Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-05-30
columb;a, 4 Itamburs railroad.

The termination Of the lat. disastrous war has
left to the citizens OF EdgeGeld district, as OF
every other section Of til. South, little save their
ands The qurr ion naturally aris's, howcau those
lands lie enha rod in value? Many persons are
moving tothe Wc-t md II foreign countries, many
plantG, ions lire under The Sheriff s hnlnlner, and
many hers rs, T.. sold for partition, aud other
wise. The consequence will bo that in nm isolated
District like oui>, wh,re spectators are few and
capital scarce rGai etu,e iuut depreciate in value
unless some stimuli. he impaired to its already
depressed coeiitinn.
Experience, rs well ms history, tenches that
Highways, especially R,itoads, not only the
great civiliAvr, Of e.uLtries, but also the great
appreciators (if We n,y use the wnrd) Of landed
estates And We Ito not hesitate +" say that the
lands in Edgeivld Di,tric' will appreciate ten
per cent in value the very day 'he 6rst bar OF
iron is laid on The Columbia AID Hamburg Rail
road.
This Road viii be The great an necessary
connecting link between New Orleans aud New
York 1t will be portion Of the old Piedmont
Road, which ha. been always conceded to be the
direct and nearest nj. line between these two
cities, and the road over which the immense and
entire travel frnm South West to N.rth East, and
rice r>rso, mus; pass.
There are at present from $50 to 400 hands At
work on THE road, which force will he shortly
Increased to 800. The contract for the bridge
over lhe the Cangnree at Columbia has been taken.
The laying OF ing iron upon the track will b.
COMM cnccd about the lst November next.
Col. WILLltM JOHNSTON, the able and widely
knows Presiucn OF the Road, as also of the Co.
lumb, K CEa.l"ttu Road. accompanied by Col.
GARDNER, Chief Engineer OF The former, have
been lately i'll our ridst bending their united en-
ergies to the furtherauce and speedy acc wpish-
ment Of their great work. The high integrity
and known fuamcial ability Of the Pre.idcn,
stamp with success any measure with which he
allows his maine TO DO associated He is plain,
practical aad earnest, aud possesses in remarka-
bic degree the confidence of the entire public.
Some ime ago, when Col. JOmysroy's name
was first associated with the Columbia & HAM
burg Road, We hid occasion to cast our eyes ovui
statement Of the condition Of the Charlotte Road
We aseertaiucd the following facts. The annual
income Of this Road wns about 100000; aud
the nett income, after payment of oil expenses
500, 600. The eutiro cost of this Road was
about 81, ,0OO, geo. the yearly interest on which is
$llO, 600, leaving 600 nett profit to the Stock
holders, p. { apnuln. besides this, when Sherman
marched Groagh the country, the Charlotte Road
Owned over 1000 bales nf cotton, large number
of negro slaves, aud much other valuable. pro-
porty.
The Columbia & Hamburg Road will cost Mt o
close estimate $500, ,OCO; and it is reasonable tc
suppose that great and unavoidable thorough.
fare from North to South, rs this Road must me-
cessarily be, will prove more remuneratiye than
the Charlotte Road.
We arc fully awake as to how immcasurnbly
important to Edgefeld District will be the com.
plctipn Of the Columbia & Hamburg Railroad
How immeasuraby mportant in monetary point
of view, and also in the way of convenience
And we sincerely trust thet our citizens from all
parts of the District will meet Coils. JOHNSTON and
GARDNER on Monday next, ready to Cooperate
with them heart and hand.