The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1867-10-23

sdJointng roads (iead'ng) out of The State
So far from this assertion being correct Oh.
g'sags rssiyiet,on alluded to only affects two
single roads leading out OF the State, viz
the Charlotte and Columbia Railroad and
the contemplated Greenvills and Frsnch
Broad r. r. It 10 true that the charter
granted to their contemplated "Cross-raii-
way" contained the restriction that the
gusge should correspond with that OF the
Western Extension" and this restriction
killed the enterprise; but at the last session
| OF our Legislature, the charter Of the West.
arm N. O. r. R Company was amended as
follows:
THAT the President and Directors OF
Western N. O r. r., shall have power to
construct the road from the mouth OF Swan
nsnoa tAshevilis, Ed) to the Paint Rock
(Tennessss Line, Ed. the Tennessee guage," |"
10.
The Tennessee gusge IL the sans as the
South Carolina gasge. Az coon as the road
from Asheville to Paint Rock Is und-r
stood 10 be "a fixed fact" the interest Of
Wss'srn North Carolina aud Of the Western
N. G. r, r. Company would prompt them
TO rsleass the rsstriction on the guags Of
The Greenville and French Broad r. R.
Our contemporary thus sesI that the
I" cross Charter" will. operate al 4 chsnnsI
OF g. eat wsaiih to the city Of Chariesion,
as giving an outlet along the direction Of
the old Wagon road by rail for the trans-
portstiou to Charleston via Grseuvil!e or
Spartaubnrg aud Columbia Of tho vast 70
sources Of North Carolina. Tennessee, Ken
tucky and even the more distant States.-
The great North west will pour her vast
products, diverted from the Northern marts
into the lap Of Chsrlestou. and We hope
and believe that she will thus bs enabled
10 spring ph9nix.liks, into Ms great smpo-
rum Of the South.
We may add that We are quite surprised
that our contemporary should regard the
remarks Of Col. Townes as "eoufussd " or
un,nts!ligibls." Byrsferencc to MitchsIl's
Universal Atlss, Il will be seen that, pre-.
sumptively at least. the location Of the Co.
lumhia and GreenvilIe Road 10 very ps-
euliar," forming about the angle presented
by a full-drawn bow with portion of the
striug hanging down.
Col Townss" (as reported in tho En-
t.rprise) "ross aud addressed the meeting,
giving brief history Of the frat efforts to
connect Chsrlsston and she West. the stor-
ping Of the road at Columbia, the subss-
qurnt building Of tho Gresnvilie and Co.
lumbia Railroad. its peculiar location. COZ,
Meeting Greenvills with Columbia, while II
(,hs route by Greenvills-Ep.) afforded .
straight track In the direction Of Aiken ani
Augusta, thus giving to Greenvills the
prospect now about to be realized, Of q
shorter Snd better route TO Ch4r1sstoa thaH bv
Colm6ie, aud also q railroad cohn.ctioS
nearly direct with Augusta, and conse.
quen,ly, with all Southern Gsorgis. Fiorida
and the South west generally. He showed
clearly that the location Of the GreenvilIe
and Columbia II. r., was really q most for.
tunate one." &c. &c. N.w. thi. language il
clear and ineligible to us. and were It used
by any other. than our liberal and high
toned contemporary who should call !,
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