The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-12-25
State Railroads.

DIS WCIl DIS tCouGllclIl JOuIIl'tio IH'o 1"o
Royal and Augusta Railroad will soon be
pushed through 20 completion.
The papers inform us that an energetic
Northern man, living at present. ii we
mistake not, in Beaufort. has been elected
President of this road, and that two
thousand laborers have already been, or
will very soon be, put to work on the line.
And in addition to this we learn from re-
liable private sources that certain capital
lists in New York (alnong others Commo-
dore Vanderbilt, whose enormous wealth
and great experience and energy in kali
road matters arc proverbiaD have taken
this road in hand, and intend to have 1t
in running order in one year from this
date: z
The road, as is known, has already bcen
graded we'll nigh from beginning to end,
During the greater part OF the war, we
believe, this work of grading was in pro
gress. We have stood often upon its bed
at Pocotaligo. by which place it passes
directly, and in magination followed Its
course as it stretches away, Northward,
through the pine barlens of Barnwell
District, and, Southwark, through the
once fair and inexhaustitje rice fields OF
Beaufort to the ocean, connecting Angus
ta. and thereby the Northwest and South
lin fact tapping at that city the great het
work of railroads OF the United States)
with Port Royal Iarbor.
Port Royal, it is we'll known, has,
among other local advantages one OF the
finest harbors in the world; indeed it is
said that the fleets of the Whole world
might safely ride in its spacious bay,
And it is equally we'll known that the inn
!. mediate country, stretching from Charles
ton to Savannah, which would be trbuta
ny to Port Royal, is the most fertile and
inexhaustbIc in resources OF any portion
of our State, or, perhaps, of the United
States.
We undertake to say, Judging from the
capacity of the harbor, which is not
euualed by any other on the Southern At
luntic coast and from the extreme fertili-
ty and productive capacity of this coast
country, rs also from other apparent
causes, too numerous to mention here,
that Port Royal will soon be thriving
city. and that the hsherman's hut by the
wild sea wave, will soon be transferred
into the stately warehouse.
Above all it gladdens our heart to think
that that portion of our State which has
suffered SO much, and whose sons and
daughters have heroically braved, en-
dured and lost so much. will BIZ so mate
rally benefited by this great measure OF
internal Improvement.
Indeed we write with unaccustomed
spirit when we turn from the offensive
cess-pool of politics to the contemplation
of this new line of railroad shortly to be
in running order in our State, and so neal
our immediate District.
And now, too. that the. legal disabilities
arc removed the Columbia Il Hamburg
Railroad is being pushed on to compile
tion. and will, we are informed by officials
of that road, be in running order by May
or June next, from fifteen totwcnty miles
in each direction, beginning atits tcrmini.
The lands common piny woods lands)
six to ten miles from this town, directly
along and contiguous to this road, are al
ready selling at from $40 to Sl5 per acre;
whereas the lands, in other parts of the
District, better in every respect save in
the advantage Of lying near railroad.
will not command at present third oil
that price
And we read further that Col. Harrl-
son, Of Anderson, one OF the ablest and
most practically energetic men OF our up.
!, country, has been elected President of the
Blue Ridge Railroad. The s2,OOO,OOO al
, ready invested in this magnificent enter
prise, cannot, it seems to us, i'll the very
, nature of things, remain rs lost; and We
, do not venture whcn we say that meas
. urcs are already en- train whereby this
great Artery will yet puIsatc with life aud
vieor; and that too before very many
years. And whichever way this road
may run, orr District will be tapped by it.
Who shall say then that property must
not appreciate in old Edgeield? The
: South Carolina Road already cnriches it.
The Columbia and Grcenvlle Road runs
through it's Northern portion. The Co.
: lumbia and Hamburg Road almost divides
it. The Port Royal Road will only have
to be extended Il few miles, over Il level
pineywoods country, to intersect this last
named road, thus at.ordins us immediate
and direct communication with Port
T Royal; and the Blue Ridge Road will
bind MS up in the magnificent destiny OF
the great West.
We think We may say, after this. to
our fellow citizens: Be of good cheer.
Do not emigratc. Hold on to yonr lands,
and adhere bravely and hopefully to the
now broken fortul es OF yo:r State. The
present is the time to show your tortitudc
and your patriotism. We honestly be-
lieve that prosperity will crown those
who now possess and practice these emo
bling virtues. .-Edgcfeld Advertiser
= An editor, getting tired of paving
printers, resolved to put his own WIS shoa!1cs ~ T;