Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-05-30
With regard to facilities for communicating

, With regard to facilities for commupicatin
with the outer world there are advantage
here which will give this section additions
value. The town of Aiken, lying as it doe
directly on the line Of the South Carolina Ra
Road, e trip of few hours conveys the pro
duce Of the year to Charleston, from whenc
it can be exported to.foreign countries, on th
other hand, to Augusta, from whence it ca
be distributed to the interior towns of tn
South. The Columbia and Hamburg Raj
Road, which will constitute one of the link
of the Great Seaboard Mail Line" from Ne5
York to New Orleans, runs within q mile O.
two Of the town. ...
The Aiken and Ninety six Rail Road ha
been surveyed and located and eventually
will be built to afford an outlet TO the pro
duce of the Great West that will pour Owe
the Blue Ridge Rail Road the Port Roya
Rail Road which joins the City of August;
to the deep water of Port Royal, one of the
finest harbors of the world, has also been full
ly surveyed, laid out and partially graded
and runs but few miles South of the town
So that the place will be surrounded on oil
sides By the most ample facilities for trans
portation by rail, to say nothing cf the abun-
dsnt carrying means afforded to the lumber
trade by the natural channels of the Edistc
and Savannah rivers.
The markets of all sections are thus laic
open to our producers, and the demand for
the produce will be steady and increasing
Communications with the teeming prairie
lands of the Northwest, by means OF shors
and direct route to the Atlantic coast, will
be such an advantage to them as to ilsgre it;
early completion, and the great towns Of Gin
cinnati, Memphis and st. Louis will transact
their foreign business along line of road
on which our town is adyantageously sls'
uated.
The soil is admirably adapted to the cu;-
turo of grapes, peaches, figs and other fruits;
and in this respect affords fine opportunities
for the employment of the numerous invalid'
whose health would permit Of outdoor exer-
else. The earth presents just that mixture OF
chemical proportions in which the mulberry
tree delights, so that the growth of silk CO.
coons could be entered upon to much adva"
tage. In fact, when cultivated with, energy,
and proper application is made of the fer
tilizing agents Of the agriculturists, the far
mer can direct and increase the productions
of nature at his will, and control OF pleasure
the yield of his land.
Nor is this the only modem which the coun-
try is susceptible of improvement and its re-
sources of development The situation of the
ridge on which we lives at an elevation Of
four hundred feet above the city Of Augusta
from which it is. only sixteen miles distant,
and of three hundred feet above Granitcvllle,
five miles of, will give some idea not only of
the rapid and thorough drainage which 1t en-
ioys but of the immense power which might
be used for manufacturing purposes atforced
by the numerous streams and creeks flowing
from these highlands.
Already some forty or fifty saw-mills have
been erected and engaged in saving pine
lumber, some of which is consumed here and
the remainder hoated down the river to the
coast, where it commands the highest prices,
as the soft yellow pine lumber of this region
is we'll known to dealers. As yet all other
species of timber areutterly ignored, although
various kinds abound, that are elsewhere
deemed most valuable. 'S'
The success that has attended the manu-
featuring establishments located On Horse
Creek. demonstrates the praclicability anc adj
vantages of such enterprises. That OF Nau-
clusc, (seven miles from Aiken), founded in
1882, was the pionfor. 1t is built of Granite
iound on the spot, and employs probably
some 900 persons in making yarns, osnaburgs
and drills.
Tie cotton factory and village of Granite
vile is on object Of more than ordinary in
.terest. The general appearance vi the town,
the neat and symmetrical style in whlca the
houses Of the operatives are built, the beau
tiful garden and fountains attached to the
factory for their enjoyment; the attention
paid to hygicnic matters, police and cdnca,
ton the condition of the roads, streets and
cana, shaded by large trees the picturesque
cemetery the forethought and the judgment
that has evidently been exercised to produce
such a complete effect, all attract attention,
and it is generally admitted to be a model
manufacturing village, unsurpassed IN the
United States, aud the heavy dividends and
the scarcity of tho stock on the market, shows
how profitable it has been.
At Bath, some nine miles distant, is en- eX'
tensive paper mill, which is kept ,busiiy en-
ployed in making various qualities of paper
As an illustration, the following anccdote may
be pertinent: A Society in Augusta needing
a quantity Of paper recently sent to New
York iii order to get superior article. W hen
it arrived they found it had been manufactur
ed within six miles Of home at the Bath Mills
sent to New York and then returned.
At Kaolin, twelve miles of, is porcelain
factory, and at Kalmia Mills Company has
been actively engaged in the creation OF
very large establishment for making cotton
goods, calculated to afford employment to ont
thousand hands, and which is expected to be
in operation by next fall. A charter has als'
recently been granted to the Rose Mill man
ufacturirg Company, to be located on t; tn
head waters of Tinker's Creek, eight mile
Southeast of Aiken.
AS yet these water powers have not recelv
cd the attention they merit. The stream
arc never failing, aud capable of driving Il, tn
machinery for hundreds Of mills, and unhk
MANY in more Northern ATTITUDES, are not at az
fccted BY the ill effects Of the extreme cold
CONCLUDED Next WEEK.
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