The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-09-19
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NsssRs Eprroas I noticed scme,i,n,


ago in your paper an editorial in relation
10 proposed Rail Road from Florence
to LANCASTER" Any enterprise which
will develop The resources Of ihe country,
enhance Tie value Of property, anchor
ale the social. political and CONNER crsl
prospects Of II people, should be fonered
and encouraged by every citizen. (whe,her
good and loyal or otherwise And we
believe, that second 10 relief TO debtors,
and consequently relief 10 all classes, and
by relief do not understand me 10 mean
repudiation but, when | say relief, |
mean just what l say and | repeat il,
second to relief to debtors, (and without
relief the people cannot engage in any
enterprise, or At least the people Of this
secuon,) there is no measure or en,er
prise so much needed and so advanta,
geous TO the people Of Lancaster District,
a, this particular juncture AS Rail Road
1t is presumed that the people Of Lancas
ter have had nhe utility, necessity, sdvau
tage, &c, better and more fully act forth
to them, by ADLER pens and more eloquent
tongues than mine in 1850, so it is su
perfiuous for us TO trespsss upon your
space, TO advocate n measure well under
stood and highly appreciated and appro
we'd, with the best wishes only Of the peo.
pie, for under the present cireuru stances
they are aole to contribute nothing else.
The proposed road will not pay un.ess
extended to Charlotte. N, c., which it un-
doubted;y will be, il ever built to Ian.
caster Court House. We understand up
on good authority, that the George,owo
Railroad Company did at its last NEE,
ing appropriate two hundred thousand
dollars to extend the Georgetown Rail
road to Lynchburg; and why no, connect
the proposed road a, Lynchburg with the
Georgetown Road and if DR.. Ashury
and his Company must have Road Ie,
them build n turn .out from the proposed
line. We do tot know how near the
survey of 1860 reaches TO the gold mine
II will undoubtedly be 10 the intsres, ofthrs
company Of capitalists to build a road
from Lynchburg, S. c., 10 Charlotte. N.
g., and construct turn out TO their mine,
or which would be better, curve the road
so As to run by the mine. This road will
follow nearly the survey Of 800 to Bsh.
opville, thence it is only sixteen miles to
Lynchburg, and there YOU connect with
two roads, the Wilmington l. Manchester
and the Georgetown Road And Messrs
Editors, aside from other considerations,
economy would induce capitslis,s TO pre-
fer this route. We confidently believe
ths, the rood from Lynchburg to Char,
lo'te, N. G, could be graded, tresseled,
&c, in fact, made ready to lay the rails
for one hundred thousand dollars, and in
all probability, a less amount than thar.
II is emphstcally the road for Lancaster,
and IL We are to have n railroad, let u.
60 TO work in the right direction FIRST,
relieve the people so that they NAV exer'
else their enterprise and ingenuity, to de
wise WAYS and means 10 avert tie present
dark and lowering financial cloud, and
restore to :his. once happy land, TO the
sunshine Of peace. plen,y. happiness and
contentmrnt. This is .he aim Of sverv
patriot. and this will be the end IL the
people work with a will aud work in tho
right direction. Wis.