The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-06
ATLANTA TO CHARLESTON.

ATLANTA TO CHARLESTON.
The arrival in this city on Wednesday
afternoon of train of cars through from
Atlanta, with the first large consignment
of wheat from middle and northern Geor-
gia, without breaking bulk, is an event in
railroad transportation, which, however
simple, and to outsiders easy Of execution
it may seem, has not before been performed
ssiuce the general destruction of tracks, cars
hnd engines, in the spring of 1865. Such
hn event is of tco much importance to the
krade of the city to be overlooked.
We learn that Col. E. w. Cole, the
Superintendent of the Georgia Railroad,
gathered into one train the first OF the new
crop of wheat from upper Georgia, and with
the splendid locomotive, the "Thomas
Rogers" (Mr. R. B. HUDSON, Engineer,
and Mr.. VIM. FULLER, Conductor,) left
Atlanta on Tuesday afternoon at six o'clock,
arriving here in time to ship the grain by
four p, NJ, Wednesday, by the En- '@ B.
.Souaer, for New York. The distane from
Atlanta to Augusta is one hundred and
seventy-two miles, from August to
NCharleston, one hundred and thirty-eigL :
total three hundred and ten miles.
This through train, we repeat, is sign
of the times. 1t shows what can be done
by proper effort, backed, of course, by cor
responding resources railroad must
have powerful locomotives, an abundant
supply of cars, its track in perfect order,
and large resources in money to undertake
continuous journeys over three or four
hundred miles of track and it is pleasant
to infer from the joint efforts of the Georgia
and South Carolina Railroad Companies,
that the damages of 1865 are being rapidly
overcome.
Only twenty-five hours from the Atlanta
Depot to tho steamship in the port OF
Charleston Cannot this become matter
of daily routine? We know that it can,
and we believe that it will be so when the
fall trade opens; and if some PEABODY of
great greenback capacity would generously
donate, or even loan, the South Carolina
Railroad Company fund sufficient to
pay for about four hundred box cars,
and q proportionate number of loco
motives and passenger coaches, we make
no doubt this increased means of trans
portation would be taxed to its utmost
during the coming season, and instead Of
two we could have three or four daily
through trains to and from not merely
Atlanta, but even Montgomery.
But we are indulging, perhaps, in too
great expectations, and must content our
selves with the assurance of what is actual
ly agreed upon between these two roads
connecting us with Atlanta. There is to
be night train through from here to the
Gate City, as there is already day train.
President KING of the Georgia Railroad
as we'll as President MAGRATH of the
South Carolina Railroad, have had difficult
ties of no mean character to contend with;
the first in addition to heavy losses in roll
ing stock, depots, tracks, etc., etc., has had
to redeem 81 100000 of bank notes of its
own issue, which has been bravely accom-
plished at par; no sealing there! The
latter can point triumphantly to his eighty
miles of (new) road replaccd-the now
thorough renovation of his entire track; his
permanent bridges and depots rebuilt, all
without loans, and after such work can
fairly claim the confidence of his stock
holders and the business community, in
what seems to be the somewhat thankless
task of furthering the interests Of Charles
ton and the State.
In conclusion we beg our merchants to
make a note of it, that there is to be no
breaking of bulk between Charleston and
Atlanta, and that two trains day will go
forward to bring produce East, and carry
goods and merchandise, fertilizers and ag-
ricultural utensils West. In other words,
there is going to be lively business, and
our merchants will do we'll to let their
country customers know it.