoly,
let us stop the road here At Walballa,
! you have thriving little town to collect
the trade OF the surrounding country, and
/ you will have passed through all that
/ portion of Pickens District that is likely
to furnish business for the road beyond
that, the road will have to traverse
wilderness for some distanse, and more.
over, Mr.. Editor we shall have discbsr.
! ged a duty 10 our citizens in having f,r.