The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-12-30

RuRo,p Inns ANp ~ EcR,PH WINES
Souih Carolina l. decidedly behind the spirit W thc
inirs IN the management her railroads. Riding In
car bci nd locomotive N Carolina Is slow not 70 say
expensive business Travel j. limited Trains frequent
IL make onr stoppages-appireny unnecessarily long
at petty stations IL took nine hours and tnreeqnrters
g 50 from Columbia 20 Grosnyile distance Of one hun
bred and twenty eight miles the fare being six dollars
and q half You can 10 tho Hudson River Rail
road from New York TO Albany distance Of one hun
bred and ATTY miles i've hours while the fare u only
three dollars There il nothing like the enterprise
exhibited that you upon Northern railroads win
enumeraie the ncs o. railroads now IN operation Soa'h
Carolina, and those in progress or Ia embryo
The south Carolina Railroad u the oldest OF any length
in the United states The directors experimentei Win
wind sails before they procured a locomotive IRON Eng
land. The main line fron Charleston TO Hamburg
the savannah river near Augusta distance Of IL,
miles branch goes from Rsnchvillc to Columbia -
miles ami another from Kingsvlc 10 Camden % miles
Tho Wilmington and Manchester kslroaa, from WI.
m ming "a ,S se, s,ae 81 ss,h Sa5ona,
The Grecny he and Columbia Railroad, from Columbia
TO Greenve, Ia the upper districts LIS miles orancn
from Coke-bury 10 Abbcvie Court House, IL miles
ana from pel,nn 10 Anderson Court House ph miles
The Sparsanbnrg and Union Railroad branches on the
Grccnvlle road al iolson and runs 10 sp@'anoas os
The Iaursns Railroad, from Newbsrry to Laurcns, %
The CHARIOT, ana Columbia Railroad, from Columbus
Charlotte North Carolina ITO miles Zoo IN south Caro-
The Kings Mountain Railroad, fr IN Chester To York
mo No,heas,ern Railroad from CHARLESTON 70 Florence
lo2 miles Abranch called TIE ,neraw an. Darlington
miles and Il 10 b, further extendsito Rockingham IN
S"rih Carolina about IS miles 80 asto rcicn ths coat
mines. A charter for this extension II obtained
The Charleston and savannah Railroad from Charicsson
70 savannah Ca t04 miles. The distance 70 the river
Is ~ miles and tn celebration Of the extension took
place few weeks ago.
The Bue Ridge Railroad II In course OF coastruc
ton Commencing Anderson Court House, " runs 70
rsndcton Court House. distance of twelve miles inc
Intention extend the rosi through the mountains to
Knoxville, Tenn, with az connecting with iDits.
Vile AND Cincinnati. The estimated expense " ab1n
0oDOo0 Tho work has boon ruspndc for the prssns
the OF South Carolina did not feel m
cumbsnt them bear the whole OF the cxp,nsc ~ tbs
oshcr states through which the would pass All which
woah ~ bcncnstei by tn, Improvement ne. In
cliNed 20 take any active part In tn matter.
Cbafse have boon obtained for tho construction OF
An extension ~ ths 0rccnvlle anil Columbia RsilrcS
20 the North Carolina line. with view Of reaching Ash
vile North Carolina
Al extension of the spussnbarg and rnio, R,lirosi
!. om Sr.artanbarg 10 Ashvilic
An independent charter has been obtainet for rct
conn citing Anderson court 10 with imb arg "a s
sevs1nsh river the raj 10 b. csllsi tn Sav annh Val
iry R,lrcai.
Ths Gresay lc Compsny have procured an am ain n;
their chart suthorsng thsm 10 bssli RIA irnri
Newmarket N Aisen. on the south Cuvlns
rost this n,k ng shorter an moro drsst roltt fcon
m, uprsr part 81 thc stats ~ Chsrlcs'ca
An isicprnscat charter has be cbtaa>t tos rvt'
from Columbia g Hamburg cpp SIT, Aasis'i, sts1aiei