Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-03-07
YORKVILLE AND DALLAS.

YOlaKVILLE AND DALLAS.
We append letter addressed by an in'
telligent merchant of Dallas, to MIR. Rose,
President of the Kings Mountain Railroad,
on the subject of a railroad connection be-
tween our town and Dallas. Our people
do not, we think, fully appreciate the Gen.
trail position of Yorkvile. 1t is directly on
the route of the Air Line Railroad, con
Meeting Washington, Georgia, and Char
lo,te, North Carolina; and if that much
talked of road is ever built, it should run
by Abbeville, Laurens, Union and York
Vile. Again, we are on bee.line drawn
from Charleston to Morganton, the centre
of the mountain regions Of North Carolina.
In the letter appended, our people are only
asked to build road to the North Carolina
line, distance of Is miles; and the cost
Of the road at $4,000 per mile, the cost
per mile of the Kings Mountain road,
would only be s120,000 The people
of Castor will connect with US at the line,
and extend the road to Dallas. A charter
has been secured, and road is in process
of building to connect Liucolnton aud New
ton, the latter of which towns is on the
road which is soon to unite Salisbury and
Morganron. After all these roads should
be completed, there would remain only a
small gap from Dallas to Lincolnton-a dis
tance of but twelve miles-to complete the
connection between Yorkville and Morgan,
ton, and enable US to tap the mountain re-
gions al their most important outlet. II
the road, as the letter intimates, should be
extended towards, or even into Virginia, 1t
would only conduce the more to our business
prosperity.
Mr.. White is very intelligent and en'
ergetic gentleman, member of the late
North Carolina Legislature, from Castor.
He secured the charter of road from Dal'
las to the line, under the belief that we Of
York had charter to connect with them
This is precisely the case. The charter
procured at the building of the Kings
Mountain road, grants the power to extend
that road to any point on the line of CleVe'
land or CASTOR. Our people, then, may GO
to work instantly; and we hope ere long to
hear the neigh of the Iron Horse at the
foot of Kings Mountain.
The advantages of this connection must
be obvious to every one. Railroads always
stir the communities through which they
pass, into new life and activity. Business
increases, lands rise in value, and not to
speak of the staple productions of the coun'
try, all the minor articles of the dairy, gar.
den and farm-butter, eggs, apples, pota'
toes and everything of the kiud-become
more and more marketable and valuable.
Not the least among the benefits to be
derived from railroad facilities, is the ad
vantage Of daily mail. In this age of in
creased reading and intelligence, every one
would be glad to have railroad near him,
and daily communication with the great
centres of news and of trade. The road
would likely cut the line somewhere within
the first two miles westward of Grier' sstore
Will not our good people along the route
bestlr themselves 3? All, from the poorest
to the richest, are interested. Let every
one who can possibly do so, be prepared te
take stock in the road !; and success, we say
to the Yorkvlle and Dallas connection!
Expecting to urge this matter again, We
will close this article, which is designed
more to attract the attention of our people
to the project than to argue its Importance
by simply appending the letter above allud
ed to:
"DALLAs, N. G., Feb. II, 1861.
Dear Sir Through the energy auc
perseverance of Mr.. White in our Legisa
ture, we have got charter for a Rail Road
from this place to the South Carolina line
The object now is to meet you at the half
way place; and we hope that the object vii
be favorably considered by your people, and
measures taken to extend your road to the
line as soon as possible. 1t is the wish o.
our citizens here, that we consult with you
and others in your place interested in the
extension, and have the matter acted on al
soon as We can.
There will be no danger nor much delay
up here, about securing our charter. 1t i:
the understanding with US that you already
have charter to extend your road to the
line, and if so, we would like to know the
conditions of the charter, and what the
prospect will be for you to secure the char
ter and build the road to the line
If the road is ever built to this place,
have nc notion that this will be the termi.
nus long; for it will eventually go to Lin
colnton, Newton, Taylorsville, Wilkesboro,