The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-11-07
The Ra1 Road Question.

We have recently received letter from
friend residing in Georgetown, on tn.
stbject oe an extension ef the Georgetown
Railroad to Charlotte, N. c., via Ian cas-.
ter. We csnTot pfesent the matter TO our
readers in a better way than bv publish,
ing that portion of his Communication
which relate, exclusively 10 This project,
GKoReErowS, s. C., Oct. Gath, 1856.
": NJ. CoNSoRs, EsQ.-DeartSir II Nave
Been requested by various prominent g en,lemcn
Of this town connected with the Geo, getown
Railroad, to ask your aid and influence with the
people of Lancaster with view to the ex'en
sion Of the same to your town route to Char
lette, n. q. The advantages of such lnc are
very obvious il is the most direct route from
the interior to the sea board and is nearer .by
sixty miles than by way or Charleston. The
Georgetown road ID alresiy graded 70 tie n .
Z. r. r., and the work will soon he speedily
pushed to completion.
7 am connected with the Tunes OF this place
in Editorial capacity and would be glad to CO.
operate with you IN promoting the above pro
Ject. III you can get up meeting in your
town our citizens will be happy to unit and
send delegates to Lancaster. 1 am told nv the
EnSineef CT this road aud bv others comve rsant
Wili tiit sulttC' 'NbL tlP SUtcFpilLc u perfect
1y feasible and will bring you in direct route
with the nearest point on the coast IA we'll a.
In direct communication with Charleston. - y
We stated some time aco hat the ex'
eeusivs Mining Company in the Eastern
portion Of This District, now partly com.
posed Of Northern capitalists, wsrs con
templa,ng Road to connect their mine
with come OF the Roads below, with the
view of ultimately extending the line to
Charlotte. That Road WAS ,ndispensa
bic to a full development OF their mining
operations, and that they were reported
20 have ample means at hand to insure
tho success Of the enterprise. We under
stand that the matter is still under ad
visemsat, and that they prefer the George.
town connection, rs being more direct,
and as presenting tho double advantage
Of u route both to Georgetown and Char.
leston. Our attention has been called TO
a notice in the Charlotte Times, TO the
purport that application will be made at
the next Session Of the North Carolina
Legislature for Charter for a Road from
Charlotte 10 the South Carolina line.
which we presume refers to the project in
question. -----.-.
We believe, with our Georgetown
friends. that the measure is perfectly fsas-
able. As stated before, our people are
too impoverished 10 lend mpch material
aid at present but something can lie
donssand perhaps ,ises will soon become
more propitious. There is no better way
Of recruiting rnd advancing our fortune.
than by encouraging this enterprise. II
enethird Of the real estate in tho District
was devoted to it, the remaining 40 thirds
would ybs Of far greater value to the own
ers than the whole is without Road {;
besides the advantage Of a Development
Of the vsst mineral resources OF tho Dis
trict which Railroad would occasion.
A Railroad is the great desidsratum
With us-the point at which We connect
is Of less consequence. We will cooperate
with our Georgetown friends AS readily as
with any o:hsr section, promising similar
advantages. We will recur TO the subject
again. and 10 The mssn time, invite fur
ther information, enquiry and discussion
Of the project.
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