Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-05-11

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lady, see to it that South Carolina and the
.Confederacy are saved; and turning to the
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Carolina, the CheYalier Bayard of the South
tho chiyalric knight, without fear and
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The Columbia 81 Hamburg Railroad.
JAS G. GIBDEs, Chief Engineer, has, in
company with his assistants, completed his
survey of the route of the Columbia & Ham.
burg Railroad. In his reporsto the Presi,
dent and Directors, we find the following in
reference to the location of the road: =.
With full appreciation of the Importance
of direct line, our first efforts were to ind
a route as near an air line as possible but on
examination of the country and the result
OF surveys made, soon convinced US Of the
impracticability Of what was called the di-
rect line, except at immense cost. The dis
tsnce from Golutabia to augusta in an air
line is sixty-seven miles-Stbe Stage Road,
as it is called,) round by the Ridge, being
about seventy-tive miles.
After full and elaborate surveys OF the
country South of the ridge, or dividing line
between the waters of the. Saluda on the
North and Congaree on the South, we were
fully convinced that it would be the best
policy for us to decide on a location on the
ridge-expecting by this to obtain linethat
would have but little heavy work on it, and
would be but about seven miles longer than
an. air line. The result, though, of subsequent
surveys, proved the fact that il. We followed
round the ridge lit would be impossible to
make tho descent, to the town of Hamburg.
The descent of over ,450 feet having to be
made in distance Of about six miles, would
require grades OF seventy feet per mile, which
it would not BE- advisable to adopt. Our
efforts were then directed to Gnd route by
which we could get from Hamburg up to the
ridge, where the ascent could be made with
lighter grades. The only practical routes be-
ing up the valley Of either Big. or Little
Horse Greek, the result of the surveys was
such as to cause us to decide on the line up
Big Horse Creek as the most advisable, and
the location has been accordingly made up
that stream-inakipg the entire line from
Hamburg to Columbia Q little less than eish-
ty miles. Starting in the town of Hamburg,
from point on the Savannah River, about
half milo below the present railroad bridge,
the line crosses the track of the South Caro-
lima Railroad, about two and q half miles
from Hamburg, and thence running nearly
parallel lsh that road for several r:'les, cros-
sea LITTLE Horse Creek, and following up the
North side of Big Horse Creek, a little North
of the Bath Paper Mills, and near Granite
do a
tho creek; thence passing through the streets
of Graniteville and near Faucluse, Hall q
Miles' Mills, the line ascends TO the ridgo at
kicksey's, Just in rear Of the Pine House.
distance of twenty.tl.roee miles from Ham
burg, and where the lire is within six miles
of the town Of Edgcticld. The elevation Of
the .idge at this point bcing $50 fee! above
tide water and 500 feet above tie level OF
the starting point in the town Of Hamburg,
grades not exceeding forty-two feet per mile
beiug-necessary to 1rial,e the ascent to the
RIDGE. From Graniterillc to The Pine House,
a distascs of thirteen miles, the work Of
rrsduation will be very heavy-HorSe Creek
Having to he crossed several times. From
the Pine Housethe line fellows very mucb
the course OF the public road, crossing ShaY's
Greek, near IIatcLer's BILL, at an elevation
of forty-Gve feet, thence BY Lofts P. O., G..
Wards, Spann's Church, Majsr Watson's DR..
YOUNG gblood's, Bates, on to Hendricks, ac
which place it diverges South 7of the main
Columbia Road, and passing ACROSS Gilbert
Hollow, near the head of Little Juniper, it
follows nearly the course of what is called
the I've Notch Road, near the Round Hill
Church, and within tbree-qearters q mile
of Lexington c.. H., on TO Sharp's. Most cf
the work from The point Of ascending the
ridge near the Pine House will be light, with
tic execution of the crossing of Shaw'6 Creek
and the Gilhert Hollow. At this latter place
an embankmeut of forty feet will'be ncceSSa-
~ for several hundred feet. From Sharp's,
the. line takes very much the course of the
public road, crossing Six Mile Branch at an
elevation of forty-ige feet, and crossing the
Concaree River about orc mile below the
present bridge at an elevation of ftty-eisht
feet, and where it is 900 feet wide. passes just
in the rear of the new shops OF the South
Carolina Railroad on to the depot used by
the South Carolina and Grcs!nyille Railroads:
One important argument id favor of the
present location is the practicability of uni
ting temporarily with the South Carolina
Railroad at Graniteville, and thereby save
ten miles of distance. Itthe road is con-
structed during the war whilst iron is so diff
cult to bs procured, this will be very inpor-
tant item. The Locations is snch that con-
nectioa can readily be made at that point,
and the completion to Augusta made at any
future day. The business, too, that will come
ito the ROAD from the Grauitevlle and Yau'
cluse Manufacturing Companies wiAbe no
inconsiderablc item in the estimated business
of the road. Every effort has been made in