The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-02
The Railroad Meeting Mt Asheviilc on the
Goth inst.
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Goth inst.
fFrom the Gresnsile IS. c. Southern Enterprise.
We had tho plaasur, of attending this meeting,
in company with the other delegates from our
| town, viz: Gov. Perry, Mr.. Hammett, Gen. Easley,
| Mr.. Grady, Mr.. Donaldson, Capt. Earle and i. Z.
| Cover.
The meeting specially called was for the purpose
| OF promoting the success of the North Carolina
J Central Road to Asheville, and also the railroad
| from Ashevie to Paint Rock, which will complete
tie connection with East Tennessee Kentucky and
| Ohio, thus bringing the great West within sixty
, miles of the head of the Greenyile and Colum mba
| Railroad. ,ss',
particularly concerned first met on Friday moul-
ing. at the hotel and transacted some important
bnsiness and then gave notice that the public
me citing would be held in the Chapel OF the Met h
| odist Female College, at IL O'Clock. Accordingly
| a large crowd OF gentlemen of Asheville and
| the counties of Buncombe and Henderson and
other counties in the western part OF North Caro-
lima, repaired to the Chapel where the public meet
ing was, on motion OF Judge -Ael1iinan, organz d
| b1 calling Colonel Shober 10 the Chair, and the
appointment OF Mr. Stokes editor OF the Ashe-
| Vile News, Secretary. The meeting first at
| tended to those matters relating to the roads
now in the course of construction leading to Ashe-
VILE One of the difficulties encountered, was the
| location of the road track on the French Broad
River On the east bank of tho river is the Turn
pike and farms and settlements. 1t IS the best
Side for the railroad which, if thus located, must
| DESTROY the Turnpike Road and damage the farms
on that side the river. A memorial OF the people
interested was read, protesting against the loca-
tion; but the gentleman who read 1t stated, never
theless that they were prepared to submit TO the
| sacrifice rather than the road should fail.
Tho meeting having ended the discussion OF those
matters exclusively concerning their North CARROLL
| ma companies, in conformity with an arrangement
previously agreed on, the delegates from Green
vile and Spartanburg were offered hearing. Gov
| Perry announced that the views OF the delegates
| from Greenvle would be presented by Col. G. l..
| Towncs who rose and addressed the meeting, CIV
ing brief history of the first efforts to connect
Charleston and the West, the stopping OF the road
at Columbia, the subsequent building of the Green
vile and Columbia Railroad its peculiar location,
connecting Grcenville with Columbia, while it al
| forded straight track III the diIectlon OF Aiken
| an Augusta, thus giving to Greenvllle the pros
pect now abont 10 DO realized OF shorter and bet
| ter route to Charleston than by Columbia, and
+ also q railroad connection nearly direct with
| Augusta and consequently with all Southern
Georgia, Florida and the Southwest generally. lie
showed clearly that the location OF the GrcenVllle
| and Columbia Railroad. was really most fOrtu-
nate one; that it vas, in fact, far better than II IT
had been built directly to Laurens aud to Coumbla
| in Jhat case, the fair town OF Greenvllle could
| never have presented the overpowerng attractions
for railroad connection to Ashcville and western
North Carolina to East Tennessee, Kentucky, and
the CITY OF Cincinnati that she now does. He stat
ed that charter was already granted the Greeil-
vile and Columbia road to extend track from Nine
tv-sx to Aiken and that nos, since the
of the Columbia Railroad was certain, there was
only tho distance Of twenty-five miles between
! Nintey-Six and that Road at Lofts; that this was
all the difficulty to be overcome for GreenUlie 10
| stand in railroad connection with Charleston Dy
ridge route never to be interrupted by water, the
| same with Augusta, and all the multiplied advan-
tages will be afforded to travel and trade OF south
ern Georgia, and the travel OF the South west
| to New Orleans, and as far as Galveston, Texas,
II ~ ,lIO ,1 M l1lll ia
which the LOCATION of the Greenvlle anu CoumDia
\ Railroad afforded by ths contemplated extension
Eef the.line at Ninety Six. Thus giving TO Ashe-
wife and he regions beyond, the immense advan-
taoe. of that trade and unlimited travel which
would be attracted, and which was not ohered oy
tho Spartanburg route, or any other east Oh ureel-
Vile He stated tina. it was these foreseen adyan-
| tages that near twenty years ago, had reconclied
him to the location Of the GreenyIe and Columbia
| Road through Abbevo District, knowing that me
| great results would be obtained at some future
| time and but for the war, they would propaDly,
even now be realized. The route by Greenviiie
afforded tho best connection Of the west With
| Charleston through the Ninety Six extension, as
we'll as the only direct connection WI August
which latter would be lost by more eastern ronte.
He pfadlcted that inasmuch as the mountain re-loh
| of Greenyille Pickens and Western North Carolina
thus made easily accessible to all South carolina
as wel as Southern Georgia Florida aud the more
distant Southwest; that not only summer travellers
but permanent white population would he gained
the most delightful climate In any part or the
| United States. While the situation vas III the
heart of the South, it had the summer climate Oh
Maine, and was admirably adapted to yleld the
He urged many views of the same general purport,
and concluded as he had begun by thanking the
meeting for the cordial greeting and hearty vel
come, with which the delegates from South caro-
lima had been received in Asheyille.
At the conclusion of Col. TowNEs' address, Gov.
PERRY announced that Mr.. BoBo, OF SpartanDurg'
woult address the meeting i'll behalf OF the Spar
tanbu, and Union Railroad, and that hne OF CON
nection. MIR BoBo took the floor and delivered all
able speech on the great subject OF rail connec-
I ton Of Western North Carolina, and the West
generally with South Carolina, making many
happy remarks onthe encouraging prospect; and
while he suggested that it was too soon to deter
mine absolutely the route from Asheyille he point
ed out briefly the advantages which he argued
would arise by connecting at Spartanburs. But
he said it was entirely practicable, by using
comfnpnstrack past the, mountlu gaps to con
nectboth 'Greenville and Spartanburg, II desired,
with Ashevlle and the region beyond.
Gov. PERRY took the floor after Mr.. BoBo had
taken his seat and with great force argued the
superiority OF the Greenville roue over any other
reafirmng so OF the arguments which the hrst
speaker from Greenviue had presented, and urging
others to show that the route by Ninety Six, which
connected not only Columbia and Charleston, but
Augusta and the Savannah River with the noun
tain region of North Carolina and the w est, pre-
sentod advantages incaculabe, and entirely
conclusive in its favor. This brought up Mr.. BoBo
second timo, who defended with zeal and ability
the Spartanb1rg side. He was again replied to by
GOV, PERRY and the controversy between these
two gentlemen was little sharp and quite ANNA
tod nevertheless OF friendly sort; and VIC noticed
after the meeting that thoso two champions OF
Spartanburg and Greenyile formed Junction.
walking arm-in-arm back to tue hotel. thus posi-
blv prefigurng the future Railroad links between
the two places.
We find our account extending too mulch and
must close. <We wouldbe pleased to report, II we
could, every thing said at the meeting. The only
action taken in regard to the extension of the rail
road from Asheyille oyer to Grecnrille or Spartan
burg, Was the appointment oil committee ut the
suggestion OF Judge Meriman, to correspond WIN
columbia, Charleston, Augusta and Savannah, III
the South, and persons in divers places III East
Tennessee and Kentucky, Louisville and Cinclnattl,
especially to INFORM them OF the great enterprise,
and to ascertain what aid may be expected from
those quarters.
The suggestion of Judge Norman was very
wise one; and the committee, consisting or Major
McCaulev, Engineer of the East Tennessee Rail
roed, now building, Mr.. Hananett President OF the
Greenville and Columbia Railroad; Mr. Jcter, Presi-
dent of the Spartanburg and Union Railroad, and
Mai Rankin, of Asheyille will be able to accomplish
great deal toward securing the attention OF all
the country so deeply Interested, and pcihaps
secure in the end, sufficient subscription OF caPl-
tai to carry the undertaking to q glorious comple-
ton; when Charleston and Columbia, Savannah
and Augusta may shake hands with Louisville
and Cincnatti, and all the intermediate country
shall rejoice, and our desert places blossom as the
rose The day of our material prosperity will have
then come plenty will make her abode among Us,
never again to depart while the couriers OF steam
possess the power to transport the products OF the
west to our Sorthoru markets.
A MOUSE NEST N DEANS Wfa.-Dr. auckland
writes to Land ana Water White mice arc
used to feed the snakes at the hooloSicalSaardens
in London. When the Ladies see white mouse
in cage with snake tncy say. Poor little white
mouse. How cruel Sometimes, when white
mice run short the snakes are fed with common
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