The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-09-19
Rail Road Matters.

oiuCe lue Isd'i JeOdu SouNeuliOu ~
Sumter, on the 4th OF July, at which res
o!utions were adopted to build Road
from Gourdiu's station, or the North.
Eastern Rail Road, to Charlotte, N. g.,
Vta Manning, Sumter, Bishopville and
Lancaster, we nave had but little to say
in regard 10 our interests in such matters.
We did not condemn the action Of that
Convention. The delegates had the right
to resoloe as much as they pleased, and
to locate the route wherever it suited
them, or their wisdom dictated. Wa have
no quarrel to make with any ono upon
that point, but desire simply to notice
one or two matters which have occurred
since that meeting.
There is manitestly bad feeling in Ger.
tain quarters towards Camden, and any
movement or effort Of ours is persstentiv
regarded with doubt and suspicion by
those who have imagined tha, Camden
entertains hostility towards all Rail
Road enterprises which propose to effect
our interest. Now it does seem strange
that any blame should attach TO com
muuily which legtimatey seeks to pro-
tect ats Oun interests that is all we
have ever done and it is a gratuitous
and unfair assumption 20 suppose that
our only object ip the course being pur
sued is simply ITO distract the counsels
of the friends of the true Central"
Our klus aud equitable friend Of the
Lapcas,.r Ledger-whose prudence and
fairness heretofore we have mnch ad
mir=d-is mistaken if he attributes the
altitude Of Camden and our Rail Road
I projections to no higher or worther mo
i've than "to distract the counseIs Of the
irends OF the true Centra! :" he does us
iWust'ce-unintentionaI We are suIe--yet
positive injustice. Our trend exhibits
rather unusual acerbity III designating
any other connection than that of the
"true Central as ~ oue.horse Rail
Road
Little as our Lancaster friends NAV
think about it, the day may POSSIBLY
come whea the termini Of a one bor,s
Kali Road" will not seem so small mat,
ter as TO be ridiculed and rejected there
are many contingencies upon which ali
such enterprises must necessarily depend.
and we have long since learned useful
and profitable lesson, that - bird in the
hand is worth TWO in the bush,"-in 9th.
er words, "a half loaf is better than no
bread,"-and good zone hc. Sc Rail
Road" far preferable to a slow coach At
three miles TO the hour.
In regard to notices Of application for
Charters, we beg 10 state that, so far ~
those appear in the Camden Journal
they are bona .fie responsible and
prominent gentlemen having authorized
their publication, who will See tLa, the
matter is properly attended to.
The people Of Charlotte, We presume
understand tnelr own interests, and viii
likely attend to them without our helm
SO that whether they are concerned a
bout tue interest Of Camden" or M, ,,e
do not propose At the present time TO en-.
quire. AT the Sumter Convention. "Col -
HoLroN, our Wing" brother, WAS repor.
ted in the published proceedings as repre
sSniing " decided interest which Char.
Iotle would have III the "CcnlraI r ali
RoaG enterprise, and some calculations
were at least made then upon the yyoJo
Die help from that quarter. Since. how
ever, our North Carolina sister has ",ip
ped ii the cold shoulder" We observe
that onr friends OF the Sumter Watch,
man and Lancaster Ledger were never
very sangulne Of laid from Charlotte"
the grapes are sour.
Our friends Of the Sumter Wdtchpauu
are IN error in stating that the South
Carolina Central, MS located At Sumter.
taps conveniently for the carrying busi
ness, the most productive of the Cotton
growing regions Of Kershaw." The best
Cotton and most productive land. in our
District, could on be efectualIy .,ap
ped by Rail Road from Camden to
North Carolina, up the Eas, bank Of the
W"leree. The River aud Beaver Creek
lands OF Kershaw would Le entirely ON,
OF range of the Central Road via Bish
opViIe, and the same remark would an.
ply, TO considerable extent. to "the
most productive Of the Cotton growing
regions Of Lancasler."-C Camden Journal