Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-11-21
to issue only so many as may be actually
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necessary 10 complete aud equip the eatlle
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With. this,road completed, the distance. by
rail between Columbia aud Augusta will 81
reduced from one hundred and iorty-threc tl
1 eighty miles, making an actual saving of SIX.
ty three miles between those points. With
Tie ordinary speed Of trains on the South
Caroliua Railroad, with the unavoidable de-
lays at Branchvlle ;nd Kincsvile, and with
trains run throughfrom Charlotte to-Augusta,
the practical saving in time and distance will
be fully equal to six hours, Or one hundred
miles, to all travellers going North Or South.
With the completion of the Augusta and Mil
lcdgeyillc and the. Mobile aud Girard Rail
roads, botAlow under construction and dcsI
tined TO be fnished before your road; the route
to New Orleans from Augusta will be shor-
tened over seventy miles more--thus making
a saving in distance Of about one hundred
and seventy miles, and from ten to twelve
hours in time-to al travel from Mobile to
Charlotte-aud the same to all points further
North or South-while the passengers to ht-
lante, Montgomery, Nashville, Memphis, ETC.,
will practically gain one hundred, miles in
distance. Such saving il! the progress of the
age cannot exist without its attractions for
the through travel, trade, express and mail
matter to very large portion Of the south
west and northeast of the United States.
With this road in operation, the traveller
going to Augusta or beyond, aud not going to
Charleston, passes east Of Lynchburg going
south-he will find it the shortest, cheapest
and quickest line to pass over your road.
The steamboat lines frem New York and Bal.
timore to Portsmouth, Norfolk, Morehcad
City, and Wilmington, with the Virginia Cen
trail, Richmond, aud Fredericksburg Rcsc,
including the Richmond and Danyillc, Sea,
board and Wilmington routes, with'the North
Carolina Road, will all have direct interest
in sending their through trade and travel over
this Road.
Even the traveller from Wilmington, when
he reaches Kingsvile will find his shortest
route via Columbia to Augusta. 1t shall,
therefore, be to the greatest interest OF over
fourteen hundred miles Of railroad South OF
Washington and North of Columbia, and
over one thousand miles of steamboat line
from New York, Baltimore, and Washington
City, to invite through business over your
Road. So with the Roads South and West
of Augusta from Atlanta, Montgomery, Co.
lumbus, Thomasyiie, and Savannah. When
the traveller reaches Augusta, this route
through Columbia presents the greatest in
ducemcnts by annibilating time and distance.
lis completion will do much to restore The |
trade and travel through North aud South |
Carolina lost by the construction of tue East
Tennessee and Virginia and other moro
Northern, routes. Its commanding position.
with the appreciation placed upon its stock
by an intelligent public, causes it tosel high
er in the unfinished con- dition Of the work
than that Of majority of roads now in the
South in full operation.
With ordinary prosperity restored to the
country, The gross income of the Road ought
to amount to $4OO, 1000: and the net income
to S200.OOO. This wonld be equal to ten
per ccntum upon 100000 of capital while
the estimated cost of the entire eighty miles
81 s6Qe, 900. This would be a.
moderate income, comparing it with those Of
connecting. Roads, in the years lS59-'GO.
It is presumed tha: the State of South |
Carolina, in conformity with her settled poll
cy and public spirit, will not be Indifferent to
an enterprise destined TO be Of so much i'm
portance to her taxable resources and of in
calculaL!c benefit to large region of the
State which has heretofore received no bene !
tt from railroads.
Aidei and fc2tered by her literally, this
Road, besides adding in the aggregate $40 600
Der mile to the value Of the real estate along
lis line, and at its termini, equal to $780,.
GOO, will transport its hcaYy through business
to the capital of the State and cause it 70
pass one hundred and eighty miles by rail
across her limits from Augusta to the North
Carolina line. With this Road completed,
interest will soon prompt the Wilmington
and Manchester Railroad Company to extend
a branch from Sumter to Columbia, thus
opening three lines to the sea coast-ono, by
Augusta to Savannah, another via Whining
ton, in addition to the present route 10
Charleston.
Tie effort Of thrce converging lines Of rail
way 10 The centre Of the State from three
important cities on the coast, alt competing
Cor her commerce, will greatly reduce trans
portrtion, rot Only to the capital, but to all
northern and western districts penetrated by
the Grecnyile Charlotte roads and their
various branches. The great object Of wise
Legislation in regard TO internal improve
ment is to expedite and >Ieduce the cost Of
transportation.
These are the considerations tliat give value
10 the landed estates, reward the tilers of the
sbil, stimulate energy and industry and invite
labor end capital to its occupation ahd i'm
provement, not only i'll the cultivation of the
spil, but to the development of the mineral,
manufacturing, and othor industrial pursuits
of the country. These constitute the great.
ness of State. With their development and
prosperity follow the income and success of
the artizan, lawyer, doctcr,. tie men ofsci-
cncc and of letters il all their various de-
partments, adding 10 the cultivation, pro-
gress, and civilization Of the society and age
in which we live.
Respectfully submitted,
WM. JOHNSTON, President.
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DEcLINED-Wo regret to learn that Hon.