The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-02
THE RECENT RAILROAD MEETING AT
ASHVILLE, N. c.

THE RECENT RAILROAD MEETING AT
AsHvILLE, N. c.
In another column our readers will find a
report of the proceedings of the Railroad Con-
vention at Ashville, n c., hold on the 10th
ult. which we find in the Southern Enterprise,
published at Geenville, S. c.
If we regard the visit of our friends from
the upper Districts of South Carolina, to Ash
Vile, N. c., as a neighborly visit, calculated to
cement local ties and promote kind feelings
between neighboring counties, we must ex-
press our great pleasure; and this pleasure is
enhanced when we learn that they had "cor-
hial greeting and hearty welcome" up in the
mountains of the old North State.
But it would seem from the call that the
Convention ~ was held for the purpose of pro-
noting the success of the North Carolina Cen
trail Railroad to Ashville, and also the Railroad
from Ashville to Paint Rock, which will COM
plete the connection with East Tennessee
&c. Now while we commend the social char
acter of the gathering, we cannot overlooked
the object of the meeting, and will therefore
indulge in such general business remarks as
will serve to present this North Carolina Rail-
road situation to our many readers in ali parts
of the State, and also show them what our
Greenville and Spartanburg friends did there
1t may be as well to repeat here, that our
sister State of North Carolina has never per-
mitted charter to be issued to any Railroad,
except with the limitation that the company
so chartered shall conform to the guage of
road fixed by the State, which is four inches
narrower than the tracks of adjoining roads
out. of the .State-upon this narrow guage
policy ;Yhatis called the G Western North
E4rolns Central" has been built from Sails
bury, just above Charlotte, to, we think, Nor
canton, in the direction of Ashville, thence
the lines are dotted down, in westwardly
direction to Chattanooga, Tennessee the east
ern terminus ofthsroad is available by connect
ing roads TO Newborn, N. g. and Norfolk and
Portsmouth, Va, as also indirectly to Whining
tom but this latter city seeks more direct
western connection by the Wilmington, Char
lotte and Rutherfordton Road which also
looks to Ashville as its western connection
but as it is not yet within reach of Charlotte,
its consideration may be postponed for the
present.
This, then, is the state ofthe case; our friends
in Greenville and Spartanburg have been up
to Ashville, N. c., to attend q meeting to pro-
mote Railroad connections from that place to
Wilmington, Newborn, and Norfolk and Ports
mouth, and instead of looking at the proceed
ipgs from that standpoint, they have apparent
II iuaplged in q sort Of; smorus mplticaulis"
scheme, to- gette Cincinnati and Bouisyille by
D projected Road from Greenville and Spartan
burg, via Ashville. We hope our readers will
get clearer conception of what they expect
to do and how they are to do it, than we have
been able to do, for from careful perusai of
Col TowNEs' speech the impression left on
our mind is very confused, indeed unintelligi-
BILE, at least, in practical point of view.
Col. TowNEs of Greenville, it seems made the
opening speech-alludsd favorably to the
peculiar location" (?) of the Greenville and
Columbia Railroad, which " afforded straight
track (?) in the direction of Aiken and Au-
gusta, thus giving to Greenville the prospect
now about to be realized (?) ola shorter and
better route to Charleston than by Columbia"
How the building Of "sixty miles" of Rail-
road up to Ashville, N. c., is to furnish
"better route froM Greenville to Charleston
than by Columbia we are yet to learn, and
this intricate Railroad problem is made still
more foggy, when it was shown clearly that th's
location of the Greenville and Columbia Rail-
road was really most fortunate one that it
was, in fact far better, than if it had been
br1i,tto Laurens in that case, the fair town
of Greenville could never have presented the
overpowering attractions for a Railroad con-
nection to Ashville and Western North Caro-
lima, to East Tennessee, Kentucky and the city
of Cincinnati.
Mr.. BoBo, Of Spartanburg, also made a.
speech in favor of his village and posi-
bly, haviug in mind the overpowering" fact
that the sixty miles of mountain Railroad
would cost 81, 500 600 or So, ,OOO,OO suggest
ed, that i: was too soon to determine absolutely
tn, route from Asheville,' &c.
Gov. PERRY, of Greepyille, next made
speech for his Court House. Mr. Bono follow
ed for Spartanburg c. H. Gov. PERRY in reply,
when both made >"junction, walking arm in
arm back to the hotel, thus possibly pre-
figuring the future Railroad links between the
two places" (D
We commend the full report to our readers,
and beg that our City Council will get ready,
their share of the two or three millions, as
they will certainly be called on at an early day.